Dewayne worked on various oil rigs for a few years.

The accident was the inspiration for Nathaniel’s death in the pilot. Whenever Ball felt sad, his sister and father’s death would overcome him.Before he became a comedian and the pseudo-host of his own pseudo-talk show, "The Eric Show" on Adult Swim, Eric Andre studied upright bass at Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music.His chief musical influence was Charles Mingus, who spent the forties and fifties fighting band mates, breaking instruments, and generally trolling club owners.Dewayne also worked in Raleigh at Kelly Hardware and at Caldwell Chevrolet.Dewayne attended Jones County Junior College in the auto mechanic program, then later took academic classes leading to his A. degree before majoring in Petroleum Engineering at MS State University.