Bert Kreischer explains the origin of his signature shirtless look, revealing how a low-rated Showtime special and a viral Russian mafia story helped turn it into his trademark — and why humor has always been his real secret weapon.
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00:00So we got Burt Kreischer, comedian.
00:03Yeah, shirt on or shirt off?
00:04Yeah, we asked him, what's the deal with your shirt always being off?
00:07Take us through this.
00:09It's like asking, like, a painter why he chose his colors.
00:12I don't know.
00:13He said it originated of, like, he just wanted to have fun doing comedy.
00:16I just started doing it on the road. I thought it was fun.
00:18It would make me giggle and remind me that comedy should be fun.
00:21But he said when he first started getting attention,
00:23he was doing a Showtime special and they were like,
00:26dude, you got to keep the shirt on.
00:28This is back when you changed the channel, right?
00:29OK, right.
00:30And they're like, you're giving them a reason to change the channel.
00:32He was like, no, I can't do it.
00:33So he did it without a shirt.
00:35And they were right.
00:36It was the lowest rated special Showtime had ever done.
00:38No way.
00:39But he posted a clip from that special online.
00:43I posted one of my clips about me getting involved with the Russian Mafia
00:45and robbing a train and it went viral.
00:47And next thing you know, that shirt off became my thing.
00:50And now everyone knows me.
00:51I mean, he's like the guy that rocks the dad bods.
00:53Why don't you talk about dad bods?
00:55Dad bods are not hot.
00:56They're not.
00:57The attractiveness of a man, his body, his face.
01:00Humor is always the number one.
01:01You can overcome any obstacle.
01:03It works with women.
01:06Funniest woman in the world.
01:08She's not hot when I'm chill.
01:09Guys don't fall for that.
01:10Thank you very much.
01:11You got it.
01:12You got it.
01:13You got it.
01:14You got it.