Hollywood Handbook - Nick Kroll, Our Close Friend

Episode Date: May 11, 2015

After the guys voluntarily decide not to do an intro segment due to circumstances under their control, NICK KROLL shows up to discuss what a big fan he is of the show, talk about why his movie Adult Beginners is a nice movie, and play some clips from his favorite pilots of this season.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a HeadGum Podcast. Is that my stocking cap on your head? And he says, no, bitch. And he punched me in the stomach. Which one is that? Cheddar Bob from Meanwhile? Oh, he's the one who shot himself accidentally. Okay. He's the one who has a brain. He's kind of a buster.

I see. But it turns out I'm the real buster because I got punched in the stomach by him. The only problem is, and I left this part out of the story, he broke his hand. Because you're so tough. Well, I'm so shredded, especially in my tummy region. And I let him keep the hat. He cut up his hand. Well, yes.

I mean, he broke the bones inside it, but also he ripped all the skin off his hand. It's like a cheese grater, your abs. Yes, and it's a problem sometimes for women. I have to put a special placemat taped to my stomach. For when they? For if they want to be bumping torsos in any way. And they don't want to have their belly get ripped open.

That's a special placemat that has all the presidents on it. Yeah, I have that one, and then I have just all the different animals of the world. So it's all the continents, and then on each continent it kind of shows some of the animals that are there. Hey, welcome to Hollywood Handbook, an insider's guide to kicking, button dropping names of the red carpet

linebacker hallways of this industry we call Showbiz. No intro this week. Yeah, you might wonder why we did a song bit at all. We're just doing a quick intro to say there's no intro. Our guest segment's that good. We didn't run out of studio time. It has nothing to do with studio time. No, we didn't have trouble getting our usual studio time and then only got an hour.

That just doesn't happen to guys like us. So we did the guest segment. We thought it was so good that an intro would be distracting. And so even though we have an extra hour of studio time, we're just going to set it on fire because it is time for us to talk to Nick Kroll. On Hollywood Hairbook. Nick Kroll. On Hollywood Handbook. So, Michael, York comes over

with the, like, two glasses of lemonade, and he's like, here you go. I try it. It's, like, really delicious. He's like, how about a little something to make it hard? And so he has, like, a little nip of, uh, it was Bailey's that he puts in the lemonade we ended up using something else because i i drink this and i was like this doesn't taste good but the idea

of like a hard lemonade is cool yeah and so we ended up it is still bailey's that we use but it's clear oh okay so it's just without the cream element so it's no the cream is still Baileys that we use, but it's clear. Oh, okay. So it's just without the cream element. No, the cream is still in there. It's just like the color. It's a clear cream? The color of the cream is removed. And so we just mix that up with the lemonade, bottle it. And that's Michael York's hard lemonade.

Yes. And people drink it cold, which I was weird. It was not what we really had in mind. Never what you envisioned. Yeah, it's supposed to be 150 degrees. Hey, welcome to Hollywood Handbook, an insider's guide to kicking button dropping names in the red carpet lineback hallways of this industry we call showbiz. What up, what up?

We have such a corker today. What a fucking corker. I have a really good guest. It's Nick Kroll is here. What up, what up? Nick, thanks for saying what up, what up. People love to hear it from this show, and you're on a rocket, and so is this show, and what a natural pairing. And talk about what you're doing.

Well, guys, I got to say I'm huge. I'm a huge fan of the show. Yes, well, you told us. Yeah, I'm thrilled. I'm a huge fan of the show. Yes. Well, you told us. Yeah. I'm thrilled to be here. I mean, being able to say what up, what up is like a big deal for me. What's your favorite bit that we do? I love, I mean, look, I love the roundup. Oh, the roundup.

Yes. The roundup. People are crazy about the roundup. Everybody come around. It's the roundup. Yeah, that's good. It's crazy to see you guys say it just because having heard it so many times before.

And obviously, I fucking studied you guys. I think you're cool. And to be on the show feels like it's a milestone in my career. And we're rooting for you as well super hard. Oh, God. We would love to see it happen. Sometimes I fall asleep

and I think, when is it going to happen? Just as I'm going to sleep, I'm thinking like, I hope it happens for Nick. I wonder when. Just as I'm drifting off and then I dream about it all night. Yeah. Well, I feel like I've been living a dream for the last few years because the rocket ship has taken off and we just left the stratosphere and we're getting rid of the loose bag. I'm getting rid of the baggage.

