John Mulaney
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive
4.8 • 20.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
US stand-up superstar, ‘Saturday Night Live’ alumnus and ‘The Bear’ star John Mulaney has a table booked this week. But does he remember John the Mouse?
John Mulaney is on tour in the UK and Ireland with his show ‘Mister Whatever’. For dates and tickets go to johnmulaney.com
Follow John on Instagram @johnmulaney
Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube on Thu 9 Apr.
Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast
Follow Off Menu on Instagram and TikTok: @offmenuofficial.
And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.
Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.
Video production by Ben Williams and Megan McCarthy for Plosive.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).
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| 0:00.0 | This is James A. Castor. I'm on tour with my show. |
| 0:03.7 | James Aicester. We've added some extra London dates on the, I want to say, |
| 0:08.5 | first and second of August at the Royal Festival Hall. |
| 0:11.4 | And also, the Blackpool dates, which are pretty soon, actually. |
| 0:16.3 | What? |
| 0:16.6 | They're not sold out. Come, please buy tickets to the Blackpool one. |
| 0:20.8 | And there's some offers as well that still aren't sold. |
| 0:23.1 | Glasgow Springs to Mind. |
| 0:24.9 | Newcastle springs to mind also. |
| 0:27.5 | So come and see the show. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm very proud of it. |
| 0:31.5 | Ed's yawning. |
| 0:32.7 | Tickets at James Acaster.com. |
| 0:34.5 | Music James Acaster.com. |
| 0:53.0 | Welcome to the off-menu podcast, taking the white bread of conversation, |
| 0:56.2 | layering in between the slices, the ham of fun, the cheese of chat, grilling it in a pan of cheeky butter, and then sprinkling with the |
| 1:05.2 | icing sugar of friendship, James. |
| 1:07.6 | Back to Joe Gamble, my name is James Daycastle. Together we own a dream restaurant restaurant. And every single week, we invite in a guest and after the favorite starter, main course, dessert, side dish, drink. Not in that order. And this week, our guest is John Mullaney. John Mullaney. I was doing a Monte Cristo sandwich there. Do you know of these sandwiches? I love a Monte Cristo. If a Monte Cristo is on the menu, |
| 1:28.2 | I have to order it. It's one of those things that, that's the rule. Yeah. Always get a Monte Cristo when it's on there. Triple Decker diner in Greenpoint, the best Monte Cristo I've ever had. And that is just basically icing sugar on like a fried bread sandwich, isn't it? Yeah, it's like French toast. Yeah. with the Monte Cristo at Triple Dicodina |
| 1:45.0 | is loads of ham and turkey |
| 1:46.8 | and just like, I think there's a third meat in there with this French toast. And when I had it, I was not having a good time that week. I went in... No one is eating one of those things if they're having a good time. Well, I'm having one whatever. That's the rule. You're having it when you're eating it, but no one goes, I'm going to have that because I'm in a good mental place. I think I might do it. But yes, I take your point. Yes. But it was delicious. It was so good. And that is the best Monte Cristo I've had anywhere. This is the first time we've had to do the intros on camera, by the way. |
| 2:18.2 | If you're just listening, we're doing this intro on camera for the YouTube. |
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