Nick Kroll on “History of the World, Part II”
Nick Kroll on “History of the World, Part II”
Standup comedian, writer and producer Nick Kroll has returned to TV as part of the cast of Hulu’s star-studded sequel to the Mel Brooks comedy, “History of the World, Part I.” Kroll talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about “History of the World, Part II,” and working with a comedy idol.
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0.66 -> I can tell by your wide-eyed stairs and slack
and Jaws that you've never been taught by a
5.82 -> caveman before so let's go through the basics
shall we do I hunt and kill my own food no I
11.04 -> shop in an organic grocery store and pay too
much for heirloom tomatoes that's actor and
15.54 -> comedian Nick Kroll in the short-lived TV
series caveman now Kroll is tackling a new
21.9 -> role with ancient roots and a truly legendary
pedigree he's teaming up with Mel Brooks on the
28.5 -> history of the World Part Two Nick Kroll
is in conversation with Ben Mankiewicz
35.58 -> where are you guys at with Trump honestly
are you got here because here's the thing
39.54 -> there's just like something fishy
about that guy nick kroll working
46.32 -> on another recipe for jokes in the comedy
kitchen I'm like I don't vote for him again
55.38 -> after a wildly successful stand-up special last
fall and I'm just never gonna be the guy who rides
61.98 -> ride cycle if I were I'd be the guy he's like oh
no I'm gonna miss the light we found Kroll back on
70.68 -> stage at Largo one of LA's hippest nightclubs
trying out new yet still unrefined materials
77.52 -> I am so excited for tonight's show we have an
insane lineup you guys Kanye West is here tonight
85.92 -> where there are a couple of things
that you know basically worked it
89.94 -> will probably likely show up in the
next special whenever that is yeah
94.92 -> yeah or at least be the be the base of operations
that will be tent poles that I'm like okay that
100.62 -> joke works well enough to put here 44 years old
wife is drunk she's babbling nonsense Kroll has
108.84 -> had an enviable last decade in Show Business
the Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case
114.72 -> producing writing and acting a reservation of
Larry David and I requested a table by the window
123.36 -> those were all jobs good ones too but his
vocation hasn't changed I'm sorry but we
129.84 -> cannot honor that request he's a comedian shall
we it's like whenever you tell someone you're
136.5 -> like I'm a comedian before you're well known or
when people are like I'm dating a comedian or I'm
140.94 -> a comedian they're like oh how's it going right
yeah you know like it's actually going pretty
145.98 -> well um he forged his identity early growing up
just outside New York City the youngest of four
153.96 -> my impression of your family they wouldn't be
surprised that at your career path no I think they
161.4 -> were so I was always like performing for them like
I remember being with my family and just reciting
165.96 -> Andrew Dice Clay jokes to them when I was like
11. when do you come out to LA 2006 is that 2007 I
173.16 -> live in the oak woods with a bunch of child stars
not child stars children aspiring to be stars like
180.12 -> they had a little Deli and there's all these like
like 150 headshots of brooding seven-year-olds
186.48 -> just kind of like I lived there I went on like I
don't know 30 auditions for pilots and the final
193.86 -> one I went on was for this show called cavemen
it's so easy to use geico.com a caveman could
201.06 -> do inspired by the popular Geico commercials
not cool ABC sitcom caveman failed to evolve
217.98 -> cancel after just seven
episodes beloved commercials
223.14 -> uh despised show it has it has moments it's
not bad no it's not bad no it's funny I mean
228.84 -> it's like I'm like I'm I still stand by I'm
like that's as funny as anything ashamed at
232.92 -> all right so it didn't feel like failure
to you it didn't well it didn't feel like
237.78 -> personal failure it felt like I'm participating
in a failure yeah right which is different it's
244.62 -> different Kroll is philosophical about
failure my dear friend Maya Angelou said
252.18 -> um if you don't pick up the compliments then
you don't have to pick up the criticisms right
258.24 -> so it's like how much do you let in if you don't
let in all the good stuff if you just don't let
263.82 -> other people's opinions sway you too much is
there enough room for some mayonnaise in this
268.38 -> lady sandwich oh cruel kept working free
shot I'm not even touching the fusion with
276 -> a steady diet of supporting roles on TV along
the way he found a strength writing and playing
283.08 -> outlandish characters from crass lawyer playing
fantasy football with his friends in the league
288.9 -> no no no no no no that's who I was gonna pick
who cares he picked Aaron's froze Bill Shatner
297.54 -> he doesn't know what the difference is I think
of myself as like a very cool very white Jay-Z
302.88 -> to a tacky overconfident entrepreneur okay I'm
Bobby bottle service AKA Bobby bottleservice
311.34 -> Bobby bottleservice eventually became
a fixture on Kroll's self-titled sketch
316.38 -> comedy show in a related note excuse me are you
9 11. no because I could never forget you I'm
324.12 -> going home you guys are repulsive troll show
ran through three seasons on Comedy Central
329.88 -> it was easier to be a character it's like you
could put on silly sunglasses and a funny you
335.58 -> know shirt and silly pants and become someone
else for breakfast we'll do something cool like
342 -> have a cigarette and like a bar of chocolate
so that if someone didn't like it it wasn't
346.86 -> like they didn't like Nick Kroll and it gave
me a freedom and confidence to to say things
351.12 -> and do things that were harder for me to do
as myself oh hello these days Kroll is putting
357.36 -> the final touches on his latest sketch comedy
show for Hulu history of the World Part Two a
363.48 -> limited series sequel to The 1981 Mel Brooks
comedy get your mind price from me schmuck
374.94 -> ET with diaspora it's the same sketch Style with
an updated cast including Wanda Sykes and Ike
381.96 -> baronholtz who is this it's your mama if you're my
mother what is your last name Mel my mother that
389.7 -> confirms it for cruel it's a chance not only to
collaborate with his friends and peers but to work
396.12 -> with his comedy hero Mel Brooks how important
was Mel Brooks to Young necro it's Mel Brooks
403.5 -> and Saturday Night Live but Mel Brooks's movies
to me we owned you know we owned History of the
410.64 -> World on VHS we owned Young Frankenstein Blazing
Saddles in the producers talk about that [Music]
420 -> I watched The Producers basically every day as
I became a teenager for like three or four years
427.74 -> there's a school of thought in Hollywood these
days hey boy Brooks's brand of Comedy isn't
433.5 -> 2023-friendly hey wait a minute movies like
Blazing Saddles couldn't be made today in an
441.12 -> era when comedians like Paul have to watch what
they say but I don't think it's limiting I just
447.3 -> think it's like any anything else there's
just challenges that have to be figured out
452.16 -> and the ones who are the best figure out how
to continue to shock and surprise and also be
460.98 -> mindful of the time and place that we live so
call me Jesus Christ Son of God some call him
465.3 -> broken horny that woman is enchanting however
we can figure out how to keep that connection
470.7 -> with an audience where you're surprising them
into laughter is the ultimate goal if this was
475.68 -> on that fish I would cancel my subscription
the journey is figuring out how to do that
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