Hannibal Buress is that dude these days. He's landed on some of the comedic world's most irreverent programs ( i.e. Chozen, The Eric Andre Show, Braod City and China, IL,) found himself entertaining late night audiences across the country and he's pulling for Comedy Central to pick up his own show Unemployable. All of this means that he's in prime standing to finally make moves on the Hollywood starlets he always imagined he'd be after at this point in his career. That is, of course, until he figures out a way to turn those exchanges into full-blown blunders.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hannibal had the opportunity to discuss the show he pitched to CC, his improv chops and his recent run at late night programs like The Tonight Show and Conan. Here are some of the best tid-bits from their exchange:
On his Tonight Show appearance:
"I was happy doing a focused set on late night, just about one subject. I think it got more traction than it normally would have gotten if I did just bits about various things. It was like, "It's a New Orleans set!" And somebody told me it was on the front page of the paper in New Orleans. And The Roots – you can't see it on the YouTube clip, but The Roots did my song, "Gibberish Rap" as my walk-on song, which was insane. That was amazing."
On the free reign he gets on the set of Broad City:
"There's a lot of improv on there. We get to riff a little bit and just try different stuff. Even before we starting filming, I met with the writers and we talked about how we wanted to work the character. Lincoln really isn't that far from me, tonally. It's just me, in a dentist's office, put in this situation where I'm really liking this girl and she's fucking around. But beyond that, it's pretty much me."
On his Comedy Central pilot:
"It's called Unemployable, and it's me doing different jobs. I'm not good at working, like regular work. At least, I choose not to be. I think maybe I just don't want to be good at regular work anymore. So the idea is that I've been doing comedy so long, I'm not good at work, so let me go try these jobs and see what happens, and we splice in stand-up. I feel good about it."
You can read the script in its entirety over at Rolling Stone, but tune in below for Hannibal's appearance on yet another late night program as he gushes over the time he almost locked down Scarlett Johansson (lost her just as quick) and debunks his Twitter mishap on Conan. We'll have more on the adventures of Hannibal Buress soon, so keep it locked and be sure to tune in to Comedy Central this Saturday at 10pm for the premiere of his hour-long stand-up special Live In Chicago.
