Taran Killam Talks with Kyle Mooney for the Talkhouse Podcast

The two friends, former Saturday Night Live castmates, chat at the Sonos Store in NYC as Mooney's new movie Brigsby Bear hits theaters.

By Kyle Mooney, Taran Killam, and Talkhouse Podcast

6:00 AM EDT on July 27, 2017

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On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, Saturday Night Live alum Taran Killam sits down with longtime friend and current SNL cast member Kyle Mooney at the flagship Sonos store in New York City, tied to the release of Mooney's new movie Brigsby Bear, which he co-wrote and stars in. In a conversation rich with '80s and '90s pop culture trivia (and impromptu singing!), the two talk about their favorite karaoke songs, boy bands of decades past, Kyle's legendary collection of VHS tapes, Saved by the Bell and other teen TV shows, working with legends such as Mark Hamill and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and much more. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at talkhouse.com/film. Subscribe now on iTunes or Stitcher to stay in the loop about future Talkhouse Podcasts.

The music featured in the podcast is as follows:
1. Intro / outro underscore: “Plastic Man vs. the Giant Red Phase of the Sun” – Iced Ink

Episode engineered and mixed by Mark Yoshizumi and produced by Talkhouse Podcast producer Elia Einhorn.

Kyle Mooney

Kyle Mooney is the co-writer and star of Brigsby Bear, in theaters from July 28, and has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live since 2013. In his debut year on SNL, he quickly gained recognition via the digital shorts Miley Sex Tape with Miley Cyrus and 420 with Seth Rogen, and has also stood out with his signature man-on-the-street interviews. In addition to co-founding the Good Neighbor sketch comedy group, Mooney has been a regular writer and performer at Upright Citizens Brigade since 2007. He starred in the HBO series Hello Ladies and the movie adaptation Hello Ladies: The Movie opposite Stephen Merchant. He has also appeared on NBC's Parks and Recreation and in the feature films Zoolander 2, directed by Ben Stiller, and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Originally from San Diego, Mooney studied film at the University of Southern California and currently lives in New York City.

Taran Killam

Over the course of his career, Taran Killam has established himself as one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood. Perhaps best-known for his scene-stealing work on Saturday Night Live for six seasons, Killam has in 2017 further shown the extent of his talents, making his Broadway debut as King George III in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning Broadway smash Hamilton, and writing, directing and starring in the action-comedy Killing Gunther opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cobie Smulders and Bobby Moynihan, to be released on October 20. Killam’s previous feature film credits include 12 Years A Slave, The Heat, and Brother Nature, which he co-wrote with Mikey Day. On TV, Killam has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother, Community, Scrubs, New Girl, Drunk History, MADtv and the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. He also voices the title character in the PBS series Nature Cat. (Picture by Danny Christensen.)

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