The extreme gauntlet that Andre puts himself through each season is unbelievable.
ERIC ANDRE:Its more so a situation of a white whale regarding guests.
Weve come close to booking Jay Leno on the show.
Weve gotten close to getting Katt Williams.
Theres also a lot of stuff thats just out of our price range that weve wanted to do.
We wanted to do an underwater version of the set destruction intro of the show.
We came close to doing it two years in a row.
But its justsoexpensive andsotime consuming that its not worth sacrificing a million other things for just fifty seconds.
Thats the white whale!
Does doing an episode in some crazy on location fall under the same obstacles?
But its just too expensive.
Were also operating with an M rating, and on basic cable, so its all sorts of things.
Youve been taken away by cops before in some of your on the street sketches.
How out of hand have things gotten?
Ive been arrested and went to jail in season one.
I almost got arrested this season, so it gets pretty hairy sometimes.
Is there a particular sketch or gag from the show that makes you laugh especially hard?
Its always something very stupid like someone mis-speaking or stuttering.
Its never a big moment.
It depends on my mood.
Theyre all my babies.
I loved the New Years Eve Spooktacular Special that you guys did.
Any interest in doing something like that again?
I dont think Id do that again because shooting on that live-to-tape format is kind of difficult.
I would do an infomercial or something like that though.
You mentioned your dream guests for the show, but who has reacted the worst on the program?
Jack McBrayer this season is a great mark.
Weve had two people walk off.
Last year Lauren Conrad walked off and was really hostile afterwards.
And this year we had T.I.
walk off, but he had just had enough.
Lauren Conrad was wanting blood afterwards.
Im always impressed with how surreal your finales get and the limits that they push.
Is it hard to top stuff like Bird Up?
Whats planned this season?
I dont know if I want to say anything, but theres something big!
You always put yourself through a crazy makeover of sorts each season.
Whats gone on this year?
So I just didnt brush my hair the whole year.
I didnt cut my fingernailsI grew my fingernails as long as possible like Howard Hughes.
I didnt go out in the sun the entire year so Id look as pale and gaunt as possible.
So I gave up on that and only lost about seven pounds, but even that was a lot.
The worst I ever got hurt was in season two.
During the Vivica A. I was walking around all weird.
Wait a secondI went to the fucking hospital this year!
I got stitches in my hand.
I busted my hand through a window this year doing a bit.
But yeah, that sucked.
Hard one now: Favorite ranch of choice?
What do you hope to be hitting?
Does fat-free ranch even qualify as a ranch to you?
Gotta be fat-fullranch.
Season four ofThe Eric Andre Showbegins airing on Adult Swim on August 5that 11:59pm
