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New York Magazine: 21 Questions

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:16:13 -0400

Hannibal Buress Doesn’t Know Whether His Stove Works

By Vanita Salisbury

Name: Hannibal Buress

Age: 29.25

Neighborhood: Williamsburg

Occupation: Comedian. His one-hour Comedy Central special Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace airs this Sunday, May 20 at 11 p.m., followed by the premiere of The Eric Andre Show at 12:30 a.m. on Adult Swim, which he co-hosts. [Editor’s Note: A big night! If you want to celebrate with him, he’ll be at his regular Sunday night gig at the Knitting Factory.]

Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Jay-Z. He’s a cool dude.

What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
You know what? I really like Halal food. I’ve been eating Halal food out of a cart in front of Chase bank on Sixth Avenue and West Fourth. That one, I like that cart a lot.

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
I don’t really do much in the daytime. I spend a lot of time on the Internet. When I do my stuff I stand, I talk into a microphone, and then I stop.

What was your first job in New York?
I did promotional work, like flyering and stuff, but my real, real job besides stand-up, where I went in every day, was at Saturday Night Live.

What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway?
I saw The Motherfucker with the Hat. It was good. I don’t go to see plays that much. I saw Fela! — that was a couple of years ago, though. I actually fell asleep a couple of times; not because it was boring, because I was really sleepy.

Do you give money to panhandlers?
Depends on my mood. If they catch me when I just had a good comedy show, then I’m more apt to give them money.

What’s your drink?
Jameson, Ginger Ale.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
I haven’t cooked my own meal since August. I don’t even know if my stove works. It might not work! I remember there was a problem with the gas when I moved into this place, and I made a big fuss with the landlord about having my gas off, but I haven’t cooked one thing. But when I was in the Edinburgh festival, which is a month-long festival in Scotland, I had an apartment up there and I started cooking just to have some sense of normalcy. But that was the last time I cooked, in August of last year.

What’s your favorite medication?
Inhalers, because I have asthma. So Albuterol. [Laughs.] It’s really kept me from dying a couple times.

What’s hanging above your sofa?
Nothing. My walls are very blank.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
For me … you know, the most I’ve paid for a haircut was in Australia. Usually I go to a black barber or a Latino barber. I can’t just go into Supercuts. So I was in Australia and I was looking really scruffy, so I found this barber and he ended up charging me $45 Australian dollars, which is too much because I think before that the most I paid was $25 or $30, and that’s the high end.

Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
I don’t know what that means — I mean, I know what you mean, but I haven’t been here that long. You mean when there were whores, right? I do remember when I visited — I’m trying to remember when that was— there used to be an arcade in Times Square. I remember that was fun.

Times Square, it’s a spectacle. You can get lied to about a comedy show. The guys trying to get you into a comedy show, they always say, “Yeah, it’s a Comedy Central taping. Tonight! At the Broadway Comedy Club.” And sometimes I call them on it and I say, “Oh for real, they’re taping? What’s the taping?”

“A Comedy Central Presents.”

“Oh, for real, somebody’s taping their half-hour special in a basement comedy club? That sounds legitimate. Sign me up.”

What do you think of Donald Trump?
He’s aiight. His presidential run — that was pretty funny. I’d like to learn business tips from him. He seems to have done so-so in business.

What do you hate most about living in New York?
The rent. That’s pretty crazy.

Who is your mortal enemy?
The Internet, because I’ve wasted so much time on it. It’s kept me from doing lots of productive things. The Internet and my lack of self-control.

When’s the last time you drove a car?
I’m about to drive a car right now — I just got to L.A. and got my rental car and they gave me a compact car! I’m in a Nissan Versa right now and part of me wants to go back and get a different car. It’s awful. It’s a bad look. Whenever I go out of town for a gig I end up renting a car, so I drive once a month or every couple months. I like to drive nice cars, since I live in New York and I don’t drive there, it’s a novelty to be on the road and drive and listen to my music. I do enjoy driving a lot when I’m out of town, but I might have to step back into the offices and get a different car than this bullshit Versa because I don’t like it at all.

How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
Not in any noticeable ways.

