The Oh, Hello Show

Origins

Kroll and Mulaney developed Faizon and St. Geegland after watching two men wearing turtlenecks and blazers at The Strand bookstore purchase separate copies of Alan Alda's book Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned. They followed the men into a coffee shop and soon decided to host a comedy show as those characters.

In the early-2000s, Faizon and Geegland hosted a weekly show at Rififi, a New York comedy club that closed down in 2008. It was during this time that Kroll and Mulaney were able to hone their characters.

Kroll Show

The characters of Faizon and St. Geegland were heavily popularized on Kroll's self-titled Comedy Central show, Kroll Show, where they appeared in eleven episodes. They were presented through several different formats, including a variety of sketches, and the prank show "Too Much Tuna", which was carried over to the later stage show.

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The duo have appeared in character as guests on two episodes of Late Night with Seth Meyers, promoting the Off-Broadway and Broadway runs of Oh, Hello. Host Seth Meyers is a friend of both Kroll and Mulaney, having previously worked with Mulaney as a writer for Saturday Night Live and Documentary Now!.

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Faizon and St. Geegland have also appeared as guests in a season five episode of Scott Aukerman's IFC show Comedy Bang! Bang!, alongside The Lonely Island. During their appearance, they talked about their extensive Broadway background, which includes producing the Cats-inspired show Pugs and You Snooze, You Lose, a musical about the Terri Schiavo case.

Conan

Kroll and Mulaney have appeared in character on an episode of Conan O'Brien's TBS talk-show Conan. The appearance occurred during O'Brien's week of shows taped from the Apollo Theater in New York City, which coincided with the run of Oh, Hello on Broadway. George and Gil appeared during the monologue to give O'Brien a "welcome-back-to-New York-official-basket", consisting of a pre-broken umbrella, a sun-faded photo of Danny Aiello, a cup of three-week old watermelon, a copy of Fagen's New York, and a gift certificate to St Michael's Cemetery.

Gil Faizon

Gil's birth name is Gil Cosby, but he took his wife's last name of Faizon. Faizon has an ex-wife, son (Adam Brody), and stepson (Joe Mande). He is Jewish and suffers from bagel-induced cholesterol. Faizon often introduces himself as “Charmed I’m sure, Gil Faizon." He is also a stand-in model for mashed potatoes and other creamed foods. Gil's father reportedly "ratted out other Jews during the Holocaust."

George St. Geegland

Geegland was born in Newark, N.J. to verbally abusive parents sometime in the mid-1940s. In college, he majored in penmanship. Geegland, a former short story professor at the fictitious SUNY Yonkers, is the more aggressive of the two characters. He often yells at others, makes racist comments, and may have raped a student. Geegland's unwritten novel, Rifkin's Dilemma, is about the boyhood of a guy with a fondness for masturbation. His first wife's name is Inertia Bernstein. He was divorced at the age of 46. Spalding Gray personally dislikes him, and he has chapped hands.

George and Gil met in Toronto while dodging the Vietnam War.

Too Much Tuna

Faizon and Geegland regularly appeared in Kroll Show sketches as hosts of a public access prank show in which unsuspecting contestants are given sandwiches with too much tuna. They usually ruined the prank by telling the contestant that a tuna fish sandwich was coming before the plate of food arrived.

Oh, Hello on Broadway

Oh, Hello premiered as an off-Broadway play on December 1, 2015 and played for several weeks at The Cherry Lane Theatre in New York's Greenwich Village. After the success of this production, Kroll and Mulaney took the show on the road, performing in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Boston.

Kroll and Mulaney began a 15-week staging of the show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater, starting on September 22, 2016 in previews and on October 10 officially. The show closed on January 22, 2017.