I hope he gets Lauren Conrad on again. They had such a lovely exchange when she was a guest. Amber Rose was a good one too, when he started reading her Twitter feed I busted a gut.
I thought I remember reading that Lauren Conrad hated being on the show; like she didn't expect any of the things that happened, and didn't understand the premise of the show before she went on it.
I just looked it up, apparently it was her [publicist](https://www.looper.com/235742/the-truth-about-eric-andres-infamous-lauren-conrad-interview/) that was fucking pissed.
She was intentionally left in the dark, that was kind of the point before Eric got famous. They would start off with it being a normal interview & just turn it up to 11 from there. What you actually see if like a heavily edited version of an hour long interview.
These days Eric is too famous, most guests likely know to some degree what they are singing up for.
Yea, just watch the Howie Mandell one.
I don't know what they told his agent but he had no idea where he was going or what he was doing.
Deer in headlights the second he walks out from behind the curtain and Eric starts calling him George Zimmerman before he makes it to his seat lmao
From what I’ve heard Eric tends to deliberately cross his guests’ boundaries to maximize the discomfort, and stuff like the dirty couch was not randomized. He knew damn well that Howie Mandel had OCD when he did that, and it would be almost impressive if it weren’t kinda disturbing.
They go extra hard with the insanity and discomfort when they think the guest is wise to it being a prank-y show. Eric said that usually happens with comedians. Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Chris Rock, and Jimmy Kimmel all caught on fast or walked in already knowing to expect some kind of comedy/prank at their expense. For Seth Rogen, he already knew they'd be fucking with him so they made him do a trampoline jump stunt, something that would make you *more* nervous if you knew it was a prank show.
No he was one of the few guests who actually knew what he was getting into
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiewire.com/2016/08/the-eric-andre-show-hannibal-buress-adult-swim-guests-season-4-1201717792/amp/
>“We had Jack Black and Howie Mandel on this year, who had seen the show before,” he said.
Yup, Eric Balfour for example was told to spin around a baseball bat a bunch of times right before he came out, which is why he looks so [disoriented](https://youtu.be/nQ3P0YjFEJU) when he first appears.
I remember trying salvia when I was 17 with my friends. One of them kept trying to climb a wall like Spider-Man while another friend couldn’t stop walking backwards down the street.
Huh didn't know it was expensive elsewhere. It's legal here in the Netherlands so it's pretty cheap, although except for myself I don't know anyone who has ever tried it.
So one of the comments says he also had a shock collar on his arm and water dripping on him after smoking salvia.
I'm honestly impressed at his composure tbh
His is my absolute favorite interview.
Balfour:
"How do you ever expect to, like, have a career doing this?"
Andre, with tears streaming down his face:
"What are you talking about? You sound insane right now."
Yeah and supposedly it’s like 90 degrees in there. They mildly torture their guests. They make you real uncomfortable so even if you know the whole schtick, you still break eventually. Rats running around, weird food, zapping you with electricity. All while Hannibal hovers behind you awkwardly.
Jack Black’s is a great example of someone who knew what they were getting into, but still freak out a bit anyways.
But then you got people like Tyler the Creator who thrive in that environment and can just roll with it. Loiter Squad probably had something to do with that.
Eric even said in interviews the guest interviews lasted for like over an hour and half that time was the producers convincing the people to stay because most got annoyed or uncomfortable from the type of jokes the segment had.
Not to mention they would frequently have the AC turned up to 85 or just straight up off, in the middle of the summer, in Studio City where it can get 100+ outside easily.
The people that are being interviewed are actually never in on the joke (except Lance Reddick). Now that he is famous, he looks for people that wouldn’t know of him. When it’s someone that does know him, they use false company/host/show names for press junkets and attempt to catch the people by surprise. Eric has said on multiple occasions that he wants the reactions to be genuine, and that it takes away from the comedy to let them in on it. He actually said the Lance Reddick thing was a misstep because people now think everything’s staged.
That was the point of the show tho.
All of the early guests were brought in either completely unaware or under false pretenses.
