One of the funniest things I ever experienced was when I went to go see John Mulaney live, and halfway through a bit about how expensive college in the States is, he looked down at the sleeve of his suit jacket and just. stopped. dead halt, mid sentence.
And after like three seconds, where weāre all trying to figure out the punchline because the story clearly hadnāt ended, and John Mulaney quietly says,Ā āHas there been tinfoil on my buttons the whole goddamn show?ā
Heād taken his suit to the drycleaner, and theyād wrapped the buttons on the sleeves and the coat with tinfoil to protect them, and John Mulaney didnāt notice until half-way through his set, and was SO FLABBERGASTED that he never did finish the story about college and instead did five minutes on how stupid it was that his buttons were reflecting the light and he just didnāt notice, and in that moment I understood more about John Mulaney as a person than I ever have.
during one of his portland shows, he noticed this like 7 year old girl in the front row and asked her (and her parents) if she āis aware that she is physically here right nowā or if she was just brought along. turns out her favorite john mulaney bit is theĀ āand Iām new in townā bit and that sheās seen all his stuff. He was so shocked and discomforted by the fact a SEVEN YEAR OLD has seen his shows, that he couldnāt get through a bit about donating to charity without interrupting himself at least three times to import good life lessons on this small child, as if that makes up for all the horrible things heās said that she heard
When I saw him in Ft. Lauderdale, there was a bar in the lobby that people kept leaving to go to. At one point, a guy in the front row just got up and BOOKED IT to get drinks. John Mulaney looked over at a woman who was next to the empty seat and asked,Ā āAre you with him? Whatās his name?ā
She was, in fact, with him, and she did tell him her dateās name. John Mulaney considered this, looked around, and unplugged his microphone. Leaning in to us, he told us that we were going to trick this guy so fuckin hard. He said,Ā āAt some point during the show, I am going to stop and say,Ā āWell, you guys know what they say here in Ft. Lauderdale,ā and then you guys are all going to scream backĀ āWE LOVE MILKSHAKES!ā Heāll be so confused.ā
He then continued on with the show as normal, the drinks guy returned to his seat, and that was that for quite a long time. We thought he had forgotten about it until, at some point during what I believe was his McDonaldās drive-thru bit, he shrugged his shoulders and said,Ā āYou guys know what they say here in Ft. Lauderdaleā¦ā
Naturally, we erupted withĀ āWE LOVE MILKSHAKESā and John Mulaney SWUNG around to face the drinks guy and said,Ā āI bet youāre real confused now, huh, JASON?!ā
ah so john mulaney is a chaotic neutral cryptid
i saw him last night and there was a good ten minute interlude where a woman told him everything she found wrong with his suit, including that his pants were too high waisted to which he replied āthatās where my hips areā and someone in the back shouted ālook at that high waisted man heās got feminine hips!ā and he yelled back āthatās my joke! iām offended!!ā
I saw him live at my college. During his show he shouted something, which spooked a service dog in training that someone had brought with them (the dogs are common on campus, cause they are learning how to socialize and be in large crowds without reacting). Seeing the dog had been scared he apologized and asked the dogās name. Upon hearing the dogs name wasĀ āBlanketā he about lost his god damn mind he was so happy. throughout the show he kept checking on Blanket. It was adorable.
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