The Eric Andre Show "Demo" (Unaired 2009 Pilot Episode)

The Eric Andre Show, as some of  you may know, is an absurdist-humour, mock late night panel show, (and,  in this author's humble opinion, one of the funniest shows Adult Swim has ever aired), the first season of which was originally broadcast throughout 2012 (including the special December 31st, 2012 "New Year's Eve Spooktacular").

What some people don't know is that Eric Andre actually created a "demo" pilot episode in the Summer of 2009, shot by Andre and a few friends in an abandoned bodega that they had rented. Andre then spent the next year learning FinalCut Pro and editing the footage into what eventually became a 7 minute demo episode, with which he then used to pitch the show to various broadcasting corporations, the majority of whom were largely uninterested (due to its bizarre content and its "low budget", "public access" appearance). However, Adult Swim, after being shown the demo, agreed, (on Thanksgiving of 2010), to produce the series, and the official pilot was subsequently shot in May of 2011.

Not much more is known about the original demo (none of the plot details ever having been revealed), although it did received a mentioned in the Adult Swim bumper that aired directly before the "real" first episode, quoting "The show you are about to watch began life back in 2009 as a demo tape. Eric spent a year learning FinalCut Pro to edit it. He shopped his talk shows to many networks. They said it was too weird, low budget, or public access for air. We saw it and said make more please. Here's The Eric Andre Show".

The Eric Andre Show has not yet received a DVD release; as such, fans are optimistically hoping that the original pilot may end up being included as an extra in a possible future release (though Adult Swim have not announced any planned DVD releases of the show).