Hi! I'm Trevor Moore from The Whitest Kids U' Know! Ask me anything!

Yo Trev. Long time, no see eh: http://i.imgur.com/aosaf4A.jpg

Hahahaha!

Wtf that was today?

Last night

Trevor, how did you start out making WKUK? My friends and I are in the garage band stage of a sketch comedy group.

We started in school. We literally put up flyers asking if anyone wanted to be in a comedy troupe. Then we got started WKUK as a "school club" so that the college would give us $700 a semester and let us use the theater once a month. Then we just kept doing shows and even though most of our stuff was terrible, eventually we got better and the crowds coming to see us would get bigger and bigger. So just keep with it!

If the rumors are true and they resurrect Whose Line, would you ever consider being a guest?

That would be amazing. I love that show

What's up with Timmy always doing weird skits like "Baked beans"? Has he lost a bet or something?

Hahaha. No, Every now and then we'll just write something that's really mean to Timmy. I was driving around one day and came up with the "Timmy Hot Dog" sketch and it was making me laugh really hard, just driving around in the car. So I called him and had to be like "Uhh, I wrote something I think is really funny. But you might not like it."

And he was like "What is it?"

"It's about how you eat a lot hotdogs all the time. You have to have your shirt off for it though."

But he has a good sense of humor about it, so he's usually ok with everything.

Hey, you guys shot "The Civil War on Drugs" at a museum I worked for. I don't know if they ever told you this, but by doing so, you probably saved the place. It was expected to close about 2 weeks after we stopped getting school groups, but you guys provided a huge infusion of cash and kept the place going long enough to sort out some of its problems. Thanks!

No way!!! That's awesome! I loved that place. I had no idea about any of that. I'm glad you guys made it through your problems!

I've never heard you swear once, while the rest of WKUK are like sailors. Why is that?

I had an OCD thing about swearing on the show. I swear all over the album and live shows though

What issue does it cause with your OCD?

I just get these things in my head, where if I don't touch this, or if I do say this, etc. bad things will happen to me or other people

God says wash your hands.

Exactly

How were you able to overcome it with the swearing? Just willpower? Therapy?

My parents sent me to therapy for OCD when I was a kid but it was a religious therapist and he told me to pray that it would go away. But when your issue is that you're getting these weird messages from inside your head, praying and trying to listen for some sort of answer doesn't really seem like the best advice. I just slowly through the years tried to set little goals for myself to beat it. And I'm not sure you can ever really beat it but you can definitely make it way more manageable

Hi Trevor! When I was 12 and I discovered WKUK you replaced Jim Carry as my idol. I love your humor and your facial expressions are priceless. Anyways I know you are going to start work on a new movie soon and I live real close to LA and I was wondering how one might go about being an intern or an extra? I am going to school for stage lighting and it would be a dream come true to work on a movie with the people who shaped my sense of humor growing up. Also here is a linkto a drawing I did of you for an assignment in art class. It is made up entirely of words, the suit made up of WKUK quotes. I do believe this is enough qualification to be a coffee slave intern of sorts.

TL;DR You are my idol, let me bring you coffee

Whoa! That drawing is awesome! haha! We're working on a script now for a Whitest Kids Movie. Hopefully we'll get to shoot it within the next year. When we start announcing production on it, just hit me up through facebook or twitter. We always need interns or PA's when we're doing a big project!

What are your thoughts of people making your Bowser tattoo into a reality?

It's crazy. I've seen a bunch of them now. 3 last week. We just did a show in Gainesville, FL and the comic who was opening up for us had one!

I gotta say whitest kids u know is one of my favorite shows ever, i was just wondering if any of you guys smoke the weed stuff?

Some smoke a TON (sam) and some smoke a little

One time I was stoned alone watching the commentary on the season 1 DVD, and you guys were talking about how there's just one dude stoned alone watching the commentary, thinking "Any second now they're gonna say something funny!" It blew my mind.

And then Darren told me to kill myself.

Hahahaha! You were the guy!!!

Thanks for doing this, you and the rest of the Whitest Kids can make me laugh in a way few others can.

What's your favorite sketch idea that never made it to air?

