[1][2] Early in his career, Burt presented programs on SYN and Channel 31, including Pluck, The Reviewers, Raucous, and 3 Day Growth.
[3] In 2005, Burt lived in New York where he interned as a writer for the Late Show with David Letterman.
[4] He returned to Melbourne in 2006 and since then has written for skitHOUSE, The Glass House, The Sideshow, Good News Week, The Einstein Factor, National Bingo Night, Hole in the Wall, Taken Out, and The Biggest Loser.
As a corporate speaker, he has entertained companies such as Vulcan Steel and BHP Billiton.
[7] Burt has acted in iSH media mobile comedy series Girl Friday and wrote and acted in The Three Day Growth, which received funding from the Australia Council,[8] Australian Film Commission,[9] and Film Victoria[10] He has also acted on stage in The Coming of Stork by David Williamson at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival[11] In August 2009, Burt collaborated with Catherine Deveny for 'An Evening Of Insight And Filth' a live comedy show at the Butterfly Club in South Melbourne.