“It’s a narrative feature escalation of my body of work,” he tells EW.

Actually, it might even be loftier than that, according to Andre.

“I’ll give you the headline:Bad Tripwill heal America,” he quips.

“It’s very hard making a prank movie, especially that’s not cynical or punching down.

I thought we did a good job of pranking people, but it never feels mean-spirited.

It’s going to unite working-class people in a very divided America.”

That’s quite a challenge, but Andre has always dreamed big.

“We’re in the hallway by the lockers.

And I loved Chris Farley growing up.

So I would bash my head in the lockers and go, ‘I’m so stupid!

I was like, ‘Ohhh, I’ll do it to the glass [box].

So I go, ‘Brooke, check it out!

I’m so stupid!’

I bashed my head through the glass.

The glass sliced my forehead open.

I turned to Brooke and I went, ‘Stigmataaaa!’

She was in shock.

She was like, ‘Dude, what the f—?”

I went to physics class.

I went to the nurse and she’s like, ‘You gotta go to the hospital.’

They didn’t trust me at all.And rightfully so.

I was like, ‘Oh, I just slipped and fell.’

They were like, ‘You sure it was an accident?

‘I’m like, ‘Come on guys I need stitches.

Give me some sympathy here.’

I got a few [stitches] in my hand.

They had to reopen the wound and fish glass out.

To Ether His Own

Andre moved to L.A. in his mid-20s to pursue a comedy career.

Instead of smoking marijuana, though, Andre huffed ether in an attempt to “stand out.”

“There was some stand-up show that was like, ‘You got to smoke weed on stage!

It’s a weed show!’

And I told the host, ‘I don’t like weed.

I never feel good when I smoke.

It doesn’t hit me right.

It makes me paranoid and antisocial and self-conscious.’

And he goes, ‘That’s fine.

you’ve got the option to do something else.’

I was like, ‘I got ether left over from my birthday party.

I’ll just huff ether.’

I probably bombed, but I felt fantastic.”

Cake Boss

In season 5 ofThe Eric Andre Show, our host became one with dessert.

A rush of adrenaline gave way to not so much a rush of sugar but rather regret.

“We got into a boofing kick in the writers’ room.

I’ve never been super high on drugs and been like, ‘You know what?

I wish I was even higher.

I should penetrate my a—hole with ecstasy.”

Just take a second pill!

It was just supposed to be a question.

We wrote it as a question.

‘You ever boof cheesecake?’

And it was one of her best reactions.

This was not a great physical sensation.

Her publicist was not happy with me."

Sorry, are we not being explicit enough again?

We’re stuck in this Chinese finger trap."

And this dude was like, “Aw, hell nah!”

We later found out he was reaching for his gun.

Forgot his gun at home, grabbed a knife, chased us out with a knife.

He almost killed us.

This is Rel’s first day of shooting, and Rel’s f—ing furious.

The dick trap snaps, Rel falls down, rolls under a car, hurts his hand.

I’m running for my life.

Our safe word on set is “popcorn.”

If I yell “popcorn!”

that means: end a bit, bring in security.

I was so nervous, I kept saying “goosebumps!”

This guy’s chasing me with a knife, and I’m like, “Goosebumps!

I was like, ‘Shit,popcorn!’

And he was like, ‘Ohhhh, y’all are hilarious!’

The guy signs the release.

Rel almost quit the movie.”