Brian Huskey has been a force in alternative comedy over the past few years.
Neighbors House, Huskey is finally given a starting vehicle worthy of his talents.
Created by Huskey, Jason Mantzoukas, and Jesse Falcon, and executive produced by Rob Corddry,Mr.
Neighbors Houseis like a nightmare version ofMr.
Rogersif Jeffrey Dahmer and Norman Bates were hired to do re-writes on the project.
Huskey stars in this brilliant, upsetting, magically repressive send-up of childrens television.
Almost the same sort of creepy quality that clowns have taken on now.
We just talked about that and the fine line between it all.
I used to be freaked out by that kids showZoom.
To me it was this bizarre black void where kids were sent to do theseHunger Gamestype performances and games.
Other kids around me were like, I loveZoom!
I want to be one of those kids!
and Id be like, No!
Theyre all in turtlenecks.
Its a dark vision of the future!
To me whats funny is being irresponsible with that and having no objectivity on the matter.
Off of that, what was the pre-production process on this like?
Was it an open pilot?
Did you just start with the childrens show idea in place?
Did you know that it would be centered around Mr.
Neighbors birthday and his mother?
Whatd you begin with?
We originally did a 12-minute pilot for a series.
So it was done more open-ended.
Maybe this is a real show, maybe not.
I think this might be the darkest thing Ive seen on Adult Swim.
I think that had been a happy discovery.
Like in the opening Mr.
Neighbor starts at the hospital, but in another version we have himnext doorto the hospital.
What is more specific to our story than just being able to do anything and be crazy?
Lets be crazy and specific to this one individual.
Oh God, yes!
I think theres the potential there.
This kids show is his framework for making sense of his life.
Neighbor a character punch in that you had been looking to dig into for a while?
Have you done anything else with him at a SketchFest or something?
No, I hadnt done him before.
Andy Daly is really brilliant at doing that sort of stuff.
That thing where youre like putting people in a familiar context and then taking ahardleft turn.
Well i think you two have a real history with playing unhinged, explosive characters.
Some of my favorite stuff of yours is fromThe Dusty BubbleinGelmania, even.
What do you like about those sort of characters?
In growing up, its these unhinged ones that you should probably figure out the mystery ofwhy.
When you get older you understand all of this.
Talk a little on establishing the look of those things and building those creatures.
We borrow very heavily fromMr.
Rogers, but we really didnt want it to feel like it was a parody.
But beyond that, working withJustin Liebshe is a brilliant set designerand she did such an incredible job.
She and I had a lot of conversations on things like what Mr.
Neighbors house should look like.
Whether that is actually his house or his ideal house.
A lot of deep stuff.
We talked about how different materials used for puppets evoke different reactions in people.
But that was so much fun getting to design everything.
That part of doing the show was one of the happiest times that Ive ever had in my life.
The relationship between Mr.
Neighbor and the Miss Lady is a deep, fascinating one.
Did you want to explore more between the two of them?
I like to hint at stuff.
Im just throwing the big questions out there for people to come to their own conclusions!
No, I love it.
Theres a very creepy sort of Norman Bates and his mother vibe to their dynamic.
My kind of approach to it is that everything in the show is Mr.
So she might be rescuing him, but does he want that?
A little off topic, but Im also really enjoying you inPeople of Earth.
Its another show thats using such crazy ideas to illustrate trauma and grieving.
Is it nice to be filling that world and giving such a crazy group of people a voice?
Well you know, in approaching it everyone agreed that crazy is relative.
Like I acknowledge myI dont know, sort of control-y demeanor.
Neighbor thing, too.
Basically, what do you do to get by?
See, we brought it together?
Last question, and its a tough one.
Fuck, Marry, Kill: Spaghetti Face, Chef Bread, Photo Joe.
And he would cook for me.
I would kill Chef Bread because it would be killing a loaf of bread.
Theres no guilt or baggage with that.
And I would fuck Photo Joe because I bet hes amazinghere it comesin the sack!
Neighbors Housepremieres December 2ndat midnight on Adult Swim.
