I do think homophobia in the '80s was more rampant and socially a... by Eric Andre

I do think homophobia in the '80s was more rampant and socially acceptable.

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Wonder Showzen was one of the first shows that realized each sketch, each segment is essentially one joke, and, once you know what the joke is, it's time to move on.

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All motivation is defined by intention. If the intention is to hurt, divide, or belittle, it's wrong; if it's an attempt to cope with or make sense of tragedy, it's something different. If it's commenting on society's flaws, versus adding to society's flaws, I think the audience can tell.

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You can make fun of your own a lot easier than someone else's. by Eric Andre

You can make fun of your own a lot easier than someone else's.

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Bill Cosby spoke out against The Simpsons and there was this kind of evangelical, right-wing sect that was against The Simpsons. Fox was a new network at the time, though, so they were going to take risks.

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Its consistency of what comedy can do and what comedy can be.Growing up with that show [The Simpsons] shaped my worldview.

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How many n-bombs are dropped? It depends on what I post. by Eric Andre

How many n-bombs are dropped? It depends on what I post.

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They [ The Simpsons] are just like the Bible to me as far as what... by Eric Andre

They [ The Simpsons] are just like the Bible to me as far as what the high-water mark of comedy.

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I feel the acting conservatory taught me how to be a working actor in the 1700s. We learned stuff like 'to the back of the auditorium, to the back of the auditorium' and the liquid "u." 'The payment is duuue on Tuuuesday.' I also learned how to fence. If anything, when I moved to Los Angeles, I didn't fit in, in any way. I had to do comedy, because I was talking so pretentiously.

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You see a lot of sketch variety shows where each segment is one joke that they repeat over and over and over again, and the sketches are always three or four minutes too long.

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I care a lot; I'm very sensitive. by Eric Andre

I care a lot; I'm very sensitive.

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Comedy is often about pain. by Eric Andre

Comedy is often about pain.

comedy pain

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

training acting done

I don't think comedians take advantage of the fact that televisio... by Eric Andre

I don't think comedians take advantage of the fact that television and film are visual mediums.

comedian television thinking

I think that we put too much weight on who the president is. by Eric Andre

I think that we put too much weight on who the president is.

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[The people that worked on The Simpsons] just had good taste. The... by Eric Andre

[The people that worked on The Simpsons] just had good taste. They knew how to execute absurd jokes.

absurd taste people

I think if the joke is in good taste - it's a good joke. by Eric Andre

I think if the joke is in good taste - it's a good joke.

taste ifs thinking

Let's hit the joke once and move on to the next joke and just keep it where we have as many jokes per square inch as possible.

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There's two sides to the coin. I think I'm much happier that [Barack] Obama won over John McCain or Mitt Romney, because I think Obama did something culturally for the country.

two-sides country thinking

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time. by Eric Andre

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.

actors break character

The Simpsons was pretty experimental at the time, but it attracted a lot of sitcom writers that felt confined by the limitations of live-action sitcoms in the '80s.

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