Boston-Bred Bill Burr to be the First Stand-Up Comedian on the New 'Tonight Show' Tonight!

Bill Burr will be the first comedian to perform on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" tonight! Burr, who hails from Boston and who cut his teeth on the local comedy scene will be the first to bring stand-up comedy to Conan's new set after a variety of musical performers have performed on the first week of the relaunch of "The Tonight Show".

Although Burr is currently based in Los Angeles, he returned to Boston a few months ago to play a capacity show at the Wilbur Theatre and is currently the celebrity blogger for the Boston Bruins on the NHL.com website.

Bill Burr performs on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" tonight at 11:35pm.

Click through to the rest of the post to see a snippet of Burr's "Why Do I Do This?" special as well as Bostonist's interview with Bill Burr in Hollywood earlier this year.