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Bill Burr is, arguably, the current king of the comedy castle. He sells out shows within hours, as was the case for his two performances Saturday at L’Olympia. His fifth hour-long solo special, Walk Your Way Out, was released a few months back on Netflx. The second season of the animated hit F Is for Family — wherein Burr releases his inner-Homer Simpson as the voice for a blue-collar family patriarch — just started streaming on Netflix.

But as much as he loves to rant and be irate as Burr’s character on F Is for Family, nothing pushes the Bostonian’s buttons more than attacks directed toward his beloved hockey Bruins or defences of our hometown Habs.

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No sooner does Burr answer my call than the first thing out of his mouth is: “How are you enjoying P.K. Subban in the Stanley Cup finals?”

Ouch.

So I lamely respond: “How are you enjoying (ex-Bruins coach) Claude Julien with the Canadiens?”

“Excellent,” Burr retorts. “As long as the Canadiens keep losing in the first round of the playoffs.” Pause. “But I never understood how a guy (Julien) who breaks a 40-year drought in Boston (winning the Cup) loses his job five years later … at least we’re moving in a positive direction now, but you guys will never get back to what you were.”