Rob Corddry Loves Fleshbot, Joanna Angel, And Plot-Free Porn

Back in January, we learned that crush objects Joanna Angel and Raven Alexis had been cast in an episode of "Childrens Hospital"—and, well, we couldn't get Rob Corddry on the phone fast enough to find out the story behind that stroke of genius.

And as it happens, Rob was pretty stoked to talk to us too—and in addition to giving us the scoop on how Joanna and Raven wound up on "Childrens Hospital," he also told us about what kind of porn he enjoys, which stars he's been crushing on, and who he'd pick to play him in the inevitable "Childrens Hospital" porn parody. Our conversation below.

Photo of Rob Corddry, Joanna Angel, and Paul Scheer courtesy of Adult Swim. Watch Joanna and Raven on "Childrens Hospital" tomorrow night at midnight!

Fleshbot: Thank you so much for doing the interview.

Rob Corddry: Oh my god, thank you. I gotta tell you, nobody wanted me to do this interview. Adult Swim was like, "Hey Rob, you don't have to do this one." Like it was going to be a problem for me. And was like, "Oh, no no nono no. I'm fucking doing Fleshbot. Are you kidding me?"

Yay, well, we're very very nice, so I'm stoked.

Big fan. Big fan.

Well, the feeling is mutual.

So just to get started, what made you decide to cast Joanna Angel in one of the episodes of "Childrens Hospital"?

Two reasons, I guess. One—I used to write for SuicideGirls a couple years ago, I did these comedy pieces every once in a while. I was a big fan of SuicideGirls—that is my wheelhouse. So I was told, "Well, if you're a fan of SuicideGirls, you should check out Burning Angel." And after you see Burning Angel, SuicideGirls becomes a lot less relevant.

Joanna just struck me as one of those few pornstars who are smart and as cunning as their press says they are. Everybody likes talking about how smart this pornstar is, and how smart that one is, and how this one's a doctor and that one went to junior college—but Joanna struck me as the real thing. So I was a fan. And she's also super hot. And then, when we were talking about what pornstars to get [for the episode], she was on a very short list of mine anyway, and our casting director happened to say that Joanna Angel is great and confirmed all of my suspicions about her, and it was just a no brainer.

So how was the experience of working with her? Was it everything you'd hoped?

Yeah, she completely meets every expectation. She's super cool, easy to talk to, looks at you in your eyes when she talks to you, and you can tell like she's got a real passion for getting fucked a lot of different ways in front of a camera. She's not in it for any ulterior or sad reasons—she's just like...she's the real thing. And also, to my surprise—she didn't test read, but she turned out to be a great actress.

I've seen her acting in her movies, which is pretty good, so I'm not that surprised.

No, she's really good. She was playing a pornstar without going way over the top. Which she totally is—she's very cool and normal and well spoken.

Who else was on your short list?

Raven Alexis, who we also cast; and...who else? Sasha Grey was, but we kind of jettisoned that idea because she was a little played out and—and you know, she's more into German poetry anyway, or something. And—I'm a huge fan of, I don't know what she's calling herself now, but Faye Reagan.

I think she is still Faye Reagan. She dropped the Valentine thing because it was from Cowboy Bebop, and so it was a trademark violation.

That's right! I just think she is—even just porno aside, she is just gorgeous. But we didn't really have a beat on her, one way or the other; I don't even think she lives in LA. Our casting directors were like, you should probably zero in on people who have straight acting experience. So we also looked at Lexi Belle. And there was a woman—I can't remember her name, but she was in "Piranha"...

Riley Steele.

Yes, yes. And I thought like, she'd be great, she's a really good actress, but she'd already sort of done that thing. But she'd be a great plan B. And that was about it. Faye Reagan was my only creepy one.

That's a pretty good list! I know all those girls, and they're all really cool. I would have been stoked to see any of them in the show.

Yeah, definitely. It's just weird because, like, you know—Faye Reagan I would have cast only because I think she's super hot, and I have a problem doing that. You know, on my show I write a bunch of jokes that require people having to make out. And I can never write myself one of those scenes. I just can't do it. I feel too weird writing myself a love scene. I'll do it if somebody else writes it—and I've kind of written my character to be one of those guys who would never be in a love scene anyway. So I felt the same way about even looking into casting Faye Reagan. I was like, it's creepy old man of me.

You could be like, "Oh, Faye Reagan, you have to come at this time—and also, you have a twenty minute make out scene with me that's the whole episode."

I could say like, "Oh, I cast her because I think she's cool and she's probably a good actress," but really I just wanted to see her freckles in person.

They're really really cute. They are. I can vouch for that.

Oh my god. Of course they are. She's ridiculous.

Next question: based on the way porn is going now, pretty much everything is getting porn parodied. So, when the "Childrens Hospital" porn parody comes out, who do you think should be cast in it? And do you have any advice on what the plot line could be?

Oh my god. You just got me so excited for that possibility. Do you think so?

Well, I mean, I think if you expressed that you wanted it to happen, someone would probably do it.

Oh, please, please, please. And isn't there some, like, clown porn genre? It could appeal to those freaks, too. Oh wow, that would be so cool, man. I did see an Office porn parody that I forwarded to Craig Robinson and Ed Helms, and I never heard back from them.

They were too busy watching it. They were speechless.

Exactly. But well, I would hope that Nick Manning would play me.

Good choice.

Because I want to see me—the man playing me—say droppin' loads.

Anyone else you think should be in it?

Um, god...oh, everyone. Everyone should be in it. It'll be the first porno where absolutely every pornstar shows up.

It'll rival "Pirates." It'll be everyone having a giant orgy in the hospital.

[laughs] Oh man, I'm telling you—nothing would make me happier.

Well, I'll put a bug in Lee Roy Myers's ear about a "Childrens Hospital" porn parody.

Oh my god. Oh, that would be amazing.

You seem to know a lot about the adult industry yourself. If you were ever to make a switch and become a writer/director in the adult industry, what kind of a porn movie do you think you'd put together?

There's no room for comedy in porno as far as I'm concerned. I appreciate it, it would be an honor for a parody to be made of my show, but all I care about is fucking.

So you would make a straight gonzo porn.

I don't care about story, I don't like production quality, you know—I'm more into the like, set up a video camera and that sort of thing. And, you know, maybe throw a little make up on if we have to.

Who would you want to cast? I mean, obviously Faye Reagan.

I would cast...yeah, Faye Reagan—although, still, totally dirty of me. But I guess it's porn, right, so I can get away with it?

Exactly. That's why everybody makes porn—to be really dirty, and hire the people you want to bang.

But I like, like—I like more of the amateur girls. People with their own websites and shit like that. I've seen Allison Angel alot, you know her? Hot. Hot. Who else? And there's this girl, Peachez, who I know because she did an awesome scene with Allison Angel. So those kinds of things I like. Like the Lightspeed Girls. I'd cast all of them. I'd have a Lightspeed reunion — past and present.

That sounds like a pretty good line up.

Right?

I'd watch it!

You can be in it if you want!

Thanks!

You want to be in it?

If that's the cast, absolutely.

You'd have to come up with a good porn name, though. Lux will never fly.

Okay. I'll start thinking about that one.

Anything you want to tell the Fleshbot audience?

Coming up on one of our episodes: partial nudity.

[gasp]

Yes, not kidding. Sideboob and topless crack.

Oh my god.

Get ready.

Cartoon Network is allowing that?

Yeah, you'll see.

That's pretty amazing.

It's pretty exciting.