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Rave: Mulaney

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John Mulaney is, I believe, currently the world's best comic.

Four virtually perfect stand up specials/albums:
The Top Part
New In Town
The Comeback Kid
Kid Gorgeous (just released on Netflix yesterday)
I can watch/listen to any of these any time and no matter how many times I've heard the jokes I still laugh out loud.

Two collaborative works with Nick Kroll that are hilarious:
Oh Hello (both the Broadway/touring live show and the Netflix special that was a recording from Broadway)
Big Mouth (utterly hilarious)

And the man created Stefon with Hader while writing at SNL.

His only real miss was that terrible FOX sitcom.

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Agree. The best.

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I'm late to the party I guess. I'll have to checkout his stuff.

I remember I started "The Comeback Kid" but I stopped it after 10 min. I have to be in the right mood to watch stand-up.

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Start with New in Town, the Comeback Kid was one of his weaker specials i thought. Cant wait to put on the new one

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I'd start at the beginning with The Top Part and work your way chronologically through them. He evolves from a smart-ass young guy in his 20s to a married guy in his 30s dealing with realtors and stuff. One of the central characters, with a wonderful arc throughout his routines, is his very average dad who is a stickler for order and rules who you see him morphing into over time, which he acknowledges in his act.

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33anda3rd wrote:His only real miss was that terrible FOX sitcom.
I have never watched or listened to any of his stuff entirely because of that sitcom. I didn't even last ten minutes of one episode before I wrote it, and him off. I'll have to give him another shot based on your post though.

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Big Mouth was fantastic.

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His monologue on SNL last month was pretty much flawless.

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I am That Guy who tends to work quotes of Mulaneys stand up into casual conversation... but its honestly like a reflex. Its usually nonsense and i usually dont explain the reference. But if anyone laughs I know why!

True story

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Mulaney is great and I normally don't think much of stand up

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