{"id":2422195,"date":"2026-05-18T18:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2422195"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:34:14","slug":"billy-eichner-talks-conan-amy-poehler-madonna-and-why-he-is-the-way-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/billy-eichner-talks-conan-amy-poehler-madonna-and-why-he-is-the-way-he-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Eichner talks Conan, Amy Poehler, Madonna \u2014 and why he is the way he is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"m-article-header m-article-header--standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"article-header-primary-term\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/entertainment\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEntertainment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m-article-header__sub-headline\">\u201cBilly on the Street\u201d tells his origin story in a new audiobook memoir out May 19. Our culture writer caught up with him ahead of stops in Boston and Provincetown.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"a-photo m-article-header__photo \">\n<figcaption class=\"a-photo__caption\">\n\tBilly Eichner in the studio. <em> Sara Pettinella<\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<p>Miss! Sir! For a dollar!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What type of kid grows up to approach randos on the streets of New York City to ask inane and\/or personal questions for the prize of one dollar?<\/p>\n<p>Sir, what type of kid grows up to fly off the handle, screaming with a woman over whether Denzel Washington was in \u201cPhantom of The Opera\u201d? (Iconic moment.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Eichner Fights W\/Woman About Denzel Washington\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JUmL00liNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Miss, what type of kid grows up to aggressively quiz strangers in the face: \u201cWould you have sex with Paul Rudd?\u201d Or \u201cDo gay people care about John Oliver?\u201d Or \u201cTrue or false: Masculinity is a prison.\u201d Or, famously: \u201cName a woman\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>These questions are the thesis of Billy Eichner\u2019s new audio-memoir, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250439642\/billyonbilly\/\">Billy on Billy<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That answer is: a loved kid.<\/p>\n<p>Eichner\u2019s late parents, Jay and Debbie, loom large here as the wind beneath the wings of their showtunes-obsessed, Madonna-loving, aspiring actor son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents were wildly devoted to me,\u201d Eichner, 47, tells me in a recent phone interview from his home in New York City. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole chapter about how my parents got to understand me via watching my love of Madonna. I loved interweaving my love of pop culture with this very close relationship I had with my parents. Because in my household, that often went hand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you only know the multiple Emmy nominee from his 10-Red Bulls-deep-energy persona on the Emmy nominated \u201cBilly on the Street,\u201d well, that\u2019s why this is an audiobook-only memoir, he tells me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35361401\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BillyonBillyAudiobookCover-6a0b0a6f1f196-scaled.jpg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cover of Billy Eichner\u2019s new audiobook \u201cBilly on Billy,\u201d coming out May 18. <i> \u2013 Macmillan Audio<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is no printed book. \u201cWhich is a bit unusual, and there are a few reasons for that. Number one, I\u2019m an actor and a comedian \u2014 I like the <em>performance <\/em>element of it. But more importantly, this was a rare opportunity for me to show people who I am beyond the Billy on the Street persona. I wanted people to actually <em>hear<\/em> my real voice,\u201d he tells me.\u00a0 The performances include his singing (he\u2019s got <em>pipes<\/em>) and imitating his Bronx native dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling heartwarming and sometimes poignant stories about my parents and growing up. I didn\u2019t want people to hear those stories with my \u2018Billy on the Street\u2019 voice in their head,\u201d says Eichner, 47.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, he speaks \u2014 in our interview and most of his narration \u2014 in his natural voice, which sounds much more like his character from Netflix\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80117485\">Friends from College<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While \u201cBilly on Billy\u201d delves into how he created the viral character and his later work, the backbone is his happy, middle-class childhood in Queens, and his deep love of his late parents.<\/p>\n<p>We meet the self-described tall chubby gay child actor from Queens \u2014 a showtunes-obsessed Barbra Streisand fanatic, who kept a personal journal of his Oscar predictions, orchestrated his own Madonna-themed bar mitzvah, relished the Sunday New York Times Arts pages \u2014 and played John Goodman\u2019s son on SNL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYPjiPPDj2V\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Billy, an adored only child, and Jay and Debbie were a solid unit who soaked up theatre, movies and TV like sponges. Jay and Debbie supported every creative endeavor, whim, or interest their son ever had.<\/p>\n<p>As a longtime fan of Eichner\u2019s frantic-high-energy work \u2014 especially the absurdist humor of\u00a0 \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d and his similar role as Craig in \u201cParks &amp; Recreation\u201d (\u201cOh I have a medical condition, alright. It\u2019s called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/crying-cry-care-parksandrec-caring-too-much-gif-4723394\">CARING TOO MUCH!