We had tech rehearsals and vocal training and proper wardrobe costumes, hair, and makeup.
Just everybody at the top of their game.
Plus, doing a Broadway show has its perks.
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(Heres a hint: Newt Gingrich may or may not be involved.)
JOHN MULANEY:We always do the voices and have for 10 years.
NICK KROLL:Offstage.
Completely unrelated to the show.
I think its how couples have some weird baby talk or something.
Ours is two old men babies, talking to each other.
Truly, well be like, Can you pass the sugie?
MULANEY:Its the most fun way to talk.
[Laughs]
So how do you get the perfect George and Gil voice?
You drop the vowels…
KROLL:Drop the vowels, like Brdway.
Drop a vowel, shorten a consonant.
MULANEY: Stress the wrong syllable.
KROLL:Its the best.
Over the course of the Broadway run, you guys accumulated a really impressive list of guest stars.
What is the actual process of booking some of these people?
MULANEY:We did 138 shows.
Which was also incredibly fun.
And then we had months of great guests.
KROLL:And we had different versions of it.
That kind of guy.
And Alan Alda just typified it beautifully.
And it was the most exciting thing.
We had a good half hour in our dressing room with Alan before the show, just talking.
He started in the theater.
He started as an improviser.
And then I dont think we reached out to Tony Danza.
And he was the best.
MULANEY:And Paul Shaffer did the show, and afterward he was like, This is great.
Its like the newSoupy Sales Show.Its a hang, and everyone wants to do it.
Which is the best Paul Shaffer comment ever, to say that this is the newSoupy Sales Show.
Which I guess was like a show people would just go hang out at.
But that was very cool to hear that from one of the hepcats of the world.
MULANEY:And were Tom Snyder guys, so it was tough.
It was amazing to talk to anyone about anything.
So top three guests, if you had to pick?
KROLL:Oh, I dont know!
MULANEY:Its not being diplomatic.
Id say top three moments, maybe.
I danced with F. Murray Abraham.
And there was definitely a moment where Chris ate a ton of tuna.
MULANEY:Warm tuna!
So youre now on a Broadway stage doing bits with people.
MULANEY:He fell off the stage, kind of onto the legs of someone in the front row.
KROLL:And the rest of that show, I thought I had broken my wrist.
MULANEY:Its a steep drop!
KROLL:And we had Itzhak Perlman!
And that was maybe the hardest I ever laughed.
KROLL:T.J. stuck around.
So you mentioned T.J. Miller and Chris Pratt, but who had the weirdest reaction to the tuna?
KROLL:Well, there was one day where John got food poisoning.
MULANEY:Oh, yeah.
And we called this guy whos known as the Broadway doctor.
My wife called him, and he said, Theres no way hes performing today.
And shes like, Theres no understudy.
And he was like, Oh, okay, then he has to perform.
KROLL:Whats funny is that our understudies were Jon Hamm and John Slattery.
John Slattery was doing another Broadway play at that moment.
I was like, this is not a funny prank.
It was probably pretty fragrant at that point.
MULANEY:It wasveryfragrant.
KROLL:Who else did we have?
Did we have someone who was pregnant who got the tuna?
Or was that on the road, maybe?
She wanted no part of it.
Was it Olivia Wilde?
MULANEY: No, she had just had her baby.
Also, no one wants that tuna.
So who did you not get who would be your dream guest, dead or alive?
KROLL:We never got Bernie Sanders.
Id say every week we went to give a shot to get to Bernie Sanders.
For most of the fall, he was running for president, and then he was not anymore.
But he still didnt want to do Too Much Tuna.
But Bernie Sanders and RuPaul Charles were my top two.
But also I think RuPaul was in L.A., and we werent going to give anyone any money.
We asked for moneyfrompeople.
KROLL:We had Bob the Drag Queen, who wonDrag Race, who was great and really funny.
But yeah, RuPaul and Bernie Sanders.
MULANEY:The two elusive socialists.
For example, the Katy Perry and Taylor Swift feud.
KROLL:The truth is that George and Gil would identify with that because they both have bad blood.
Not feuds with people.
Theyre key in-N blood.
Its really rare, and youre a universal hemorrhager.
Gils blood is brown like his bar mitzvah theme.
MULANEY:And Georges blood is clear.
His favorite color is clear.
Unlike that Natalie Portman, who left when she was young.
KROLL:Whos not a patriot and does not support Israel.
What about George and Amal Clooneys twin babies?
MULANEY:Well, they would say…
KROLL:One for each.
MULANEY:Name them George and Gil.
And not George Junior.
Not George Clooney Junior.
George St. Geegland Clooney.
And Gil Faizon Clooney.
MULANEY:George is making a hard play for Linda Sarsour.
KROLL:And Gils making a big play for Linda Tripp.
So whats next for George and Gil?
MULANEY:Theyre going to doThe Amazing Raceas a four-person group with Newt Gingrich and his wife, Calista.
Who I think is the ambassador to the Vatican.
I think they would win.
KROLL:I think theyd be great.
MULANEY:Theyre also getting involved with Gene Simmons for merchandising.
KROLL:But its all KISS stuff.
MULANEY:Theyre selling like KISS goblets and stuff.
KROLL:Theyre really just vendors.
MULANEY:And they both tested positive for Zima.
The drink from the past.
KROLL: And they say this is the year theyre going to get on Facebook.
If they can sign in through their AOL account, thats the question.
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