One of the funniest things I ever experienced was when I went to go see John Mulaney live, and halfway through a bit about how expensive college in the States is, he looked down at the sleeve of his suit jacket and just. stopped. dead halt, mid sentence.
And after like three seconds, where weâre all trying to figure out the punchline because the story clearly hadnât ended, and John Mulaney quietly says, âHas there been tinfoil on my buttons the whole goddamn show?â
Heâd taken his suit to the drycleaner, and theyâd wrapped the buttons on the sleeves and the coat with tinfoil to protect them, and John Mulaney didnât notice until half-way through his set, and was SO FLABBERGASTED that he never did finish the story about college and instead did five minutes on how stupid it was that his buttons were reflecting the light and he just didnât notice, and in that moment I understood more about John Mulaney as a person than I ever have.
during one of his portland shows, he noticed this like 7 year old girl in the front row and asked her (and her parents) if she âis aware that she is physically here right nowâ or if she was just brought along. turns out her favorite john mulaney bit is the âand Iâm new in townâ bit and that sheâs seen all his stuff. He was so shocked and discomforted by the fact a SEVEN YEAR OLD has seen his shows, that he couldnât get through a bit about donating to charity without interrupting himself at least three times to import good life lessons on this small child, as if that makes up for all the horrible things heâs said that she heard
When I saw him in Ft. Lauderdale, there was a bar in the lobby that people kept leaving to go to. At one point, a guy in the front row just got up and BOOKED IT to get drinks. John Mulaney looked over at a woman who was next to the empty seat and asked, âAre you with him? Whatâs his name?â
She was, in fact, with him, and she did tell him her dateâs name. John Mulaney considered this, looked around, and unplugged his microphone. Leaning in to us, he told us that we were going to trick this guy so fuckin hard. He said, âAt some point during the show, I am going to stop and say, âWell, you guys know what they say here in Ft. Lauderdale,â and then you guys are all going to scream back âWE LOVE MILKSHAKES!â Heâll be so confused.â
He then continued on with the show as normal, the drinks guy returned to his seat, and that was that for quite a long time. We thought he had forgotten about it until, at some point during what I believe was his McDonaldâs drive-thru bit, he shrugged his shoulders and said, âYou guys know what they say here in Ft. LauderdaleâŠâ
Naturally, we erupted with âWE LOVE MILKSHAKESâ and John Mulaney SWUNG around to face the drinks guy and said, âI bet youâre real confused now, huh, JASON?!â
