We’d host the show, do some stuff from up top, drink a tuna martini - which was just like tuna fish in water in a martini glass - and then interview the comics, who were our friends, after their sets. Kroll: And then so we started hosting the show at Rafifi as those characters, and the responses were really positive.
We were sitting there like, “Oh, what about those types of guys that we saw at The Strand?” We just sort of knew that person right away. I was going to co-host, but we didn’t want to do it as ourselves. Nick had been hosting this show called “Welcome to Our Week” with Jessi Klein on Thursdays over at Rafifi. Mulaney: We were at Cedar Tavern in 2005. How long have you guys been working on these characters? Geegland and Faizon as if they’re also in the room, spoke at length with THR about Oh, Hello‘s origins and future. “We’re down for all of it - it’s George and Gil who are quite difficult to deal with.” “It feels like the kind of thing that would be great for everybody to watch,” says Mulaney. Riding the wave of heat, Kroll and Mulaney are looking to parlay the show into a Broadway run or TV comedy special after its Dec. A-list guest appearances from such pals as Aziz Ansari and Seth Meyers and a rave from New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley - he compared the duo to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet - have brought more attention than either expected.
An in-character press conference is replaying on Manhattan public-access channel MNN through the holidays, and tickets were touted by only two tweets to their 1.4 million followers.
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