History Series / TheEricAndreShow

** Some of the guests clearly aren't who Eric says they are, but he treats them as if they were the real deal anyway. For example, Creator/RussellBrand is an elderly shirtless Ethiopian man, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon is a black guy wearing a wig, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger is Bruce Vilanch riding a motor scooter, Music/{{Beyonce}} and Music/JayZ appearing together as a white red-headed woman and a short Asian man respectively, and Joe Biden is a cooked duck hanging from a string on the ceiling with a cutout of Joe Biden's face glued to its head.

** Adam Conover of Series/AdamRuinsEverything appears in one of the Season 5 intros, explaining how [[CaptainObvious the set being destroyed by Eric isn't real and only designed to be destroyed.]] Eric then proceeds to [[DisproportionateRetribution throw him over the desk and beat him to death.]]

* CloudCuckooland: The set of the show itself starting in Season 2, Word of God credits a dream sequence in ''Series/TwinPeaks'' for the set. Lampshaded by Questlove:

* CostumeEvolution: In the first season, Eric wore a causal outfit consisting of a light grey t-shirt, black jeans, and a dark-grey/brown suit blazer. The next season had him wear a light grey suit with a green tie with a woven basket pattern on it. He wears the same suit in season three, but with a different blue and black tie and a hairstyle made to resemble Creator/KattWilliams. In the fourth season, he wears the grey suit once more, but with a white pleated dress shirt and a gold bowtie; he's also brought back his afro, but in a more clumped, dread-like style and now has severely uncut fingernails. In the fifth season, almost all of his body hair is shaved off and he's gained considerable weight, as well as being far tanner; he now wears a gaudy cream colored suit with floral patterns etched on to the blazer.

* DeconstructiveParody: Of late-night, mid-90s public access talk shows. Imagine the comedy talk show from Hell, and that's pretty much it. Eric specifically stated in an interview with Larry King that he set out to make the [[StylisticSuck worst talk show of all time.]]

** He often intends to inflict this on his interviewees; of note is Creator/{{Sinbad}} during the "Wheel of Prizes" segment, in which he becomes so tired of the never-ending wheel spinning[[labelnote:*]]Eric later comments behind the scenes that the wheel actually spun for about ''thirty minutes'' before Sinbad intervened[[/labelnote]] he ends up stopping the wheel himself on "Move to North Korea", just to make it end.

* EekAMouse: Creator/StaceyDash has nearly this exact reaction when she notices the rats emerging from Eric's desk.

* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take a whole lot to set Eric off. Fake Creator/JayZ also reacts very poorly to questions about his music or his personal life.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eventually, Eric Balfour has enough and completely tears into Eric and the show, yelling at everyone for the uncomfortable and unsanitary conditions they put guests through in order to milk funny reactions and tells Eric that he has no hope for a career as a talk show host because nobody relevant would ever agree to come on.

*** Creator/LaurenConrad noped out of there after seeing Eric suddenly vomit[[note]]He actually spit out hot oatmeal he put in his mouth when she wasn't looking.[[/note]] and then play with his vomit.

** "You're watching Bird Up, [[ShowWithinAShow the worst show on television!]]"

-->'''Eric''': Got it done like Creator/KattWilliams, baby!

* SwarmOfRats: The Creator/StaceyDash interview randomly has rats emerge from Eric's desk, which she doesn't notice until one of them is biting her foot.

** In a interview with Audrey Peebles, [[BlatantLies he asked why she retweeted the quote]]: "I believe in a white supremacy until blacks are educated to a point of responsibility", said by none other than Creator/JohnWayne. And yes, [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the Duke actually said that]].

** Raymond Cruz is probably the best example, even cracking a clever pun during his interview.

* BilingualBonus: Jay Z mostly talks in untranslated Cantonese, with some broken English mixed in.

* BlackComedyRape: The ending of Raymond Cruz' interview.

** Eric also likes to make up stuff about his guests to annoy them. Like accusing them of making a racist post on Twitter or something just as incredulous. Such as on [[Series/JerseyShore Pauly D's]] interview:

* TheBusCameBack: George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, and Russell Brand (not the celebrities, but the weirdos who have their names) return in season 5 after being last seen in season 3. Hannibal [[spoiler:and Blannibal return after leaving the show, with Hannibal revealing that he was a figment of Eric's imagination]].

--> "You haven't been in my life at all! AND I'M INTERVIEWING NICK CANNON, [[StealthInsult FORMER R. KELLY COLLABORATOR]], AND STAGE HANDS LET YOU WALK IN HERE [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext WITH YOUR DICK OUT]]!"

** [[Music/SkidRow Sebastian Bach]] barges into the Demi Lovato interview to plant his leg on the desk and ask the visibly confused woman if she likes his hair, before leaving moments later.

