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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
John Mulaney Vows to Fight Three 14-Year-Old Boys on ‘Everybody's Live'
John Mulaney has issued a challenge to the teen boys of America. The Everybody's Live host announced last night that he would fight three 14-year-old boys for the forthcoming finale of the Netflix series. At the end of the most recent episode Mulaney said he was inspired by the online discourse about whether 100 men could successfully fight one gorilla. More from Rolling Stone 'Everybody's Live' Reimagines Phish as 'Seinfeld' in Bizarre Sketch Brett Favre's Football Glory Masks Myriad Scandals in New 'Untold' Trailer John Oliver Slams RFK Jr.: 'Clearly in Way Over His Worm-Riddled Head' 'It has prompted a debate in our writers room about whether three 14-year-old boys could beat up me, John Mulaney,' he explained to the audience. 'So on our final episode of the season, May 28, the theme will be Teen Night. We will be talking about many teen issues and I, John Mulaney, will square off in a very real fight against three 14-year-old boys.' He continued, 'Is this legal? So far, we think so. It's not assault, we know that. And we're vetting every step of it. I've been led to believe that if it's for TV it's a lawful practice.' Mulaney clarified that it won't be a 'fun, funny fight.' 'It's going to be me fighting these children and them fighting me as hard as we can,' he confirmed. He then put a call out to participants. 'If you or anyone you know has access to a 14-year-old boy who is willing to fight me, John Mulaney, and might need to get something out of his system, please have their parent or guardian, not the minor, contact us.' Anyone who wants to be part of the fight can send an email to iwanttofightjohnmulaney@ Per Netflix's legal team, anyone signing up to fight Mulaney should be a U.S. citizen (although the host claimed he is 'opening this up to the entire world'). 'Good luck boys, good luck me, good luck Netflix legal,' he concluded. Everybody's Live With John Mulaney airs live on Netflix on Wednesday nights. The show's 12-week first season has been appropriately eclectic and has featured several notable musical performances, including the reunion of Metz and a collaborative appearance by Kim Gordon and Kim Deal. Mulaney told Rolling Stone of the evolution of his talk show, which followed Everybody's in L.A, a six-episode live series that ran last spring, 'I'm very committed to diving into irrelevance, never being relevant. This ties into a few things: recklessness, overplanning, and taking calls. A lot of stuff we did in the first six, we'll continue.' He added of his desire to try new things (like fight teen boys), 'A bored John Mulaney is a dangerous thing. It's more the curiosity of it and a very childish, 'But I already did that.' Not always the most prudent motivation. My son says that, actually — 'We already did that.' 'I thought maybe you'd want to go back.' 'No, we already went there. Find another indoor gymnasium.'' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
Atlantic
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
The Late-Night Experiment That Puts Comedy First
On the first episode of Everybody's Live With John Mulaney, Netflix's new talk show, the comedian gathered a panel of 11 actors who have played Willy Loman, the tragic protagonist of the classic play Death of a Salesman. He lobbed queries at the group, which included recognizable stars (among them Christopher Lloyd) and fresh-faced students, asking them to answer in character—but not about their performances or the play itself. Instead, the host asked such questions as 'How much screen time should an adolescent get?' and 'Are movies too violent?' This meeting of the Willy Lomans was a strange, charming, and original bit, the kind of thing that seemed like it could only have sprung from Mulaney's mind; he's long delighted in giving old-school American entertainment a modern tweak. It was a fantastically irrelevant piece of comedy that also let the comedian react to contemporary issues in his own specific manner: by gleefully summoning avatars of the broken American working man and using them to expose the ridiculous way we live now. This type of self-assured humor is core to Mulaney's comedic sensibility—and a large part of what's made his late-night experiment so fascinating. Mulaney may very well roll his eyes at that analysis, and he'd probably be right to do so. The bulk of Everybody's Live is clearly designed for the comedian's amusement. The hour-long program, which airs Wednesdays and is Netflix's first foray into weekly live programming, builds upon the six-episode series he did for the streamer in 2024, called Everybody's in L.A. The ornery character actor Richard Kind is his announcer, barking non sequiturs from behind a podium. Each episode has a conversation topic with no particular connection to the week at hand, like lending people money or funeral planning; each one is just a subject of interest to Mulaney. His guests are a mix of celebrities and experts, yet the celebs make no effort to plug whatever current projects they may have. And Mulaney takes calls from viewers live on air, though if the person on the other end of the line rambles for too long, he will bark at them to hurry up. In constructing this loopy hangout session, Mulaney is taking the standard talk-show format and