Jimmy Kimmel Live
Like countless others in Los Angeles, comedian Bill Burr was forced to evacuate his home due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. At this moment, there are still over 6 million citizens in Los Angeles who are under a critical fire threat warning (red flag warning) as high winds continue to pelt Southern California. On Tuesday, Bill Burr went on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about the past week.
Burr is making his Broadway debut in Glengarry Glen Ross, he’s got a new stand-up special coming out titled ‘Drop Dead Years,’ but it was the Pacific Palisades and other Los Angeles wildfires that Bill Burr wanted to discuss first.
Bill started off his segment by ripping into the “fire experts” on the Internet. He took aim at all of the people who suggested just flying helicopters into the ocean to pick up water in 100 knot winds (115mph). Burr points out all of the straight-up lunacy being spewed by people who weren’t there nor have ever experienced conditions like that… The Average Joes who somehow believe they’re special enough to singlehandedly stop the most devastating fires in the history of Los Angeles.
The discussion starts 33-seconds into the video, here we go:
Funnily enough, Bill Burr is a helicopter pilot himself. Even still, he says “I don’t know f— about (helicopters)… I know about the one that I fly. Other than that, I don’t know anything about (helicopters). But if you’re on the Internet you f—— know everything.”
Jokingly, when asked if he used his 2-seater helicopter to evacuate Bill Burr says he didn’t want to have to make a ‘Sophie’s Choice’ with his family and pick which one got to go up with him in the air. Burr says “we all piled into the SUV like everybody else.”
Burr also called out CNN and Fox News for highlighting ‘looting’ while making zero mention of the insurance companies that will now jack up everyone’s insurance premiums. This is something I’m ALL TOO FAMILIAR with down here in Florida and hopefully the Los Angeles media does a better job at covering this story than media in North Carolina, Florida, and the Southeast after last Summer’s natural disasters.