sam lazaro in zongolica, mexico. >> woodruff: tonight's brief but spectacular features comedian nick krolle hilario and mortifying experiences of adolescence to create the animated netflix series "big mouth." although it is a period of life some of us would prefer to forget, kroll says it has been healthy to revisit his past. >> "big mouth" is my animatetv ow on netflix. it is about my journey trtough puwith my best friend, andrew goldberg. it's based on our childhoods. andrew became a writer for family guy and i became a comedian and then we came back together 30 years after we met to create this show. we knew from the beginning that we wanted this to be animated. we felt like we wanted adults to voice the kids. i think i voice over 30 characters on the show. so there is the voice of nick. there is the hormone monster who is maurice, andrew's hormone monster. there's coach steve. hey, what's up everybody? i'm coach steve. there is the jansen twins. they are two twi. there's a ladybug, and ladybug will tell you what's what on a daily, daily. and, i don't know, there's like 25 more voices.

my name is nick kroll, and this is my brief but spectacular take on characters of different ageso broughife: and you can watch additional brief but spectacula episodesr web site, pbs.org/newshour/brief. and on the newshour online right now, protests have rocked haiti for morea year, part of a global wave of uprisings triggered by economic inequality and dissatisfaction with government. we explore thepecific factors driving unrest in that country on our website, pbs.org/newshour. and a news update before we go. uber says that it has recorded more than 3,000 sexual assaults in rides with its drivers in the u.s. last year. a long-awaited safety record released by the company this and fatal crashes that happene on its 1.3 billion ride into 018. it is the ride-hailing company's first safety study sce it has faced pressure to increase transparency. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woouff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> all right, richard. we m