languidly injecting it with some disorder. The audience never knows what might happen, but there's also little chance of something truly maniacal going on. Mostly, the host is happy to chitchat, with pals and strangers alike. He has shown that he is as much an acolyte of the storied genre as he is an eager dismantler of it: When he emerged as one of the leading stand-up comedians of his generation, Mulaney already had more than a little Johnny Carson to him. Like the late talk-show veteran, he's a reedy-voiced midwesterner with a face every mother could love. Mulaney's schtick, however, carries a salty edge. It wasn't too hard, while watching him perform onstage, to imagine the comedian ending up somewhere like The Tonight Show, delivering zingers from behind a desk. But late night has become a rapidly decaying format, as broadcast television—where it primarily lives—slouches toward extinction. CBS just canceled After Midnight, the variety program hosted by the stand-up comic Taylor Tomlinson, which airs after Stephen Colbert's Late Show; the network has no plans to replace the series or fill its time slot. When Conan O'Brien retired from hosting Conan on TBS, the cable channel began airing sitcom reruns in its stead. The Tonight Show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, is still a TV institution; meanwhile, its excellent sister show Late Night With Seth Meyers, has been shedding budget, losing the house band last year. ABC will seemingly retain Jimmy Kimmel as long as he wants to keep doing Jimmy Kimmel Live —it's currently in its 23rd season—yet his deal expires this year, and he's yet to sign a new one. Shows from other, newer entrants in the late-night field, like the comedy duo Desus and Mero and the Daily Show fixture Samantha Bee, also ended prematurely. Mulaney has many advantages at Netflix that his conventional-television peers don't, however. He doesn't have to worry as much about ratings; he does only one show a week, with just 12 episodes currently planned, and there's more room to break from the status quo on a streaming service that has sought to upset traditional media's apple carts. At the same time, Everybody's Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder's The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson's The Tonight Show for eight years. Focusing the conversation on a particular subject reminds me of Bill Maher's shows Politically Incorrect and Real Time, though Maher tackles more topical material; taking live calls reminds me of the stand-up comic Chris Gethard's truly riotous The Chris Gethard Show, which is still maybe the most electrifying attempt to remake the late-night genre of the past decade. The resulting balance of serious and silly is perfectly amusing for a Mulaney fan like myself. Others might find the pithy gags a touch indulgent: Mulaney spends time fumbling around with a delivery robot and tossing beverages to his befuddled guests. The variety of pretaped sketches, including the Willy Lomans bit, may also fit into this category. But the pointlessness, as O'Brien emphasized in his conversation with Mulaney on his podcast last week, is part of the point. Rather than adopt the typical structure of a late-night show—celebrities telling cheeky, canned stories boiled down to 10 minutes or less—the host embraces weird, sometimes confusing antics. O'Brien, one of Mulaney's most apparent influences, articulated the appeal of this approach in their conversation: 'We live in this era where I think people got intoxicated at some point with comedy having a point, and comedy meaning something, and comedy driving the conversation,' O'Brien said, referring to Mulaney's absurdist spin on Death of a Salesman. 'I think I just love when there's a really funny idea that's very creative.' An idiosyncratic sketch like that one, he added, 'has a power that's hard to understand, but it's there.' The 'funny first' sensibility motivated O'Brien during his many years as a late-night television host. To him, Mulaney, and their ilk, it's much more important for comedy to be purely, anarchically funny, rather than speaking directly to 'the moment.' O'Brien was also being a little coy: His own material can still speak to current events, even if he never trolls for ' clapter,' a term Meyers coined to describe the reaction of an audience demonstrating its approval instead of laughing spontaneously. O'Brien still has fun with societal foibles, just in a less direct fashion than some of his contemporaries. Mulaney's approach to social commentary on his show is even more subtle; sometimes, concentrating a sketch on a character like Willy Loman is enough. Mulaney's comedic priorities have thus far kept Everybody's Live focused—or as focused as such a program can be. Take a recent episode about cruises, which featured Ben Stiller, Quinta Brunson, and Mulaney's frequent comedy partner Nick Kroll, along with a befuddled industry expert named Anne Kalosh. Kalosh sat chuckling as other panelists confessed they'd never been on a cruise and had no real interest in them, while Mulaney rolled with that irony chipperly. And when one caller's story about life on a boat went on too long, Mulaney hung up on him. 'It's become a yarn, and we don't have time for yarn,' he explained to his guests. 'It's a little rude, but also, it's rude to waste the whole globe's time.' He might be here to hang out, yet he's still putting on a show.
