WEBVTT 00:01.866 --> 00:04.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Tonight's Brief But Spectacular features comedian Nick Kroll. 00:04.933 --> 00:09.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% He mined the hilarious and mortifying experiences of adolescence to create the animated Netflix 00:11.000 --> 00:13.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% series "Big Mouth." 00:13.100 --> 00:16.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Although it is a period of life some of us would prefer to forget, Kroll says it has 00:16.700 --> 00:18.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% been healthy to revisit his past. 00:18.666 --> 00:22.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% NICK KROLL, Comedian: "Big Mouth" is my animated TV show on Netflix. 00:22.833 --> 00:27.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% It is about my journey through puberty with my best friend, Andrew Goldberg. 00:27.500 --> 00:29.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's based on our childhoods. 00:29.500 --> 00:33.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Andrew became a writer for "Family Guy," and I became a comedian, and then we came back 00:33.633 --> 00:37.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% together 30 years after we met to create this show. 00:37.866 --> 00:40.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We knew from the beginning that we wanted this to be animated. 00:40.866 --> 00:44.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We felt like we wanted adults to voice the kids. 00:44.500 --> 00:48.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think I voice over 30 characters on the show. 00:48.766 --> 00:50.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There is the voice of Nick. 00:50.200 --> 00:51.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% This is Nick's voice. 00:51.566 --> 00:54.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There is the Hormone Monster, who is Maurice. 00:54.433 --> 00:55.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% There's Coach Steve. 00:55.733 --> 00:57.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Hey, what's up everybody? 00:57.500 --> 00:58.833 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% I'm Coach Steve. 00:58.833 --> 01:01.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There is the Jansen twins. 01:01.133 --> 01:02.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% They are two twins. 01:02.133 --> 01:03.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's a little Ladybug. 01:03.600 --> 01:07.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And Ladybug will tell you what's what on a daily daily. 01:07.966 --> 01:10.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And I don't know. 01:10.033 --> 01:13.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's like 25 more voices. 01:13.100 --> 01:18.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The tone of the show is very dirty, but I think it is equally weighted with an incredible 01:22.633 --> 01:24.433 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% warmth and sincerity. 01:24.433 --> 01:26.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ACTRESS: You're actually kind of fun. 01:26.800 --> 01:27.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ACTOR: You think so? 01:27.800 --> 01:29.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ACTRESS: Absolutely. 01:29.266 --> 01:30.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ACTOR: Should we like, I don't know, take a picture? 01:30.300 --> 01:31.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ACTRESS: Yes, go for it. 01:31.466 --> 01:33.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You're very photogenic from that angle. 01:33.600 --> 01:34.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Not that one. 01:34.600 --> 01:35.600 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Yes. 01:35.600 --> 01:36.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ACTOR: This one? 01:36.866 --> 01:37.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ACTRESS: Yes, a little to the right, and go. 01:37.600 --> 01:38.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Hunk alert. 01:38.600 --> 01:40.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ACTOR: What's that? 01:40.666 --> 01:41.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% ACTRESS: That's like an Amber Alert, but also there is a kid missing in a red Mazda. 01:41.866 --> 01:43.833 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ACTOR: Oh, no. 01:43.833 --> 01:47.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% NICK KROLL: Being a late bloomer meant that I just physically matured a lot later than 01:47.100 --> 01:48.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% most of my friends. 01:48.533 --> 01:52.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I didn't hit 5 feet until into high school. 01:52.233 --> 01:55.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Andrew was the earliest bloomer. 01:55.100 --> 01:59.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% It didn't take much to realize that Andrew was hitting puberty, because he could grow 01:59.166 --> 02:02.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a mustache and beard in sixth grade. 02:02.200 --> 02:07.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Whether you were a late bloomer or an early developer, you felt alone, and you felt like 02:10.533 --> 02:12.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% you were different. 02:12.633 --> 02:17.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Season two of "Big Mouth," we introduced a character called the Shame Wizard. 02:18.266 --> 02:20.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ACTOR: Surely you knew I was coming? 02:20.300 --> 02:24.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% NICK KROLL: And in writing the show, we realized how much shame played into adolescence and 02:26.500 --> 02:27.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% puberty itself. 02:27.700 --> 02:29.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ACTRESS: I wish I didn't have to wear a bra. 02:29.966 --> 02:31.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% What is that, an undershirt? 02:31.200 --> 02:33.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% NICK KROLL: Your body is changing. 02:33.100 --> 02:38.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% You're having these different kinds of urges, sexual urges, emotional swings. 02:39.466 --> 02:43.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% What comes with those emotional swings is the feeling of shame. 02:43.100 --> 02:47.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% I was lucky in my family that we did talk about sex, and we had these books called "What's 02:47.633 --> 02:49.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Happening to Me?" 02:49.733 --> 02:54.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The most gratifying thing about making the show has been hearing from kids and parents 02:56.100 --> 03:00.666 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and teachers saying that they have watched the show, and it has given them a platform 03:00.666 --> 03:05.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and a vocabulary to talk about what's happening to them. 03:07.066 --> 03:10.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The show at its core is about making people feel not so alone. 03:12.800 --> 03:16.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% As I have made this show, the experience has been incredibly therapeutic in helping me 03:18.933 --> 03:22.066 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% understand who I was and how what I was going through has affected the man that I have become. 03:24.833 --> 03:29.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% My name is Nick Kroll, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on characters of different 03:30.566 --> 03:32.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ages brought to life. 03:32.500 --> 03:37.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And you can watch additional Brief But Spectacular episodes on our Web 03:37.033 --> 03:40.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% site, PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.