John Mulaney reveals why he rejected Academy Award offer
John Mulaney turned down the Oscars due to the intense schedule.
The 42-year-old comedian admitted while he was "flattered" to be asked to front the Academy Awards in March, with four-time host Jimmy Kimmel turning down the offer to lead a fifth ceremony.
Appearing on Marc Maron's 'WTF' podcast, John said: "Well, I was very flattered.
"They came to me, must have been last summer. And I knew Jimmy Kimmel wasn't gonna do it. And they offered it.
'And it was honestly that I had a lot going on. And it's months and months of work.'
Instead, Conan O'Brien was chosen to host the prestigious event, and John was impressed by how the late night legend handled proceedings.
He joked: "He came out and he not only was so funny, but he elevated the show to the point that I almost convinced myself I had seen these movies and I'd seen not a one of them."
He added that his fellow 'Saturday Night Live' alumni "just locked in and owned the f****** thing".
Conan recently joined John for an episode of his Netflix talk show 'Everybody's Live with John Mulaney'.
The comedian confirmed "there was a plan to do more", with him and the steaming giant currently "figuring it out".
Despite finding the whole thing "very enjoyable", he admitted he has "really felt the 12 weeks in a row" as the three-month run rolled on.
He admitted: "We would scale back what we were doing if we were doing it everyday."
John described his talk show as an "evergreen, weird" project which also straddles the line of "a variety show".
He said: 'It was more than just that we got to try a lot of bits and jokes and have guests on 'We just got to try whole episodes where it felt very shoestring and episodes where we were blowing it out production-wise.'
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