Bill Burr sat down with Variety for the inaugural episode of “Anatomy of a Joke,” a new video series spotlighting stand-up comedians and the process behind one of their favorite punchlines.
In “Drop Dead Years,” Burr’s Emmy-nominated Hulu special from earlier this year, the comedian gets vulnerable about confronting his mental health issues.
“I found out recently I have, like, depression issues,” Burr says in the special, to scattered laughter. To some, this was a stunning admission from the Boston-born comic, finally ready to crack open the hard-shell reputation he had built for decades on the road.
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