Five Comics to Watch

Bo Burnham
Age: 18
Hometown: Hamilton, MA
Style: Hyper teen performing songs in bedroom
Background: Taught himself guitar and keyboard and began churning out YouTube videos — "I'm just a giddy teenager who would like to break into show business anyway I can," Burnham says.
Signature bit: Rhapsodic ode to Helen Keller ("I could walk around the house naked/She wouldn't even know")
Reminiscent of: Adam Sandler
Tough gig: Followed Judd Apatow onstage at Montreal's Just for Laughs festival in 2008
Watch: boburnham.com