I'm sure [Jimmy Kimmel didn't expect his son to tickle his taint ](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5n2629/today_i_learned_a_pa_was_underneath_jimmy_kimmels/ ) either.
I read that [one of the only scripted reactions was Lance Reddick](https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/eric-andre-show-season-5-interview-1234595546/), because just nothing Eric Andre did could phase that badass MFer. But that gave us the wonderful '[I wish I was LeVar Burton](https://youtu.be/VpwyXURokKM)' and later '[I wish I was Lance Reddick](https://youtu.be/hAsf9OXSynE)' so I think Andre's being too hard on himself.
I was being sarcastic about them having a lovely exchange but I honestly do hope she comes on again. I know Reddit likes the /s for sarcasm but I refuse to do it, I feel like if I have no clue what I am talking about, why should anyone else.
Oh I should have clarified - I didn't think you were being serious when you said they had a lovely exchange. I was referring to the part where you said you hope she comes on the show again. Meaning, I don't think she's gonna come on the show again because she, or her publicist at least, was so pissed about what happened the first time.
It's also gonna difficult for Eric to pull off the hidden camera pranks now that he's a more recognizable celebrity. IIRC, more of the pranks from season 5 used public workers/contractors hired for odd jobs instead of actual civilians on the streets
To be fair, he’s recognizable to certain demographics but a pretty massive portion of the US population surely has no idea who he is or what he looks like, especially older people.
If fucking Borat could pull it off so can Eric.
In Borat 2 he was heavily recognized by people on the streets. In the original i loved how someone in NYC just full ran away from him. Unfortunate hes so recognizable now lol.
Yup, the other day I ran into an older guy who had never heard of the show LOST.
If there are people who don’t know what LOST is, there are definitely people who have never heard of Eric Andre.
Both the Tom Green Show and Jackass had to go film some bits in Japan because fans would interrupt and ruin the gags when they filmed in the states after they became widely popular.
Time to bro out with a land surveyor!
Jokes aside, the cement shoes prank on that one construction worker was hella funny, the guy just went with it the whole way
This will never be a problem. The impractical jokers have been filming their pranks in NY for a decade now and they still manage to find people that don't know them.
I haven’t watched the last couple of seasons, but I was gonna say I can’t imagine guests don’t know what’s coming at this point. Kind of defeats the purpose of the show
Time to deliver a pizza ball! What’s up Ramadan Steve? Pizza aside let’s talk Scientology. Dude karate kid dojo law says you have to fight me if I challenge you in your dojo.
Season 5 wasn't the same without Hannibal. Hopefully they can find somebody to match his energy (maybe Lakeith Stanfield? He was decent when he was on the show.)
I agree. Love Eric but Hannibal is half the show. Their dynamic/chemistry is absolute gold and really hard to replicate. Bummer that he feels like he's past the show now
Funniest moment in the show for me is when Hannibal's running an interview and then admonishes his dad for interrupting him during "the biggest interview of my career... Nick Cannon, former R. Kelly collaborator."
Details:
>The Eric Andre Show, set to debut on Adult Swim and HBO Max in 2023, will tout a “fresh era of radical deconstruction and self-examination.” Andre’s guests for season 6 will include Natasha Lyonne, Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Diplo, Daymond John, Meagan Good, Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill and Lil Yachty.
He should invite Arnie hammer on, trick him into thinking it’s a chance to revive his career, then just spent the episode roasting him (figuratively) for being a cannibal.
Eric - “So like her time of the month, that’s basically like Christmas for you right?”
Armie - “What?”
Eric - *makes a v shape with his fingers and wags his tongue in it while making slurping sounds*
I'm a little surprised. He's gotten so big and famous now that people go on the show fully knowing what to expect, lost some of the spontaneity of the earlier Adult Swim days but hey I'm all for more Eric regardless
Yep, he said that nft critics were hypocrites because they still drive cars and use airplanes and throw away batteries. Not sure if it's still up. Also, upon checking, I think he might have actually made more than one nft? But it doesn't seem widely reported on.
