Hotlanta spotlight: Lance Burson
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Published by Sareth Ney on Feb. 1, 2017 at 6:18 p.m.
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Photo credit: Carlos Rodriguez
ATLANTA – Ever since Lance Burson was a teenager, those he surrounded himself with told him was funny. However, he was skeptical did not believe them. When he first performed stand-up comedy, he was 23 years old. He felt weird, anxious and surprisingly comfortable. He felt at home, while he graced the stage.
Burson’s favorite comedy specials and records were the following: Bill Hicks’ “Sane Man”, Hicks’ “Relentless”, all of George Carlin’s works, Dennis Miller’s “Citizen Arcane”, Marc Maron’s “Thinky Pain”, Patton Oswalt’s “Talking for Clapping”. He continued to state there were many more and he might have left some more of the classic ones out.
“SCTV” (“Second City Television”), “Saturday Night Live”, “The Ben Stiller Show” and “Mad TV” were listed as Burson’s favorite sketch shows. His favorite sitcoms included: “Sanford and Son”, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “I Love Lucy”, “The Flip Wilson Show”, “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Seinfeld”. As mentioned earlier, he might have left other classics out.
Comedians Burson would like to go on tour were the following: Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt and Maria Bamford. His reasons were he considered them all geniuses and they shared commonalities. He continued by stating the laughter and the knowledge he would gain would be life changing. In the style of a comedy roast, he chose the following past and present comedians to roast him: Bill Hicks, Richard Lewis, Dennis Miller, Janeane Garofalo, Jen Kirkman, Bonnie McFarlane, Marc Maron, Greg Giraldo, Patrice O’Neal, Patton Oswalt and Don Rickles.
Off stage, Burson has written books and songs. In his opinion—he stated the “holy trifecta” (when done well) were “stand-up comedy, songwriting and novel”. He continued by stating they were “art’s finest achievements.”
Other forms of comedy Burson plans to venture into are sketch comedy and voiceover. They intrigue him. In the next five years, he hopes to be consistent with comedy and earn enough money from it to be considered a second job. He hopes to go on tour, meet other comedians which are better than him, become “more sharp and precise” too. After every time Burson walks off stage from his sets, he hopes the audience thinks the following: “He tried to be smart, authentic and fun. That wasn’t the worst experience of my life.”
Online and on social media, Burson can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @lanceburson. He can be friended on Facebook, by clicking here.
Burson’s favorite comedy specials and records were the following: Bill Hicks’ “Sane Man”, Hicks’ “Relentless”, all of George Carlin’s works, Dennis Miller’s “Citizen Arcane”, Marc Maron’s “Thinky Pain”, Patton Oswalt’s “Talking for Clapping”. He continued to state there were many more and he might have left some more of the classic ones out.
“SCTV” (“Second City Television”), “Saturday Night Live”, “The Ben Stiller Show” and “Mad TV” were listed as Burson’s favorite sketch shows. His favorite sitcoms included: “Sanford and Son”, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “I Love Lucy”, “The Flip Wilson Show”, “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Seinfeld”. As mentioned earlier, he might have left other classics out.
Comedians Burson would like to go on tour were the following: Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt and Maria Bamford. His reasons were he considered them all geniuses and they shared commonalities. He continued by stating the laughter and the knowledge he would gain would be life changing. In the style of a comedy roast, he chose the following past and present comedians to roast him: Bill Hicks, Richard Lewis, Dennis Miller, Janeane Garofalo, Jen Kirkman, Bonnie McFarlane, Marc Maron, Greg Giraldo, Patrice O’Neal, Patton Oswalt and Don Rickles.
Off stage, Burson has written books and songs. In his opinion—he stated the “holy trifecta” (when done well) were “stand-up comedy, songwriting and novel”. He continued by stating they were “art’s finest achievements.”
Other forms of comedy Burson plans to venture into are sketch comedy and voiceover. They intrigue him. In the next five years, he hopes to be consistent with comedy and earn enough money from it to be considered a second job. He hopes to go on tour, meet other comedians which are better than him, become “more sharp and precise” too. After every time Burson walks off stage from his sets, he hopes the audience thinks the following: “He tried to be smart, authentic and fun. That wasn’t the worst experience of my life.”
Online and on social media, Burson can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @lanceburson. He can be friended on Facebook, by clicking here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
