Nick Kroll was one of the first dozen guests on WTF and in the nearly sixteen years of his life since then, loved ones have been lost, babies have been welcomed to the world, and Nick can now see things about himself that he couldn’t identify before. Nick and Marc talk about those changes, as well as the artwork of his wife Lily Kwong, the trip to Italy he made for his new movie I Don’t Understand You, and the fulfillment of creating eight seasons of Big Mouth. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Alright, let's do this. How are you, what the fuckers? What the fuck buddies? What the fuck nicks? I'm Marc Maron. This is my podcast. Welcome to it. Today I talk to Nick Kroll. Now, Nick has been on a lot. This is the sixth time he's been on the show by himself on Episode 12. That's a long time ago with John Mulaney on Episode 743 and as El Chupacabra on three other occasions.
And those are rare because I doubt that you could really do that character anymore. He's in the new film I Don't Understand You and the final season of Big Mouth is now streaming on Netflix. And Nick, I guess, you know, I have to kind of give credit where credit is due. And I think I do, usually. But it's an interesting thing as a comic or as someone who is me.
When I really think people are funny, it is such an exciting thing for me. And forever, I believe, and I still believe this to this day, that Nick Kroll naturally Just innately is really one of the funniest people around. And, you know, I think I kind of tell him that to his face. I don't know. Did I?
Maybe I'm a little maybe I hold back a little bit, but truly a very funny, gifted, overly talented person. How could I just make being talented kind of a slight? He's overly talented. But I get a big kick out of him and it's always fun to talk to the guy. And in another way, I guess another thing that I kind of wanted to talk about because it seems to be kind of possessing me.
Well, first I want to mention Brent Weinbach. who was on episode 839, has a new special out, a new stand-up special. It's called Brent Weinbach, Popular Culture, and you can watch that on YouTube right now. Now, Brent, he's a whole other ball of wax. I don't know if you know Brent, but that is a world of comedy where it's sort of, I don't know, I don't know how you would describe it.
There is a school of comedy that it kind of, moves through anti-comedy and kind of hyper-abstract comedy and just oddball-ish comedy, but stuff that's challenging, maybe a little cringy. And for the most part in my life, not totally my cup of tea, really. I can appreciate it and I know when it's done well. And I did have some moments when I watched that Andy Kaufman doc
that made me rethink it or maybe I'm older and I'm less stuck in my ways around what I think stand-up is or what I think comedy is. I've definitely broadened my mind. But I will say this, and the only reason I'm talking about it, it's not some sort of plug, but I'm surprised at my own experience and reaction to it. Because I've struggled with Nathan Fielder just as an artist for a while.
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