i read BO BURNHAM'S favorite books

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  • @cryingaboutbooks
    @cryingaboutbooks 3 роки тому +1073

    can’t believe mr bezos took the time to hand deliver a package too you - he’s a gentleman & a scholar

  • @KeryKatto
    @KeryKatto 3 роки тому +736

    I'm glad I'm not the only one that still has every minute of Inside in my head

    • @allisonpaiges
      @allisonpaiges  3 роки тому +16

      but of course! how can you not?

    • @yazoshaughnessy7429
      @yazoshaughnessy7429 3 роки тому +11

      Dude. Every moment of the day. I wasn't even a Bo fan (just hadn't watched his stuff) when I sat down to watch it and my sub conscious has me unwillingly obsessed lol

    • @ethalinia
      @ethalinia 3 роки тому +7

      I think about it so much. Honestly I didn't even know him and then Netflix recommended it for me and I think it hit me even harder because I hadn't expected to see someone who literally explains my own thoughts hahaha

    • @KeryKatto
      @KeryKatto 3 роки тому

      @@ethalinia Netflix saves ‘٩꒰。•◡•。꒱۶’

    • @FrshChees91
      @FrshChees91 3 роки тому +1

      I wake up every morning with a different song from Inside stuck in my head.

  • @violatodd969
    @violatodd969 3 роки тому +497

    can we talk about reinvigorating the form/genre of booktube, because I think this idea might be it

    • @allisonpaiges
      @allisonpaiges  3 роки тому +15

      i’m blushing!

    • @chloek.9374
      @chloek.9374 3 роки тому +10

      Jack Edwards does some similar vids too!

    • @aisling8092
      @aisling8092 3 роки тому +4

      Uncarly also does something similar. I’d recommend both Jack Edwards and Uncarly if you liked this

  • @natbatrat-d7e
    @natbatrat-d7e 3 роки тому +333

    LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS IS HOW YOU UA-cam
    i’ve never hit the subscribe button so fast before

  • @dystopic101
    @dystopic101 3 роки тому +426

    Not liking the books/music/film that a creator you respect and admire likes is very common (in my experience anyway). I like the way Bo Burnham interprets and presents concepts, but that's a stylistic preference. I like the way he sees things, not necessarily the things themselves. I think it's a reminder as well that the content isn't the creator, and vice versa - you can't fully understand a person by what they put out into the world as it's an amalagamation of so many varying factors. This can be a little strange to experience, especially if you connect so deeply with what they make. Sorry for the essay, I liked this video a lot and it got me a-thinking.

    • @cat5220
      @cat5220 3 роки тому +7

      This is the best comment in this entire comment section hot damn you articulated that so intelligently and succinctly

    • @shadyd2544
      @shadyd2544 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah. There is a little universe inside all of us. We can only share what are body and tools can manifest.

    • @barneyy6942
      @barneyy6942 3 роки тому +2

      Never apologise for your mind-blowing essays again, Emily!😱

  • @oddballbooks1697
    @oddballbooks1697 3 роки тому +209

    this was absolutely ✨immaculate✨ robert would be proud

  • @emilyme23455
    @emilyme23455 3 роки тому +139

    I can't imagine how powerful and transcendent to see Can't Handle this Right Now in person must have been

    • @aidancaughran
      @aidancaughran 3 роки тому +5

      I saw it too and I’m pretty sure I fully dissociated during it because it was just completely overwhelming lol

    • @susiemurray8599
      @susiemurray8599 3 роки тому

      i cry when i watch it on a screen imagine watching it live, i'd be a wreck of a person.

  • @suprajasridh
    @suprajasridh 3 роки тому +125

    the Jefree Bezos II part. I DIED

  • @whataprilreads
    @whataprilreads 3 роки тому +133

    The fact that I just learned Bo’s name is Robert 😯 woah.

    • @allisonpaiges
      @allisonpaiges  3 роки тому +15

      knowledge is power!