Yeah. It's cool. You said that you studied us. Yeah, exactly. We're getting, I'm getting rid of the baggage. Yeah. It's cool. You said that you studied us. Yeah, exactly. You said you studied us and you thought it's cool. Yeah. And we studied you and think you're cool. And studying is nerdy.

But if you're studying coolness, are you a nerd for being cool? Well, if I'm a, if I'm cool for being a nerd, then I'm a nerd for being cool. Obviously that the nerd stuff is fucking funny and cool right now. And you're talking about space. Exactly. With the rocket. And he knows you've got to dump weight to go higher. That's what I'm...

So I'm not in the new Star Wars. I'm going to announce that here. My choice. I ended Kroll's show. My choice. I am not doing Star Wars. My choice. Because people thought it was weird that Kroll Show ended right when it did.

And it had been sort of a chatter that you thought you were going to go do Star Wars. And that's why Kroll Show was ending. Right. I thought I was going to say yes to doing Star Wars. Oh, is that what it was? I chose to not say yes to doing Star Wars. Well, and it is because, correct, you found out that it's not set in the future, that it's a long time ago and galaxy far, far away. Exactly.

You were going to be the face on a planet that got blown up. Well, I do my research. I do my research and I found out that it was the past and I'm only looking towards the future, boys. That's why I'm here. Laying the groundwork for the next level. What's Nick future? Well, I look at being on things like this, like this show is like being like the Tower of Babel. We're just building it up towards the sky.

Falling apart. The movie, remember when you see the girls thing? Of course I do. I said no to that movie. I chose not to say yes to it. I don't say no anymore. No. Yes.

You only say yes just like in the Yes Man, but what you say, you say yes to choosing not to do it. Exactly. Which is a great positive attitude about hating most of the projects you're selling. Well, I started doing, I'm doing Landmark now.

I'm doing Landmark Forum. Oh, wow. That's great for you. That's exactly what you should be doing right now. The timing's so perfect. I'm doing Scientmark Forum. Oh, wow. That's great for you. That's exactly what you should be doing right now. The timing's so perfect. I'm doing Scientology as well. Are you allowed to do both? That's perfect.

And I'm doing Sierra Club. Wow. That's exactly what you should be doing right now. I love their pale ale. Yeah. Now, you're doing all those things. Can you speak on that? Yeah, I'll speak truth to power on that.

Here's what I've learned so far in what I think will be one of the great careers of all time. It's all about, to me, it's all about saying yes, and it's about yes and being able to speak to that. And I feel like I can speak to the idea of saying yes and no longer saying no, but instead choosing not to say yes. And that has helped me both on my online presence. It's helped me in my feature career. It's helped me in television. It's all the same now, isn't it, sort of? That's actually very interesting.

Yes, and these screens that are connecting us are also standing between us in some ways. It's all on your phone screen. And you can put a headband over it that holds the phone against your eyes so it looks like you're watching a movie. Yeah, well, for those fucking troglodytes out there who don't understand what we're talking about, we're talking about VR.

We're talking about virtual reality. We're talking about Oculus Rift. Binocular, yes. Binoculus. Is it Oculus Rift or Binoculus Rift? I've always heard Binoculus. It's Binoptimus Prime. And that's Amazon Prime's new Oculus Rift program.

So you can order if you guys want. My next show is actually for Binoculus Prime. Oh, wow. That's great. What a scoop. So a lot of reaching out into the camera and being a 3D person, throwing boomerangs and such. That's right.

I'm a bird on the show, and it's called Binoculus Rift. And it's a bird-watching show,. I'm a bird on the show and it's called Binoculars Rift and it's a bird watching show and I'm the bird. But I talk straight to you and I will reach out with tiny little bird hands and I'll hand you things. And you can grab them. We're working on that.

If you see it in the theater, there is an usher hiding under the seat in front of you and he will hand you the fig. It's a masticated worm. Nick, I noticed there's no Mio in that water. Would you care for some? Yeah, I would love a squirt.

