\ tf It t 2YOUn9 Comeotan ts tzBurnham I N N e's only 17 years old and looking forward to en- : n $\*l$ teringNYLI'sTischSchoolof theArtsinthefa[. : ( $*-\ But if college doesn't pan out for Bo Burnham, : jr N .^t he can always fall back on a career in standup i lr - in just 18 montLs, Burnham has gone from an : accidental YouTube phenomenon to a buzzed-about ' thing teenagers would never joke about," says Bum- a;,comedian poised to hit the big time. i ham, who also has fun in his videos by awkwardly 'r- His debut digital-only EP on the Comedy Central , pretending he,has just had lots of sex with beautiful -*_label, "Bo Fo Sho," hit No.</p><p> I on the iTunes comedy i women. "Uncharted territoryis a good place to be -\--albumchartandNo.6ontheoveralliTunes.-win,',headds.F alburnchart,alongsidethelikesofCold-ffi'AWebsitechampionedthevideoandin\\ play. ffi$jfl{$ru}*f,#dffi theblinkof aneyeitscoredmorethana "All my fans saw me as some little kid who can't even afford new jeans in his room, so they'll support me," says Burnham. "That'll work until I become a success." He already is: Burnham made his NYC debut at Carolines Comedv Club last week, has already been to London to appear on T! has performed at the prestigious Montreal Just for Laughs festival and has late-night talk-show bookers vying to be the first to put him on American TV Offering a gangly cross between the verbal wordplay of George Carlin, the drollness of Steve Martin and a self-deprecation all his own, the Ham- ilton, Mass., native's explosive success began when he sat in his bedroom and videotaped a perfor-million views.</p><p> That's usually the begin- rting and the end of most online viral Bhenomena., But hd soon posted three more vrdeos, all with jokey themes like Helen Kbller being the perfect woman or a "Harold and Maude"-like ode to dating a senior citizen.</p><p> Thev too became smash online hits, in no small part thanks to Burn- ham's wittybanter. ("Hello world ... and Internet pedophiles," hF winks at the beginning of one tune.) Now he has had 15 million views of his baker's dozenworth of videos featuring hilarious tunes like "New Math" and "I'm Bo Yo," songs packed with so many vulgar puns and clever oneliners you have to listen to them repeatedly to catch all the jokes.</p><p> Michael Giltz
