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The Eric Andre Show: Season 5 |OT| What's the Worst that Could Happen?

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The long wait for season five is finally over. To celebrate, here's an hour long Zoom special:

 
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Eric Andre Isn’t Going Anywhere

The comedian opens up about season five of The Eric Andre Show, Hannibal Buress’s departure, and how long he wants his violently funny Adult Swim series to last.
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Hannibal leaving is real:
Andre shaped the idea for The Eric Andre Show around that time, tickled by the dramaturgical irony of a late night host who doesn't care about the job, coupled with the unlimited potential of street pranks in the busy city. He shot a test pilot in an abandoned bodega in 2009, with the help of Hannibal Buress and directors Andrew Barchilon and Kitao Sakurai, all of whom who would become integral to the series. After the show sold to Adult Swim, Burress took on the role of Andre's undermining sidekick, who'd mock Andre's monologues and stand next to the guests, oscillating between ignoring them and being actively hostile toward them. (Although, no, he never actually kicked Flava Flav in the face.) As feels appropriate for the show's upside-down logic, Buress soon became more famous than Andre, thanks to his supporting turn in millennial catnip Broad City and his stand-up's digs at Bill Cosby.

When Andre told Buress his plan for season five, though, Buress declined to return to the series. "He was like, 'I don't know, man. We've been doing it for a while. I'm down to keep collaborating, I just don't wanna do the show anymore,'" Andre says. "I was heartbroken. Devastated…. The more I tried to talk him into it, the more I could tell he was pushing away." (Buress's rep declined to comment.)

Andre did, at least, convince Buress to quit the series on camera, so fans wouldn't think the two of them had had a falling out. "He's evolved and become very, very, very successful," Andre says, zen about Buress's exit. "I'm proud of him, so I totally get it."
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But he's not planning to stop the show at all.


A few years ago, Andre thought he might have to return to Earth. He thought Eric Andre would be done after its fifth season. There was no way he could keep his pranks going, no way to keep surprising unwitting celebrities and publicists who, bless them, never seemed to google Andre before dropping their clients into the void. But now that he's here, with the fifth season in the bag, he's completely changed his mind. He is Adult Swim's homegrown auteur. He can do whatever he wants at this point, and his show has only gotten better with each passing season. Why, he thought to himself, would he walk away now?

"I was like, what the fuck am I doing? I'm going to throw away a show where I have total freedom?" Andre says. "I'd rather keep the show alive until I'm 100…. I can put it down and pick it back up whenever I want."
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Oh my God had no idea it was already here. Can't wait.

More adjacent content. Pretty good write-up here

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Eric Andre Isn’t Going Anywhere

The comedian opens up about season five of The Eric Andre Show, Hannibal Buress’s departure, and how long he wants his violently funny Adult Swim series to last.
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Pretty funny interview from not too far back.



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Weak return

edit: damn didn't know there was a second ep that was better
 
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The funniest joke to me was Hannibal asking the guest how many pages his book was, and then going meh. Usually you ask what a book is about first
 
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I thought that Judy Greer interview was funny because it seemed like she was into it and rolling with it at the beginning, but it soon spiraled into darkness for her.
 
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I'm still not convinced Hannibal is gone for good. Still hoping this is like Family Guy "killing off" Brian for a few eps before bringing him back
 
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N-Word Scissorhands was hilarious. Also the street sketches this season have been great, so dark lol.
 
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I guess Felipe Esparza is the new sidekick going forward. Seems fitting considering he has made appearances on the show sporadically since season 1. He sorta earned the promotion imo

edit: nvm they're going to switch it up every ep
 
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So yeah, that twist at the end of the season...

Hannibal was never real. He was a figment of Eric's imagination this entire time. They even show the infamous "who killed Hannibal" clip with no one in the chair Eric's shooting at.
 
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