We wanted to do a sketch called Cat Congress, where we'd build a diorama of the House of Congress and then put 100 cats in 100 suits in it and film them for a day and do commentary for them like we were C-SPAN. We pitched it every year for 5 years but it was too expensive.

That and a sketch called 'Baby Stripper' which was about a baby who was a stripper.

Oh my god... When you made that video with the end credits requesting donations the guy said "100 cat sized business suits!" and the followed with "100 well-trained cats!"

It all makes sense now!

Yup!

That is hilarious. I remember at the end of season 4 I think, at the credits, you guys had a bunch of things you wanted for sketches but were too expensive. Two were 100 cat sized suits and 100 cats. I thought you were kidding.

Now I need to know, were all of the things on that list for real ideas?

No, no. Just the cat congress one

I love your Abraham Lincoln sketch. Easily one of the best from the series.

Do you think that your idea was stolen by Family Guy for their Abe Lincoln cut away? this clip // I know yours came out first and the instant I saw this all I could think of was your sketch. Thanks for the AMA!

I'm hesitant to accuse anyone of stealing anything because a lot of times people just come up with similar ideas. After we did the Grapist, someone pointed out that there was an old Onion article where they mention a character named the Grapist, so I know that it can happen completely accidentally

Was the "squirrel in the car while smoking weed sketch" real?

No. But I'm sure that's actually happened to someone

Do you still have that pot smoking dog?

No it died because it ate too many pots

Did it take four?

No, that will kill a kid. Dogs need 28

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Thanks!! I think we called them and then had someone redo the audio of what they said because the sound didn't come out. But yeah, I'll sign whatever you bring to the show!

Will you sign my gallon of pcp?

Sure!

How much fun was The Civil War on Drugs to shoot?

That was the best. But really difficult. We shot the whole thing in 13 days. And we shot it in Long Island, so we're basically trying to find little strips of land that look like they could be Virginia in the 1800's. The sound was a nightmare on that shoot because half the time we were shooting right beside the interstate. Also, everybody got posoin ivy and our prop guy got bit by a crazy spider and was hospitalized

Hey, I'm a huge fan of all of your work! My question for you is, where the hell do you get all the kids for your songs/skits?

We just do casting calls for parents who will let their kids be in very blue sketch shows. It's always very awkward when we're shooting though.

• Do you plan on making more movies as a group? Like Civil War on Drugs? If so, any hints?

P.S. Nice to meet you in Conway and thanks for drawing on my monies. http://imgur.com/KMmrs3i

PPPSS - You and the WKUK are an inspiration for me and my friends starting out our own group...thanks for making such stellar stuff.

Edit: Added a link to our channel in case anyone was curious...

Yeah, we're working on a WKUK MOVIE right now. Hopefully we'll shoot it this year. Coway was the best place we've ever played! We had over 1000 kids show up to the show, then i announced a bar that we'd seen on the way over and half of them showed up afterwards! Then the guy who owned the bar told us that he had to close down because it was 2 am but he also owned a Roller Rink in town. So he opened it up and we went there with all the people who came to the show and we had a roller skating party till 6 am. It was awesome! Except that we all had to drive to New Orleans the next morning and everyone was hungover

Have you survived the 10 minutes of sex robot challenge? Bonus points for doing it during this AMA

No, not even close! Fuck that

Did you guys experience a lot of friction when trying to air sketches like "The Grapist" or were Fuse and IFC pretty hands off?

They were pretty hands off. But they would object to certain sketches. There are a bunch of sketches that they would tell us we couldn't do - but then we'd go out and shoot them anyway - thinking we'd be able to convince them after they'd seen the finished product - but that never worked. We still show those 'banned' sketches sometimes when we tour. The biggest fight I had with the network was over the saxophone solo at the end of "Hippo in the City'. I wanted it to go on for a minute and a half. I think we ended up somewhere around 13 seconds though.

what was going through your head when you guys wrote hippo in the city? still don't understand why I find it so funny.

Darren pitched that one. I have no idea where it came from. It's one of my favorite though

I don't really have a question, just popping in to say that you are hilarious and every skit and song I've seen has brought me near to tears. So, here's a silly little doodle of me giving you a hug. http://imgur.com/IWsv6nl.jpg

I hope you have a wonderful day!