    • @someperson6252
      @someperson6252 3 роки тому +16

      he said in an interview that his parents always wanted to name him bo but named him robert in case he became a doctor, but that obviously backfired lmao so he just went by bo

    • @ZuperZucker
      @ZuperZucker 3 роки тому +2

      He says it during Content but it’s pretty easy to miss

  • @Heyitskatiekindred
    @Heyitskatiekindred 3 роки тому +32

    The execution of this video was absolutely impeccable. Please pat yourself on the back for this.
    My fiancé and I went on our first date to see Eighth Grade because we were both Bo Burnham fans. Three years later, we saw Inside together in the theater! (After watching it together at home first 😌) Glad to see another person who loves Bo’s outward persona as much as I do 🥰

    • @allisonpaiges
      @allisonpaiges  3 роки тому

      i am so jealous you got to see inside in theatres!!!! wowowow amazing.
      thank you for your kind words as well :-)

  • @natashanorris6546
    @natashanorris6546 3 роки тому +25

    The jeff bezos skit made me chuckle very clever. I also love the nods to Inside where you parodied the skits

  • @louishickman4042
    @louishickman4042 3 роки тому +23

    I can confidently say this is the best "I read a *famous person's* favorite books"! Great video!

  • @jessaboutbooks7799
    @jessaboutbooks7799 3 роки тому +1

    Shut up the production value of this video is amazing, the recreation of Bo’s special in your different clips was so creative and I just know that it took so much time and energy

  • @hannahcampbellstevenson8327
    @hannahcampbellstevenson8327 3 роки тому +61

    the creativity! the passion! the opinions! ally...chef's kiss!

  • @maithilisaralaya5649
    @maithilisaralaya5649 3 роки тому +34

    I usually don't comment, and I certainly don't watch many videos reacting to/commenting on Bo's stuff since Inside came out, since I find them all either underwhelming or unsatisfying. So, I was fully expecting to click away after 20 seconds of this video, but I was too captivated to do so! You have a great narrative voice, love the aesthetic, and I really think you brought something fresh with this video. Amazing work!

    • @allisonpaiges
      @allisonpaiges  3 роки тому +5

      this is such a heartfelt comment and it means a lot that you sent it my way. thank you so much!

  • @ClaudeAndTaylor
    @ClaudeAndTaylor 3 роки тому +12

    I read so few books that I'm probably legally illiterate, but UA-cam recommended this to me because of my Bo Burnham obsession and this video is so insanely well done and perfectly paced. You have an amazing knack for making videos and your odes to Inside throughout were a joy. Holy shit keep up the amazing work 🤩🙌💞

  • @pedrobedim1271
    @pedrobedim1271 3 роки тому +11

    Of course he loves David Foster Wallace.

  • @alizee6722
    @alizee6722 3 роки тому +3

    INSTANT SUBSCRIPTION. I too am a huge fan of Bo's work living in Belgium! AND my name's also Ali! I'm so glad this got recommended, can't wait to discover your channel.
    Great video! I just think it's important to note Present Shock was first published in 2013 (and based on stuff he wrote earlier in the 2000s), which that alone makes it pretty ahead of its time and could explain (in parts) how chaotic it is in attempting to analyse internet culture (never read it in full either though, the podcast with Bo feels much coherent and easy to follow).
    the bezos bit was perfect haha

    • @allisonpaiges
      @allisonpaiges  3 роки тому +1

      that would change things a bit! my book has: “first published in 2013” printed inside it? but when ya google it it does say 2004. i don’t think this is correct because twitter wasn’t a thing until 2006!
      regardless!
      we have so much in common! haha what a small small world.

    • @alizee6722
      @alizee6722 3 роки тому

      @@allisonpaiges I just edited my comment! From what i could find it seems to be 2013 indeed, but drawing from articles and columns Rushkoff had written in the early 2000s (there was a famous one in 2004 apparently but not sure which one or which paper it was for).
      Either way, fascinating topic!

  • @ghoulpwr
    @ghoulpwr 3 роки тому +20

    the bezos part was amazing

  • @katewright3287
    @katewright3287 3 роки тому +6

    this was actually amazing. highly enjoyable. 10/10

  • @Lobstrique
    @Lobstrique 3 роки тому +5

    the visual jokes and references to inside are SO GOOD!!! i really love how you fused bo's sketches with your own stuff, i literally screamed when you reviewed your review, it was deep and well-said as well
    really happy the algorithms led me here :)

  • @shaylacromie
    @shaylacromie 3 роки тому +36

    this video is SO GOOD oh my god, the amount of creativity you have??? wow, i love inside and i love this

  • @itsalladream5559
    @itsalladream5559 3 роки тому +6

    " I hope... it doesnt change how you see *me*, which is not at all" Amazing. She really said healthy brain, no parasocial unbalance for U

  • @ampersignia
    @ampersignia 3 роки тому +5

    The scenes that were a love letter to Inside were a really interesting addition to a celeb book review video.

