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"Nick Kroll"

27 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What humorous age guessing game do the hosts play?

6.123 - 13.212 Sean Hayes

Well, good day. Good day. Guess my age. 59. 59? 62. What the hell?

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13.473 - 15.235 Will Arnett

No, but be real.

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15.295 - 27.271 Sean Hayes

No, really. Actually, what are you? I'm 57. I think you're 50. You've always been a year younger, right? Yeah. Are you still, or did you pass me? No, no, no. It looks like you. I think you passed me. What? Yeah.

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27.571 - 31.236 Will Arnett

Oh, God, this backfired so much. Welcome to Smart List. Shit.

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48.698 - 60.442 Sean Hayes

Hi, guys. Hi. Oh, hi. Where are you going? I'm just finishing up a text here and sending. Okay. Oh, wonderful. Oh, good, good, good, good. Now I'm back with you. I'm glad you could come today.

60.482 - 72.623 Will Arnett

And JB, we're having a little bit of an earlier start today. So I'm imagining your morning, because I know you bake in two hours, baseball season is on. Yeah. So you're active on the trade front. You're managing your various leagues.

73.104 - 92.649 Sean Hayes

Well, I've fast-forwarded through the final six innings of last night's game. Right. You tape the games? Every night. Every one of them. And he watches them at like 5 a.m. Why don't you watch them live? Well, I just don't get them done before I go to sleep. And so I finish them up the next morning. It helps me get out of bed.

Chapter 2: How does Nick Kroll manage his morning routine?

92.689 - 95.192 Sean Hayes

I've got the rest of the game to watch. That's a reason to wake up in the morning.

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95.172 - 98.517 Nick Kroll

Okay, so let me ask you a question. Do you fast forward in between each play?

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98.557 - 105.588 Sean Hayes

Yeah, I wait until at least one runner's on base. Preferably, I like to get somebody to get to second base before I go to... I watch Wheel of Fortune the same way.

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105.988 - 114.902 Nick Kroll

Not even kidding. I'll fast forward through the picking of the letters until they get the puzzle kind of halfway done. Until it's something that you can figure out. Yeah, exactly.

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115.27 - 128.326 Will Arnett

Sean, does anybody ever get one, guess one so early that you just, it surprises you so much that you have a mistake with the canned cheese? Like, does it go all over your hand at that point?

128.808 - 128.908

Sure.

130.019 - 138.789 Sean Hayes

Or do you ever like point it to your temple like if you're trying to kill yourself, you know, and you just squeeze it all over the side of your face? Like what is it called? Cheese whiz?

138.869 - 148.079 Will Arnett

Yeah, that's it. So JB, so I know JB does a bacon. So he bakes in the time. So bacon is Dodger game speed through, right?

148.219 - 165.301 Sean Hayes

And then as soon as it's over and not before, I then go to my scores, my points, how many points I've accrued on my fantasy baseball. Coffee is accompanying all of this. Coffee is very first. Very first. I need to light the fuse. Sure. And it's a long fuse, so it needs time to burn down into the dynamite.

Chapter 3: What insights does Nick Kroll share about his career journey?

241.349 - 257.773 Sean Hayes

Yeah. So that takes you—and the gum is as good as it sounds? Sorry, just checking real quick. So you're... How long does it take you usually to do those three things? 20 minutes?

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258.113 - 267.287 Will Arnett

It depends because the way we play it is the winner from the day before picks the starter word that you have to use for all three boards the next day. Oh, they really mixed it up.

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267.307 - 270.833 Sean Hayes

Yeah. So wait, what happens? Yesterday's winner picks the starter word.

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270.853 - 274.618 Will Arnett

The starter word that you have to use on all three boards the next day. Oh, really?

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274.799 - 275.139 Sean Hayes

Yeah.

275.66 - 289.11 Will Arnett

So today's word was sadly. Uh-huh. Yeah, they always get you with an L-Y. And certain people will pick dicky words to fuck you over, and it fucks themselves over, too. Sure.

289.41 - 295.019 Sean Hayes

And a dicky word would be something that doesn't really provide a lot of vowels or a lot of consonants.

295.259 - 304.795 Will Arnett

On Easter, our pal put in bunny. Sure. Okay? From the night before. It's festive. It's festive, but B-U-N-N-Y is a desert when it comes to that game.

304.815 - 304.915

Yeah.

Chapter 4: How does Nick Kroll describe his creative process?

454.333 - 460.122 Sean Hayes

And you do one of the, sort of a face shield, one of those droopy masks to keep the sun off your skin.

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460.202 - 467.392 Will Arnett

No, I've got pharmacy, like Florida sunglasses you can put over your glasses, fool around. Okay? I got Walkman headphones.

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468.213 - 474.338 Sean Hayes

Any sort of reflective material on your back so you don't get run over? No. Full sleeves.

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474.959 - 478.482 Will Arnett

Full sleeves. You know, lots of waves.

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478.542 - 479.503 Sean Hayes

Wait a minute.

480.163 - 485.748 Will Arnett

Speaking of walking less. Yeah. But to wrap it up, I think that's the way because I feel like it was starting.

485.788 - 495.417 Sean Hayes

Why don't you try meditation? Have you ever tried meditation? I have. I'd like to do it more. Or just shutting the fuck up. Do you ever try that? How about that? Let's get to the guests. Thank you, Sean. What do you got for us today?

