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I am Craig Robinson. AMA!
Let's roll with it!
My latest movie is HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2, which is opening today 2/20 in theaters everywhere.
Victoria's helping me out over the phone. Let's get started!
Retweet: https://twitter.com/reddit_AMA/status/568819496460427265
Update: Thank you all so much for your questions. Wish we coulda gotten to everybody. Hopefully they'll let me do another one in the future. But I really appreciate you sharing your time with me and enjoy the movie - MUWAHH!!
And Tamron Hall is my Great White Buffalo.
Lionelchesterfield819 karma
Craig! Big fan of The Office and Pineapple Express. My question is how do you spend your typical day?
Craig-Robinson3791 karma
Typical day:
Get up, go to the gym.
After driving past the gym, go get some breakfast.
Field some emails and phone calls.
Go back to the gym, and say "I'm doing it this time."
Get distracted, remember an appointment, go to said appointment, get some lunch.
Wallow in pity about not going to the gym.
In the evening, I will probably prepare for tomorrow. Focus on going to the gym the next day.
MrRoyalScotsman656 karma
Craig,
Huge fan of your work. I especially loved This is the End. How hard was it to keep a straight face with so many hilarious people in the cast? Who was the person that made people break the most during takes?
Craig-Robinson1250 karma
It was next-to-impossible to keep a straight face, but at some point, you realize it's what you're paid to do. And Danny McBride was the one who cracked everybody up the most.
kylethewild582 karma
What do you miss most about playing Darryl and being a part of The Office? I'd imagine it was very emotional while shooting the finale.
I loved you in This Is the End as well! You're hilarious. Can't wait to see more of you, especially Mr. Robinson!
Craig-Robinson769 karma
Thank you so much!
Hope you enjoy HOT TUB. Darryl, I miss Darryl and everythin' about playing him. It was the character that pretty much introduced me to the world. So yea, it was very emotional, and just the fun of being entertained on-set everyday by those caliber actors, and being counted as one, was awesome.
But I am headed into a new venture with NBC called "Mr. Robinson," so Darryl has propelled me to that height.
_tothesea531 karma
Craig, I have to let you know that your line "Now who the fuck brought alligators??" as DJ Request in the goods is by far the funniest thing I've ever heard you say. What's the one line fans recite the most when they bump into you?
Alexbryant23315 karma
So Craig, what was the first joke you ever told on stage? How did it go?
Craig-Robinson1400 karma
I said "Jesus musta been black, and had an Afro, because where else did he hide all that fish and bread?"
It didn't go that well.
slackjackal298 karma
What is the best burger you have ever eaten? What is your favorite beer?
Craig-Robinson674 karma
Oh, hamburger...gosh, what's the place? It's a place in... not Iowa...just outside of Columbia, Missouri, there's a place with a burger - I can't remember the place - but the burger was insane. I can almost taste it right now, and this was like, 7 years ago! It was pretty incredible. I just probably got plain lettuce, tomato, and ketchup, and cheese but WOOO! It was insane! And the bread - oh, dear God, the bread...
Favorite beer, right now, is Kronenberg.
AvsJoe287 karma
Hello Craig. Big fan.
Your performance in Rapture-Palooza is among the funniest of your career but it also stands out as one of your most unusual film choices. What led you to choosing to play the Antichrist in this amusing, overlooked film?
Craig-Robinson279 karma
I liked the way his brain worked. He would contradict himself, and take a whole paragraph to do it. I thought that was pretty funny!
njlax1255 karma
After your role in Knocked Up, do bouncers at clubs ever thank you for being the face of their nightly struggle?
mpls_hotdish219 karma
What happened in Cincinatti and what's in the shoebox in the closet?
Craig-Robinson287 karma
Now, you know there's no way I can answer that.
Hehe!
Let's make HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 3 happenin' and then we can answer those questions.
HannShotFirst210 karma
Hey Craig, love your roles on Office, HTTM, and Brooklyn Nine Nine!
Is there a song you like to play on the piano that people wouldn't expect?