New York Times
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
John Mulaney Returns to Late-Night on Netflix
During a monologue introducing his new Netflix talk show on Wednesday night, the comic John Mulaney said the streamer has given him an hour to introduce his fans to the baby boomer culture that has made him 'the unsettled weirdo' he is today. He stayed true to his word. The premiere episode of 'Everybody's Live With John Mulaney' included jokes about Al Jarreau, an eccentric tribute to 'Death of a Salesman' and an appearance by Joan Baez, who gossiped about civil rights leaders. Scheduled for a 12-week run, 'Everybody's Live' is a follow-up to Mulaney's first stab at the format, 'Everybody's in L.A.' That show, also live, aired last May as an eccentric but enjoyable exercise in corporate synergy: It coincided with the Netflix Is a Joke Fest, and included plenty of Mulaney's fellow comedy stars as guests, along with call-in segments and offbeat bits about Los Angeles concerns like coyotes and earthquakes. 'Everybody's Live' recreated that show for a slightly wider audience. It's not quite as L.A.-centric; it's still just as weird. The project is Netflix's latest foray into live programming. The streamer has been experimenting with live events like a 2023 Chris Rock standup special and the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match and Screen Actors Guild Awards this year. So what can viewers expect if they tune in to see Mulaney on Wednesday nights? Here are some clues from the premiere. Yes. Mulaney explained in the monologue that they changed the title because Netflix did a focus group and 'it turns out people around the country don't like L.A.' Mulaney suggested testing the name again after the wildfires earlier this year to see if opinions had changed, he said. They hadn't. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Los Angeles Times
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
John Mulaney returns to late night with Netflix's ‘Everybody's Live.' Here's what we know
John Mulaney is returning to late-night television after the success of his oddball, one-week-only show 'Everybody's in L.A.' which debuted on Netflix last year. Although he was clear that the first show was strictly a six-episode gig, it appears its popularity enticed both the streamer and the stand-up comedian to invest in a series with a more regular cadence. Titled 'Everybody's Live With John Mulaney,' the live show will premiere Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT and run for 12 consecutive weeks. On Monday, Mulaney announced via social media that the first episode will feature actor Michael Keaton, legendary folk singer-songwriter Joan Baez, comedian pal Fred Armisen and personal finance columnist and former Times editor Jessica Roy as guests. Hip-hop group Cypress Hill will be the musical guest. In an interview with 'CBS Sunday Morning,' Mulaney said the live aspect of the show was what excited him the most. The stakes make it a fun challenge, he said. 'It's a fun feeling to know that, hopefully, a lot of people are watching and it's live globally with no delay, and you could really damage your career,' he said. Mulaney is serving as host, co-showrunner and executive producer through his company, Multiple Camera Productions. Netflix's tagline for the show jokingly dubs it 'the first-ever celebrity sit-down talk show.' 'We will never be relevant. We will never be your source for news. We will always be reckless. Netflix will always provide us with data that we will ignore,' Mulaney told press after the show's premiere date was revealed at a Netflix presentation in January. The comedian, whose brand was, at one point, largely tied to being a New Yorker, now resides in Los Angeles. He showed off his interest in the city in 'Everybody's in L.A.,' highlighting local experts and issues and taking live calls from Angelenos. 'Everybody's in L.A.' had a starkly '70s aesthetic, from the living room decor adorning the stage to Mulaney's suits. The show also drew upon the sketch humor of 'Saturday Night Live,' where Mulaney worked as a writer for several years before making it big in stand-up. A brief promo for 'Everybody's Live' shows Mulaney standing outside a studio lot next to an old car running with the door open, indicating that this series will match the randomness of its predecessor. 