Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy

I am not a huge fan of Nick Kroll, although I am not sure why. He just always annoyed me. This is a very honest and self-effacing stand up special where Nick covers his relationship with women, his parents, and himself. He does a number of impressions and voices and tells some personal stories that take us from high school to the present day. I do like his self- awareness as a nebbishy, Jewish comedian with self-esteem issues. There is something endearing about his honesty and his presentation. He is not the funniest, but I would definitely consider watching additional stand up specials featuring him.

I have watched this with three other adults, and we all laughed at different moments. The occasional thing that didn't land for me delighted my friends, and vice versa. I laughed so hard I started wheezing at a few moments, and I felt engaged by everything other than the poop humor (which again, really seemed to tickle some others). His ability to laugh at himself and speak honestly about his masculinity (what parts of it fit for him, and the parts that don't) was both funny and refreshing. He has good insight, and I would've watched hours more. Keep it comin', Nick! Thanks for the laughs, in this and in all of your other work.

This standup on Netflix is... hard to explain. It is sometimes boring, but when it is funny... you laugh so much! I feel like maybe I just wasn't feeling the vibe, so maybe I just didn't absorb it enough. But there were a few bits that cracked me up hard.

My favorite one was the one about how we are always so mean to our moms 😂 There is no one I love more than my mom but, as Nick says, there is no one I have a shorter fuse for than my beloved mom.

Besides that bit, there are a few other ones that are funny like the first boy-girl party and the Italy trip one, and some of them were just plain boring to me like the Karate one.

From the start - you get the biggest red flag when you're watching a comedian on Netflix - fake audience laughter that cuts and loops, clearly edited.

Then he proceeds to suddenly tell the most unfunny, generic, lame "boy girl party" story that ends with a boomer joke that's as bad as something taken out of Jeff Foxworthy's terrible special.

I'm really surprised, because Nick Kroll was pretty funny on, say, roasts. I expected him to have a strong special, but this is the most generic, bland... again, Jeff Foxworthy-like cringey, unfunny special.

"I was pantsed in front of a girl by another girl, what a beta I must be hahahahaha"- this is how the special starts and unfortunately it doesn't get any less cringey as it goes on.

Look, we all know Nick Kroll is a little off, and it's not just his dimpled chin and strange tiny teeth. The guy is genuinely cringe-worthy, given his physical stature and general willingness to poke fun at himself and all his (probably genuine) personal phobias and insecurities. It is actually his most endearing quality. I think his latest stand up special is quite amusing, even laugh-out-loud funny (and that's not just the wine talking). He could have benefited from a little self-editing, perhaps remove 25% of the poop and fart jokes, for example. But, looking beyond those, the rest of the set was quite solid and well written, his voices hilarious and on point. I loved the self-deprecating Jimimy Cricket, a la Jason Statham, who keeps Kroll from floating away on an inflated ego (buoyed by his suit ensemble in a sensible tawny tan circa 1980, before 80s fashion was actually, you know, cool). The guy has come of age, further evidenced by his wedding band and recently-sprung hipster beard, certainly an improvement. Go, you!!