  • @Addiecakes55
    @Addiecakes55 3 роки тому +10

    found this channel today after going down the bo burnham rabbit hole and I decided I love you

  • @joeyengelman
    @joeyengelman 3 роки тому +15

    Ally this was 👏so 👏 well 👏made. This book video series is such a great idea. The production of this video especially the recreations of shots from Inside, ya nailed em. And i respect the honesty with your perspective on his favorite books. 10/10

  • @jasminehewitt793
    @jasminehewitt793 3 роки тому +1

    i love how with this video, just like carley's vid, you take a bit of the style of each person and put it in your videos i love

  • @leighskarz
    @leighskarz 3 роки тому +1

    “Thats usually my first take - not that the content is wrong, but that I'm not consuming it correctly” fucking oof. Subscribed.

  • @strawbbri
    @strawbbri 3 роки тому +21

    damn ya didn’t have to hit us with the acapella “goodbye” at the end lol but seriously this is an awesome video! normally i can’t watch book reviews without stopping halfway and coming back to it later, or just not watching at all, but this video obviously had a lot of effort put into it and it shows!! like i’m very happily subscribing right now! and normally i don’t announce when i subscribe like that but i feel like this deserves more appreciation than just a simple button tap

  • @ladychini
    @ladychini Рік тому

    The scene of you getting the amazon package at the door.. PERFECT. I stopped what I was doing so I could watch that. 😂 you are golden. Never change.

  • @katiecoversx3
    @katiecoversx3 3 роки тому +15

    This video was, simply put...a masterpiece.

  • @juliedeer13
    @juliedeer13 3 роки тому +2

    I thank the algorithm gods this popped into my recommended. This was... absolutely lovely. You're so well spoken.

  • @buttercupetc
    @buttercupetc 3 роки тому +40

    i just recently subscribed to you and while watching this MASTERPIECE i realized you only have 8k subscribers (literally thought you had like 40k or more)... your videos are literally SO GOOD and you yourself seem like a super cool person! anyway this video was amazing!!

  • @mahnoor2775
    @mahnoor2775 3 роки тому +5

    i just discovered bo burham 4 days ago and after binge watching all of his stuff, i am o b s e s s e d

  • @mariem4149
    @mariem4149 3 роки тому +32

    Brief Interviews is a difficult book, mostly because the men are hideous. If you ID with them, are you also hideous? If you dislike it, are you better than the hideous men? But there are some great stories in there, like "Forever Overhead," which, as you noted, influenced Eighth Grade.
    Burnham has also mentioned Wallace's essay "E unibus plural: television and U.S. fiction," which is in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (which also contains the cruise ship essay).You can find it online. Burnham hasn't specifically mentioned Infinite Jest, but I noticed a lot of themes in Inside that parallel IJ.

  • @tannerredd5876
    @tannerredd5876 3 роки тому +1

    I love all of the references you have to INSIDE! Super creative!

  • @madisonarmstrong9010
    @madisonarmstrong9010 3 роки тому +8

    This is perfect im obsessed with his newest special, the album has been on replay:)

  • @jessicajones3701
    @jessicajones3701 3 роки тому +15

    Ah, my new favorite UA-camr posted a new video!!!

  • @Maria-mv5ki
    @Maria-mv5ki 3 роки тому +3

    I absolutely love the execution of this video! Themes and music from Inside really add something special to it! It’s really nice to hear you explain things, the bezos skit made me chuckle ❤️

  • @olgafores7035
    @olgafores7035 3 роки тому +6

    This is one of the best videos that I've seen on youtube lately. Loved how you explained your own opinions and that anyone can have their own, it always feels like we're supposed to like what everyone else likes, especially if a person we admire likes it. Definitely a new subscriber here!

