John Mulaney
Emmy-winning writer and comedian, former SNL contributor, and the guy who turned a GQ interview about his overdose into an eight-minute comedy finale.
Appeared on: Conan Friend Talk · First We Feast · The 92nd Street Y, New York · This Past Weekend · Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade · DESUS & MERO
Circuit updated September 11, 2025
- John Mulaney, John Mayer, Jimmy Carr, Jim Gaffigan, and Jim Downey Walk Into Conan's Podcast
“I've heard every fucking thought I have. I've heard every thought. I'm way more interested in getting someone else to a place they didn't know that they were going to get to.” 16:43
- John Mulaney Ate Hot Wings at 11 a.m. and Told the Truth About Rehab
“I remember when it came out the interview I was in rehab and I was reading it and it was a very bad time in life. I did think to myself this is very funny.” 23:12
- John Mulaney on Arenas, Amsterdam, and Talking to Thousands Like It's a Secret
“I'm much more comfortable talking to a lot of people about something than one or two and that might be a real sickness and it might be a big part of my overall problem.” 1:50
- John Mulaney Tells Theo Von About the Gorilla in His Head
“I really thought that I was doing life. I was able to achieve at life with the drugs as opposed to in spite of them. It took me a long time over the past couple years to realize that I did well at what I do in spite of drugs not because of them.” 29:33
- John Mulaney on Arenas, Addiction, and the SNL Writer Who Thought He Could Dress Himself
“I like that he thought he could walk into a Maximum Security Prison like he... what he had worked out in his mind was what he was gonna say. Not any of the logistics of walking in.” 10:44
- John Mulaney on Subway Showtime, Michael Jordan's Hitler Mustache, and the Susan Boyle Fortune Nobody Saw Coming
“He goes, I'm an alien. I'm an alien from outer space. And I don't think he was.” 5:36
- John Mulaney Bought Too Many Snacks for David Byrne and Other Confessions From the Sack Lunch Bunch
“I don't know what I'm doing, but I know that the tutor is he's not a liar. He's a snake oil salesman. He's a false prophet who accidentally saves your soul.” 29:11
- Bill Hader and John Mulaney Spend an Hour Not Talking About Barry
“five unicorns is only need to get picked up for volleyball if the Yakuza is holding me I will send you three unicorn three unicorns and a emoji means the Yakuza's all right don't call the cops” 12:38

John Mulaney, John Mayer, Jimmy Carr, Jim Gaffigan, and Jim Downey Walk Into Conan's Podcast
Five guests, one episode, and a running lawsuit fantasy that somehow becomes the most coherent bit of the whole thing.

John Mulaney Ate Hot Wings at 11 a.m. and Told the Truth About Rehab
Baby J is Mulaney's best special, he says, and on Hot Ones he gave you the receipts between tears and fish-food flavors.

John Mulaney on Arenas, Amsterdam, and Talking to Thousands Like It's a Secret
The comedian, his director, and David Byrne walk through what it actually costs to make a massive show feel like a private confession.

John Mulaney Tells Theo Von About the Gorilla in His Head
Two comedians who have spent serious time in the wreckage compare notes on cocaine, sobriety, and chasing the version of yourself that existed before things got dark.

John Mulaney on Arenas, Addiction, and the SNL Writer Who Thought He Could Dress Himself
Mulaney joins Dana Carvey and David Spade to talk sobriety, Madison Square Garden, and why Mickey Rooney wanted to shoot a serial killer.

John Mulaney on Subway Showtime, Michael Jordan's Hitler Mustache, and the Susan Boyle Fortune Nobody Saw Coming
The comedian visits Desus & Mero and proves that a guy who stays humble by not leaving his apartment has extremely strong opinions about everything.

John Mulaney Bought Too Many Snacks for David Byrne and Other Confessions From the Sack Lunch Bunch
At the 92nd Street Y, Mulaney, co-writer America Ferrera, director Reese Mishler, and composer Eli Bolin explained how a Netflix children's special got made on four days of budget, zero days of certainty, and one emergency Pedialyte.

Bill Hader and John Mulaney Spend an Hour Not Talking About Barry
The 92nd Street Y asked two of television's best comedy writers about a prestige HBO drama. They mostly talked about Casey Kasem and Eliot Spitzer.