That's really sweet of you! Thanks!

What was supposed to go in the slot in the 5th season where you put in Songs of Olden Times a second time?

It was a sketch about teachers and students in a middle school getting into a John Woo style gunfight and they made us pull it at the last second

Any chance that can go on Youtube?

We show it at live shows sometimes!

Oh man, I wish I could remember the ones you showed. One was supposed to be like McGruff the Crime Dog, I think?

Yeah, but he was in the Child Rape Unit division

Were there ever any sketches that you didn't find funny, but made it to air because everyone else disagreed with you?

Sure! I'm sure each member of the troupe had that happen to them

Hi there, Trevor!

First off, I would like to say I am a huge fan and it is a great pleasure to be able to ask you questions directly.

I know that you have mentioned before that Monty Python was an important influence on you and WKUK. On that note, which member of Monty Python do you see yourself as, and why?

Thank you in advance!

p.s. You guys should come tour in Canada!

I don't know! As a kid I always liked John Cleese and Eric Idle the best. I don't know that I see myself as any of them but those were definitely my favorites.

When you made the hitler rap for class, what was the teachers response?

I got an A!

I don't use tampons, I air dry. Is that okay with you?

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Your album is absolutely brilliant and I'm a huge fan of WKUK, my favorite skit is "it's illegal to say." Thanks for doing an AMA!

Two questions: How does it work when you go on tour, with the troupe being in different states and all? Why do you think people like Tom Hanks?

Thanks man! We all just meet up in different cities and do the shows! I don't know, Tom Hanks is Americas Sweetheart though

Hey Trevor, I’m a big fan of WKUK. Admittedly I usually watched the clips on YouTube. How do you feel about much of the viewing coming from YouTube rather than IFC? Were you happy to get the publicity, or annoyed that those views weren’t going to the official TV ratings?

Speaking of IFC, how were they on censorship of the sketches? (Did you have any ideas for a sketch they wouldn’t let you do?)

No, we weren't annoyed at all. We would never of had a show if kids weren't taking our sketches off our site and spreading them around youtube. I was just happy that people liked our stuff enough to share it

What will happen if I think of naked women?

Dogs blow up.

Hi Trevor, awesome to see you on Reddit! You're one of my favorite actors on television, so I gotta ask- how did you get into acting? How did you meet the other guys in WKUK?

Thanks man! I just started making videos for a public access show I had when I was a kid. I'd just shoot stuff each weekend with my friends from school. Then my show got sort of popular with the UVa students (I grew up in Charlottesville, VA) so a local PAX-TV affiliate bought my show when I was 18. So I did that for a year and when that got cancelled, I moved up to NYC to go to the School of Visual Arts. And Sam and Zach lived in the dorm with me. Timmy I met on 9/11.

damnit Timmy...

I know...

Any chance we can hear the rest of the story of how you met Timmy?

Yeah, 9/11 happened and we lived across the river in Brooklyn Heights. We ran up to the top of our dorm and his room was on the top floor, facing the WTC. So we burst into his room and watched everything from there.

When does Miss March come out? I'm really excited to see it.

I know! I hope it does well!!

Have you ever dated a homeless person?

No, but I would. I don't believe love can be reigned in by property ownership.

Hey Trevor, how do you get that epic hair flow? Also my girlfriend swears she saw you in Boston this weekend.

I dunno... shampoo? Yeah, we played a show at the Wilbur Theater on Saturday night!

I don't exactly know what happened so what exactly happened to WKUK? and do you have any plans for related TV shows, movies etc...?

We were sort of thinking that 5 seasons was a good run. We didn't want to start repeating premises or become more and more derivative of ourselves. So we pitched doing the Civil War on Drugs as half of the 5th season to keep it interesting for us. Then, if we were going to do a 6th season, we wanted it to be split between two different films and I don't think that's really what IFC wanted

Huge fan and I have to ask, what did you think of Miss March after seeing it?

I thought some scenes worked really well and some scenes really didn't work. Really uneven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_HDK--vBMhU#t=735s can you explain this train of thought, I remember the first time I heard it I couldn't breath it was so funny.

