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Lead Blog Post: Eric Andre

I genuinely believe that Eric Andre is one of the funniest people alive. However, I don't blame anybody for disagreeing with that or for not even knowing who he is since he's only on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, and nobody really watches cable anymore. Eric Andre hosts  The Eric Andre Show , a talk show parody that features street skits and pranks. This description does not do the show justice, however. The entire show is made with a layer of absurdity and is completely different from any other talk show. You could honestly hardly even call it a talk show, its just a montage of Eric doing insane things that aren't even always legal. If you haven't heard of Eric, you've probably heard of his co-host, Hannibal Buress, who is also as ridiculous and funny as Eric is. The two create an atmosphere of insanity and hilarity that no other show can really capture nowadays. Here's a random clip of an interview to help you get a better idea of the show. https://www.yout...
I really liked how Hannah took a totally different approach to her blog post. I didn't watch all of each episode, but I did look up parts of the episodes and found them both to be fairly entertaining. It was very interesting to see how she broke down the laugh tracks and saw how prevalent they were in each show. I liked how people were more likely to not laugh at something if it included a laugh track which also makes me wonder why shows still have them. Personally, I think they're really stupid unless they're used ironically, so this blog post confirmed that for me, which I really enjoyed.
Lindsey made some really interesting points in her blog post which I was interested by. At first I didn't really get what the whole Barbie joke was but I slowly came around to it. She explained how the superiority theory was prevalent by having the characters almost be reflections of people when they were younger and more immature. I also liked how she talked about how the show is extremely bizarre and that's part of what makes it so funny and entertaining. I love absurdist humor, so I eventually ended up somewhat enjoying this.