Big Mouth (TV series)

Big Mouth
Created by	Nick Kroll Andrew Goldberg Mark Levin Jennifer Flackett
Starring	Nick Kroll John Mulaney Jessi Klein Jason Mantzoukas Jenny Slate Fred Armisen Maya Rudolph Jordan Peele Andrew Rannells
Music by	Mark Rivers
Opening theme	"Changes" by Charles Bradley
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nick Kroll Andrew Goldberg Mark Levin Jennifer Flackett
Producer(s)	Nate Funaro
Running time	25–27 minutes
Production company(s)	Danger Goldberg Productions Good at Bizness, Inc. Fathouse Industries Titmouse, Inc.
Distributor	Netflix
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) – present (present)
External links
Website

Big Mouth is an American adult animated sitcom created by Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett based on Kroll and Goldberg's tweenage years growing up in Westchester County, New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional self. The first season consisting of ten episodes premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. In October 2017, it was confirmed that a second season had been ordered, which was released on October 5, 2018.

Summary

The series follows a group of 7th graders, including best friends Nick Birch and Andrew Glouberman, as they navigate their way through puberty, masturbation, and sexual arousal. Acting as sex-based shoulder angels are the hormone monsters: Maurice, who pesters Andrew and occasionally Nick and Jay; and Connie, who pesters Jessi and occasionally Missy. Throughout the series, the kids interact with people and objects who are personified in one way or another and offer helpful, albeit confusing, advice in their puberty-filled lives including the ghost of Duke Ellington, a French accented Statue of Liberty, a pillow capable of getting pregnant, and even Jessi's own genitals.

Cast

• Nick Kroll^[1] as:
  • Nick Birch, an almost-adolescent boy living with loving and overprotective parents. He also has an older brother named Judd and an older sister named Leah.
  • Maurice the Hormone Monster, a wild thing-type monster who follows Andrew around and is responsible for his brooding sexual desires, which frequently occur at inappropriate moments.
  • Coach Steve, the middle school gym class teacher, who is incompetent and overly talkative, often trying to get his colleagues—or even the students—to hang out (often to no avail). It is heavily implied that the coach may be mentally disabled; he cannot read. It is revealed in season 2 that he is a virgin, though he ultimately loses his virginity to Jay's mom, whom he is sexually approached by and has a one night stand with.
  • Rick the Hormone Monster, an old, dysfunctional yet enthusiastic hormone monster who follows Coach Steve and later Nick.
  • Lola, an intense popular girl who is terrified of losing her social status and the approval of her best friend Devin.
  • The Jansen Twins, a pair of girls from the Netherlands who are new to the school.
  • Kroll also voices Lady Liberty, a ladybug, Joe Walsh, the ghosts of Picasso and Richard Burton, and Sylvester Stallone.
• John Mulaney as Andrew Glouberman, a young boy who spends much of his time furtively masturbating.
  • Mulaney also voices Mint, Grandpa Andrew, Babe the Blue Ox, and Detective Florez.
• Jessi Klein as Jessi Glaser, a sarcastic and smart girl. Her father, named Greg, is an unemployed stoner and her mother, named Shannon, is secretly dating another woman. She gets her period for the first time on a school trip to the Statue of Liberty. Though Jessi has kissed Nick before, specifically in the first episode "Ejaculation", she later has many French kissing make-out sessions with Jay. She, like Andrew, is Jewish, as she has a Bat Mitzvah in episode 9, "I Survived Jessi's Bat Mizvah".
• Jason Mantzoukas as Jay Bilzerian, a boy who is obsessed with magic and sex. He has sex with a pillow that he made into a sex toy. His mom is mentally ill, his dad is a divorce lawyer, and his two older brothers are named Kurt and Val. He is obsessed with Nick's mother and father and wishes for a loving family.
  • Mantzoukas also voices the ghost of Socrates and Guy Bilzerian.
• Jenny Slate as Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a girl who is nerdy and kind.
• Fred Armisen as Elliot Birch, Nick's loving father, who frequently shares inappropriate stories.
  • Armisen also voices the ghost of Antonin Scalia, a bus driver, and Stavros.
• Maya Rudolph as:
  • Diane Birch, Nick's loving mother, who babies him.
  • Connie the Hormone Monstress, who follows Jessi (and sometimes Missy) around and encourages her to embrace her wildest desires.
  • Rudolph also voices a bath mat and the ghosts of Elizabeth Taylor and Whitney Houston.
• Jordan Peele as the Ghost of Duke Ellington, the late jazz musician whose spirit now lives in Nick's attic and sometimes offers him advice.
  • Peele also voices the ghost of Freddie Mercury, Atlanta Claus, a DJ, Missy's father Cyrus, Jay's pitbull Featuring Ludacris, and Patrick Ewing.

Episodes

Production

TV writer Andrew Goldberg and screenwriter-directors Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin approached Nick Kroll, Goldberg's best friend since childhood, with the idea to develop a show about going through puberty.^[2] Kroll and Goldberg used their divergent pubertal experiences as a centerpiece of the show, because Kroll was a late bloomer while Goldberg went through the physical changes of puberty very early.^[3] Many of their lived experiences are featured in the show, such as Kroll's first kiss, and Goldberg's parents waxing his mustache.^[2] The show also includes an experience of their childhood friend, Lizzie, who the character of Jessi is based on, getting her first period on a school trip to the Statue of Liberty. According to Kroll in an interview on NPR, "[Big Mouth] takes an equal look at what it's like for girls and women, the process of going through puberty, which I think has not been quite as explored in most popular culture."^[2]

Netflix announced they had picked up Big Mouth in June 2016.^[4] Flackett, Levin, Goldberg, and Kroll all serve as executive producers on the show.

Release

The first season consisting of ten episodes premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017.^[5][6] On October 24, 2017, it was confirmed that a second season had been ordered,^[7] which was released on October 5, 2018.^[8]

Reception

References

External links

• Big Mouth on Netflix
• Big Mouth on IMDb