Okay. Enough or too much? That's just for me just right. Ooh, it's that nice. I have yet to try the green. I'm really excited for that. Yeah, it's that nice. I have yet to try the green. I'm really excited for that. Yeah, it's like good. What flavor is the green?

It's like an unripe raspberry. Have you ever thought about adding that to the Mike's Hard? Mike York? Mike York? Michael York's Hard Lemonade. Okay, cool, cool. Do you remember Michael York? Of course I do.

He was Austin Powers' boss. Ah. Yeah, that guy's... Okay, cool, cool. Do you remember Michael York? Of course I do. He's Austin Powers' boss. Ah. Yeah, that guy's... Yeah, yeah, of course. And he's doing... He's doing Hard Lemonade now. Yeah, you notice you haven't seen him in a while. He's focused on that.

He's testing flavors. He did Cabaret, then Austin Powers' boss, and then he's been just mostly working on this lemonade recipe. Using Bailey's? Using clarified Bailey's? Yes, clarified Bailey's. I don't know. Yeah, go ahead.

I'm sorry to interrupt, but Nick, did you make a movie? I did make a movie. I mean, everybody knows about it already. It's called Adult Beginners. It's in almost 50 theaters around the country. 50 screens. So 52, actually, to be precise, we expanded out to 52 screens. Number of weeks in a year.

One screen a week. Every state. Puerto Rico. Yeah, and Guam. And Guam. 52 in 52 on 52. God bless the sweet old US of A. That Guam. And Guam. 52 and 52 on 52. God bless the sweet old U.S. of A. That's right.

That's right. I petitioned to get two extra stars put onto the flag just so we could use that for the promotion of how many screens we're on. I signed it. Thank you for signing that. It means the world. Obviously, you guys can go online and go to at Nick Kroll. The petition will be getting going there to get 52 stars on the flag. How can something be adult to beginner as well?

That's a really good question. I've gotten so many good questions. I had the same question, just Hayes didn't have a better question. Well, if you want, at some point, if you want to talk about the departure for what it was like for me to... The departed? To say no, no, to say not, to say yes to being the rat in The Departed.

I was offered that part to be the rat in the last one. To crawl along. To crawl along, but they needed me for Run a Picture, and I was like, I can't, I can't do that. I didn't get that, the rat in front of the... Well, that's what I kept saying. It just doesn't, it's too subtle for me. It doesn't I can't do that. I didn't get that. The rat in front of the city hall. Well that's what I kept saying. It just doesn't. It's too subtle for me. It doesn't have anything to do with the movie. That's what I

kept saying and I just said The movie's about people. Exactly. That's what I kept saying and they said and you've turned down the Wahlberg part already and I said I chose to not say yes. I didn't say no. And I was intrigued by the rat part because I couldn't understand it.

And I wanted to do it, but scheduling just didn't work out because they needed me in Boston for run of pick. They needed me for four months to shoot it, but I was like, I'm only in. I run in front of City Hall. I run at some point near the end, and they're like, we just don't know Marty, Marty, Marty, Marty, Marty. Yes. Yes.

I've heard this song before so but the the question that i got and i just bring it back to myself real quick the question that i got uh on adult beginners that i've really enjoyed is the idea that this is a departure for me because i'm a comedy guy i'm known famously as a famous comedian yes yes um and that this part, because I have emotional moments in it, that it's a departure for me. From doing the goofy bullshit. It's confusing to me as well. It's confusing to people and I get it.

I had to stop the movie a few times and just try to get my shit together. And were you able to do that? You were able to get your shit together? Yeah. Were you doing coke or were you doing to do that? Hmm? You were able to get your shit together? Yeah. Were you doing coke or were you doing anything? Cold shower. Cold shower.

You're getting horny watching me depart. So real, yeah. Well, you know, and it's a weird thing because most people don't want to see a comedian do anything but a big, broad character. They don't want to see an actual human moment. Yeah. do anything but a big, broad character, and they don't want to see an actual human moment. Yeah. No, I want them to fall down or get hit with, like, a Nerf bat with a pie on it.

Yeah, sure. The wig turns around backwards. Exactly. It's covering your eyes. And obviously, I don't regret doing that picture. You know what I mean? I love doing wiggy. I'm hopefully going to do more wiggies.