\u201d<\/a>) \u2014 I appreciated this charming audio-memoir as a chance to meet the man behind the chihuahua-on-a-Dunkin\u2019-drip, lunatic-energy mask.<\/p>\n<p>For Eichner fans \u2014 you may also know him as the voice of Timon in Disney\u2019s live action \u201cThe Lion King\u201d (2019) and \u201cMufasa: The Lion King\u201d (2024), or his 2022 film \u201cBros,\u201d among a slew of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2813994\/\">other roles<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s a must-listen. Fun fact: He also played himself on \u201cFamily Guy,\u201d quizzing Quohoag, Rhode Island\u2019s own <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/familyguy\/images\/c\/cb\/Facx20_316_02-0153_BillyEichner.jpg\/revision\/latest?cb=20181204193743\">Peter Griffin in the face.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBilly on Billy\u201d releases May 19. Eichner\u2019s book-tour stops at Boston\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thewilbur.com\/event\/billy-eichner-billy-on-billy-an-audio-memoir\/\">Wilbur Theatre May 21<\/a>, moderated by Boston\u2019s man-on-street master, WBZ\u2019s Matt Shearer, with special guest Gov. Maura Healey. Tickets include a free audiobook. You can also catch him in his beloved Provincetown June 10 at East End Books. P.S.: This book is nothing like \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/01\/19\/cold-bostonians-brought-the-heat-at-a-heated-rivalry-look-alike-contest\/\">Heated Rivalry<\/a>.\u201d (Spotify recommendations aside.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUT3ogkkgZ6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>I called to talk Conan, Amy Poehler, Madonna, P-Town, the Patriots Super Bowl, his upcoming movie with Will Ferrell directed by a Harvard grad, and more.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-red-pattern\"\/>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boston-com-so-i-loved-this-audiobook-what-sparked-it\">Boston.com: <strong>So I loved this audiobook. What sparked it?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Billy Eichner: <\/em><\/strong>A few things. Number one, they offered. <em>[laughs]<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-laughs-right\"><strong><em>[laughs]<\/em> Right.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>But that\u2019s how a lot of things start with me. I have a million ideas and create in a lot of formats, so I\u2019m always looking for someone to focus me.\u00a0 If someone says, \u201cHey, what about a book?,\u201d immediately, I love it because I have parameters. And I loved that it was an audiobook. It was a rare opportunity to introduce people to the real me, and it helps to hear my actual voice.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-told-me-you-liked-it-being-audiobook-only-because-you-were-afraid-people-would-hear-the-billy-in-the-street-voice-in-their-head-with-a-printed-book\"><strong>You told me you liked it being audiobook-only because you were afraid people would hear the\u00a0\u201cBilly in the Street\u201d voice in their head with a printed book.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Right. I didn\u2019t want people to hear that voice while I\u2019m telling these stories about my childhood and my parents. It\u2019s not shrill. It\u2019s a different side of me, and I thought that was most effectively conveyed by actually hearing my voice.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-sounds-like-you-had-a-great-childhood-nbsp\"><strong>It sounds like you had a great childhood.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I had a magical childhood. I\u2019ve read a lot of books from entertainers who had strained relationships with their parents \u2014 who discouraged them from pursuing their dream, or were jealous, or some variation on that. I had the opposite.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My mom died when I was 20. She was a colorful, hilarious, incredibly warm person, though complicated. My father was this hilariously blunt guy from the Bronx who told it like it is. I acquired that skill from him, and probably use that in my work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-that-s-a-good-point-some-people-have-said-this-could-almost-be-a-parenting-guide-book\"><strong>That\u2019s a good point. Some people have said this could almost be a parenting guide book.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You can divide people into those who were successful <em>because<\/em> of their parents, and people who were successful <em>in spite<\/em> of their parents. My parents, their default mode was to love, support and encourage me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were incredibly ahead of their time, both in terms of encouraging me as an artist, and supporting the fact that I was clearly a gay kid. This was in the \u201980s and \u201990s when that [kind of acceptance] wasn\u2019t as common as it is now, and it still isn\u2019t as common as it should be. I wanted to pay tribute to that.<\/p>\n<p>You can draw a direct line from that to the confidence I pursued my career with, and to my ultimate success. They\u2019re not here to see it, but they laid the foundation for it. The culture they exposed me to opened up my world, and gave me incredible confidence. I think you see that in my work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-was-going-to-say-with-billy-on-the-street-you-have-to-be-made-of-steel-to-approach-strangers-with-random-personal-questions-or-to-get-aggressive-with-new-yorkers-has-anyone-ever-hit-you\"><strong>I was going to say, with \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d \u2014 you have to be made of steel to approach strangers with random personal questions, or to get aggressive with New Yorkers. Has anyone ever hit you?