John Mulaney
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So to speak, it's like this.
If someone said, hey, you need a bodyguard, I'd go, give me a black guy.
I'd just say it.
And if somebody said, hey, man, give me a therapist, I'd say, give me a Jew.
And if somebody said, give me a mathematics professor, I'd say, give me an Asian.
Give me a stand-up comedian.
What are you asking for?
I'm asking for a woman who has a syndrome.
Like in Facts of Life.
Yeah, when Jerry was disabled.
There is a little bit of a, it's not an old boys club, but there's a little bit of a slightly Jewish, slightly Ivy League thing going on that I have noticed is a little bit tough to crack.
And I'll give you an example.
I've been trying to get Mike Lynch, our own Mike Lynch.
Kind of a gig for a little while.
And I've sat around these tables while these so-called funniest guys in Hollywood punch up your script.
Lynch is funnier than they are.
I wrote on a show.