New Dad John Mulaney on SNL: These 4 Moments Crushed
From a killer opening monologue to a skit about COVID confusion, Mulaney was on fire.
AlthoughJohn Mulaneyhas been one of thereigning kings of dad humor, up until very recently, he has not been an actual father. All of that changed very recently as Mulaney and his girlfriend Olvia Munn welcomed his son Malcolm three months ago. And, prior to that, Mulaney spent the majority of 2021 getting sober and clean. Like a lot of men, breaking bad habits and embracing fatherhood tend to happen close together, but for Mulaney, those events werereallyclose together.
On February 26, 2022, Mulaney hostedSNLfor the fifth time in his career and didn’t’ shy away from getting sober or being a new dad. And the results were, quite possibly, Mulaney’s bestSaturday Night Livegig yet. Here are the best moments.
John Mulaney’s Opening Monologue
After a touching cold open in which theUkrainian Chorus Dumka of New Yorksang a “Prayer for Ukraine,” Mulaney launched into an excellent new standup bit that covered everything from January 6, guilt about his former drug dealer, and why his infant son’s love of dangerous pacifiers is so relatable.
COVID Diner Discussion
SNLgot very real with this hilarious sketch, in which reasonable people start to question all the confusing mixed messages everyone has had to deal with in the two years of the pandemic. The understated moment where Heidi Garnder uses the Thanos glove to snap herself out of existence probably takes the cake.
Nickelodeon Show
这个优秀的素描wh带我们回到了天en Nickelodeon hadn’t quite perfected that slime and teenagers said offensive things to each other constantly. If you’re nostalgic for the year 1980, this sketch will make you maybe reconsider those feelings. Granted, this is all a joke, but is it really that far off?
Good Variant
Paul Rudd, John Mulaney, and Al Roker (???!!!) crash the latest digital short from the Please Don’t Destroy guys. This time, new breaks that there’s a variant of COVID that totally rocks. Oh, and Pokémon are real. This sketch is ridiculous but, watching Al Roker bring in a giant subway sandwich is somehow uplifting as hell.
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