NK: “Gils” and “Georges” are having a moment. Look at Bernie Sanders! Gil and George go way back with Bernard. JM: As a generation, these guys keep hanging on. NK: They’re the most unhip guys you can imagine, and yet, because of that, they’ve become the hippest thing we’ve ever done. Why have these characters struck a nerve? Gil and George later became fan favorites on Comedy Central’s sketch series Kroll Show. NK: Certain aspects of these guys are obviously very funny to us, but we also have a genuine love and affection for them. Nick and I were about to host a stand-up show at Rififi in the East Village, so we decided to host it as these two guys. JM: They’re non-threatening but always have a little something negative to say. There’s a specific kind of person who’s lived in Manhattan forever, and you can always spot them. Nick Kroll: So we followed them around the store. They were each buying a copy of Alan Alda’s memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed. We were walking around Strand Bookstore one afternoon about 10 years ago, and there were these two old fusspots with the same amount of warmth and static between them. John Mulaney: The inspiration was a real-life Gil and George, but we don’t know their real names. Playbill: How did you come up with Gil Faizon and George St. Could Kroll and Mulaney be one tuna sandwich away from turning into the crusty characters they created? Following a national tour and brief run Off-Broadway last fall, the Alex Timbers-directed two-man play begins September 23 and opens October 10 at the Lyceum Theatre. Take comedians Nick Kroll, 38, and John Mulaney, 34, who make their Main Stem debuts as their septuagenarian alter egos, Gil Faizon and George St. Comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney channel elderly Upper East Side eccentrics in Oh, Hello on Broadway.
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