Bill Burr, the comedian, had this moment where he broke out. It's called the famous Philly rant; you can look it up on YouTube.

Comedians hate going to Philadelphia for gigs because if you don't make the audience laugh, they just rip you to pieces.

The backstory is that a lot of the comics who went on before him had just been eaten alive by this audience.

This audience was being particularly cruel that night, and he just had enough.

He comes out, doesn’t even do his set—he just abuses them for minutes.

He gets all his anger out and vents on them.

And, I don't think he meant to, but he was incredibly funny while doing it.

He’s just ripping them to pieces with really clever, witty insults.

A few minutes in, they start laughing—they just think it’s hilarious—but he’s just off on one because he’s genuinely angry.

It was a pivotal moment for him in his career, but also for his insight, too: "Oh, I can just come out here and say what I really want to say. I don’t have to try and make them laugh. I can just have a rant about the shit that pisses me off, and they think that’s funny."

So, he unintentionally found the thing that actually gets the most approval and validation—by letting go of trying to please them and actually coming out to speak his mind.

To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here:

https://youtu.be/Ru-Lia8iVTM

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