This bulb is smarter than me

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Originally Posted by jayoldschool

If the bulb is bad already, smash it, clear out the glass, then push/turn the brass with needle nose pliers.

This is what I would do. It's possible someone put the wrong bulb in and it's really stuck in there. Get the glass out of the way, then you can bend the metal inward if needed to free it up.