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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

John Mulaney

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Since leaving Saturday Night Live as a writer in 2012, John Mulaney has become one of the most popular stand-up comedians in America. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist talks to the Emmy winner about his time at SNL and his run of hit Netflix specials, including his latest, John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

0:05.7

My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.

0:08.5

I got one I'm very, very personally excited about for you this week.

0:11.7

I think you're going to love with comedian John Malaney.

0:16.2

Seth Meyers once said of him, he is the funniest man in America and I think I agree.

0:20.9

His stand-up specials, most recently Netflix special, Kid Gorgeous, live from Radio City

0:26.1

Music Hall was made on one of his seven sold out dates at that famed New York City

0:30.8

venue.

0:31.8

It was his third Netflix special, wildly successful.

0:35.2

He started as you may know as a writer on SNL.

0:39.2

He auditioned in 2008 to be on the show, you'll hear him talk about that moment.

0:43.5

Got a phone call from Seth Meyers who was then the head writer on the show and said,

0:47.0

come work on the show but not to be in the cast to be as a writer.

0:50.5

And he was cool with that.

0:52.1

He created along with Bill Hader, the iconic character Stefan, Neade I say more.

0:57.6

You get some origin story on Stefan in our interview.

1:01.6

He went on from there to pursue his stand-up career after he was a writer on SNL.

1:06.9

He had a sitcom for a while on Fox called Malaney only lasted one season.

1:11.8

But then he went on and blew up as a stand-up comic.

1:14.3

He has since leaving the show as a writer on SNL hosted twice and he'll be back in a

1:20.1

couple of weeks now for his third time in three seasons as hosts.

1:24.5

The musical guest will be David Burn, he of Talking Heads famed and also David Burn,

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