  • @juliegagnemusique
    @juliegagnemusique 3 роки тому +2

    I rarely watch book reviews on UA-cam and when I do, I skip a lot of the video because it's redundant. BUT NOT THIS TIME!
    It was really interesting to see how you paid hommage to Inside while reviewing the books. A lot of people just recreated scenes of the special while doing covers or reviews of the special itself, but I found that what you did here was original it its way. I'll check more of your videos! :)
    (And that part at 3:17... loved it! 😂)

  • @monsteroni
    @monsteroni 3 роки тому +1

    I never comment, but THE EDITING! so good!!

  • @mbelmedioni
    @mbelmedioni 3 роки тому +10

    I really enjoyed this video! I love the Inside/Bo theme throughout and your dedication to read those books even though you didn’t like them is appreciated. It’s refreshing to see something on UA-cam that just hits a little different and is also good quality and creative. I’m from the US but my dad lives (and is from) Belgium, so hearing you talk about that was cool too.

  • @annakurse2650
    @annakurse2650 2 роки тому +1

    let me tell you this video was recomended to me by leena norms and i enjoyed your play and editing so much!! it answers to my soul the same way bo's "inside" did and i deeply appreciate this feeling

  • @sundancekat7656
    @sundancekat7656 3 роки тому +6

    The levels are brilliance here *clap* *clap* *clap* We see and appreciate this formatting Ally

  • @thomasbolf93
    @thomasbolf93 3 роки тому +103

    after having hundreds of mediocre and pointless bo burnham covers recommended to me watching this video made me really happy because of how actually unique it is.

    • @yazoshaughnessy7429
      @yazoshaughnessy7429 3 роки тому +1

      There's a lot of excellent video essays out there about Inside if you want more

  • @thattomhall8154
    @thattomhall8154 3 роки тому +2

    Haha, this was fantastic! I like videos with extra effort. I will probably check out the books anyway as that Rushkoff interview was really interesting. I'm used to smart people occasionally rambling in books. :D
    Ah, you can pay licensing for a video with ads? Interesting.....
    THE INDESCRIBABLE POWERRRR OF YOUR BOOK REVIIEEEWWWWWWWWS

  • @deadpoule9680
    @deadpoule9680 3 роки тому +2

    A lot of video essays about Bo Burnham have started appearing in my feed since Inside came out, but this is the one that made me get my chicken hands up 👐

  • @CopyAndConversations
    @CopyAndConversations 3 роки тому +3

    I just found out your channel, thanks to all the cookies I collected while watching Jack Edwards's series of book reading. This is incredible! You made your own INSIDE, yay!

  • @Clara-mm2yi
    @Clara-mm2yi 3 роки тому +1

    Man I really hope Bo sees your video, it is really well made and you have good observations!

  • @lexynope
    @lexynope 3 роки тому +2

    You watching your old vlog really threw me for a loop because the first ever video I saw of yours you taught me how to make scrambled eggs. 😂😂

  • @novelideea
    @novelideea 2 роки тому

    “Same Vibes as not fully cooked scrambled eggs!”!! OMG! Yes! I may steal this description!

  • @TamaraaaLynn
    @TamaraaaLynn 3 роки тому +7

    You are so creative

  • @pucksandpaperbacks
    @pucksandpaperbacks 3 роки тому +3

    4:01 ICONIC!
    The editing was so good! I watched your channel in the early days of your collab channel and am glad to find you again!

  • @SwediCandy
    @SwediCandy 3 роки тому +1

    Love the visuals!! Not only the Inside scenes but the editing between them! :D

  • @starboyonyx
    @starboyonyx 3 роки тому +1

    i dont normally comment on videos but the burnhamesque shots, the background music, just the whole process was so fucking well done

    • @starboyonyx
      @starboyonyx 3 роки тому

      im commenting again bc i just came back to watch the second half and it only gets exponentially better

  • @itsamemario2172
    @itsamemario2172 3 роки тому +6

    I read "Team Human" by Douglas Rushkoff after listening to his podcast with Bo and I had a lot of the same thoughts that you did. It´s a really good book with interesting and important points but in the end it left me with not many concrete, actual memorable arguments, just a lot of vagueness. But maybe thats just the way his thought process works, I thought it was nice to read anyway. This video was amazing, it´s art criticism, but it´s art itself, which is always the best. I loved all the references and the style! (I am so happy this got recommended to me:))

  • @giorgiaz777
    @giorgiaz777 3 роки тому +2

    this entire video is god tier level of entertainment
    and oh my god, the dfw cruise book, a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again, is really really fun, I agree! I always wanted to read more from him but I guess I'll start from something else now.

