#john mulaney baby j

[addiction-to-water]

Hearing an entire crowd laugh after John Mulaney said “What, are you gonna cancel John Mulaney? I’ll kill him.

beat.

I almost did”

felt so dystopian but also I understand that it was a joke and he said it with the cadence of a joke and you’re meant to laugh at comedy shows and actually it would’ve worse if no one laughed but it was interesting to hear an entire crowd laugh at something like that. If that was said with any different delivery and was in a drama movie with emotional music I’d be on the floor.

[railroad-spike]

ᴊᴏʜɴ ᴍᴜʟᴀɴᴇʏ - ʙᴀʙʏ ᴊ ²⁰²³

[ace-is-undead]

Watching the new Mulaney special is expecting to see all the memes on internet and knowing which part will be used

[allieisacrybaby]

I’m watching John Mulaney’s Baby J on Netflix and I am cackling a.) because it’s funny but b.) because it’s all hitting a little too close to home😂

[rickchung]

John Mulaney: Baby J (dir. Alex Timbers).

It’s been an tumultuous few years for John Mulaney. He comically sums up his highly-publicized struggles with addiction and the unhealthy interest in his personal life or supposed “good guy” public image. Originally toured under the title “From Scratch”, the comedian’s latest stand-up comedy special tackles our obsession with celebrity culture and parasocial relationships with famous people in a blisteringly funny manner.

[simptasticjoe]

A Cry for Help: John Mulaney Baby J

When AI technology copies the voice of John Mulaney, he will be out of work for good, because I can’t imagine a single studio taking a chance on him after seeing his new comedy special, Baby J. Let’s me give a little backstory first before I get into it. Mulaney is a standup comedian who went to rehab in 2021. He is reportedly “clean” now and decided to do a Netflix Special explaining his time…

[imeverycliche]

I saw this live, I haven’t been a fan for a while, because his whole situation grossed me out immensely.

Then when he said this bit I thought “you are a mediocre comedian, who happened to gain a fan base of the most passionate media consumers (Queer youth) and then you disappointed everyone.”

He acts like people turned on him because he was an addict. People don’t like him because he made contest jokes about his lovely Jewish wife kind of at her expense, but he loved her, Then cheated on her with a model and had a kid.

Like dude, Jesus Christ….

Also he isn’t even comparable to Bo Burnham. Bo is an artist with genuine things to say who uses comedy as a means of delivering.

You are a mediocre comedian. Grow up.

JOHN MULANEY: BABY J (2023)

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: John Mulaney: Baby J

Rating: R

Director: Alex Timbers

Cast: John Mulaney

Release year: 2023

Genres: comedy

Blurb: A chaotic intervention. An action-packed stay in rehab. After a weird couple of years, John Mulaney comes out swinging in his return to the stage.

[corncobtv]

does anyone have a link to the new john mulaney standup pls 🤲

[nick-nellson]

JOHN MULANEY: “BABY J” (2023)

[oceangenasi]

Some screencaps from the new Mulaney special that have the best potential to become memes, imho:

Bonus: the line that punched me in the gut the first time I heard it

[madhumoiselle]

[merlotdom]

Baby J is actually really brave and necessary show for John Mulaney to make because it’s the only one that is actually about him, and really wraps up this arc about people’s parasocial relationships with him, disillusioning thay image of perfection he’s crafted for himself. He says himself in the special that he wants attention and wants everyone to like him - his previous shows effectively managed to do that by discussing things that were easy to laugh at like ‘hate my wife’ culture or Trump.

In Baby J, he actually talks about his life currently, specifically the bad stuff he never talked about before, allowing people to actually see him for the first time, a flawed human being. It’s a slightly darker show, because of it, while still showcasing his skill and particular flair of comedy. Being a people pleaser, it’s an important lesson that you shouldn’t keep up that image of perfection - you can’t. He’s the perfect example of what happens when you build yourself a pedestal to live on.

And as he finishes the show, he reminds everyone once again, that even the most horrible, shameful, and embarrassing story he told that night, is still only the most horrible, shameful and embarrassing story he was willing to tell us. Reminding us that we only see what he wants us to see, as is the case with all celebrities.

[bluebirdcurse]

I love that John Mulaney was like "actually there is one rumor that really bothers me and I'm gonna set the record straight: Pete Davidson is a little freak but he has been nothing but supportive of my sobriety."

[trashworldblog]

with hindsight, it's got to have been funny when we were saying shit in 2018 about how wholesome john mulaney is and how it was strange that he used to be addicted to cocaine. meanwhile, john mulaney was stumbling across nyc, taking his shirt off in a doctors kitchenette to get flu shots for prescription drugs, and harassing an innocent painter for cocaine

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

bits I remember from John Mulaney's tour act that didn't make it into the Netflix special:

- his Natasha Lyonne impression 😔 it was much funnier than the Fred Armisen one tbh

- something to the effect of 'before my intervention everyone agreed to be nice to me in their speeches. except they all forgot to tell Nick Kroll that. and he went FIRST'

- during the 'trust doctors' bit he got sidetracked and started making a flat earth joke, he was like 'I'm not saying I believe it, but like-' and someone in the audience yelled 'BOO' and he immediately shot back 'OH FUCK YOU YOU DO NOT WALK AROUND GOING WOOOOoooooOOOO I-I-ITS A-A-A S-SPH-PHERRRREEEE' while doing this truly incredible flailing of his limbs

- 'do you know how weird it is for your baby to get mixed reviews? do you know how goddamn weird it is to announce your baby and have people go 'ehh, I liked his old work better'

- he also joked that getting divorced, getting into a new relationship and having a baby so fast was just him following the "baby steps" rules of getting clean lol

- when he was listing everything he was addicted to one of the drugs got a 'woo!' from the audience which turned into crowd work of finding out what everyone in the theater was addicted to

- he asked a teenager in the audience if he vapes and the kid said no and then his friend sitting next to him screamed 'DON'T LIE TO HIM!!!' loud enough for the whole theater to hear

-oh also there was a lot more about going back and forth with his poor accountant lol. this is all I noticed off the top of my head! wondering what was different in other tour spots?