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Netflix Has Finally Cracked the Talk-Show Code
The streamer has figured something out with its John Mulaney experiment.
Circa 2016–18, Chelsea Handler, Joel McHale, Hasan Minhaj, Michelle Wolf, even frickin’ Norm Macdonald (RIP) all got the chance to bring one of TV’s longest-running formats to digital, and all quickly saw their efforts abruptly cut short. Going into the show’s May 3 premiere, I was expecting Mulaney’s riff onhis old home of SNL: lots of sketches, some stand-up, musical guests, and maybe some quick interviews with celebs to attract an audience. What I got was a glorious mix of mid-1990s Conan O’Brien silliness, the easy celebrity banter of a stacked Johnny Carson couch during the 1970s (when his show ran for 90 minutes every night) and the “line two, you’re on the air” randomness that made Tom Snyder and Larry King radio legends.
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