When it comes to comedy, nothing is off limits for The Whitest Kids U’Know.

They’ve tackled every subject – from the unfortunate result of an astronaut’s pre-launch appetite to the true story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The comedy group’s sketches are eccentric and often controversial, but according to one of the troupe’s founding members, it’s all in the delivery.

“We try to take very sensitive, controversial subject matter, but do it with a sort of childlike innocence. That’s how we try to tackle it. It gives you the ability to get away with more,” said Trevor Moore.

The Whitest Kids U’Know has seemingly become the comedy world’s latest phenomenon. The group’s website boasts over three million hits monthly, and its show on IFC has received critical praise.

Given the troupe’s commercial success, it’s no surprise that its off-kilter brand of humor is slowly making it a household name. But according to Moore and fellow member Zach Cregger, the group’s beginnings were less than glamorous.

After meeting as students at New York City’s School of Visual Arts, members Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Timmy Williams and Sam Brown decided to celebrate their mutual interest in comedy by becoming a school club.

“We got endorsed by the school,” said Cregger. “They gave us a $700 semester allowance, which we used for beer and cigarettes.”

Shortly after its formation, Darren Trumeter joined the troupe, and the guys continued performing throughout New York City. They continued writing and performing comedy even after graduation, honing the skills that took them from a comedy club on the Lower East Side to the TV screens of millions of viewers.

By the time they were first approached to do a TV show, The Whitest Kids U’Know had already written “about 300 sketches” and were actively working on new material.

“[Ideas] kind of come from anywhere,” Moore said. “A lot of ideas just come from hanging out at a bar and just joking about something. At the end we’ll say ‘Oh, we should write that down. We could do that in the show.’”

Their self-titled show avoids monotony by featuring many genres of humor, from absurd, off-the-wall comedy to the hilarity of awkward, everyday situations.

“I like to think we’re doing lots of different comedy all at once,” Cregger said. “I can’t deny that we do have lots of crass humor, but I like to think we have a fair amount of politically conscious jokes in there, and we have some drier stuff.”

They’ve tackled TV, and now both Cregger and Moore have made their transition to the silver screen. March 13th will see the release of “Miss March,” a film that the two co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in.

Miss March tells the story of a high school virgin (Cregger), who falls into a coma as a result of a drunken, prom-night accident. He awakens four years later to find his girlfriend in the pages of Playboy, and vows to cross the country to win her back.

“At the surface, it’s a road trip movie, but I think that once you pull back the curtain and get into it, it’s a lot crazier than most other road trip movies,” Cregger said. “It’s got a bit of a head on its shoulders.”

Both Cregger and Moore said a Whitest Kids U’Know movie is the next step for the troupe. And when asked if “The Whitest Kids U’Know” will be on air for future seasons, the response was unanimous: “God willing,” Cregger said.