But that's the thing is I want to be able to do it all. Scoop Troop, get out your pants. There might be more Wiggies in your future. So obviously I'm in talks with a few different directors who want to attach themselves right now and do Wiggies. Marty has called. Wow. Are we going to blend the Wiggy and Ziggy universes?

There's talk of that. Marty owns the rights to Ziggy. But obviously, I've been controlling the Dilbert property for almost 20 years now. And just trying to find the right connection point to do that. Am I correct? You have Dilbert, but you don't own Dogbert. And it's just been a lot of back and forth. That is correct.

Yes. That is correct. That. That is correct. That is owned by Paul Giamatti. What is one without the other? Exactly. And Paul and I are friends, and hopefully we can make it work, but the numbers just have to make sense for everybody. Pig vomit. Exactly.

From the Howard Stern movie. Yes, he was Howard Stern's boss. This movie, is it VOD as well? VOD. Adult Begin beginners is on vod um that's actually where um we're doing real business um we uh numbers we made 52 million dollars an opening week on on vod that's decent what one million dollars per 52 per theater per week theater, but instead of theaters, I don't know if you guys know this, but home computers can become your own personal theater.

Yes, it's just how close you hold it to your eyes. This is what we keep saying. It can be the same as movies. Adult Beginners will be coming out on Binoculars Prime early next year. We've already pre-sold it, and we've made a lot of money. And I say that conservatively we've made

almost 520 million dollars so far on selling it on binoculars prime bully bully bully for you but this is not what you really want to talk about like your thing i'm so done talking about myself yes and it's sickening and when you're on press and you're talking about yourself all the time and you just want to talk about what's really important in the world, which is, of course, pilots. People know you as an actor, but you got into this business as a fan and you love pilots. Tis the season, pilot season, to be very jolly for Nick Kroll. It's the most wonderful time of the year. Talk about when you first fell in love with the idea of doing a show for the first time.

Well, as you guys know, I kill it during pilot season. Year in, year out. Kill zone. I'm in the kill zone. It's like GoldenEye and I'm like a chubby Asian 15-year-old boy. I'm killing it. Every year I lock in. I look at the whole landscape.

I see the shows out there, and then I zero in. And I kill it every year. Sean's only allowed to do it on paintball mode. Really? Because of my dad. That's tough. That's tough. That's tough. I think it's good for me, and he's looking out for my business.

Okay, so it's not your dad wasn't shot. I don't want to be desensitized. No, no, no. He was shot at. He's a retired cop. Thank you for his service. So you are taking a position on the Baltimore thing. Yeah, well, that's my favorite pilot so far.

Yes. Okay, so let's get right into it. Yeah, let's start talking turkey pilots-wise. Can I talk about my favorite pilot so far. Yes. Okay, so let's get right into it. Yeah, let's start talking turkey pilots-wise. Can I talk about my favorite pilot? Yes. Baltimore is my favorite pilot right now. It's about a bald police chief in Baltimore. It's sort of a Michael Chiklis kind of show.

It's a S.H.I.E.L.D.-esque, but for network, so no teeth. And he's got no teeth, and that's the whole thing, is he's trying to do press conferences, and his teeth fall out of his mouth. Yes. And then they chatter on the ground. And I've auditioned to play the teeth on the podium that are chattering away. Well, I love the scene where he's going undercover as a gang member who does have teeth, and

then they're trying to make him eat rock candy to prove that he's hard. So do we just want to read that scene? Can I read? You want to be Baltimore? Yeah, I'd love to. Okay. Okay. Yeah, sure.

Let's just read. Or should we play the clip? Yeah, well, you know what? Let's play the clip with Baltimore. Yeah, well, you know what? Let's play the clip with Baltimore. And then this is the scene where him and Chitara, the tough Latino Asian gangster, are in the basement. Okay.

Chitara takes a big, long lick of the rock candy, staring Baltimore straight in the eye. Sorry, the clip is of a table read. Yes, it has stage directions they ended up it ended up being the best version of the pilot so they just use the table read i think that's actually very brave of the studio to just tape the pilot see where it's at develop that decide whether they need to want to reformat the table read before they go off to shoot the pilot uh because i think it actually helps a lot with process because I feel like having been through pilots using year in and year out, it feels like there needs to be more steps.

