John Mulaney is a man of many talents: He worked on the sadly defunct "Best Week Ever," co-created Stefon on "Saturday Night Live," and is one of the world's biggest "Law & Order" fans.
In his new Comedy Central special, "John Mulaney: New in Town," he addresses such bold new topics as, well, "Law and Order."
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"I don't set out to write about it, and yet it happened again," he said. "I thought to myself, 'Really? You're going to go back to this? Do you have any opinions on anything else?' And the answer is no."
Mulaney talked to TheWrap about creating his special while juggling his duties as an "SNL" writer, producer, and occasional performer. He also talked about the big-screen potential for Stefon, the club-obsessed character he created with Bill Hader.
What's your favorite part of the new special?
My favorite parts are the parts that make fun of me. You know, I just have a lot of jokes about what a stupid idiot I am. I talked a little bit about how my girlfriend has really stood up for me a lot and how when I'm not with her, people can treat me any way they want. I find that very funny because it's extremely true. I was very happy that it worked as a joke.
Watch a clip from the special:
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How tough is it to write a standup special, while working on "Saturday Night Live"?
Oh, well, it can be tricky. We have long hours at "SNL." But what's nice is we work really hard on the weeks we have a show, and then we get a couple weeks off. During those weeks off you're free to do whatever you want. So I was able to really work on jokes I was writing and tour and work out the material. So it balanced itself nicely.
When potential material pops into your head, do you automatically think, "Is this better as standup material? Is this better as something to develop for 'SNL' or another project?"
I could see how they might overlap. But they've always just been separate in my mind. I think it's because the standup side of it comes from my own opinion on something and sketches are often more based around a different type of character or a different type of premise. So there's certainly some overlap, but for the most part I've kept them separate in my mind.
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You and Bill Hader work together on Stefon. He has talked about the coffee shop employee who partly inspired Stefon, but wasn't a friend of yours also part of the inspiration behind the character?
I had a friend of a friend who was always talking about starting a club night.
