-Our first guest tonight is the Emmy-nominated co-creator
of the animated Netflix series "Big Mouth."
He and John Mulaney co-host
the very funny "Oh, Hello, The P'dcast." The P'dcast.
Here is my conversation with Nick Kroll.
Nick, it is so wonderful to see you,
and what a cozy quarantine it seems like you're having.
-Yeah, it's really --
It's really great to see you, Seth.
I really miss you.
-Yeah, I miss you, too.
And you just look so comfortable.
And is that a fire you started yourself?
-Yeah, I, um, I gathered all the wood,
and then I turned on the gas thing,
you know, because it's a gas fire.
But I just wanted to -- [ Sighs ]
I just was very excited to see you,
and I wanted to set something up for us that felt intimate
and personal and special,
because it's like -- I just feel like
we haven't really been seeing very much of each other,
and I wanted to make this mean something.
-Yeah, well, I mean, obviously, I appreciate it.
Nobody's really seeing anybody,
so I don't think that you and I seeing each other
is any more or less special.
-I don't know. I feel like it kind of is, at least for me.
Like, you know, 'cause I've been Zooming with friends and family,
but, like, when you're not able to communicate
with someone that you love
and feel really far away from and feel very --
both like, obviously physically very distant
but emotionally a little distant,
I think you have to, like, take that extra step
to spice things up and make you and your partner feel special.
And so that's kind of what I wanted to do today.
-Right. Of course, making it clear to the audience
that we each have individual partners
that are not each other.
-You are married with children,
and I have a girlfriend who I live with.
And --
But I don't think that speaks to the partnership
and the feelings that we have for each other.
I think we've always known
that we were going to keep those separate,
um, from the rest of our lives.
-Sure. Okay. Well, I mean, it is nice to see each other,
because, you know, even non-pandemic times,
we do live on opposite coasts,
I had a really -- The last time I saw you was wonderful.
We ran into each other at the Critics' Choice Awards.
-That's right, yeah.
-And it was -- -You guys --
Go ahead. Sorry.
-No, but you presented our category,
and it was such a delight to have a friend do that.
-Yeah, I mean, I presented for Best Late Night Show,
and you guys won.
And for me to be able to present to you,
someone who I've known for a long time, a friend and a lover,
to be able to present to you felt really meaningful.
-Sure.
And again, just to stress,
like, we are lovers of each other's work.
I love everything you do.
-And I love everything you do. I love the show.
I'm so proud of everything you're accomplishing,
especially in the quarantine.
I love your sense of humor,
your body, your face, how you make love,
and all of those things. I love them all.
And, you know, obviously,
you guys won the Critics' Choice Awards.
-Yeah. -But honestly,
you would have won the Nick's Choice Award.
-Oh, wow.
-For sexiest host. And I say this to all of the hosts.
-Okay. -But I mean it with you.
I hit on all of the late-night hosts.
But it's different with you.
-Thank you.
You and a friend that I think we both share a love for, as well,
obviously -- You've known him longer, but -- John Mulaney,
you guys have what started as a --
How do you even describe how "Oh, Hello" started?
It started as a sketch,
characters at, like, the most alternative comedy room
you could imagine.
Like, the smallest, thinnest slice of comedy
in the smallest room
then became, among other things, a Broadway show,
a Netflix special of that Broadway show,
and now it's its own P'dcast.
-Yes, it's the "Oh, Hello" P'dcast.
And John and I became friends in college,
and we've been helping George St. Geegland
and Gil Faizon do "Oh, Hello"
first in the little Black Box Theatre in New York,
then on my sketch show "Kroll Show,"
then "Oh, Hello, On Br'dway,"
and now "Oh, Hello, The P'dcast."
And we've been helping those two Upper West Side gentlemen
put all these things together, and it's been a real joy.
But I remember when John got hired at "Saturday Night Live,"
and the first time I went, and I saw --
I was like, "Who's that guy? Who's that over there?"
And John was like, "Oh, that's Seth Meyers."
And I was like, "Uh, wow.
Like, who is he?
What's his story," you know?
-[ Laughs ]
You were unfamiliar with my work until you came with John.
-I just was struck by you. -[ Laughs ]
-And he was like, "That's Seth Meyers.
He asked you to audition for the show."
And I was like, "Oh, my God. I didn't put that together."
'Cause I think when I saw you in person in that environment,
I saw, like, you were --
You were the head writer. You were kind of in charge.
You had that -- But you had such a friendly vibe to you.
It's just like, it was this real alchemy for me.
And, so, anyway, I'm getting --
I know that I'm supposed to be here
promoting "Oh, Hello, The P'dcast,"
but I'm also here to promote "Snowpiercer" on TNT.
-[ Laughs ]
-They sent me this -- -That's great!
-They sent me this flask.
-No one does -- You know, people do that so rarely
where they promote other people's shows.
-Yeah. -And I do also think
this really speaks to the value of sending out swag,
because I feel like you are now paying it forward.
You got a "Snowpiercer" flask,
and now -- [ Laughs ]
I feel like, you know,
the pandemic is changing the way we think about a lot of things,
and maybe right now, people are thinking,
"Is it worth sending out a 'Snowpiercer' flask?"
And it was.
-Well, and here we are, talking about "Oh, Hello, The P'dcast"
on Seth Meyers' show,
but we're also getting the word out about "Snowpiercer" on TNT,
based on the film by Bong Joon Ho,
who won -- You know what?
I'd love to promote "Parasite," as well, right now.
-Yeah, why not?
-"Parasite" won the Oscar -- won a number of Oscars.
It's a great film.
You can watch that online. -Great film.
-But "Snowpiercer's" the film, great film by Bong Joon Ho,
but now also a show on TNT,
"Snowpiercer," on TNT.
-Good cast. I think it has a really good cast.
-It's got a great cast.
Jennifer Connelly's on it,
who's married to Paul Bettany.
-Paul Bettany, the Vision. He's the Vision
in the Marvel universe. -He's the Vision.
So I just want to give a quick shout-out
to the "Avengers" films.
I'd love to promote a little bit of the "Avengers" films.
-This is so nice, for you to use your time in quarantine
to promote other people's work like this.
-Well, I would say I'm using my time
to promote obviously the "Avengers" movies,
"Snowpiercer" on TNT, "Parasite."
But I'm also here to promote our relationship, Seth.
and... -Oh, wow. Okay.
-...I want to give you a dead rose.
-You know what?
Actually, Nick and I are going to talk off-camera for a second.
We'll be right back with more Nick Kroll after this.
[ Laughs ] -I love you.