Like, I'm talking My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion, 1000 Miles by Vanessa Carlton, I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be Friends by the White Stripes type stuff.
The_Eagle_Has_Landed184 karma
Craig... When was the sweatiest you've ever been and how sweaty was it? Like in terms of liters of sweat and what brought it on?
Craig-Robinson337 karma
Um...probably 100 liters? And I had lied to my father, and I was awaiting punishment.
Craig-Robinson284 karma
Whadyou mean, would I like to? I have kicked it there, and it's awesome!
Death_proofer173 karma
If you could collaborate with any artist and make a full album who would you chose?
Craig-Robinson496 karma
HMMMM.
Hmm-hmm!
Kerry Washington. She smells like rainbows and sunshine.
EducatedCitizen136 karma
CRAIG!! I feel like there has to be a good story behind the name “ The Nasty Delicious” . How did it come about?
Craig-Robinson190 karma
"The Nasty Delicious" is... the "nasty" is for funky. And the "delicious" is just cuz they play so good. Yeah. I wish there was a better story, haha!
graymatter86110 karma
Have you ever thought of releasing a full length album of original and covered songs? Possible celebrity duets?
djTrip9110 karma
I saw you in New Orleans this past week. Can you just give us a little glimpse of how fucking epic your Mardi Gras was?
Craig-Robinson159 karma
It was absolutely incredible. The energy was BEYOND anything I've ever experienced.
Stinktiere91 karma
Say I'd never seen anything you were in. What one thing of yours would you recommend I watch and why?
KillerGoose80 karma
You play an exaggerated version of yourself in This is the End. What parts of your actual personality did you want to make sure came through in the performance? What was it like adding fictionalized personality traits that might differ greatly from your actual self?
Craig-Robinson175 karma
Well, there's a part in there where I say I gouged a guy's eyeballs out? So that's not real, you know. That was weird. But the other stuff, you know - as far as the real stuff, I wanted to make sure I said "Take your panties off" in my song.
Kdean50979 karma
Hi Craig! I want to make my husband a special dinner, what do you suggest?
Wickedly_Awesome60 karma
What's your favorite type of pizza?
And, would you eat this pizza in a hot tub?
drewbulubu60 karma
Do you think you would be responsible enough to have a Gremlin as a pet? How badly would this end? What I am trying to say is you should be in a Gremlins remake.
Craig-Robinson99 karma
I would love to be in a GREMLINS remake. And I actually own 3 Gremlins. I have no idea where they are now.
Craig-Robinson114 karma
Hehe! I don't recall? Hehehe! But I can tell you she is super-sweet, and super-fun.
dmwe22554 karma
Craig, who do you think is going to end up winning the throne in Game of Thrones? Would you want to act in a serious drama like that? Also, you're kinda funny. Keep up the good work champ!
Craig-Robinson106 karma
Uh... I'm on the second season, so please don't spoil it for me.
Lannisters, is my hope! Because, first of all, I wish what'shisname would come back, the one they killed. But I mean, Lannisters just seem so noble - wait, no, it's the Starks, yeah. That's what I meant.
I'm like, one episode into the second season. I'm really behind! I need to do some binge-ing!
And yes, I'd love to act in something like Game of Thrones. Absolutely.
Fulker0149 karma
Your musical improv ability has been used to great comedic effect on screen with The Office, Hot Tub Time Machine and the Dodge commericals but is that also something you bust out on set just for fun or at parties?
Craig-Robinson73 karma
Yeah, if there's a piano around, then that's where I'm going. So yes.
ThisBeBre47 karma
Hi Craig!
I've met you a few times at the comedy store. As a huge huge office fan, and a fan of people having their privacy, I was wondering how you personally feel about all the people you get coming up to you when you're just trying to enjoy a drink, a smoke, or a sandwich? You always seem to get tons of attention.
Also sorry about nervous blonde girls - one of them was me.
Craig-Robinson71 karma
You know, I know where the people are coming from, you know? I feel it's like little flowers blooming everywhere, when they come say hello. And for the most part, you know, people respect when you're eating, or stuff like that, so it's cool.
