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Mr. Mouth

PUBERTY, IN NICK KROLL’S HIT Netflix series Big Mouth, is a bawdy animated universe where feelings and hormones have minds of their own, guiding characters through complex social situations with hilarious and often revelatory results. Kroll’s recent spin-off, Human Resources, demonstrates that the workplace is remarkably similar. The comedian—who voices more than 30 characters across the two shows—knows that we bring our full selves to the office, for better or worse, because he oversees one of his own, a year-and-a-half-old production company called Good at Business. Here, Kroll talks about writing comedy over Zoom, translating Slack to the screen, and teaming up with Mel Brooks for the upcoming Hulu series History of the World, Part II.

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