  • @dariajansen
    @dariajansen 3 роки тому +2

    You are the cutest. I was NOT expecting this.

  • @SofiaPerez-jw3oy
    @SofiaPerez-jw3oy 3 роки тому +1

    I have been scouring the internet trying to find his book recs, thank you for taking one for the team 🤧

  • @Nossairito
    @Nossairito 3 роки тому +2

    I loved this video sm sm sm, there I subscribed before I forget.
    You know what you coming to terms with not liking the books he liked reminded me of ? It reminded me of an insecurity I have that the friends I have whose mind I really admire and view in high regard only appreciate me because I'm some sort of mirror for their mind to be stimulated, and when I'm talking to them, it isn't truly my words that make them like me but the reflection of their own thoughts in them that make them view my thoughts as more well-thought-out and intelligent than I actually meant them because their mind acts as a magnifying glass, so I kind of always oscillate between being rather happy with my mind and feeling like an idiot sandwich impostor.
    And I feel like that may be what happened here with these books. I think he may not like them for their intrinsic value but for their worth as a mirror to let him bounce ideas off of them and them giving him food for thought rather than providing the thought itself.

  • @KeryKatto
    @KeryKatto 3 роки тому +5

    THIS IS WHAT I NEED, thank you Allyyyyyyy

  • @TheBookBully
    @TheBookBully Рік тому +1

    this video is so excellent!

  • @rubysmith1898
    @rubysmith1898 3 роки тому +4

    i’ve never seen your channel before, and i am so happy i clicked on this video in my recommended because it’s fantastic! you’ve earned a new subscriber! :)

  • @parlezvouskitty
    @parlezvouskitty 3 роки тому +5

    I loved every single moment of this video!! SO GOOD

  • @KarimAdib
    @KarimAdib 3 роки тому +1

    What a gem of a video! Love how you executed this!

  • @kayley
    @kayley 3 роки тому +13

    this is a work of art

  • @vee9185
    @vee9185 3 роки тому +3

    the bezos scene and your expression, hilarious! subscribing so quick, can’t wait to watch yor other videos!!

  • @rainuhface09
    @rainuhface09 3 роки тому +1

    Allllyyyy I'm just so proud of you for this video 😭 what a joyous viewing experience

  • @gregorypic1947
    @gregorypic1947 3 роки тому

    I love the transitions. You definitely got your own voice. Loved the video

  • @emsdead4456
    @emsdead4456 3 роки тому +2

    This is my first time watching your videos, and I must say, I absolutely LOVED it! Really well done, and I loved how many references there were.

  • @Lisaahhftw
    @Lisaahhftw 3 роки тому +3

    this was amazing!! I would love to see a list of Bo's book recommendations

  • @bestnarryever
    @bestnarryever 2 роки тому

    I am OBSESSED with your channel

  • @readiculousreads4164
    @readiculousreads4164 Рік тому

    This is one of my favorite videos I've seen in such a long time! I'm late to the game on this one, but 👏👏👏 love love love!

  • @alyssabeck6497
    @alyssabeck6497 3 роки тому +4

    wowww the sets and homages are just 😘👌🏼

  • @Drawreadplaymusic
    @Drawreadplaymusic 3 роки тому +1

    I don't know what I expected when I stumbled into this in my reccs. But this was great, and I loved it!! Really great production!!

  • @allison8654
    @allison8654 3 роки тому +10

    this is a masterpiece

  • @pharlapcartoonist6051
    @pharlapcartoonist6051 3 роки тому +7

    Can we appretiate the job she did with referencing Inside? Love it!

  • @frogtossing6449
    @frogtossing6449 3 роки тому +1

    I LOVE THE WAY THIS VIDEO IS SHOT :DDD

  • @AnisasCorner
    @AnisasCorner 3 роки тому +1

    first video of yours i've seen but the impressive attention to detail and the amount of effort in this video earned a sub - keep up the good work :)

  • @beccadoingstuff
    @beccadoingstuff 3 роки тому +2

    everything about this video is just *chef’s kiss* i’m so glad i came across your channel!!