Times, Post, or Daily News?
I like getting Times articles online. But the actual paper just has too many words.

Where do you go to be alone?
Home.

What makes someone a New Yorker?
It depends. For some, it could be paying high state taxes, which I do. Does that make me a New Yorker?

Conan Set May 15, 2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:12:04 -0400

First Order Historians Review of Animal Furnace

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:08:26 -0400

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comedycentral: Hannibal Buress was on Conan last night and...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:55:58 -0400

comedycentral:

Hannibal Buress was on Conan last night and killed, because of course he did. Click the image to watch his hilarious set, then be sure to tune in to the premiere of Animal Furnace, Sunday at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Here’s a clip from the documentary “A Week to...

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:44:53 -0400

Here’s a clip from the documentary “A Week to Kill” It gets weird.

Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace premieres May 20th on Comedy Central at 11pm/10c

Here’s a clip for my upcoming Comedy Central special,...

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:33:48 -0400

Here’s a clip for my upcoming Comedy Central special, Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace. It airs May 20th at 11pm/10c

5/14/12: Eric Andre Show Sneak Preview in Los Angeles

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:54:00 -0400

http://www.cinefamily.org/films/special-events-may-2012/#the-eric-andre-show-season-one-sneak-preview-eric-andre-in-person

via cinemfamily.org:

5/14 7:30pm

Fans of Space Ghost: Coast To Coast and Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, it’s time to get excited — The Eric Andre Show is the brand-new slab of total talk show madness to hit Adult Swim! This brand-new anarchic kid on the (programming) block, hosted by Andre (co-star of Don’t Trust The B—- in Apartment 23) and partner-in-crime Hannibal Buress (writer on both SNL and 30 Rock), takes the form of a dingy late-night public-access chat program within an alternate reality. Amongst the stragneness, it creates its own distorted pop culture universe by conducting interviews with an unpredictable mix of actual celebrities, ‘fake’ celebrities and extreme real-life weirdos. Join us for a sneak preview of some upcoming Eric Andre Showepisodes, plus a panel discussion/Q&A with Eric, Hannibal Buress, directors Andrew Barchilon & Kitao Sakurai, and producer Daniel Weidenfeld!

if you’re unable to make it out to our event, “The Eric Andre Show” premieres on Adult Swim on May 20th!

Watch the trailer for “The Eric Andre Show: Season One Sneak Preview”!

GET TICKETS HERE

vanderthis: May 20th The Eric Andre Show Premieres

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:54:41 -0400

vanderthis:

May 20th The Eric Andre Show Premieres

Get tickets here

Sat, 05 May 2012 12:04:00 -0400

Get tickets here

comedycentral: Assign, Assemble And Laugh! Prepping the tables...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:35:37 -0400

comedycentral:

Assign, Assemble And Laugh! Prepping the tables for tonight’s #ComedyAwards taping! (Taken with instagram)

Timeout New York Piece

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:22:00 -0400

Timeout New York Piece:

Hannibal Buress

The hardworking comic details his circuitous journey from Chicago to Carolines, step by step.

By Matthew LoveWed Apr 11 2012

1. I took Amtrak from Chicago, and the day I moved here in ’08, I went straight to this open mike in Chelsea around 4 o’clock with my luggage. From there, I went to the mike at Sal’s Comedy Hole. Then I barked [tried to lure customers inside] and got on for their regular show at night. I went home at 3 o’clock in the morning after doing three shows with my two huge bags.

2. The first real show I got booked on was Drink at Work at Siberia—a dingy-ass, horrible place, but it was a good crowd. I also remember the Bowery Poetry Club open mike on Mondays was fun, because there were stand-ups, musicians, people being weird—all types of shit.

3. Booking a solid show—when everybody crushes—is amazing and [Comedy at KFBK] has become a real event in the ’Burg. As long as I’m based in NYC, I’ll put it together, but if good comedians are there, I don’t need to be there. People will come.

