“It’s been seven years and an exhausting redemption crawl through the sewer to get here,” comedian Eric Andre remarks wistfully about Bad Trip, his new prank comedy for Netflix. The outrageously fun fake out film debuted at number one in the country on the streaming network’s coveted “Top 10 in the U.S.” category.
Though Andre has been a featured talking head on plenty of comedy programs, was a guest star on sitcoms such as 2 Broke Girls and had a voice part in Disney’s The Lion King live action film, most people know him from The Eric Andre Show, his wild talk show satire for Adult Swim (watch a sample below or see full episodes on AS’s website). If you enjoy that program – currently available to stream on Hulu – it’s fair to say you like your humor over the top, cringey and ridiculous. Andre’s hidden camera stunts don’t just push the envelope, they rip it to pieces and his in-studio interviews with celebrities add to the lunacy with wonderfully uncomfortable exchanges that go beyond the oddball public access show (or parodies like Between Two Ferns). More often than not, you want to cover your eyes in embarrassment for all involved while watching. Which is kinda the point.
Like Sasha Baron Cohen’s TV and film offerings, everything happens for a reason in Andre’s world and there’s a lot of social commentary underneath the surface – about media, about commercialism, about fame, about politics, about hypocrisy and about the absurdity of life in general. Andre’s bad behavior and bodaciousness may be what grabs attention, but what he serves up is rarely mindless, even if it seems so on the surface.
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