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Comedian Bill Burr went off, again, on a rant about billionaires like Elon Musk during his Tuesday night appearance on The Tonight Show. “I am so sick of that guy trying to rewrite his origin story,” Burr told Jimmy Fallon.
At first Jimmy Fallon and Bill Burr discussed him making his Broadway debut (yes, seriously, Bill Burr is in Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway). “I did have one psycho yell out one night,” Burr revealed. “He was acting like De Niro in Cape Fear.”
The conversation eventually wound its way to Burr’s most recent stand-up comedy special called “Drop Dead Years.” When asked by Jimmy Fallon what the title of the show means, Bill Burr replied that it refers to his current age and how he is “too young to die of natural causes, but not too young to just drop dead.”
At some point along the way, Fallon mentioned something Burr said being positive. That led to the comedian going off on his latest rant about billionaires and Elon Musk in particular.
“Well, it’s a positive time, Jimmy,” Burr began. “Billionaires are not happy having a billion dollars.
“Why does Elon Musk dress like he just got out of a Hot Topic? I am so sick of that guy trying to rewrite his origin story like he was Matthew McConaughey pulling into the high school. Like you were a f—— nerd, nobody banged you and now you have hair plugs in your laminated face.
“No, and everybody, everybody is afraid of these nerds,” Burr continued. “I don’t get it. My whole life, feminists were focusing on frat boys and guys with their hats on backwards, and they left the nerds alone.
“And now look at them. They got people wearing adult diapers, driving 18-wheelers, trying to get Crocs to the, I don’t know, the box store on time. They’re horrible, heartless people.
“And then for some reason, if you say that, you’re like a communist, and then we’re in bed with the Russians. I don’t get any of it. None of it makes sense. And then they try to politicize everything you say. And it’s just like, “I don’t know. Shouldn’t you pay your workers?”
“Yeah. Don’t you remember that when we were growing up? One week’s pay paid your rent. You had a little cottage, little boat, you know? Maybe a second family down the road. That’s what you did.”