HeyYoPaul46 karma
Hi Craig, Flippity floppity give the boppity has grown a little stale, what are some new cool slang terms I can start saying around the office?
Craig-Robinson49 karma
Hehe!
Um... I can't offer that up, in honor of THE OFFICE having wrapped.
NickCook77746 karma
Was that close to how you looked when you were younger in real life when you looked in the mirror in HTTM 1?
Craig-Robinson84 karma
I did have a hi-top fade like that, in college. So if I can find one of those pictures, I'll post 'em, but yes. But I wasn't as handsome as that dude.
tdstash43 karma
Would you be willing to be in my film "Dark Country"? A fictional movie about the first famous african american country star (your co-star would be woody harrelson playing a washed up drunk former star)
GOLD.
Craig-Robinson49 karma
Oh, we had a great time! James Gunn, you know, I didn't know what I was in for, but we were crackin' up the whole day.
Craig-Robinson89 karma
About 7 years ago, 8 years ago, 10 years ago.
10 years ago.
WAITWAITWAIT WAIT - they served them on THE OFFICE from time-to-time, so I bet about 3 years ago.
McBrood5 karma
As a current Illinois State student I was just wondering what your favorite thing was about college or this school in particular?
Craig-Robinson7 karma
Lemme see... favorite thing about college would be the - it's like a fantasy world, there you go, where you have some responsibility, but really not.
missing_eyeball4 karma
Hey Craig, what's your favorite pre-1980 movie? Rainn said Animal Crackers, and Lev Novak said Annie Hall.
Obie14 karma
Do you have any plans of doing a stand up special? Ive been a big fan since office, and loved finding some of your old stand up stuff
Craig-Robinson8 karma
There's some preliminary chatter about it right now. But I'm focused on the live shows, and this new sitcom, Mr. Robinson, on NBC.
Craig-Robinson5 karma
I hope so! I'm not on the schedule, but I hope to at least partake in it.
bugcatchercraig3 karma
Holy shit, I caught an AMA... anyways. Craig Robinson! Huge fan of your work! Out of the group of you, Seth Rogen , Danny McBride, Jonah Hill etc. I have to say you are the funniest. But maybe I'm biased since we have the same name and body type.
I have two questions good sir: 1. Since we are both named Craig, I'm curious. Who is the coolest Craig you ever met? And B. Who do you find to be the funniest person in your movie group thingy?
Thanks ahead of time if you get a chance to answer this.
Craig-Robinson6 karma
1.) Coolest Craig I've ever met? Craig Boyd, my longtime friend from grammar school.
2.) Corddry.
GnawSun2 karma
Craig, thanks for stopping by. I'll check out that HTTM2 since you mentioned it.
You got into showbiz pretty late in life - what did you do before? Did you always want to be a comedian/actor? What turned you on?
Craig-Robinson12 karma
You know, I was a schoolteacher. I taught K-8 music. And I caught the comedy bug - and I'm a comedian - so I caught the comedy bug in college. And that led me to wanting to act, and all this other stuff.
Zemule2 karma
Hey dude, much love. What was it like being a comedian at Sasquatch? Any cool stories from the experience?
DayWalkerRunner1 karma
Hi Craig, do you have any childhood pets you would like to fondly reminisce about?
Craig-Robinson3 karma
GIDGET! I had a cat named Gidget, who was awesome, and I miss, and you know, we had her for a few years. That was my li'l homie. She was gray.
skinsballr1 karma
Hey Craig!
I remember you visited the University of Maryland, College Park, a couple of years ago, for a comedy performance - what did you think about the university?
ars1217981 karma
Do you ever get lost in the whole alternate future and real present timelines of the Hot Tub series?
eightslicesofpie1 karma
What's one of your favorite scenes you've shot, whether it be for the shooting experience or how the final scene turned out?
Craig-Robinson3 karma
One of my favorite experiences was shooting the movie PEEPLES - just cuz we would like sing harmony onset, and David Alan Grier is the funniest human on the planet.
TheBearPieceCometh1051 karma
Do you give a fuck about discretion?
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