EGGHEAD

Sometimes funny sometimes serious mostly absurd collection of poetry and essays from comedy superstar and creator of Netflix phenomenon Inside Bo Burnham Bo Burnham was a teenager living in his parents attic in Massachusetts when he started posting funny songs to YouTube They immediately turned heads with their wise satire that belied his very young age His videos have been viewed over 209 million times and he has amassed a gigantic online following that excitedly await each new video Bo is revered in all comedy circles for being a wholly original highly intelligent young voice Judd Apatow was an early champion of the young comedian and Bo taped his first Comedy Central special at age 18 the youngest in history His comedy song albums were huge critical and commercial successes Written in his very distinctive comedic voice EGGHEAD OR YOU CAN T SURVIVE ON IDEAS ALONE brings Bo s award winning brand of brainy word play to the page in the form of off kilter writings thoughts and poems Collaborating with longtime friend artist and illustrator Chance Bone Bo writes about everything from painful breakups to bald barbers in a collection that makes the reader laugh but like his stand up and music also displays surprisingly mature insights With one t