I kind of knew I wanted to live in New York, and I knew I wanted to be in the entertainment business in some way, shape, or form. I knew I wanted to work at a record label to see the machinations of the music industry, and I interned at a label. When you were studying upright bass at Berklee, where did you think you’d end up career-wise?Ī. Have you decided whether you want to do a seventh season yet? I think I almost got killed during “Bad Trip.” The first prank Rel and I shot, a guy took a knife on us, and that was a little bit difficult. Like there was a real estate agent from an episode of a few years ago that looked like they really wanted to kill you.Ī. On the other hand, there are occasions when I’m just surprised that you haven’t been murdered. I’m usually bummed when they take it well. Are you ever surprised at how well the guests take the things that you throw at them?Ī. You don’t want them trying to play along. You don’t want a guest that’s too cool or hip or is familiar with my show or is familiar with Adult Swim. And then we have like a gigantic Vanna White wall of all these torturous events that could potentially occur, and then when the guests come in, we assign the guests to the particular gags. We come up with 200 gags that we can do to any guest, and we bring those into production, because we book the guest last. How do you decide who you want to be a guest on the Adult Swim show and what you want to do with them?Ī. You try to just keep what’s always getting laughs and cut what’s not getting laughs. I tape every show, and we watch the tapes on the way to the next city, and we’re constantly trying to adjust the show and make it better and better and better. So how do you know what’s going to work and what isn’t? Or don’t you?Ī. That’s not really an idea you can work out in the clubs before you bring it on the road. Most of the show is just people drinking various substances that they shouldn’t drink. Oh, yeah, I asked the crowd if they want to drink McDonald’s. In the trailer for the new show, I think you pour McDonald’s burgers, fries, and shakes into a pitcher …Ī. So I think there’s something special when you get the smartest comedians together in a room and force them to come up with the most immature, asinine, sixth-grade jokes. And what makes us laugh are the things that tickle our inner caveman or cavewoman. Comedy is not intellectual, comedy is primal. You know, it’s a question as old as time. You have a new book called “Dumb Ideas.” Why is the dumbest idea the best idea?Ī. What’s the reaction you want to see from the audience? It seems like maybe it’s more than just laughter. I think I’m the first comedy show to have a mosh pit break out during the show. It’s the most dangerous comedy show I think that’s ever been. The reviews I’ve read of the live show describe the audiences as terrified. I’ll call people’s ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend on FaceTime during the show and try to get them back together. For the uninitiated, what should people expect to experience at the show Tuesday night?Ī. Ahead of “The Eric Andre Explosion” live show at the House of Blues on Tuesday, the Globe caught up with the comedian to dive into the chaos he loves to create, and to look back on his earliest days in stand-up, when he was a Berklee College of Music student moonlighting at Boston comedy clubs.
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