Anna Daniels
We’re as disturbed by that fact as anyone because, well, Eric Andre and his co-host Hannibal Buress really do pull some crazy stunts on The Eric Andre Show. Andre continues to claim, however, that there’s actually a method to the pranking insanity, and that method is that he and his cohorts are categorically not allowed to fake anything.
“There’s an ethos to it. You don’t want to start faking it ever, not a single reaction is faked,” he explained. “My show is all real. You never, never fake reactions. You can tell when the reactions are fake. You can just smell it. The audience smells it. And then that ruins your reputation.”
Eric Andre’s quest for prank purity has, of course, earned him the ire of some guests who could not have been less in on the joke. Andre’s now-infamous interview with Lauren Conrad had the fashionista’s press team threatening to black ball the comedian in Hollywood, and Flavor Flav didn’t have any kind words for Andre after his own appearance on the show.
As wild as the interviews are on The Eric Andre Show, the bar is clearly raised when he leaves the studio. Per Andre himself, he’s actually been threatened, arrested, and badly injured for the sake of the show’s “on the street” scenes.
“I had to go to the hospital. I put my hand through a window in Season Four and had to get stitches. I got arrested twice. You can count on one hand the people that are willing to do this. High stakes pranks where violence is involved and getting arrested as a probable outcome.”
With a fresh season of The Eric Andre Show hitting Adult Swim in 2020, the mad prankster of extended cable will surely be pushing boundaries further than ever. Frankly, we cannot wait to watch the madness unfold — even if we’re watching through our fingers.
Written by: Looper
