Billy Eichner has upped the ante of a dollar to answering his subjective pop culture trivia to strangers on the street with the addition of a gospel choir singing the praises of a correct answer.
What they sing for a wrong answer is equally as great.
You should take your probably unlicensed, store bought costume of a famous movie or TV character and throw it in the garbage if you think you’ll top the real Julianne Moore actually acting as opposed to just taking pictures when in Times Square.
Leave it to Billy Eichner and Billy on the Street to stir up this beautiful madness.
Just in case New Yorkers have wised up to Billy Eichner’s act on Billy on the Street, Billy has this challenge which pits strangers against other strangers against Billy.
Either way, Eichner is animated the whole way through, the key to any Billy on the Street game.
While this looks like it’s a sort of contest that you’re supposed to win, everybody wins when Billy Eichner guides Amy Sedaris through several Shondaland, inspired obstacles that chronicle Shonda Rhimes TV empire, on Billy on the Street.
Watch it all really happen here.
When you make a living talking to strangers on the street, you’re going to get a personal at some point. It doesn’t matter if you’re M.O. is to drill them on your version of pop culture like Billy Eichner, you’re going to want someone to give you some audible validation just for you.
That’s what happened in this latest round of For a Dollar on Billy on the Street.
Billy Eichner and Jason Sudeikis turn what it means to be masculine on its head as they strut the streets of NYC, dressed head to toe in a sort of bro uniform, and shouting about how much they love the Broadway hit Wicked.
Watch Eichner’s version of being a “bro” in this latest episode of Billy on the Street.
In his time getting into people’s face on the streets of NYC for Billy on the Street, Billy Eichner has only found a few people he’s really connected with as contestants.
One of those folks is Elena as you can see here and here. Part of the reason she’s become a regular on Billy on the Street is the way her energy, or lack thereof, contrasts in such a great way with Billy.
This latest appearance is no different. Watch it here.
As Billy Eichner will go up to pretty much anyone on the street on his show, it’s inevitable that he’ll run into someone as memorable as Billy On The Street regular elderly lady named Elena.
Thus, it’s also inevitable that he’d run into another person that’s also surprisingly into being asked pop culture trivia aggressively by a stranger like Rodney.
Watch how Rodney handles being Quizzed in the Face by Billy here.
All they had to do was recognize Chris Pratt standing right in front of them and they’d win a dollar.
Unbelievably, Billy Eichner found plenty of New Yorkers who couldn’t meet the challenge in another round of Billy on the Street.
10:30PM on truTV.
Our favorite person to prowl the streets of NYC, Billy Eichner, and inject his pop culture preferences via quiz or straight up aggressive questioning, often with a celebrity guest in tow, is back for his fourth season tonight.
Don’t miss out, again at 10:30PM, or online when you watch hopefully very soon.
Over 3 seasons of Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner, the show has gotten pretty inventive with its games, which often tie in celebrities that are appearing in the episode or even playing a game named after them.
While that’s all well and good, Billy Eichner is still doing what he does best with strangers in Billy on the Street’s 4th season: aggressively inquiring about pop culture.
Watch a good round up of Billy’s latest work here, then watch the season 4 premiere on Thurs. Oct. 8th at 10:30PM on truTV.
Another one of the crazy games concocted for this season of Billy on the Street was thought up specifically for Tina Fey. In fact, it has her name in it.
LaTina Fey has Tina Fey try to name twenty latino entertainers in the allotted time with, of course, Billy Eichner screaming at her side.
Watch if Tina pulls it off, then watch the new season of Billy on the Street on Thurs. Oct. 8th on truTV.
No one in NYC is safe from Billy Eichner running up to them and forcing them into one of the many incredibly subjective pop culture games on Billy on the Street.
Even when Anderson Cooper is “doing” a “report” on CNN on said phenomenon, he should check over his shoulder more often.
Look for the new season of Billy on the Street on truTV on Thurs. Oct. 8th at 10:30PM.
(via EW)
As it’s season 4, you have to wonder if people will start answering Billy’s questions, subjective as they are, right more often.