* CloudCuckoolander: Eric, and Russell Brand in spades. Some of the guests can act this way as well.(Hannibal is generally the voice of comparative, critical reason.) The drummer in season 4 is pretty strange as well.

* ContinuityNod: The New York interview has Eric call back to the incident where Hannibal kicked Flavor Flav in the face, remarking how funny it was that Flavor "took it like a little bitch."

* CostumeEvolution: In the first season, Eric wore a causal outfit consisting of a light grey t-shirt, black jeans, and a dark-grey/brown suit blazer. The next season had him wear a light grey suit with a green tie with a woven basket pattern on it. He wears the same suit in season three, but with a different blue and black tie and a hairstyle made to resemble Katt Williams. In the fourth season, he wears the grey suit once more, but with a white pleated dress shirt and a gold bowtie; he's also brought back his afro, but in a more clumped, dread-like style and now has severely uncut fingernails. In the fifth season, almost all of his body hair is shaved off and he's gained considerable weight, as well as being far tanner; he now wears a gaudy cream colored suit with floral patterns etched on to the blazer.

* CringeComedy: Most of the guest segments. Especially Tatanya Ali and Sinbad. The show is basically half this and half SurrealHumor.

* DirtyOldMan: George Clooney is both this and a DepravedBisexual.

* {{Doppelganger}}: James Van der Beek's interview has Eric summon identically-dressed doppelgangers of him, Hannibal, and ''James himself'' who stand next to and copy everything that their respective original does.

* DroneOfDread: One suddenly takes over the soundtrack when Questlove makes the mistake of saying "Questlove's in the house."

* EekAMouse: Stacey Dash has nearly this exact reaction when she notices the rats emerging from Eric's desk.

* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take a whole lot to set Eric off. Jay Z also reacts very poorly to questions about his music or his personal life.
* HellIsThatNoise: Loud and disturbing noises are one of the many weapons in his arsenal Eric uses to torment his guests, like when the drummer inexplicably lets out a [[SurrealHorror tortured and demonic-sounding scream]] during Jack [=McBrayer=]'s interview.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: What Jack Black's interview devolves into.

* LighterAndSofter: The Raymond Cruz interview is probably the only time a guest has actually ''enjoyed'' his time on the show.

* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Quite a few dwarves show up on the show, to Lynchian effect. In particular, the Octopus skit has Eric in an elaborate octopus costume, with Eric in the costume's main body and a few little people as its tentacles, who proceed to terrorize an innocent restaurant. One poor little guy showed up in the opening sequence of one segment dressed as a leprechaun, where Eric [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the shit out of him]] for no apparent reason.
* LukeIAmYourFather: The black saxophonist is apparently Questlove's father.

* NonSequitur: Extremely frequent, not just in dialogue but in the many, many random moments per episode, such as a two second cut to Eric running maniacally through the street screaming and holding a chicken.
* NoSell: When Questlove appeared as the drummer on the show, he knocked Eric out with one punch when he tried to attack him in the intro sequence.

* OverlyLongGag: Hannibal explaining to Harry Shum, Jr. what he'd want his Fatality to be if he were a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' character. It's basically Hannibal standing still and repeatedly pantomiming throwing an apple.

* RunningGag: Eric seems to like bringing up famous sex offenders and Scientology at awkward times.

*** Lauren Conrad noped out of there after seeing Eric suddenly vomit[[note]]He actually spit out hot oatmeal he put in his mouth when she wasn't looking.[[/note]] and then play with his vomit.

-->'''Eric''': Got it done like Katt Williams, baby!

* StealthInsult: Hannibal descibes Nick Cannon as a "former Music/RKelly collaborator".

* SwarmOfRats: The Stacey Dash interview randomly has rats emerge from Eric's desk, which she doesn't notice until one of them is biting her foot.
* SwivelChairAntics: Eric pulls off probably the least impressive swivel-chair stunt in history during the Raymond Cruz interview. The audience applauds anyway.

** Eric throws a vicious sidewinder at the [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Thatcher]] administration (and by extension, those who consider her a "feminist role model") during the Mel B interview.

** When Eric disappeared after the intro in one episode, Hannibal got up to the mike and started doing stand up, targeting Woody Allen for marrying his former step-child.
-->'''Hannibal:''' Creator/WoodyAllen is in the news, huh? Well, he's not, but I think his whole existence is weird. ''Midnight in Paris'', good. Sleeping with your stepdaughter, bad. Are we just cool with that? Are we just cool what he's living with? Cuz, I'm not. BOOM! Really. Topical. Humor.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Beyonce and Jay Z.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Russell Brand and Hannibal's Brother.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Even when Eric and Hannibal aren't actively trying to kill each other, they're prone to slinging insults between themselves that move beyond playful banter straight into genuine antagonism. Perhaps best shown during the Howie Mandel interview:

''The Eric Andre Show'' is a "talk show" that airs on Creator/AdultSwim, created, written and hosted by actor, comedian, and all-around [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} crazy person]] Creator/EricAndre, with fellow comedian Creator/HannibalBuress as co-host. We use the term "talk show" loosely since it barely begins to capture the essence of what this show truly is -- imagine a [[RecycledInSpace live-action]] ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'', but a hundred times crazier.[[note]]Andre has even noted ''Space Ghost'' as one of his influences for coming up with the idea for his show.[[/note]]

* OnlySaneMan: Hannibal, relatively speaking.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'', ''Series/GetALife'', ''Series/TheTomGreenShow'', ''Series/VicReevesBigNightOut'', or ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''.