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>People always ask: Aren\u2019t you afraid someone\u2019s gonna punch you? I get into arguments, but I\u2019ve never been [hit]. I think that\u2019s because of two things: I grew up in New York City. I\u2019m one of those crazy people for whom the chaos, energy and attitude of New Yorkers \u2014 that calms me down. I find it unnerving if things are too quiet, or if people are being nice in a phony way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, as New Yorkers, we <em>expect<\/em> crazy things to happen on the street. People may not choose to talk to me, but they\u2019re not baffled. They understand it. This is a show business town. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re alienated by me \u2014 certainly not enough to punch me.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-ve-always-thought-you-d-be-perfect-on-an-e-live-from-the-red-carpet-type-show-or-some-kind-of-pre-emmys-or-pre-oscars-show-have-you-ever-been-asked\"><strong>I\u2019ve always thought you\u2019d be perfect on an E! \u201cLive from the Red Carpet\u201d-type show, or some kind of pre-Emmys or pre-Oscars show. Have you ever been asked?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I got requests like that, especially when \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d was first getting noticed. But I never had much interest, to be honest. I love award shows, but \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d works best in its natural habitat. The red carpet is too much of a controlled environment. There\u2019s too much press; it\u2019s too crowded. I don\u2019t know if I could fully do my thing in that environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-good-point-and-i-want-to-ask-about-some-massachusetts-connections-you-worked-with-conan-a-few-times\"><strong>Good point. And I want to ask about some Massachusetts connections. You worked with Conan a few times.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I adore Conan O\u2019Brien. Conan was one of my earliest champions. He was the first major talk show to have me on when \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d premiered as a TV show, in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Then he did one of the greatest things anyone ever did for me in my life, which is hire me to shoot a \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d video for <em>hi<\/em>s show, even though mine was already on the air, on an obscure cable network.<\/p>\n<p>Those [TBS \u201cConan\u201d] segments culminate with me doing \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d-style video with Madonna when she was rehearsing her concert at Yankee Stadium, and actually meeting her and having her in a video. I was completely obsessed with Madonna as a child. She was a huge inspiration for me, and continues to be. That was all because of Conan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-did-a-classic-segment-for-conan-at-the-2012-superbowl-the-patriots-vs-giants-nbsp\"><strong>You did a classic segment for Conan at the 2012 SuperBowl, the Patriots vs. Giants.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>They called me and asked \u201cWould you be interested in doing a \u2018Billy on the Street\u2019 segment at the Super Bowl?\u201d I was scared, because I don\u2019t\u00a0 know much about football. I\u2019m a pop culture guy. Then <em>thank God<\/em> it was Madonna as the halftime show that year. I ran around talking to the Giants who just won, but only asked about Madonna, and completely ignored that the game just happened.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-laughs-that-was-hilarious-nbsp\"><strong><em>[laughs] <\/em>That was hilarious.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Eichner Hits The Madonna Super Bowl Show | CONAN on TBS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MF91N626mf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s one of my favorite segments. That all happened because of Conan. He\u2019s been incredibly supportive. I love that guy.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-local-connections-amy-poehler-is-from-mass-rashida-jones-went-to-harvard-you-ended-up-on-two-seasons-of-parks-and-recreation-with-them-how-did-that-come-about\"><strong>More local connections: Amy Poehler is from Mass.; Rashida Jones went to Harvard. You ended up on two seasons of \u201cParks and Recreation\u201d with them. How did that come about?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This was back when people were on Twitter a lot. Mike Schur, the show\u2019s creator, literally DMed me on Twitter out of the blue: \u201cHey, we\u2019re all big \u2018Billy,\u2019 fans and I think we might have a part for you.\u201d He said it was for two episodes. I guess they liked the character; they ended up keeping me around. I had absolutely no idea that was going to happen. I was shocked to get the invite. And a lot of \u201cParks and Rec\u201d people were on \u201cBilly\u201d at one point \u2014 Chris Pratt, Aziz [Ansari], Nick Offerman, Amy, Rashida. Never got Aubrey. So if I ever bring the show back, I need Aubrey Plaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-amy-poehler-was-another-big-billy-fan-early-on\"><strong>Amy Poehler was another big \u201cBilly\u201d fan early on.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Amy was an early champion. Amy also ended up producing a show I was on, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/difficult-people-d865868f-0a63-4595-b48d-d651e7f67f7b\">Hulu\u2019s \u201cDifficult People.