And I feel like if you can get a good gauge on how the table read goes, then you're going to be able to do the rewrites you want that will help you get out there to shoot the pilot, to figure out whether you decide whether you want to go make that show. And it's all part of the process, and we're getting so much smarter about the way we make these things. We're like, if the table read goes well, people say, well, people laughed at this, let's just do this.

Let's have this be the show. And so that's what they're doing with Baltimore. Anyway, back to the clip. Sheetara takes another really long lick, even longer this time, and it cuts up her tongue a little bit. Nice and sweet, huh, SA? Don't you know it? Look, I'm one of the best criminals in this whole neighborhood, and I'm ready to suck down on that rock candy right there, because I ain't got no hair, and I'm ready to suck down on that rock candy right there because I ain't got no hair and I'm ready to do this.

Well, if you're really as badass as what you say and I like the way you handle yourself back there in that fight we had, then you'll have no problem doing a big crunch, huh, Kimo Sabe? I'm ready to crunch down on that. Hold on. What is this line? Sorry. Can I do that line again? You're asking me? I'm just another actor sorry can we take a break real quick i just need to use a camera sorry can i i'm sorry i'm can i go use the bathroom real quick i'm i had a fruit smoothie before we started i'm feeling kind of ill again you're asking me i

mean sure i guess so who's the is it the director who's running the table read here? Yeah, guys, Danny, Danny Pudi is going to go. He needs to take a quick break. So we're just going to, let's all take five and we'll come back in a second. The show feels good, I feel like. That, to me, is a guaranteed hit. Well, here's what, yes. Can I just make a thing that came up for me which was interesting?

I think that's the show. Yeah. Is them taking a break from the table read? Yes. I couldn't agree more. I mean, that's so engaging. And to get that peek behind the curtain. And people love shows about showbiz.

They're easy to make and accessible. love shows about showbiz they're easy to make and accessible and i think that to see an actor need to take a shit break in the way that uh finch had to in american pie and danny's great oh so good he's even better when he's being danny that character is perfect for him um it's a great improv everywhere kind of promo they're doing for that right now. This whole thing with like Charlie Todd getting all these guys to be like, oh man, it's like Baltimore or whatever. Yeah.

At Baltimore. Yeah. And now my favorite pilot was Baltimore, which is, I really, it's set in Baltimore amidst the riots, but it is Voldemort from Harry Potter. The show that name shall not be...

The show that name shall not be, yes. The name shall not be. And to me, if you, because they are both CBS, if you put that back to back with Voldemort, I think you got a rock block. Obviously, I agree. This was, besides Baltimore, Baltimore was, I think, my favorite table read that I saw.

I thought it was fantastic, and I really loved it. And I think it's great. I think it's fantastic, and I really loved it. I really loved it, and I think it's great. I think it's actually great for Joey McIntyre. Yes, he's amazing as Voldemort. John Waters, as himself, playing Voldemort's boyfriend, really gives the city a life of its own. Because the city's a character. Yes, the city's absolutely a character.

Yes, which is what has been so good about so many things. And I like that neither of these shows are dealing with any of the issues going on in Baltimore right now. No, you don't even see outside in the Baltimore pilot. It's literally they're playing Balderdash. And that's it.

Yeah, do we want to do that? Oh, you want to see that scene? Or one of the scenes? They're doing it the whole pilot. Yeah, let's just play, I guess, the clip of the table read of John Waters and Voldemort playing Balderdash. I'm so excited for this game to get going. Well, you're okay. So, all right, everybody get their pencils out.

Oh, fun. I'm going to read the definitions, and this is for flap dragon. These words are so nuts. I mean, imagine really knowing. Anyway, so, all right, and then you guess what the right definition is john are you with me i'm so with you this is funny and cool everyone puts their pencils away as they realize that

pencils won't be necessary for this part of the game sorry they've already they've already used sorry i told you to take them out and i'm realizing a flaw with this there's only two of us playing the game so i'm gonna know what the real definition is, and you're going to know what the one you submitted is. That's right, and I've got a pen that looks like a flamingo. Okay, this is, so the first one is Flap Dragon, a Scottish game in which raisins are sucked from hot butter or a scandalous movie starring divide?

