Eric André
Biography
Life Story
Eric André was born as Eric Samuel Andre. He is an actor and writer, known for The Eric Andre Show (2012), The Lion King (2019) and Disenchantment (2018).
Family
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Trivia
Received a bachelor's degree in double bass performance from Berklee College of Music in 2005.
Personal Quotes
I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet.
I loved 'Space Ghost' when I was in college.
I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.
I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida - the worst place on earth.
I want to be remembered for my poop jokes. Those are the most important kind.
'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after 'The Simpsons' came out.
Hannibal Burress is my polar opposite in energy. I can be crazy, and he grounds the 'Eric Andre Show.'
I was eating beans by candle light for a decade.
From 'Chappelle's Show' to 'Tosh.0,' there's so much race comedy. It's overdone.
ABC is owned by Disney, so it's a little more conservative than Adult Swim. Polar opposites.
I was a class clown since second grade.
I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't front like I'm super knowledgeable. I just never got around to it.
I've never seen 'The Goonies.' I've never seen 'Indiana Jones.' I watched 'UHF' over and over again when I was little, and that was it. I had no time for any other movies. I watched 'Naked Gun,' 'UHF,' and 'Airplane!' over and over.
You know something is a hit comedically if you can just call up one of your friends and belt out a line from the show and you both start laughing.
[to Alex Jones] I want you to have sex with my wife.
