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John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

Stand-up · 2015 · John Mulaney (written and performed); directed by Rhys Thomas; Netflix

When the world is a lot, sometimes you need an hour of someone being delighted by the weird things people say. ✨

Who it's for

This is high-craft, low-risk relief.

Restless→Uplifted

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What it is

John Mulaney's Netflix stand-up special, directed by Rhys Thomas, recorded before a sold-out audience at the Chicago Theatre and released in November 2015. Mulaney tells stories about being a newlywed, working as a temp, house-hunting with real estate agents, being an altar boy and church with his parents, his childhood and father, and the night he met Bill Clinton.

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Netflix original. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

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Before you start

Heads up: Strong language and sexual references.

Age: TV-MA (suggested 15+)

Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial.Marcus Aurelius, The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Book 2 (tr. George Long)

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