History Series / TheEricAndreShow

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Blannibal, Hannibal's groaning clone.]]

* TrashTheSet: At the beginning of every episode, Eric is seen rushing in and breaking everything (while also doing... other things). The set is always rebuilt within literally seconds—the net effect is to make Eric seem like a soul condemned, Sisyphus-like, eternally to roll a chat-show off the edge of a cliff and then host it again.

** For a non-celebrity example, there's the time when a random old ''white'' man walks out on stage [[FanDisservice with his penis hanging out]] and claims to be Hannibal's father and the time another old white man was introduced by Eric as [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Tyler, the Creator]]'s dad.

** Creator/ChrisRock briefly appears near the end of the Season 3 finale as the director of the "Bird Up" segments.

** Music/{{Lizzo}} also appears to put her own spin on "Bird Up", performing a segment called "Bird Down" in Eric's place.

* CloudCuckooland: The set of the show itself starting in Season 2; [[WordOfGod Eric himself]] credits a dream sequence in ''Series/TwinPeaks'' as an inspiration for the set. Lampshaded by Questlove:

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

* DancePartyEnding: [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Tyler, the Creator]]'s interview ends with him, Eric, and a random guy breaking out in dance after the random guy advises to "investigate 3/11".

-->'''Eric''' (''SingleTear rolling down his cheek''):...What's going on with you, what are you talking about? ''[[HypocriticalHumor You sound insane]]''.

** 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 [[BlatantLies extremely white.]]

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

** The recurring "Bird Up" segment is this in spades. The entire premise is that Eric is going to be green-screened out, which rarely if ever actually happens. Not only that, but the editing is frenetic and all over the place, and Eric constantly proclaims that it is "the worst show on television" during the bit.

** "Welcome to ''Bird Up!'', the ''worst'' show on television!"

* WidgetSeries: Even by Adult Swim standards, this show is ''bizarre''.

These co-hosts only add to the surrealism of the show, tending to fill the role of CloudCuckoolander and StraightMan ''simultaneously.'' Further chaos is induced through recurring elements including sketches, [[CandidCameraPrank candid camera]] street pranks and monologues courtesy of Eric, and the show's set. The set is specifically designed to keep the guests not exactly relaxed, in ways such as putting a heater in the guest's seat beforehand or spraying water all over the guest. Eric also has a habit of wrecking the set at the start of every episode (after which it gets magically fixed by stagehands).

''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 [[JustForFun/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]]

Adding to the surrealism is the dynamic between Eric and Hannibal -- the latter of whom manages to be a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a StraightMan ''at the same time'' -- and recurring elements including sketches, [[CandidCameraPrank candid camera]] street pranks and monologues courtesy of Eric, and the show's set. The set is specifically designed to keep the guests not exactly relaxed, in ways such as putting a heater in the guest's seat beforehand or spraying water all over the guest. Eric also has a habit of wrecking the set at the start of every episode (after which it gets magically fixed by stagehands).

* 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]]. Creator/JackMcBrayer notably gets a ''gauntlet'' of these during his interview; a man in white facepaint bursts through Eric's desk and yells at Jack about prices, a row of firecrackers detonate on-stage, and someone begins ''primally screaming'' backstage that leaves poor Jack a nervous wreck for the remainder of the interview.

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 and ran until November 22. In late 2022, the show was renewed for a sixth season, which is set to premiere on June 4, 2023.

* ChewingTheScenery: More like "violently destroy the scenery with a baseball bat." There will always be at least one person per segment (sometimes Eric, sometimes a random stagehand or extra) who is [[LargeHam living LARGE]] and doesn't care who sees it. [[NoIndoorVoice Hannibal's brother]] is probably the best example.

* 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]]. Creator/JackMcBrayer notably gets a ''gauntlet'' of these during his interview; a man in white facepaint bursts through Eric's desk and yells at Jack about prices, someone sets off a row of fireworks, and someone begins ''primally screaming'' backstage that leaves poor Jack a nervous wreck for the remainder of the interview.

* OnlySaneMan: Hannibal, [[OnlySaneByComparison relatively speaking.]]

* {{Doppelganger}}: Creator/JamesVanDerBeek'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.

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 and ran until November 22.

* CouchGag: Eric destroying the set during the introduction sequence has different actions per episode, with the scenes being inter-cut in the middle of Eric's rampage. All of these sequences end with the set repairing itself and Hannibal walking on-set, oblivious to what just happened. It has enough to warrant [[CouchGag/TheEricAndreShow its own page]].

--'''Eric:''' "Ching chong ching chong. Go back to your country."

** 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 UsefulNotes/JoeBiden is a cooked duck hanging from a string on the ceiling with a cutout of Joe Biden's face glued to its head.

** The "Wheel of Prizes", which keeps spinning for nearly a ''full minute'' and only stops turning when Sinbad physically intervenes and grabs it. (It lands on "Move to North Korea".)

** Lance Reddick gives a double shout-out to Creator/LevarBurton's two [[Series/Roots1977 most famous]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration roles]] in his interview by wearing a VISOR and Combadge over chains and a slave outfit.

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

* CensoredForComedy: Hannibal signing the lines from ''Hard In The Paint'' by "Music/WakaFlockaFlame", where the most offensive lines are beeped out but ''not'' the [[NWordPrivileges multiple N Words]].

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

** In a interview with Creator/AubreyPeebles, [[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]].