Much like Tropic Thunder, it’s looking like the best part the upcoming Judd Apatow-directed Funny People might be the virals and fake movies within-the-movie.  These videos (above and below) are the latest to hit the web.  They’re from the (fake) TV show starring Jason Schwartzman’s character – a self-obsessed NBC TV star on a show called, “Yo, Teach…!” (I’m assuming they’ll eventually be part of the DVD extras).  You may notice that one of Schwartzman’s students is Bo Burnham, the painfully dorky YouTube rap sensation with whom Apatow is supposedly writing the “anti-High School Musical.”  It’s not that I’m not impressed by this kid’s songs, it’s just that his comedy is… different.  It’s the kind of comedy that says, “Let’s never hang out*.”

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Judd Apatow recently hired Bo Burnham (he’s Bo, yo), who appears to be some sort of YouTube-created, autistic rap sensation, to write and create the music for a project he’s calling “the anti-High School Musical”.

Burnham began recording his songs in his bedroom with a camera resting on a stack of books a couple of years ago, initially with the aim to put them on YouTube as way to keep in touch with his older brother, who left for college. He began gaining a following, with some songs going on to snag millions of hits on YouTube, Break.com, MySpace and CollegeHumor.com

Burnham, who recently graduated from an all-boys Catholic school in Danvers, Mass., solidified his comedic status with a standout performance at this summer’s Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, where he hooked up with Apatow. Burnham, repped by Gersh and 3 Arts, recently signed a four-album deal with the record arm of Comedy Central and taped a special for the channel. [THR]

Hey, bro. Hope college is cool. Everything’s pretty much the same here. I’m still super weird. Mom still makes me wear your tie-dyed shirts. Grandma and I still share the same barber. You know, the yoooouge. Aaanyway, check out this rap I wrote. Peace out, -B. PS, thanks for the keyboard.

Sexman is totally slitting his wrists right now.