  • @graceborchert9848
    @graceborchert9848 3 роки тому

    You brought me back to og youtube with your creativity and now im gonna go finish my book for you💗 love this so much-best video ive seen in forever

  • @DrewForGames
    @DrewForGames 3 роки тому

    Book reviews with skits? I love it! I also really like the idea of reading someone’s favorite books to get to know them better. Great video!

  • @jswick679
    @jswick679 2 роки тому

    - Present Shock
    - Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus both by Douglas B. Rushkoff
    - Brief Interviews of Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace

  • @AnnaIPlayPretend
    @AnnaIPlayPretend 3 роки тому

    You nailed this!! I love your normal editing style but mixing you're content with inside made me so giddy!

  • @prashuchipandey5033
    @prashuchipandey5033 3 роки тому

    This was a delight to watch from the beginning to end

  • @Matt-lg2um
    @Matt-lg2um 3 роки тому

    i loved this so much!! i also struggle with thinking there’s something wrong with me rather than with the material when i don’t like something. this editing & your delivery were done so so well. i hope you get really big on this site :)

  • @southandthesea
    @southandthesea 3 роки тому

    this video is why I stay on UA-cam. so well done and I'd been looking for some of Bo's books he mentions as well!

  • @hotaruhime
    @hotaruhime 3 роки тому +1

    It's funny that UA-cam recommended this video to me, because I did in fact read Forever Overhead by David Foster Wallace just a few days ago, after reading in an old AMA on Reddit that it's Bo's favorite short story, and an inspiration for his movie Eighth Grade ! I work at a public library so I ran to get the only copy we have in french (because it's my first language and I wanted to really get everything, since I don't read that much in english), and while I enjoyed this story a lot, I must say, I'm not really sure about Wallace's other writings, because they seem a bit too tough for me. But we'll see. I also bought Bo's poetry book, Egghead, which is funnier than I expected and also has really charming and romantic moments in it. So yeah, I'm happy I came across your video ! Great work ! :)

  • @cass3026
    @cass3026 3 роки тому

    ok but that staircase outside your door is really cool

  • @claudiajade624
    @claudiajade624 3 роки тому +3

    This was great, thankyou. I defs don't think am going to read those books now. I am however going to go watch a bunch of your old videos 😋 So thankyou again in advance. 🙂

  • @mrscupcakechic
    @mrscupcakechic 3 роки тому

    ALLY OH MY GODDDDDDD this is your best video!!! the creativity !!!!!

  • @jessicadavies1131
    @jessicadavies1131 3 роки тому +2

    BOOKS, BO AND A BAE IN BELGIUM!!!

  • @Spirits-n-Giggles
    @Spirits-n-Giggles 3 роки тому +1

    This video is absolutely amazing. You did a fantastic job. From beginning to end! Wow! 💖💖💖

  • @doroteaivankovic3134
    @doroteaivankovic3134 3 роки тому

    I loved all the references from Inside!! Subscribed

  • @alrightspock
    @alrightspock 3 роки тому

    Wow, great video! You nailed the editing and imitative homage to Inside. I will now subscribe!

  • @joyjenkins9052
    @joyjenkins9052 3 роки тому +1

    Loved this. Perfect homage to Bo and his new special. 10/10 would recommend

  • @keyara_nickole
    @keyara_nickole 2 роки тому

    omg when you said trying to explain youtube to your parents and using a voice burnham song to do so is literally me!!!! and i too went make happy tour 2015!!! love no burnham! love this video! so well edited, the references and cohesiveness of your craft and bo’s craft is amazing! so glad i saw this video! absolutely subscribed 🥺🫂🥹

    • @keyara_nickole
      @keyara_nickole 2 роки тому

      omg all the typos…. yikes i was obviously excited lmao. but i had to comment once more, bc after watching it a second time the ending was just so touching to me. made my day, thank you for your time and craft! it’s appreciated!!

  • @srjohnst
    @srjohnst 3 роки тому

    Love the idea that Bo creates work with short story vibes! That definitely rings true for me.

  • @emmakates
    @emmakates 3 роки тому +2

    omg this is a perfect video. truly top tier