''Bo fo Sho'' is the first
EP released by
American
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comedian
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Bo Burnham
Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Burnham's work combines elements of filmmaking with Comedy music, music, Sketch comedy, sketch, and stand-up comedy, co ...
. The six-track comedy EP was released on by
Comedy Central Records
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,
and charted well across the ''Billboard'' charts.
Production
After performing on
Comedy Central
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's ''The World Stands Up'' in January 2008, Burnham signed a four-record deal with their label, Comedy Central Records.
In a June 2008 interview with ''
Wired
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'', Burnham described himself as "still a kid in his bedroom, writing songs and playing them" and that if ''Bo fo Sho'' were anything else, "it would lose the whole DIY effect of how I started out."
During a 2008 show in Boston, Burnham joked that the song "Sunday School"—wherein he adopts the persona of an "overly exuberant"
Sunday school
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teacher—was the reason he waited until after graduating from the all-boys
Catholic school, Catholic high school,
St. John's Preparatory, before releasing his EP.
Track listing
# "Bo' fo' Sho – 2:48
#* Originally debuted on
YouTube
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,
# "H-O-A-R" – 2:46
# "High School Party (Girl)" – 2:40
#* Burnham recorded an accompanying
music video
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in
high-definition for the
iTunes Store in 2008.
# "3.14 Apple Pi" – 3:30
#* Described by ''The Boston Globe''s Joseph P. Kahn as "gangsta rap
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down alleyways even Snoop Dogg would fear to tread."
Originally debuted on YouTube,
# "Sunday School" – 2:40
# "My Whole Family..." – 3:54
#* The cult hit that "propelled Burnham to Internet stardom"; originally debuted on YouTube,
Reception
''Bo fo Sho'' sold over 20,000 copies in its first three months, and continued to be a strong seller.
Chart positions
References
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2008 debut EPs
Bo Burnham albums
Comedy Central Records EPs
2000s comedy albums