I would say, having made the movie, it would be the raisins because I know that the movie that I made with her was called Lust in the Dust. Okay, so then you moved three spaces. Can I say this ending of the clip? Joey McIntyre is amazing in this show. It sounds nothing like what we expect from Joey. It makes you wonder if what we've seen of him all along was like a fake character. I was mad he didn't sing.

wonder if what we've seen of him all along was like a fake character i was mad he didn't sing well i what i like about this is like people like to watch celebrities play games yeah the idea that baltimore became is like it's basically baltimore game night which i think is great because people have seen now hollywood game night and obviously the stuff jimmy's doing when are you gonna do hollywood game night nick um what's the story there i have been i've continued to to choose to not say yes to it and you're circling each other and it's like a heavyweight tango it's a tango they keep sweetening the offer obviously uh they They said you can be the fourth guest. Jillian Barbary, if Jillian's out, you're in. And I say I am available for doing it.

And they're going to let you have free champagne in there. Because that's part of it. You get a little loose. You get a little loose beforehand. What we'll do is we'll have a warm glass of Corvell champagne. And then we'll get out there and we'll be sort of hot and with sweet burps. And we'll get out there and we'll...

And they tape at 10.30am. That's what I'm hoping. Again, not having done the show myself. I think that's their secret though is that Corbell champagne gets them loose. That's how they get such good footy of people just being real and they're stars. But, you know, what you find out is they're relatable.

What do you guys do? In what way? What do you do for a living? Oh, it's not about us today, Nick. And we do all kinds of stuff. I mean, like, movie. We do movie. Oh, yeah. And we were talking about all the different kinds of stuff. I mean, like, movie. We do movie. Oh, yeah.

And we were talking about all the different kinds of screens and internet. And we love the way it's moving. TV show. We had a pilot. IMDb. Yeah, IMDb. We do that. Do you guys have any pilots in contention?

We have a couple. Obviously, you're asking about baby grandpa. Formerly baby grandpa. Formerly whites and golds. It was a show about a guy whose grandpa was a baby. Originally, it was based on the concept of the dress. You remember the dress that everyone was talking about? So it was known as whites and golds.

We had that IP. I actually did that at Williamstown. Oh, you did the dress. The dress. The original dress. What ultimately became Baby Grandpa. Well, no longer Baby Grandpa became Untitled Bat Kid Project. Now it's about Bat Kid.

The sick boy superhero. Oh, like from San Francisco. The Bat Kid. Yeah, we couldn't get San Francisco. I loved how that kid walked down the street and thousands of people took photos of him and screamed at him. I think that'll be good for him.

And pretended to be trying to kill him with the Joker. Trying to defeat him, yes. We did manage to get Bat Kid, so it's not the dress anymore. It's not Baby Grandpa. It's not what we initially envisioned, but I think it's better, and it is the Bat Kid in the back of Hayes' Toyota.

Yeah, and it's sort of adapted. We've had to do this after the fact sort of, but now it's based on Amish Paradise. Great. That's the IP. So a fictional version of Amish Paradise. Yes. That's great. Now we've had to figure out a way where the car stalls in Amish land,

and so this guy has to learn how to adapt. BatKid doesn't use guns, and so where would BatKid's technology, which is impressive, really be useful, and probably in Amish land where they also are not using guns and actually don't even have a lantern. What I love about it is I'm so lost. Do you need to hear the song?

Yeah, I would love to. As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain. Seton Smith does the song. Yes. He's going to do it? Yes. That's great.

Yes. Oh, that's great. He's the main guy. That's great. That's really actually a great, that's great. I think that's a great idea. Speak on that. Here's what I like about it is it's obviously Amish Paradise existing property.

It's great IP. Great, great, great IP. People know it. People love it. They connect with it. It's nostalgic, but it's also still fresh because you've got something like Amish Mafia now. Yes. Another show.

And obviously, it's out there right now. There's a lot of awareness to it. There's the Rumspringa thing that's happening. It's really become a now. There's a lot of awareness to it. There's the rump spring, a thing that's happening. It's really become a big thing. Exactly. So it's exciting because people know about it. People are excited about it. Yeah.

And then obviously having Seton involved is great. He's funny. He's talented. He's charming. Yeah. So it's great. Yeah. Speak on that.

