# John Mulaney is Back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077 "2021-05-14T14:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/61 "2021-05-19T12:07:43Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZtpY2LuSNug/maxresdefault.jpg "Ann Coulter is 'Dating' Jimmie Walker According To Norman Lear") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtpY2LuSNug) They say they’re just good friends. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/62 "2021-05-19T14:41:44Z")
I hadn’t known John Mulaney was gone 😲 Of course, I also have only watched him on SNL (though I’m aware he does standup). The day before this thread was started I tuned in on the middle of two (idiot) radio hosts betting that the next news about him would be him coming out as gay. They speculated about it long enough that I couldn’t tell if there was a relevant story or if they were just being the typical dumbasses that you hear on air these days. I’m sorry to hear about his problems and hope he’s able to turn things around. Also, I have seen Olivia Munn’s name (probably here) but didn’t know anything about her. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/63 "2021-05-19T14:47:06Z")
He used to drink. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Eb8Nqw3rWNE/maxresdefault.jpg "Whiskey Or Perfume") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb8Nqw3rWNE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0dbJHppgrHc/maxresdefault.jpg "The One Thing You Can't Replace") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dbJHppgrHc) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/64 "2021-05-19T14:53:17Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And when I hear Mulaney’s name, I think of the horse/hospital thing first and foremost. I hope the second thing (and third and fourth all the way to 22nd thing) you think is [“What’s New, Pussycat?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw7Gryt-rcc) because that is, for my money, the funniest stand-up bit ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/65 "2021-05-19T15:01:32Z")
Wow, this thread is a master class on going almost but not completely off topic. 🤣 Now, here’s my three paragraph essay about how well I know John Mulaney vs. Olivia Munn, with dates and citations: [deleted because who gives a shit] ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/66 "2021-05-19T15:04:27Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Wow, this thread is a master class on going almost but not completely off topic. The OP asks the question, “John Mulaney is Back?”. I think every post answers that question. It’s better than the thread asking “I had oatmeal for Breakfast?”. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/67 "2021-05-19T15:05:52Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I do not know who Olivia Munn is. > [@Loach](#): > > She dated Aaron Rogers for several years I’m another one who knows her more for who she dated than for anything I saw her in. I do remember, I reluctantly agreed to watch ‘Magic Mike’ with my wife one night, and Olivia Munn had a nude scene, which highly pissed my wife off. “A movie about MALE STRIPPERS and not ONE penis is shown, but you get to see boobs??” I had to shake my head and sadly admit, yes, it’s not fair, the patriarchy sucks… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/68 "2021-05-19T15:47:32Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > It’s a hard comparison to make because the height of Munn’s fame was maybe 10 years ago. > > I do think her peak fame was more mainstream than Mulaney’s currently is. So I’d call that ‘more famous’ but faded. I scroll through news stories everyday. I may not read every article but I do get a feeling for trends by seeing what is written about day by day. Using that criteria Olivia Munn’s fame is at its height now. Since the Atlanta spa shootings anti-Asian hate has been a hot topic. Olivia Munn has either inserted herself or has become one of the media appointed spokespersons for the Asian community. I have seen her name in more articles and headlines now than I have ever seen before. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/69 "2021-05-19T17:04:08Z")
It’s been a long time, but this Jezebel article sums it up. From the article: “If Olivia Munn, the former videogame show host introduced to _Daily Show_ viewers three weeks ago, survives her [tryout](https://jezebel.com/the-daily-show-tries-out-new-female-correspondent-5555329), she’ll be the first new female correspondent on the show in [seven years](http://www.thedailyshow.com/news-team). With the notable exception of Samantha Bee, who’s been on since 2001, female correspondents have been a short-lived phenomenon. As fiercely liberal and sharp-eyed an observer as Jon Stewart can be, getting women on the air may be his major blind spot.” [The Daily Show’s Woman Problem (jezebel.com)](https://jezebel.com/the-daily-shows-woman-problem-5570545) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077/70 "2021-05-20T03:06:36Z")
I thought I knew who Olivia Munn was from watching House, MD, but that was a different Olivia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077.md?page=3)