4. I didn’t expect that Montreal [the Just for Laughs fest] would take me to stardom, but I thought it was going to take me to being a comedian without a day job, and it didn’t do that. It introduced me to people, but it didn’t take me into making $30,000 a year. I thought it would! [Laughs]

5. The talk shows were all different. [The Late Late Show with Craig] Ferguson was important because it was my first TV in the States. Then [Late Night with Jimmy] Fallon, and that really got me into the business. That got me into writing and meeting actors, producers, directors. [Late Show with David] Letterman was fun. I got bumped my first time. It was De Niro—he wasn’t even talking that much, he was just being a weirdo. But I know I did a better set than I would have done if I hadn’t been bumped because it gave me time to work it a little bit more. And I was more comfortable because I thought, Oh, they might bump me…because that’s what they do to people here. [Laughs]

6. Saturday Night Live was my first writing gig; they reached out to me after I was on Fallon. It wasn’t like I had a mentor or anything; I knew how to write a sketch, but not how to write something that fit the show. I didn’t get into my comfort zone until late in the second half of the season. The one thing I got on [“Barkley Golf,” about the athlete’s horrible swing] wasn’t even my idea, it was my cousin’s! That’s on the record, put it in there: His name is Percy Wilson.

7. I wanted to get on camera at SNL, but it didn’t work out. When 30 Rock hired me as a writer, they wrote a homeless dude into an episode, and when I read it at the table read, it got a laugh. Someone said, “Why don’t we have Hannibal do the homeless dude?” Then somebody else wrote me into another episode, and then someone else wrote me in, and I figured Tina [Fey] would be like, “Enough with the homeless dude.” But there were more! It’s nice to have people thinking of you and writing for you.

8. I got Edinburgh [the Fringe Festival] after I did Melbourne [the Comedy Festival]. Edinburgh is such a different experience, because you’re doing an hour every night for a month with no opening act. It made me really strong; I came back to do shows in the States, 15 minutes would go by, and I’d think, Oh, I’m getting the light already?

9. It was good to be on 30 Rock for a year, but I wanted to focus on stand-up and touring and becoming a better comedian. I toured after we wrapped 30 Rock last March until December, when I shot [a forthcoming hour-long Comedy Central special]. I toured so hard and my show was tight. The jokes have been polished and rewritten; if people don’t like it, it’s because they don’t like me.

10. The Eric Andre Show is going to be crazy. We shot the pilot in an abandoned bodega in Bushwick and I didn’t think it was going to be anything. But then Adult Swim ordered ten episodes. I’m in every episode, interviewing guests with [Andre], improvising most of it. Sometimes I’m the straight man, but it depends on how the guests feel about us—he’s a maniac.

11. When people see your face on the posters, it’s a big deal. I’m excited—[headlining Carolines] is a New York comedy milestone.

2012 Tour poster “Still Saying Stuff” ...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:20:15 -0400

2012 Tour poster “Still Saying Stuff” Designed by Dima Drjuchin http://www.avrodesign.com/dima/index.html

I'm performing at Caroline's in Times Square April 12-15

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:25:38 -0400

I'm performing at Caroline's in Times Square April 12-15

comedycentral: Animal Furnace, Hannibal Buress’ first Comedy...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:58:22 -0400

comedycentral:

Animal Furnace, Hannibal Buress’ first Comedy Central special, gets air date

Mark your calendars. Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace premieres May 20!

LA shows tonight Monday April 2nd

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:05:51 -0400

I’m performing tonight at Parlor 7250 Melrose 9:30pm and then I’m heading over to Public House 1739 North Vermont the show starts at 10pm

these sets are in preparation for Comedy Central’s Mashup which films tomorrow at 7:45pm and 9:45pm in Los Angeles. Ticket info is here. http://theblacklistnyc.com/mashup

Click through to listen on Nerdist.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:19:46 -0500

Click through to listen on Nerdist.

This my favorite cover of one of my bits ever.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:06:10 -0500

This my favorite cover of one of my bits ever.

If I had 10% of his energy my life would be totally different.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:09:12 -0500

If I had 10% of his energy my life would be totally different.

Here’s an interview I did in July. I invade the hotel...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:10:03 -0500

Here’s an interview I did in July. I invade the hotel lounge and I rap a little.

This video is really awesome. Great editing.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:07:28 -0500

This video is really awesome. Great editing.