'Netflix just made a deal with the devil,' Mulaney says as the ultra-wide shot zooms in on him. ''Everybody's Live With John Mulaney' starts March 12, Wednesday night. Talk show!' The camera then shoots into a tight shot of him whipping his sunglasses off (it's pitch black outside). A second teaser features the same wide shot as Mulaney asks off-camera crew to let him know when the shot is tight enough for him to start talking. Beyond the aesthetic, other elements of 'Everybody's in L.A.' will bleed into 'Everybody's Live.' That includes his sidekick and emcee, Richard Kind, and the show's delivery bot, Saymo. 'We're having trouble finding Saymo, so we just keep ordering Shastas and ginger ales and hoping that he'll roll up,' Mulaney said at the January presentation. 'Richard and I met through a real-life 'Baby Reindeer' scenario. He kept showing up where I worked and I decided to incorporate him into my life.' The new series also will feature a mix of celebrities, comedians, experts and academics, as 'Everybody's in L.A.' did. Many of Mulaney's comedy peers made appearances, including Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Nate Bargatze and Sarah Silverman. They joined seismologist Lucy Jones, paleontologist Emily Lindsey, hypnotherapist Kerry Gaynor and other specialists on Mulaney's guest couches, creating some unexpected pairings and unpredictable conversations. Mulaney promised more odd couples will join him for the new show. 'Everybody's Live' will be the latest in a long-standing collaboration between Mulaney and Netflix. The show will join his comedy specials, a 2019 variety special called 'John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch' and other projects on the streaming service.
CNN
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
John Mulaney jokingly measures expectations for his Netflix talk show: ‘We will never be relevant'
After an uproarious and Emmy-winning run of 'John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.,' the comedian will soon be back with more. Mulroney announced this week that new episodes of his live talk show for Netflix, set to debut in March, will be titled, 'Everybody's Live in L.A. with John Mulaney.' Billed by the streamer as a 'live variety talk show,' the series will air weekly for 12 consecutive installments. 'We will be live globally with no delay. We will never be relevant. We will never be your source for news,' Mulaney joked at a media preview in Hollywood on Wednesday. 'We will always be reckless. Netflix will always provide us with data that we will ignore.' 'This is a really fun experiment. Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan,' he added, referencing Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, who have a production deal with the streamer. 'Everybody's Live in L.A.' follows Mulaney's six-episode 'Everybody's in L.A.' live talk show that was presented as part of the Netflix is a Joke festival last year. That project won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding picture editing for variety programming. Mulaney is no stranger to being a big Netflix draw. He has had three stand-up specials on the platform: 2015's 'The Comeback Kid,' 2018's 'Kid Gorgeous at Radio City' and 'John Mulaney: Baby J' in 2018. The latter two earned Emmys for outstanding writing for a variety special. 'I have to say of all the DVD mail-order businesses that pivoted, I think Netflix is in the top one or two, Red Box being a close second,' Mulaney joked at the event. 'Red Box actually offered me more money to do a show, but I told them to stick it. I'm a Netflix guy. I'm not going to premiere in front of supermarkets no matter how much you offer me.' Tina Fey was also on hand at the Netflix presentation in support of her upcoming limited series, 'The Four Seasons.' Based on Alan Alda's 1981 comedy film of the same name, the show will see Fey once again team up with her 'Date Night' costar Steve Carell, along with Will Forte and Colman Domingo. The series will follow three couples who vacation together in different locales, marking their evolution but never showing them at home or at work, Fey specified. 'We just see how their lives change over a year by hanging out with them on vacation,' she said. 'No one is a vampire, and spoiler alert, there are zero murders,' Fey added, the latter likely a reference to hit vacation-centric whodunnit series 'The White Lotus.' 'Everybody's Live in L.A. with John Mulaney' debuts on Netflix March 12. 'The Four Seasons' does not yet have a premiere date.