Hahah! That actually wasn't in the script. I was just making up a story as I went along and I actually wasn't going to use it in the final film because I thought it derailed the scene. I think Darren was actually the one who was like "you gotta put that in there"

Hi Trevor!! I'm a huge fan!

Is there a story behind WKUK playing the women characters also? or whose idea was that?

How did you come up with the name WKUK?

Keep up the good everything! :)

Not much of a story. We just didn't have any girls in the troupe - so we started playing the female characters.

We were doing something really stupid in college (I forget what it was exactly) and someone called us "the whitest kids I know" and we were like "ehh, that will work for a name."

Which cast member do you think is the most attractive girl? I'm gonna say Zach is the prettiest but Darren's always got that filthy slut look in his eye that I love.

I think I gotta go with Darren. I think Timmy makes the most convincing woman though. Just not a hot one. He's a great frumpy, middle aged, mid-west housewife

Hi Trevor! I'm a huge fan of your work, probably watched every WKUK sketch multiple times. Your humor is usually pretty edgy and sometimes dark. Is it a weird switch doing stuff for the Jay Leno show, which is usually tamer and more family-friendly? Do you find yourself having to change your style of humor?

Yeah, it's a totally different audience on that show. Which is kind of why I wanted to do it. I wanted to try and do funny bits from a completely different style and see what it was like

Hey, I saw you on 4chan yesterday! How long have you been a regular there?

http://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/1b3hun/trevor_moore_of_whitest_kids_u_know_fame_is_a/

I used to go there years ago, now I hardly ever do. But I was bored and looking around on the internet to see how the Founding Father's video was doing, and I went over there and I saw someone had posted about me - so I was like, why not, and I said hi

Thanks for doing this AMA. I'm a huge fan of WKUK. I was wondering what wkuk actor is the most serious off screen? Least serious?

Darren is least serious (chillest). Not sure who is most serious.

Darren is probably the least serious (chillest). Not sure about most serious.

You're awesome.... That's all

YOU'RE awesome

What’s the story behind the John Cleese sketch? Was that his actual response, or did he actually write the sketch that way, or did you guys plan that the sketch like that, or what?

Also, which of you five guys do you think played the hottest woman?

It was just something we came up with. I don't remember what spawned it. We never actually sent him a letter. I think Darren makes the hottest lady

When did you know you were funny? at what age?

Still not sure sometimes. So...33?

Hey Trevor!

Saw you last week at State Theatre in Falls Church... was in the group that drove 6 hours to the show from Ohio, not knowing that there were Ohio shows in the works! You guys were all super laid back and absolutely excellent to meet in person. The show was awesome.

Q:

1) When you guys come to Columbus for the show in June, will you guys be going out afterwards to "Get drunk and burn the place down?" Because I would love to buy you guys a round or two...

2) What was it like working with Reggie Watts? I picked up the album yesterday and love it.

Also the Album is identified as "Folk" in my media player.

Absolutely! I'll burn down Columbus with you! Reggie is awesome! He's the nicest, most talented dude. It's also so much fun to watch him create those loops and sounds. It's like he's magic. Glad you like the album! I guess it is a 'Folk' album. Media Player never lies.

whats with the apostrophe after the "u"? i've been wondering that forever

It's just incorrect. No deeper meaning than that. I don't know who put it there first but it was probably just a screw up

I cannot find the episode where you worked at a fast food place and threw up on a guys order and tried to play it off. Do you remember what episode or season that was in? You kept trying to get high fives when someone calle d you out on your lies.

I don't. I think it's in season 3 or 4 though

A lot of people weren't thrilled with Miss March (I don't happen to be among them). Do you think the movie turned out well/Are you proud of it?

I don't think it turned out how we wanted it to. There are parts of it that turned out exactly how wanted and then other scenes that don't work at all and are just basically filler. One of the problems was we were stretched too thin. We were doing post production on Season 2 and writing Season 3 while we were doing that film. So we learned a lot about time management. And also the differences between making a movie and a sketch. I think Civil War on Drugs is a much better film than Miss March because we tried to make sure that every scene could work on it's own. And nothing was just there as filler to set up a different scene. Also, we made the characters MUCH more likable.