So the idea of having a black guy sing a song about traditionally white people. speak on that so so the idea of having a black guy sing a song about traditionally white whoa white people sorry I know that's a noise I make when I love it

okay great so obviously with with Baltimore right now and how how exciting it is to see shows coming out of by the way I just this is all leading up to what I want to pitch and just see if you guys are really locked into Bat Kid.

Because I want to pitch a show. I think that it could become just because Bat Kid grows up and he goes down south a bit from Amish country to Baltimore. I like it so far. He's a figure skater. Yeah. It's Johnny Weir. That's great. And it's called the Weir.

And it's like the wire. And it's in Baltimore. It's an anagram. That's really good. It's funny you should say, are we locked into Bat Kid? Because the car, when we finished with the car,

we realized that we do not have the keys. He has the keys in there. You've locked Bat Kid into the car, we realized that we do not have the keys. He has the keys in there. You've locked Bat Kid into the car. Yes, so Bat Kid's locked in. We're not locked into him. But there's a little, the windows are cracked so you can get the medicine in there. Right, but he is attached? Yeah, well, it's funny you should say that.

He's attached because he had a needle and thread in there, and there was a little dog inside the car with him, Jack Russell Terrier, and he did sew the dog to himself. So he is attached to that dog now or to the costume. So he's hip-pocketing the dog. So the dog is now attached to him, and is he attached to the car and the project? Yes. It's funny you should say it that way.

So he'll just have to do the stuff from inside a car. Yes. With a dog. Yeah, well, cameras are changing, just the same as everything else. And so what we've managed to do is drill a hole in the window that we stick a GoPro through, and then we – And is it a union or non-union? It's like the pipe fitters union.

It's not like the camera union and stuff. But we can't start the car, but it was in neutral when we locked him in there, so we can shake it around a little bit, and you get a a pretty exciting motion having done a lot of car work and adult beginners i had a scene where i drove a minivan oh i can't picture that because you're a young hip guy well it was a departure for me to to take on that like a flintstones car is what i would expect for sure no this was a modern minivan not like a hip hip guy who has a Flintstones who's taking out the bottom. Wiggy drives a bumper car around town. Yeah, exactly.

Exactly. And obviously we've written the scene where Wiggy's driving the bumper car around. He gets in a fender bender. I mean, he's in a bumper car. It's going to happen. He gets so pissed that the wig flies up and lands right on the top of the bumper car, the thing that connects to the electric.

Oh, wow. The pole that powers it. Yeah. Yeah. It's an emotional scene. The wig burns up, leaving Wiggy without his wig. Yes. What's Wiggy got to do with it is what we're calling it right now.

And it's sort of my Tina toina you know to um hopefully we're going to get ike barrenholz to play ike turner oh okay that's a natural fit and he's strong too ike's great ike you guys know good yes you guys know ike's amazing his energy is out of control yeah he's great oh like this he's such a nice guy his whole family he's great. He's such a nice guy. His whole family's great. He's great. Yeah. He played basketball with Obama. Now, you guys, Nick, I know you have to run, and I hate to cut this thing short,

but we want to make sure that you have a positive experience. So is there anything you just have to talk about before you go? Yeah. I'm working on a new movie, and it's me and Ike, and I play Mike. It's Mike and Ike. Mike and Ike is the movie, and it's right now. We'll see if I can get the rights, but I will be playing Michael Jordan. Oh, Michael B. Jordan or Michael Regular Jordan?

Michael B. Jordan. And he is Eisenhower? Yeah, it's Ike plays Dwight D. Eisenhower. And you're Michael B. Jordan. And I'm Mike Ike, is what the movie's now called. Is this the one being directed by the Apparently Kid? He is attached to direct. We're going gonna see if we can get him he's

obviously very busy right got a great eye yeah he does so i'm very excited about that ike if you want to return my phone calls i i'm actually having trouble getting him back on the phone to just finalize the details and he does listen to this in the tub i'm amazed that you can drink just the mio and leave the water yeah yeah i'll come clear water yeah no i i have that ability that's obviously the pilot that i'm of all the shows that are currently that i'm in the mix that are in the mix for me that i'm not in the mix for um that's the one i'm that's the one i'm it's called solo Mio and it's and I just because I can just drink the Mio it's funny you say

in the mix because really you're taking the mix out that's what I've been telling my agents and that's funny what I said now let's all do the end of the show and please

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