<\/a>\u201d And she was in one of the most popular \u201cBilly\u201d segments ever, which is when we\u2019re Christmas caroling with New Yorkers. It comes back around online every year. She\u2019s been a big part of my life, too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-next-book-tour-stop-after-boston-is-provincetown\"><strong>Your next book-tour stop after Boston is Provincetown.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Provincetown is one of my favorite places in the world. I go there multiple times every summer. The movie I made, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9731598\/\">Bros,<\/a>\u201d (2022) we shot partially in P-town. It\u2019s one of my favorite places. It\u2019s magical. I know a lot of people feel that way about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-long-have-you-been-going\"><strong>How long have you been going?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Oh, man, this is funny. My first serious boyfriend after college was from Boston. He went to BC, he was from Scituate;\u00a0 I\u2019d go to Boston a lot to visit him. The first time I went to P-town was with him, more than 20 years ago. What\u2019s <em>really funny<\/em> \u2014 he\u2019s now happily married to someone else, I haven\u2019t seen him in years \u2014 but he texted me that he\u2019s coming with a group to see me at the Wilbur.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-laughs-i-love-that-another-local-connection-nbsp-i-was-a-huge-fan-of-netflix-s-friends-from-college-nbsp-about-harvard-grads-in-their-40s-i-wish-there-were-more-seasons-do-you-think-it-would-come-back\"><strong><em>[laughs] <\/em>I love that. Another local connection:\u00a0I was a huge fan of Netflix\u2019s \u201cFriends From College,\u201d\u00a0about Harvard grads in their 40s. I wish there were more seasons. Do you think it would come back?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Thank you! I hear about that show a lot, actually. I don\u2019t think that one is ever coming back. However, the creator and director of that show, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0831557\/\">Nick Stoller<\/a> [Harvard \u201998] also wrote and directed the new Will Ferrell movie I\u2019m in. So we kept it all in the family. But yeah, people mention that show to me more than you\u2019d think. Nick and I work together a lot.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-right-he-also-worked-with-you-on-bros-and-he-s-directing-that-movie-with-will-ferrell-for-prime-judgement-day\"><strong>Right, he also worked with you on \u201cBros.\u201d And he\u2019s directing that movie with Will Ferrell for Prime: \u201c<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt34673521\/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_1_unrel_cdt_t_1\"><strong>Judgement Day.<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Yes. And that\u2019s Will in his element <em>[laughs]<\/em>. I don\u2019t have the release date yet; I think early next year. The cast is truly stacked: Will Ferrell, Zac Efron, Regina Hall, Bobby Cannavale, Priyanka Chopra Jonas \u2014 the list goes on. I\u2019m really excited about it. Will\u2019s done \u201cBilly\u201d a bunch of times. He was also an early champion \u2014 his company Funny or Die produced \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d many years ago. So I love him, but this is the first time I\u2019ve ever really gotten to see him in <em>his <\/em>element. And he\u2019s playing a very Ron Burgundy-esque character: a judge who has his own daytime TV court show. I play his bailiff.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-that-sounds-amazing-nbsp-and-would-you-ever-bring-back-billy-on-the-street\"><strong>That sounds amazing.\u00a0And would you ever bring back \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We always talk about it. It\u2019s really up to me, and obviously, if there\u2019s a platform that wants to produce it. If it makes sense, we\u2019ll do it.\u00a0 I\u2019m never going to do it as a full TV series again with half-hour episodes. That part is behind me. But there might be other ways.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-could-come-back-just-on-instagram-or-tiktok\"><strong>It could come back just on Instagram or Tiktok.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Yeah, we\u2019re in a different world now than the one that existed when I created the show and the character over 20 years ago. So we shall see.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overall-is-there-a-favorite-project-you-ve-done\"><strong>Overall, is there a favorite project you\u2019ve done?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Oh, man, I\u2019ve been lucky. I\u2019ve had a really eclectic career so far. But \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d is where it all started. That was my break. I\u2019m still shocked by how popular the clips are online. It\u2019s being discovered by a new generation on Tiktok and on Instagram. It\u2019s really wild.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud of it because \u2014 and the book goes into this \u2014 there wasn\u2019t a lane for me when I was starting out. People would see my live shows or videos and say, \u201cYou\u2019re funny, you\u2019re unique, but we don\u2019t know what to do with you. We don\u2019t know which category you fit into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had to create a lane for myself. \u201cBilly on the Street\u201d was my way of doing that. So I\u2019m proud of that show, even though it\u2019s completely insane <em>[laughs]<\/em>, it means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lauren Daley is a freelance culture writer. She can be reached at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"bfd3dbded3dac68c8cffd8d2ded6d391dcd0d2\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>. 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