495.397 - 513.353 Nick Kroll

Wait, really quick. Did I go on too much? No, you didn't. Last night I was walking and I ran into, you know what a bollard is? one of those cement stoppers at the end of a street or a sidewalk. And it was like, oh God, I remember.

513.373 - 514.134 Sean Hayes

You walked into it?

Chapter 5: What is the significance of Nick's family background in his career?

610.95 - 612.051 Unknown

Oh, he's going to take it down.

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612.712 - 618.721 Unknown

I have not spoken yet today, and I'm listening to my voice, and that was like the first thing I've said all day.

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620.124 - 633.505 Sean Hayes

Hey, boys. Wouldn't it be amazing if we all had a word limit each day? Yeah, for you it would be, yeah. Hey, but could you imagine if you had to budget out your words for the day? That would be pretty interesting.

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633.805 - 637.151 Will Arnett

That would be cool. Boy, you come up with some fun ideas.

638.653 - 638.753

Sure.

638.733 - 642.458 Sean Hayes

Nick, you are East Coast because you've already got a smart-looking jacket on.

643.199 - 653.152 Unknown

I'm on the West Coast. I was debating on taking the jacket off before, but I'm dealing with what you guys are seeing is this center stage video where I'm going to be constantly— Oh, yeah.

653.252 - 656.436 Will Arnett

Oh, look at that. You can turn that off. You can turn it off if you want.

Chapter 6: How did Nick Kroll's experiences shape his comedy style?

713.623 - 716.21 Nick Kroll

It was like for the comedy category.

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716.23 - 721.344 Unknown

And we were doing a duet. It was a Bette Midler and Barry Manilow thing, and they had us play for a few minutes.

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721.364 - 729.854 Nick Kroll

Who played Bette, right, right. No, but you were so kind, and I immediately felt this rhythm with you, and I was like, oh, I'd love to get to know you more.

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730.235 - 741.727 Will Arnett

Here we go. Fucking, this is unbelievable. Every time I felt a connection with you. Let me put your number in the chat. Fucking, are you joking? Come on the pod.

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742.047 - 744.27 Unknown

You should come on the pod sometime.

744.29 - 748.474 Will Arnett

Let's go for lunch and wrap up how we think we did. I'm close by.

750.293 - 756.608 Unknown

What's your story later? Because you should come on the pod. The boys let me make the choices on this all the time.

756.628 - 761.199 Will Arnett

Yeah, they let me make the choices. You're so smart and funny and handsome.

763.344 - 771.03 Unknown

Let's go on a run. You want to go for a run? Let's go on a run. Wait, let's go on a run. Wait, wait, wait.

Chapter 7: What upcoming projects is Nick Kroll excited about?

942.373 - 945.338 Unknown

Let's get those numbers, folks.

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945.498 - 950.167 Nick Kroll

I'm going to do a fat look. Gunter from Sing and Sing 2.

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950.187 - 955.497 Unknown

Oh, yeah. This is Gunter from Sing. He's a major PD power.

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956.793 - 959.557 Sean Hayes

Okay.

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959.577 - 965.746 Nick Kroll

Nothing makes me laugh quicker than a German accent. Okay. What about douche from Sausage Party?

966.327 - 973.438 Unknown

Douche was... Oh, come at me, bro. It was that sort of... That guy.

973.458 - 977.063 Will Arnett

No, but wait. No, but wait. Do douche from Sausage Party.

977.043 - 1004.945 Unknown

Okay, so wait. So Douche from Sausage Party, that's the Rogan movie, and I did the whole thing as sort of a British villain, like the classic Disney British Jafar kind of... voice and then, or like a scar from Lion King. And it just wasn't working. And we did one last record where they rewrote it as that character was kind of a, this character did Bobby Bottle Service, who was kind of, yeah.

1004.965 - 1028.257 Will Arnett

I remember Bobby Bottle Service. Wait, Nick, you did your, you did, Nick, you did your series on Netflix. Big Mouth? Big mouth. Yeah. So we got to clear the air on this. Do you know what I'm getting at? Of course. So we've never talked about it. So for years, people have commented to me, hit me in the thing, talked to me in real life. I've been in line at the store.

Chapter 8: How does Nick Kroll collaborate with other comedians?

1198.798 - 1199.94 Unknown

How many have you guys done?

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1199.96 - 1200.04 Sean Hayes

140?

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1200.18 - 1204.167 Unknown

It just felt like 140. No, it was...

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1204.147 - 1206.431 Sean Hayes

Four and a half, maybe, seasons?

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1206.451 - 1215.186 Unknown

Seasons, yeah. Anyway, so we did it, and we're about to put out a new show called Mating Season. It's the same team who made Big Mouth.

1215.206 - 1220.215 Sean Hayes

That looks so great. What's a premiere on that, Sean? What's a premiere date? Oh, God. Wait, I have to look it up.

1220.195 - 1221.958 Unknown

I jumped it. I jumped it.

1222.018 - 1230.751 Sean Hayes

I got it. I have to scroll tight on this stuff later. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. When is it, Nick? Guys, I'm so sorry. Check the chat. Maybe Michael Granteria sent it to you.

1230.911 - 1232.794 Unknown

Oh, my God. I can tell you. I don't even know.

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