Bill Hader, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jason Sudeikis, Will Ferrell, Anna Kendrick, Julianne Moore, and Chris Pratt will all be guest stars, and likely pulled along whatever street Eichner happens to be patrolling, on this latest season of Billy on the Street premiering on Oct. 8th at 10:30PM on truTV.
We hope Will Ferrell and Billy get into some sort of shouting match over whatever game or obstacle course they’re doing.
DIFFICULT PEOPLE has just been picked up for a second season!!! Thanks @hulu and to all the difficult people who are watching!!! Woohoo!!!
Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner will return for a second season to cast judgment on whoever falls within their gaze as Hulu has re-upped Difficult People for a second season.
Duos that are best described by the title of this show like Jimmy and Gretchen on You’re The Worst seem to be really in right now and we like it that way.
Just take a longer lunch and watch it all here.
The long awaited series, Difficult People, starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner has arrived. For this premiere/release day, Hulu has put up two episodes for you to watch Eichner and Klausner go around NYC and play the show’s title up to the fullest.
Again, you can watch it all here.
Though season 3 of Billy on the Street isn’t coming until the end of October, you’ll be able to get your fix of Billy Eichner as well as Julie Klausner starting next week when their series, Difficult People, premieres on Hulu. The series will start streaming on Aug. 5th to be exact.
If you still can’t wait until then, here’s a trailer for Difficult People to keep you occupied in the meantime.
(via Variety)
Sept. 29th 10PM-series premiere of Adam Ruins Everything with Adam Conover.
Oct. 8th 10:30PM-season 3 premiere of Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner.
Whether you’re walking in NYC or just taken long held beliefs that are really ridiculous when you stop and think about it for granted, you should be ready for Billy Eichner returning to the best game show that TV has going right now and Adam Conover making you think about question the things you thought you were never question because… why would you not buy an engagement ring to propose, right?
Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner’s Hulu series Difficult People is coming soon, which means that they’re thankfully starting to make the talk show rounds.
Their first stop was at Late Night with Seth Meyers and they revealed a little about what their executive producer Amy Poehler “is like behind the scenes”, if “you know” what “we mean”.
Hulu’s latest comedy series Difficult People teases you just a little more with your favorite person that yells trivia at strangers on the streets of NYC, Billy Eichner and How Was Your Week’s Julie Klausner being, as you might have suspected, difficult.
Watch this teaser to see just that, then look for the series on Hulu starting Aug. 5th.
After Letterman retires, maybe he’ll make a past time out of wandering the streets with Billy Eichner screaming pop culture questions and answers at strangers?
After getting a test run of sorts during Billy Eichner’s last appearance on Letterman, David Letterman went with Billy to do an episode of Billy On The Street and it was, as you’d expect, pretty great.
If Letterman does this again, maybe there could be a “Jaywalking” vs. Billy On The Street?
What more do you need to know here? It’s another one of Conan’s great remote segments and, this time, he gives Grindr a try, and, on top of that, he has none other than Billy Eichner give him pointers the whole way through.
Since Billy On The Street is moving to truTV and TBS for its next season, Billy Eichner might going be bigger with his games, shouting, etc.
A perfect example is this special web edition of Billy On The Street with First Lady Of The United States Michelle Obama, Big Bird, and Billy’s favorite contestant Elena roving through a grocery store.
Note how Elena’s excitement throughout this whole thing is pretty priceless.
Not only are we going to get to see America’s favorite “pop culture inquisitor” Billy Eichner return to the streets for a fourth season to question any and all, famous or not about his personal pop culture obsessions, but we’ll get two different networks to watch it on.
Eichner and company are moving from Fuse to both truTV and TBS in their fourth season as well, perhaps, going somewhere else (Billy is taking suggestions) besides various parts of NYC.
So, all of America needs to prep their knowledge on Meryl Streep for later this year.
We’re not exactly sure what you’re thinking or feeling right now, but if you’re down for any number of reasons that just saw in any sort of news or social media feed, then you might need something to brighten your day, even a little.
We’re recommending you watch Billy Eichner singing his very own Taylor Swift style song “Glitter and Ribs” live on Conan. With any luck, Taylor Swift will do a cover of it soon.