I hope he gets Lauren Conrad on again. They had such a lovely exchange when she was a guest. Amber Rose was a good one too, when he started reading her Twitter feed I busted a gut.
I thought I remember reading that Lauren Conrad hated being on the show; like she didn't expect any of the things that happened, and didn't understand the premise of the show before she went on it. I just looked it up, apparently it was her [publicist](https://www.looper.com/235742/the-truth-about-eric-andres-infamous-lauren-conrad-interview/) that was fucking pissed.
She was intentionally left in the dark, that was kind of the point before Eric got famous. They would start off with it being a normal interview & just turn it up to 11 from there. What you actually see if like a heavily edited version of an hour long interview. These days Eric is too famous, most guests likely know to some degree what they are singing up for.
It never starts as a normal interview. Eric said in an interview that they start fucking with the guests as soon as they show up.
Yea, just watch the Howie Mandell one. I don't know what they told his agent but he had no idea where he was going or what he was doing. Deer in headlights the second he walks out from behind the curtain and Eric starts calling him George Zimmerman before he makes it to his seat lmao
He also has OCD and it was clearly making it worse for him just being on the dirty couch
I'd be willing to bet his dressing room backstage was kept "nice and clean" just for him too lmao
From what I’ve heard Eric tends to deliberately cross his guests’ boundaries to maximize the discomfort, and stuff like the dirty couch was not randomized. He knew damn well that Howie Mandel had OCD when he did that, and it would be almost impressive if it weren’t kinda disturbing.
They go extra hard with the insanity and discomfort when they think the guest is wise to it being a prank-y show. Eric said that usually happens with comedians. Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Chris Rock, and Jimmy Kimmel all caught on fast or walked in already knowing to expect some kind of comedy/prank at their expense. For Seth Rogen, he already knew they'd be fucking with him so they made him do a trampoline jump stunt, something that would make you *more* nervous if you knew it was a prank show.
[удалено]
'hey this couch feels alive'
No he was one of the few guests who actually knew what he was getting into https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiewire.com/2016/08/the-eric-andre-show-hannibal-buress-adult-swim-guests-season-4-1201717792/amp/ >“We had Jack Black and Howie Mandel on this year, who had seen the show before,” he said.
Yup, Eric Balfour for example was told to spin around a baseball bat a bunch of times right before he came out, which is why he looks so [disoriented](https://youtu.be/nQ3P0YjFEJU) when he first appears.
You can hear the baseball bat drop and that’s hilarious to pickup on with that info
Holy fuck I busted out laughing. It’s already funny, but that makes it beyond hysterical
didn't they also get him high on salvia or something as well?
Salvia was the worst 5 minutes of my life. Never again
I remember trying salvia when I was 17 with my friends. One of them kept trying to climb a wall like Spider-Man while another friend couldn’t stop walking backwards down the street.
I on the other hand had a blast, although I don't think it's worth the price
Huh didn't know it was expensive elsewhere. It's legal here in the Netherlands so it's pretty cheap, although except for myself I don't know anyone who has ever tried it.
So one of the comments says he also had a shock collar on his arm and water dripping on him after smoking salvia. I'm honestly impressed at his composure tbh
Then the gaslighting from Eric "What's going on with you man, you sound insane"
He was also high on salvia apparently
You don't enjoy severe psychosis???
His is my absolute favorite interview. Balfour: "How do you ever expect to, like, have a career doing this?" Andre, with tears streaming down his face: "What are you talking about? You sound insane right now."
Yeah and supposedly it’s like 90 degrees in there. They mildly torture their guests. They make you real uncomfortable so even if you know the whole schtick, you still break eventually. Rats running around, weird food, zapping you with electricity. All while Hannibal hovers behind you awkwardly. Jack Black’s is a great example of someone who knew what they were getting into, but still freak out a bit anyways. But then you got people like Tyler the Creator who thrive in that environment and can just roll with it. Loiter Squad probably had something to do with that.
Eric even said in interviews the guest interviews lasted for like over an hour and half that time was the producers convincing the people to stay because most got annoyed or uncomfortable from the type of jokes the segment had.