One more question, are you on tour now or soon? And Where at?

Yeah, we're on tour now. I'm in Indianapolis while I'm doing this AMA. Our tour dates are all up at whitestkids.com

Dr. Moore, I'm a huge fan of your work.

Three questions:

1) Did you have a favorite skit when working on WKUK?

2) Where did you get that sweet sword?

3) My wife may be pregnant. What should we name our son/daughter?

Thanks in advance, Trevor. You're awesome, dude.

1) They change. Clint Webb is always up there though. 2) What sword? 3) Crusher

What do your parents or family think of your comedy style?

They don't like it. I went home over Christmas and they wanted to see some of the album, all that I had finished was the video for the Pope Rap and it ruined Christmas. They hated it. And were pretty vocal about hating it.

Mr. Moore -

Let me start off with you are one of my favorite people ever! Seeing shows like WKUK, Whose Line, etc inspired me to get off my ass and start acting. My freshman year I was dragged into my high schools drama club, something I never imagined doing. But seeing you and the rest of the WKUK troupe enjoying themselves gave me the inspiration to go for it - and I just finished my 24th and final high school theatrical performance.

Now that my high school career is over, do you have any advice for making it in the harsh world of acting (specifically sketch comedy and theatre)? How did you make it? Did you ever think you would? Thank you so much for your time, it's an honor. I wish you the best of luck in everything you do.

Thanks man! That's really nice of you! My advice would just be to constantly be making your own stuff. Just keep filming and writing and acting! You'll get better and better and hopefully won't have to wait around for someone else to put you in something!

favorite skit is black light, WKUK is the best

Hahaha! One of the many chapters of our "Cum Sketches Collection"

Hey Trevor. One of the first times I ever saw WKUK I was at a friends house and there was one where these two dads drop their kids off a daycare center, get drunk and then the kid drives them home. For the life of me I haven't been able to find that sketch since. Do you know or anyone else know what it's called? Also, Dr. Kyle is definitely my favorite sketch.

It's called "Barf Museum", or at least that's what we called it. Not sure what it's called online. But thanks! That's actualyl one of my favorite from that season - but I've never heard anyone mention that one. I was just really happy with how the ending turned out in that.

1. What skit did Pete Holmes write?

2. What skit had everyone laughing the most in the writers room?

p.s. Love the two videos off "Drunk Texts to Myself", keep them coming.

Pete Holmes wrote "Insult Restaurant". The idea that had us all laughing the most was "Weird the Stripper" from season 2. We all rented a house in Cape Cod to write that season and we were pitching ideas and for some reason, the idea to try and make Darren a topless female stripper - but to make it look as real as possible - was the funniest thing to us at the time.

I'm so happy that you're doing this right now. So, I've heard rumors of the show coming back, movies in production, and that you died. Can you confirm any of these?

All of those are true except the show coming back.

Hi Trevor! In many WKUK sketches, and even in your new album, you guys tend to use the name Caleb a lot. Is there any special reason or do you guys just like the name?

I had a friend named Caleb when I was a kid and just always thought it was a funny name for someone to yell. Same with Candace. I just think "C" names sound funny when people are angry.

I saw a clip of you on Red eye a few years ago.

What is your opinion of Greg gutfeld, I see people saying you didn't like the guy.

I didn't not like him. I had just never seen the show before and didn't have the same opinions. He was a really nice guy though.

Star Trek or Star Wars?

Star Wars. Easily.

Are you co-producing Star Wars 7?

Nobody! Called me!!!! You make ONE movie that bombs at the box office...

How do you make a living off of all this?

We did a tv show for several years and we tour, etc.

How much do you make?

Thousands!

Crinkle or fold?

wind your arm up like a cast

Hi Trevor! Huge fan! Love WKUK, it's more than awesome. Did you guys ever consider coming to Argentina? We so fucking love you here! Anyway, if you don't come, I'll have to go there! Thanks for everything, you're such a nice guy and a incredible person, I mean, no one else takes the time to do this kind of stuff. Thank you so much!

Thank you!! Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to make a Argentina tour make sense financially. It's hard to know how to book it since our agents/managers aren't familiar with the country.