Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #24 extract: Bill Bur: Why Do I Do This? (2008)

I can watch and listen to Burr endlessly. It's absurd when I think of the idea, but as long as he's not going on ceaselessly about sports, he seems to just spew endless nonsense worth listening to. 

That said, with his specials, Burr isn't just spewing nonsense. Within Why Do I Do This? there are some classic bits such as the whole muffin routine and everything that leads up to it which includes the 'driving by a packed sidewalk' bit. Here he seems to project something between subconscious thought and complete rationality in an entirely irrational way. This is the brilliance of his comedy; it has shades of truth, but, as the truth comes out, it seems so absurd that, from dissonance, just spurts fourth laughter. 

So, whilst this is not his best hour, in my view, it's still brilliant.