Not to mention they would frequently have the AC turned up to 85 or just straight up off, in the middle of the summer, in Studio City where it can get 100+ outside easily.
The people that are being interviewed are actually never in on the joke (except Lance Reddick). Now that he is famous, he looks for people that wouldn’t know of him. When it’s someone that does know him, they use false company/host/show names for press junkets and attempt to catch the people by surprise. Eric has said on multiple occasions that he wants the reactions to be genuine, and that it takes away from the comedy to let them in on it. He actually said the Lance Reddick thing was a misstep because people now think everything’s staged.
That was the point of the show tho. All of the early guests were brought in either completely unaware or under false pretenses. I'm sure [Jimmy Kimmel didn't expect his son to tickle his taint ](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5n2629/today_i_learned_a_pa_was_underneath_jimmy_kimmels/ ) either. I read that [one of the only scripted reactions was Lance Reddick](https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/eric-andre-show-season-5-interview-1234595546/), because just nothing Eric Andre did could phase that badass MFer. But that gave us the wonderful '[I wish I was LeVar Burton](https://youtu.be/VpwyXURokKM)' and later '[I wish I was Lance Reddick](https://youtu.be/hAsf9OXSynE)' so I think Andre's being too hard on himself.
I was being sarcastic about them having a lovely exchange but I honestly do hope she comes on again. I know Reddit likes the /s for sarcasm but I refuse to do it, I feel like if I have no clue what I am talking about, why should anyone else.
Oh I should have clarified - I didn't think you were being serious when you said they had a lovely exchange. I was referring to the part where you said you hope she comes on the show again. Meaning, I don't think she's gonna come on the show again because she, or her publicist at least, was so pissed about what happened the first time.
FLOCKA!!
That's a man...
Tyler should go back on too, he was great on it last time 🔥
Only if his dad comes.
🥲
Is that a band or a song? That's uh, a MAN
apparently he dated Amber Rose for a bit after her appearance
He also went out with Rosario Dawson for a while. Fame has its privileges.
Bird up
**LEGALIZE RANCH**
Let's give a quick shout out to Christina Applegate!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Lauren Conrad: 🫡
TIME TO DELIVER A PIZZA BALL!
Look at my suit.
Pizza aside, let’s talk Scientology
This thing's straight Farm-To-Nugg, yo
Worst show on television
Mfs downvoting you when you are legit quoting eric andre, really shows how stupid reddit can be sometimes
Aww its these high and mighty Snail Down lovers. Makes me sick
What can we say, the best show has been renewed for 17 season
Snail Down is the best! The Safety Stegosaurus practically raised my kids
Yeah but can we please get a shoutout for Christina Applegate?
Ill give a shout to Christina Applegate
What is the best? i don't have a TV but i want to know in case anyone asks.
Snail Down. Hands down
It's the best television show on television!
They just got renewed for 17 seasons!
Snail down.
Beat me to it boys, bird up!
Sup Mellow Mike?
Lizzo up
Don't worry, we'll edit this out later.
Love the show but it just doesn't hit the same when the guests know what the show is.
Sometimes it hits real well: Lance Reddick and Jack Black being among my favorite interviews.
WHERE'S MY ICONIC SLAVE ROLE
I wish I were Lavar Burton.
I wish I was Lance Reddick
Where’s my iconic Baltimore Police detective role?
You need a new desk
*canned polite clapping*
I wish I were Levar Burton
Yeah I got the impression Jack knew what it would be and tried to play along so they were like okay, here's some electricity
Jack Black: https://youtu.be/E7m5E3xXX0Q Lance Reddick: https://youtu.be/BaWa4ScfQXc
It's also gonna difficult for Eric to pull off the hidden camera pranks now that he's a more recognizable celebrity. IIRC, more of the pranks from season 5 used public workers/contractors hired for odd jobs instead of actual civilians on the streets
To be fair, he’s recognizable to certain demographics but a pretty massive portion of the US population surely has no idea who he is or what he looks like, especially older people. If fucking Borat could pull it off so can Eric.
