Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

It was quite enjoyable. The bit about fat people and sinking cruise was good. Dragged a little bit in the middle but picked up at the back end of the set.

He should have chosen a different location for this special. These people are too sensitive. Did they know anything about Bill or were they just randomly selected from the street? I am not saying that this was his best stand-up performance but the audience wasn't the best either.

Like the reviewers before me, I'm a weekly listener of the MMP and a huge fan of his specials. I've probably listened to each of them twenty times. I've been waiting over two years for this one to finally arrive. But, this special did not get off the ground for me. Some of the bits seemed rehashed, some of the phrasings recycled and it seemed like at one or two points, he lost his way in the material and had to circle back around. There weren't the memorable bits that hit you like a comedy asteroid that each of his earlier specials delivered. I don't think the crowd felt the pull his stand up usually DEMANDS! This didn't have the weight or the force of his previous work. It was a disappointment.

I am an enormous fan of Bill Burr. I have seen him twice live and I listen to everyone of his podcasts and some of them are better than this special. By far his worst special to date. Half way through I lost interest. I hope he rebounds with better/new material. Some of it seems to be getting old. The audience didn't really seem into it either. Maybe Nashville wasn't a very good choice to film a special that so many have been waiting for. I am surprised they filmed this, watched it, and thought it would be worth a special. Don't get me wrong, it has a few LOL moments but nothing like his previous specials. Not even close.

Bill Burr is not the most politically correct comic in the world. So I wonder, why in the hell was this special filmed in Nashville? He's performing jokes about fat people, Kanye West, and Hitler in front of a rural crowd. It's not even about the stereotype - it's about culture. Certain jokes work for certain demographics. Some jokes simply don't connect to particular crowds, and this special is a shining example of having excellent material wasted on a fickle audience.

The content itself is typical Bill Burr. Insane rants about how to solve overpopulation, famous dictators and their kill counts, psychotic stream-of-consciousness ravings on the 2016 presidential election; it's great stuff. It's also relatable to whatever slivers of psychopathy you have floating around in the back of your brain. He put thought into these rants, and they're somewhat rational, in a really demented way. But that's what Bill Burr is all about. Pushing the line of where comedy and reality intersect; challenging people to forget about the politically correct mentality for a minute and to think about what's logical. How do you get rid of overpopulation? Kill a lot of people. Simple. Extreme? Sure, but it's funny and it's true.

Some of his jokes don't land well with the audience. What's great about Bill Burr is how he calls them out on it. He has a good read of the room and can tell when jokes are heading south and when the audience is starting to turn on him, and he immediately picks up on that and fires back. It's a joy to watch. If he had a more receptive audience, I think the overall tone of the special would have been far more upbeat and engaging.

As it is, though, "Walk Your Way Out" is another quality standup special by Burr and is bound to appeal to fans of his cynical brand of humor.