“Police brutality is nothing new.
Racism is nothing new.
“It’s just stuff I’m compelled to talk about.”
Eric Andredidn’t predict we’d betalking about police brutality right now.
He also didn’t predict the showCOPSwould get canceledafter 31 years.
The clip finds Andre in the midst of a fit.
He wants to run for president.
He wants to abolish the American government.
“Condone slavery and prisons?
Are you fing kidding me?”
Andre says in the clip.
“Anyway, get ready for dick jokes on Netflix!”
“Police brutality is nothing new.
Racism is nothing new.
Our dysfunctional, puritanical morals are nothing new,” Andre says.
“It’s just stuff I’m compelled to talk about.”
Andre spoke with EW at length about how comedy fits in the picture of today’s highly politicized world.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Literally can’t grasp how timely your special is.
You pose the idea of abolishing the government, while the “Abolish police” movement is happening.
You say “Abolish the DEA” because it isn’t curbing drug addiction.
You speak at length about John Calvin, a white historical figure who you say molded society negatively.
Was this just something that’s been top of mind for a while now?
I became pen pals with that author.
I would send him transcripts and he would fact check.
His attitude is like, “Why are all these consensual adult activities, illegal?
Sex work: illegal.
The root of it is our puritanical Calvinist attitudes about pleasure.
It continues to happen today as a way to punish and marginalize people, or to control them.
Yeah, I have everybody in all parts of the spectrum.
I remember when Trump won I went to Washington DC with my girlfriend for the women’s march.
There were all these MAGA hat people marching, too.
White nationalists or whatever.
A kid came up to me with a MAGA hat on.
He was really sweet.
Here’s this country bumpkin kid who’s like “I know you don’t agree with my politics.
I mean, the working class doesn’t want to be divided.
It’s the billionaires and oligarchs who divide us for power.
It’s about uniting the proletariat.
Anyway, get ready for my fart jokes!
You’ve done stand-up since forever.
You started doing stand-up with yourEric Andre Showpartner Hannibal Buress in New York in 2005.
Now 15 years later and you’re doing season 5 of the show.
Has the incentive changed for why you come back to it?
One time Chris Rock called me.
It was season 2 or season 3 of the show.
I never met him.
He got my number from Hannibal.
He called me up and he goes, “Eric.
I love your show.
I want to do it.
I’ll fly myself.
You don’t have to do a fing thing.
But now, [Hannibal] is quitting the show!
He’s like, “I don’t want to do it anymore, man.
I’m almost 40.”
He has a little cameo at the top but he’s in season 5 a very short capacity.
When I kicked off season 1, I was like, I just want to get to five.
I’m going to leave the door open.
What about your Quibi showRapper Ninja Warrior Show?That was set to have come out by now.
What’s the update?
Right, it’s a spinoff of theAndre Show.But, we can’t do anything.
I don’t want to spread coronavirus!
Eric Andre: Legalize Everythinghits Netflix Tuesday.
