John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch

Girl Talk with Richard Kind.

Mulaney: "Mr. Byrne, thank you for being here. Your work adapting Gilgamesh for West Berlin was particularly inspirational to the kids." Byrne: "Who else is in this?" Richard Kind: "HaLlO!" Mulaney: "So, what we have here is a dress from Frozen. Oversized, so I'm told. We'll do this number that'll be upstaged by a New York Moments song, then we have a Volcano bit." Byrne: "But I'm scared to death of volcanoes." Mulaney: "Yes, yes we know. It's for the kids."

John Mulaney can do no wrong (feel free to quote this in a decade when he does wrong).

Grandma's got a boyfriend!

It's charming and playful with a bit of darkness running underneath it all, but not funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Favorites were probably the childrens movie focus group and Mr. Music. Casting did a fine job finding such a charismatic group of children and Mulaney himself feels both genuine and sarcastic at the same time, like a warm knife to put up to your cheek when you are cold. Disclaimer: I have never seen any of the shows that this show is clearly spoofing/honoring.

I'm gonna have that stupid noodles and butter song stuck in my head for years.

A true gem. Is it ironic? Yes. Is it unironic? Also yes. The humor 100% will NOT be enjoyed by everyone, so I don't think I would particularly recommend it, but I, personally, had a fantastic time with Mr. Mulaney, the sack lunch bunch, and several wonderful guests.

Well, that was different. I think this is supposed to be parodying something like Zoom and its ilk. I'm not quite sure how to go about reviewing this. It's basically sketch comedy/music done by Mulaney and a group of children. I loved the flowers song.

Personal bias in that John Mulaney is one of my favorite comedians, so him writing song that are great homages to kids shows I grew up with? (Out of the Box, Zoom!, Sesame Street being the obvious examples) It's targeted comedy that I just love. Like any collection of skits that are all around 5 minutes long, some wont land with people and be 5 minutes of boredom. But I felt most of the skits landed perfectly.

Mostly boring and mostly unfunny for its mercifully brief runtime. A couple of mildly humorous moments especially with Jake Gyllenhaal. But the kids' dialogue isn't funny when it pretends it isn't scripted when it obviously is.

True Stories 2

Mulaney strikes a good balance in this charming original. I got some laughs, catchy tunes, and it asks plenty of random and existential questions. We're all in this together, kids.