The Warped Reality of Eric André's 'Bad Trip'

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🗓️ 20 April 2021

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Sam talks to actor and comedian Eric André about the evolution of the prank genre with his Netflix hidden-camera comedy Bad Trip. They chat about the complications of making a prank show while Black, who André would never prank, and why everyone could use a little absurdism to warp their realities.

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0:00.0	I guess full disclosure, Eric, I gotta say, when this was first pitched in the potential
0:05.2	for a conversation about Bad Trip was pitched to the show.
0:10.0	One of my colleagues, she sent me this clip of you and Larry King in an interview.
0:15.8	Oh yeah.
0:16.8	Years ago, that scared the crap out of me.
0:19.0	All right, Pete.
0:20.0	You gave that man hell.
0:21.0	Hell on earth.
0:22.0	I put him through the ringer.
0:23.0	Do you have a secret talent?
0:25.0	Yes.
0:26.0	What is that?
0:28.0	I can 69 with Larry King anytime I want.
0:36.2	And when they sent me that, I was like, I can't talk to this man.
0:39.4	He's gonna annihilate me.
0:40.9	He's gonna destroy me.
0:42.6	Like, do you remember that interview?
0:44.4	Yeah, no, I remember very well.
0:46.2	And it's one of my favorite interviews outside of the interviews from my show.
0:50.6	What do you think of this election?
0:52.6	I think it's sassy.
0:54.6	Sassy.
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