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Hannibal Buress

Stand-up comedian

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"You gotta eat the lettuces, right, you just gotta straight up eat the lettuce."

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A little about Hannibal

Retired from alcohol

Hannibal stated in a September 2018 interview that he has "quit drinking" because he was having a bunch of "different situations happen that were alcohol fueled," like "arguments" and the ways he'd handle things that "were not smooth, just messy shit...

Rapper friend

While attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale, he became friends with hip hop artist Open Mike Eagle, his RA at the time.

Association with Hannibal Lecter

He was named after Carthaginian General Hannibal Barca, and has told stories in his stand-up act about his name causing women to turn him down because of its association with fictional cannibal Hannibal Lecter.

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Favorite comedian

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Favorite comedian

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I'd have to say Dave Chappelle. He's brilliant and fun to watch. Patrice O'neal was one of the best live acts I've seen. His crowd work was amazing.

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Working with Eric Andre

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Working with Eric Andre

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Eric is extremely creative and driven and when he's on camera he wants to make it a moment. He's incredibly prepared and he's a smart dude. The best part of working with him is that I really don't have to do anything but be myself and react.

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Best advice ever given to him

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Best advice ever given to him

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A friend of mine said "You should just announce that Comedy Central picked your show up"

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On being compared to Mitch Hedberg

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On being compared to Mitch Hedberg

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I started doing comedy in 2002 and I had a VHS tape of one of my first few sets. I took it to my RA, Open Mike Eagle. He watched it and said you sound like this dude, he played some Hedberg for me. I thought it was amazing. Mitch played Zanies in Chicago in 2005. I was brand new and I went up to his green room and asked for a spot. (This was really obnoxious but I was hungry and ambitious.) The next night he let and 3-4 other Chicago comedians that he never met perform on a sold out show of his fans. That's unheard of. Comedians just don't do that type of shit. I won't do that shit now. I can be in the greatest mood ever and I won't let a stranger on my show. It went well and he let me open...

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Process for coming up with ideas

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Process for coming up with ideas

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There's no rhyme or reason. I take an idea or story and write it or try it on stage. I'll remember what worked and try to fix what didn't. The length of time varies based on the bit.

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His own summary of his Reddit AMA

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His own summary of his Reddit AMA

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If you want to do stand up, just do it. Broad City is fun and I'm excited for the second season. Eric Andre is weird and talented and the show is insane and not for everyone . Chozen is one of the easiest jobs that I have in my life. I developed my delivery through trial and error and performing over and over. I will destroy you in NBA 2k14 All is Lost Starring Robert Redford is not a good movie Good comedians to check out Lil B, Don Rickles Michael Che, Jerrod Carmichael, Sean Patton, W. Kamau Bell, Bridget Everett, Nick Vatterott, Jon Laster, Kara Klenk To all of you that didn't have a question and just wanted to say something nice, thank you.

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His influence on The Eric Andre Show

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His influence on The Eric Andre Show

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I come up with a few bits on TEAS a lot of the time, those are my genuine reactions to what's happening. He does some weird stuff on that show and it throws me off sometimes.

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Most memorable rap show he's ever attended

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Most memorable rap show he's ever attended

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The Yeezus tour was one of the best shows I've seen in my life. great production. A mountain. White Jesus. Dancers. Hit songs.

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Favorite part of working at Saturday Night Live

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Favorite part of working at Saturday Night Live

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It was awesome to learn the television business from that side. I got to work with great people and watch great musical acts and drink til 7am for no reason.

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If he enjoys acting or stand-up more

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If he enjoys acting or stand-up more

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I enjoy doing stand up way more. Acting is fun, but it's slow-motion and I like immediacy.

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On people always thinking he's high while performing

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On people always thinking he's high while performing

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It's slightly annoying. I've been high on camera ONCE in my entire career and it didn't work out well at all. besides that, the most I've had before being on TV is one or two drinks. It's weird when people just ASSUME that I'm high because I'm not yelling. I've never been high on Eric Andre show. It was just one episode of Broad City where I was pretty stoned. I kept fucking my lines up. If you've seen me on the road doing stand up, I've never been high. I've done stand up high a couple times in NYC and that's it.

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Advice for someone pursuing comedy in a small city

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Advice for someone pursuing comedy in a small city

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Start your own room. Build an audience. People in small cities get excited about entertainment options. You can run that town. Unless you suck.

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Last moment he was truly happy (answered in 2015)

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Last moment he was truly happy (answered in 2015)

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I'm consistently happy but when I did panel on Conan the other day, that felt really amazing. I've done so much stand up on late night shows so walking over and sitting down was really cool. It felt like a nice progression. I wasn't nervous at first but when I sat down, it was weird. I was thinking "Whoa this dude is super close. This is crazy"

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If not getting sketches on air at SNL hurt his confidence

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If not getting sketches on air at SNL hurt his confidence

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Not being good at getting sketches didn't mean I was all of sudden a horrible stand up. My confidence was never broken. I immediately started writing at 30 rock right after SNL. Smooth transition.

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What it was like hearing that Louis CK say that you're his favorite comedian

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What it was like hearing that Louis CK say that you're his favorite comedian

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It's awesome when someone like that respects what you do. I'm appreciative that he's turned a bunch of people on to my comedy.

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His only sketch to make the air during his time as writer for Saturday Night Live

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His only sketch to make the air during his time as writer for Saturday Night Live

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Barkley Golf. We made fun of Barkley's Golf Swings.

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If he is more hesitant to make jokes about famous people as he's gained popularity

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If he is more hesitant to make jokes about famous people as he's gained popularity

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I try not to be too mean spirited. It's the nature of the business though. I'm really just talking about my experiences and what I think.

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Redditor asks what his reaction is to rumors that he wasn't good when he was doing open mics

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Redditor asks what his reaction is to rumors that he wasn't good when he was doing open mics

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This is the thing. EVERYONE struggles early on. That legend of me being extremely horrible is heavily exaggerated, because I was doing ok and booking festivals, and making it to the finals of competitions 3 years into my career. So if we're talking about me being a bad comedian 2 years in, then that's insane because everyone is.

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