None of the stunts in this entry feel like there is much planning or production values behind them. It’s possible that international laws prevented production from getting especially crazy, but this still feels pretty tame as far as The Eric Andre Show goes. If this is the first offering of the show that you’ve ever seen then this might seem inventive, but otherwise this is just an average Band-Aid to hold over eager audiences until a season five.

Eric Andre Does Paris features a bunch of the classic routines from the show’s repertoire, like incomprehensible man on the street interviews or staged scenes in the public that are meant to draw attention. It all makes for humorous material, but it’s relatively low-hanging fruit.

Why not extend these gags even further and actually have Eric do a few “in studio” interviews with French celebrities? The Special would get a lot more mileage out of Eric doing a full interview with someone who doesn’t understand where they are and does the entire interview in French.

At the same time, the prospect of feeding Eric lines in French and watching him perform a full interview in a foreign language would also hold a lot of potential. Even bringing out the show’s usual gang of “fake actors” but telling French pedestrians that they’re French celebrities like Gerard Depardieu would be an entertaining twist.

It might be a little unfair to hold this Special up to the standards and expectations of a regular installment of the show, but this simple adjustment would only enhance the humor that the Special strives to achieve. It might not have been possible, but it feels like a full 22-minute Special that’s padded out with indistinguishable French interviews could have helped make this a little more awesome.