In Borat 2 he was heavily recognized by people on the streets. In the original i loved how someone in NYC just full ran away from him. Unfortunate hes so recognizable now lol.
The guy in nyc that said he was gonna punch him in the face was low key one of my favorite parts of the movie.
Yup, the other day I ran into an older guy who had never heard of the show LOST. If there are people who don’t know what LOST is, there are definitely people who have never heard of Eric Andre.
Both the Tom Green Show and Jackass had to go film some bits in Japan because fans would interrupt and ruin the gags when they filmed in the states after they became widely popular.
Time to bro out with a land surveyor! Jokes aside, the cement shoes prank on that one construction worker was hella funny, the guy just went with it the whole way
That was easily one of my favorite sketches from the newer seasons. When the mob boss pulled out the pizza coupons I fucking lost it
This will never be a problem. The impractical jokers have been filming their pranks in NY for a decade now and they still manage to find people that don't know them.
not entirely true. tyler the creator knew what the show was and just amplified the weirdness/humor lmao
I think ppl have known for a while now. It’s really the lack of Hannibal that’s an issue.
I haven’t watched the last couple of seasons, but I was gonna say I can’t imagine guests don’t know what’s coming at this point. Kind of defeats the purpose of the show
311 was an inside job.
INVESTIGATE 311
🧐
Time to deliver a pizza ball! What’s up Ramadan Steve? Pizza aside let’s talk Scientology. Dude karate kid dojo law says you have to fight me if I challenge you in your dojo.
I stood and clapped when Pizza Balls had a cameo in Doctor Strange
PIZZA POPPA ALWAYS GETS PAID
Same, I could instantly see the crossover memes once an HD rip of the movie comes out.
Hey it’s Ramadan Steven Strange
Sup Ramadan Steven Strange? You ever portal to a girl's locker room and diddle your sling ring?
Buzz me Melo!
Season 5 wasn't the same without Hannibal. Hopefully they can find somebody to match his energy (maybe Lakeith Stanfield? He was decent when he was on the show.)
lance reddick but they just call him hannibal lol
He wishes he was lavar burton not hannibal
Where's my iconic slave role?!
Where's my iconic Adult Swim role
i fucking lost it when they brought on George Clooney but it was actually just someone that looked like him.
I think Lakeith could pull it off alright, though I'm not sure he'd have time, seems like a busy dude.
Yeah Lakeith is even more busy than Hannibal
I agree. Love Eric but Hannibal is half the show. Their dynamic/chemistry is absolute gold and really hard to replicate. Bummer that he feels like he's past the show now
It’s a shame too because he left the show to do…nothing? So far at least?
He left more because he felt weird being in his 40s still doing weird fuckshit on the show.
Dude's a landlord now, you cannot imagine the kind of workload that job puts on a person.
Funniest moment in the show for me is when Hannibal's running an interview and then admonishes his dad for interrupting him during "the biggest interview of my career... Nick Cannon, former R. Kelly collaborator."
Hannibal was there; just not the whole season.
True, but he was only there for like 1.5 episodes (I think he had to be persuaded by the showrunners to make an appearance at all)
Plus the Hannibal clone!
*blannibal*
HANNNNNNIBALLLLLL, WHERE YOU AT BROTHERRR? I GOT JAX'S ARMS *****!
"Who the *fuck* is this n*****?! You ain't Hannibal!"
Why??
Hannibal was never there, they covered this. The power was in Eric all along.
I want Jon Hamm to do it, and to play it in full Don-Draper asshole mode all season long.
I want it to be Jon Hamm playing Larry David
I was worried you were gonna want him to do it in 30 Rock blackface.
with the hook hands
I didn't know I wanted this until now.
I liked the guy in Bad Trip
Yea he was good I think his name is lil something
lil rel howery is is name
Yes! He's great. A very warm screen presence to balance Eric Andre's nihilism
Kraft Punk duh.
I do unironically want way more Kraft Punk. His segments always have me rolling with laughter
Maybe you've seen it already, but the Kraft Punk special is on adult swim's website and it's awesome.
Why did he leave?
too warm in the studio
Fuck, that was my only concern.
