There’s a special tier of comedy accomplishment that only a select few funny people have ever reached throughout recorded history. For all the awards and accolades that a comedian can achieve, causing a medical emergency by being too funny is the mountaintop to which every comic should aspire to ascend.
The most famous example of the feat comes from Robin Williams’ legendary appearance on Inside the Actor’s Studiowhen he made a woman laugh so hard that he put her in the hospital with a hernia. Last Friday night, Big Mouth creator and stand-up star Nick Kroll joined Williams at the apex of comedy achievement when his latest Netflix special, Little Big Boy, made a pregnant woman laugh so hard that it caused her to go into labor, according to a post from the comedian’s Instagram.