Eric Andre Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

I'm Eric Chiwetel Andre and I'm doing

the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

[upbeat funky music]

Chiwetel, ta ta ta, one, two, sibilance, Chiwetel.

What is Eric Andre's

desk made of?

Yeah, it's made of like

it's not wood, it's like drywall and asbestos.

What is Eric Andre's mouth made of?

What is Eric Andre famous for?

Good question.

My parents ask that question every day.

I did eight episodes of Two Broke Girls five years ago

and my career has never looked back.

Who is Eric Andre in The Lion King?

I am Azizi the hyena.

I've done voice acting before, I've never done

voice acting in The Lion King before, that is a first.

Yeah, I done some cartoons and then I did this cartoon.

But it's a 3D cartoon so people aren't calling it a cartoon.

Please watch the movie.

How did Eric Andre get his start?

I'm kind of still waiting.

I'm paying student loans.

How real is Eric Andre show?

We never fake a reaction, all the reactions are real,

we're torturing the celebrity guest

and I do hidden camera pranks.

That's why I always do hidden camera pranks in the subway

to prove to people this is not a sound stage.

OK.

What

type of humor is Eric Andre?

Again, that's what my

parents ask me every day.

I don't know.

Poop jokes.

What is Eric Andre like in real life?

Not as exciting.

Depressive and anxious.

What instrument does Eric Andre play?

I went to school at the Berklee College of Music in Boston

for upright bass and I wasted 120 thousand dollars.

What is Eric Andre

quad?

That is kind of a typo, it doesn't make sense.

I think the quad is like the hangout on a college campus.

I just played hacky sack for four years

and wasted a lot of money.

Eric Andre fruit loops.

Yep.

I did a hidden camera bit where I went on the subway

in one of those dog collar cones

like when you neuter your dog and that you don't want them

to lick their stitches, I put that on

and I poured a bunch of fruit loops and milk in it,

and I was like ladies and gentlemen, pardon the interruption

I have bad news, I did not get the job at fruit loops,

my body is now your communion, please eat from me,

and I was pouring milk and fruit loops into my dog cone.

People did not like that.

Eric Andre ranch.

Ranch is a very delicious condiment that I made more popular

with a stupid bit I do on the show.

Again, these are just dumb.

I'm in the business of dumb ideas.

Can't spell America.

No, OK, this is not correct.

You can't spell the American dream

without Eric Andre in the middle of it.

So if you spell out the words American dream,

my name fits perfectly in the center of it.

That's real life.

Eric Andre, can you explain this?

I sure can, where am I?

Eric Andre.

I wish somebody came out of the bathroom

in a bath robe right now like, get out of my room.

Eric Andre, can I hold your baby?

Yes, you can hold my baby anytime.

Bssh.

Oh great, there's 10 more. [laughs]

Is Eric.

Where is Beyonce?

That's what the producers are saying right now.

Is Eric Andre a genius?

[beep] yeah bro.

No, I dropped out of DeVry.

Is Eric Andre Andre 3000?

Sure.

Is Eric Andre dead?

Yeah, I knew this was coming, yes.

Is Eric Andre scripted?

No.

We have all the gags and pranks thoroughly

locked and loaded before the guest gets there.

So we have stunt people in the sky,

we built the stage up so we can hide actors inside

and then ghost peppers and habanero peppers

in their coffee and stuff like that.

It's like a Saw movie, it's a nightmare.

Where is Eric Andre show filmed?

We film the hidden camera street pranks in New York City

and we film the studio in Los Angeles.

There's more lax hidden camera laws in New York.

That's the truth, it's a single consent state.

Where does Eric Andre live?

I live in Los Angeles.

I'm from Boca Raton, Florida.

Where is Eric Andre from?

Ah, I answered it, Boca Raton, Florida.

It's God's waiting room

and I got out as soon as I possibly could.

Where did Eric Andre go to College?

University of Phoenix online.

Great.

Why is Eric Andre?

Very existential.

I don't know how to answer that.

That's an existential conundrum.

What am I?

Jean-Paul Sartre?

Am I Kierkegaard over here?

Went to a music school, dude.

I got my degree in three weeks.

Why did Eric Andre change his band?

I just stopped doing my band because music is a pointless

career where you do like a ton of work then nobody gives you

any money unless you're talented then they give you money.

Why did Eric Andre shout out Christina Applegate?

'Cause c'mon man, Kelly Bundy was my first crush.

She's a national treasure.

Why would Eric Andre?

Why would I meme?

Not, what would I meme.

Why would I meme?

Why not?

You know what I meme?

[laughs]

[Woman] So how was that interview?

What do you think?

I thought it was the best interview of my life.

Well, an interview is two people, isn't it? [laughs]

We filmed somethin'