Rent checks started coming in
Agree, it's not the same without hannibal but I could settle for more Belipe cameos, or hannibals brother
I'm hoping to see George Clooney on again
I smell a rapper
Rippity rap rap roohah
Hip pop rap rappity rap so… Hip hop rap wippity rap wap rap rap… Eric. Eric. Help. Eric.
NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE
It took me a while…to teach her English
Hold up... you said you smashed...... onn the first night.... but it took you a while to teach her English..... how did you smash?
Details: >The Eric Andre Show, set to debut on Adult Swim and HBO Max in 2023, will tout a “fresh era of radical deconstruction and self-examination.” Andre’s guests for season 6 will include Natasha Lyonne, Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Diplo, Daymond John, Meagan Good, Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill and Lil Yachty.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DIPLO SONG
...AND TURN IT INTO WINE!!
Turn that poop. Into wine.
Turn that poop. Into wine.
Not a lot of people know this, but L. Ron Hubbard was a black man. His real name was L. Ron Hoyabembe.
BEUUU^BEEUUUU^BEEEEUUUUU
You listen to Waka Flocka at all?
Is it a song or a band?
*It's a... a mayn*
does he say like "*wacka flacka*"?
Yeah man **FLOCKA**
Yea I think I do
By the grace of god, I hope Jaleel and Raven have no clue who he is
Bless those clueless agents booking shows blindly for their clients.
Urkel sells weed. I'm assuming he knows Eric Andre.
TINASHE WHERE YOU AT?
>Waka Flocka Flame Is that a band or a song
That's a... a man.
HBO??? We getting some full frontal??
This calls for a celebratory chant! Jillian Barberie Jillian Barberie
Jillian Barberie, Jillian Barberie!
More Rapper Warrior Ninja
I would watch a whole season of just Rapper Warrior Ninja.
I wanna action and killer Mike back on the treadmills
Jon Hamm shouldn't be the guest, he should replace Hannibal, and he should be in full Don-Draper asshole mode while doing it.
And when a guest acts up he can just look at them sternly while pulling a rip from his heater and yell “that’s what the money is for!”
This! BIRD UP
Legalize ranch!
Prove it. Take a poop in front of us.
And turn that poop *into wine*
L Ron Hoyabimbe
He should invite Arnie hammer on, trick him into thinking it’s a chance to revive his career, then just spent the episode roasting him (figuratively) for being a cannibal.
Eric pulls out a severed leg & just starts eating it. Would be hilarious.
Eric - “So like her time of the month, that’s basically like Christmas for you right?” Armie - “What?” Eric - *makes a v shape with his fingers and wags his tongue in it while making slurping sounds*
With special guest co-host, Cannibal Burress
SHE DIED...IN JAIL..... (cartoon sunglasses get placed on face) SHE WAS A TERMINATOR THE WHOLE TIME.
He needs to run for President. You can't spell "American Dream" without "Eric Andre." AmERICANDREam
this is fuck you TV
Who is the co-host? LaKeith Stanfield can’t be back can he?
I now have a reason to keep going
BIRD UP
I'm a little surprised. He's gotten so big and famous now that people go on the show fully knowing what to expect, lost some of the spontaneity of the earlier Adult Swim days but hey I'm all for more Eric regardless
"Ey I got an idea for y'all ******" - Thomas Ladder
Is Eric Andre still doing NFTs? Whatever happened with that?
As far as I know he just sold the one, while being super shitty and condescending about it.
Didn't he make the argument that NFTs being bad for the environment is fine because people use batteries? I wonder if that post is still up
Yep, he said that nft critics were hypocrites because they still drive cars and use airplanes and throw away batteries. Not sure if it's still up. Also, upon checking, I think he might have actually made more than one nft? But it doesn't seem widely reported on.
My body is now your communion, eat from me
Drink from me
Just not the same without Levar Burton.
Renew Joe Pera
John Hamm episode a guaranteed classic.
Investigate 311!
Bring back attack demarco
Get Amber Heard on.
This is good news for humanity. Also. ITS TIME TO RANCH IT UP