His violently gleeful fake-talk-show Adult Swim outpost The Eric Andre Show, costarring Hannibal Buress and set to unveil Season 5 later this year, is pure anarchy
The worse the news gets in general, the more important The Eric Andre Show becomes for me. Has anything in the news this year changed your approach to the new season? How does a chaotic show deal with so much real-world chaos?
I guess effortlessly. What show is better situated, better poised to handle chaos? But I finished filming the show pre-COVID and pre-Cop Apocalypse.
After months of COVID, there’s something weirdly nostalgic about watching your old “Eric on the Street” clips now, even if it’s the super-pissed guy who threw your microphone at a cop car. At this point, are you longing for even your worst or your scariest one-on-one encounters with people?
No, not really, because I finished filming Season 5 right before COVID hit, like top of February, right before quarantine started. I don’t even think I knew the word COVID when we were finishing filming. So I got it out of my system for this year, so it’s not like a ton of time has passed since I filmed my last street bit. It’s like a couple months, and I’m just finishing editing now. So I have satisfied my hunger. And I’ve got a ton of stuff coming out this year.