** The street segments in Season 2 take this UpToEleven.

** Taken UpToEleven in the Season 2 Finale when the entire episode is basically Eric breaking the set.

* {{Corpsing}}: On the occasions when the surreal madness becomes too much even for Eric or Hannibal. Hannibal is the more frequent corpser, but Eric has completely lost it on several occasions, too.

** In episode 9, when Hannibal suddenly disappears and Eric believes him to be dead, the show goes into a parody of the pottery scene from ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

* RantInducingSlight: Music/HenryRollins gives one about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4D0o41Aj8 frozen yogurt]].

* CreativeDifferences: InUniverse: Parodied when Hannibal joins Eric’s new band, Kuwait Grips, only to quit less than a minute later in order to go in his own musical direction. Namely, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly combining scatting and autotune]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Eric has interviewed a grizzly bear and a fire before.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Some of the guests or people in the street segments with a good sense of humor will actually laugh at the nonsense happening around them. Raymond Cruz is probably the best example, even cracking a clever pun during his interview.

A talk show that airs on Creator/AdultSwim, created, written and hosted by actor, comedian, and all-around {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Creator/EricAndre, with fellow comedian Creator/HannibalBuress as co-host.

Well, "talk show" is a loose way of saying it. Imagine it like a [[RecycledInSpace live-action]] ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'', but a hundred times crazier.[[note]]Andre has even noted ''Space Ghost'' as one of his influences for coming up with the idea for his show.[[/note]]

Eric will almost always go off on unrelated tangents during the interview or doesn't pay attention at all, while random and absurd things happen, either done by Hannibal, members of the crew or band, objects, or animals that suddenly pop onto the stage.

The set is specifically designed to keep the guests not exactly relaxed; for example, beforehand they'd put a heater in the guest's sofa, or during the show, water is sprayed all over the guest. And not to mention, 90% of the time, the guests are totally unaware of what they're supposed to expect during the whole taping. Eric also loves to spring graphically nude and explicit jokes on the fly, gross out his captive audience, and more often than not, he might just go berserk without warning and attack whatever thing in the room makes him the angriest at the moment, be it person, furniture, furnishings, or equipment.

Oh yeah, and he has a habit of wrecking the set at the start of every episode (and then it gets magically fixed). In between segments are sketches of him doing street pranks, mostly in New York City.

The show premiered in 2012 and ran for four seasons until fall 2016, with a TV special in Paris later airing in early 2018. In late 2019, a fifth season was officially announced; it premiered on October 25, 2020 at midnight.

Oh yeah, and he has a habit of wrecking the set every episode (and then it gets magically fixed). In between segments are sketches of him doing street pranks, mostly in New York City.

* BaldOfAwesome: Eric in season 5.

* DropTheCow: Happens whenever that episode's guest has become just a bit ''too'' comfortable. Usually arriving in the form of Eric or a random stagehand beating the other up or [[NegativeContinuity getting shot]].

* DespairEventHorizon: Rory Scovel crosses it while showing us how to cook like a pro, going into a nihilistic monologue about TheNothingAfterDeath before crushing glass into his face, pushing the table to the floor, and collapsing on the floor while crying.

* RealityEnsues: See the chair on fire in the picture up there? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ATc0oZcX9Y The segment lasts about 15 seconds]] before the crew cuts the segment because it was about to endanger the studio.

* AntiHumor: On the few occasions where Eric attempts to do a normal talk show monologue, his jokes are staggeringly unfunny. The [[CannedLaughter audience]] is always reduced to [[DissonantLaughter hysterics]] anyway.

* CannedLaughter: Wouldn't be a surreal fever-dream-nightmare-parody of talk shows without it. The clips chosen for the show in particular seem specifically selected to [[StylisticSuck sound as fake and unconvincing as possible.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Jack [=McBrayer=]'s appearance on the show.

** Eric's "notecards", which contain [[BlatantLies obviously untrue]] and [[SerialEscalation increasingly ridiculous]] "facts" about his guests (and in close-up shots are usually revealed to contain just scribbles or no information whatsoever).

** Having random old men introduced to black cast members and guests (like Questlove, Tyler the Creator, and Hannibal himself) as their "real fathers." Said old men in question are usually [[BlatantWhite extremely white.]]