Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

*Everybody's Live with John Mulaney*
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Genre	Variety talk show
Created by	John Mulaney
Directed by	Joe DeMaio
Presented by	John Mulaney
Starring	Richard Kind
Opening theme	"To Live and Die in L.A." by Wang Chung
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	John Mulaney; Ashley Edens; John Foy; David Ferguson;
Producers	James Kim; Molly Lambert;
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	March 12, 2025 –; present
Related
	John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney is an American live variety talk show that premiered on Netflix on March 12, 2025. Serving as a continuation of the series Everybody's in LA, the show is hosted by comedian John Mulaney who also serves as the creator and an executive producer.^[1] Richard Kind serves as the show's announcer and sidekick. The series features monologues, guests, pre-taped sketches, and musical segments with field pieces shot around Los Angeles. In January 2025, it was reported that the show had received a two-season order.

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No.	Title ^[8]^[9]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[9]
1	"Should I Lend People Money?" "Lending People Money"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	March 12, 2025 (2025-03-12)
Mulaney talks to guests Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, and Personal finance columnist Jessica Roy. Musical guest Cypress Hill performed "Hits from the Bong". Mulaney opens the show with a monologue in which he discusses the title of the show, acting on Broadway in All In: Comedy About Love, his children, and his wife Olivia Munn's battle with cancer. Mulaney watches several men get attacked by lamps through a telescope. Saymo the robot is re-introduced. Baez talks about the current corruption in the U.S., Martin Luther King Jr.'s dirty sense of humor, and crashing her Tesla. Keaton shares an anecdote about Jack Nicholson's advice for giving money. Armisen promotes his new album 100 Sound Effects. Tracy Morgan portrays King Latifah. There's a pre-taped "Willy Loman Focus Group" sketch featuring Christopher Lloyd, Anthony Lapaglia, Rob Morrow, and others.
2	"Are Cruises Worth It?" "Cruises"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	March 19, 2025 (2025-03-19)
Mulaney talks to guests Nick Kroll, Quinta Brunson, Ben Stiller, and cruise industry expert Anne Kalosh. Musical guests Kim Gordon performed "Bye Bye", followed by Kim Deal who sung "Nobody Loves You More". Mulaney opens the show with a monologue, about how the show was in Netflix's top 10, the "Psychos" trend, cruise ships and the Titanic. The guests talk about the film The Poseidon Adventure and the series The Love Boat. In two pre-taped segments, Rabbi Goldstein talks extensively about the submarine thriller Crimson Tide (1995). The show honors Lt. Gen. Silkk the Shocker of No Limit Soldiers. They take calls from viewers and talk about The Poseidon Adventure remake from 2006, Poseidon. Vanessa Bayer portrays Jerica the Netflix AI assistant in a pre-taped sketch. Kim Gordon and Kim Deal end the show by performing, for the first time together, "Little Trouble Girl".
3	"What Kind of Funeral Should I Have?" "Funeral Planning"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	March 26, 2025 (2025-03-26)
Mulaney talks to guests Pete Davidson, Luenell, Henry Winkler, and licensed funeral director Raymond Perez-Plascencia. Musical guest Mannequin Pussy performed "I Got Heaven". In Mulaney's monologue, he thanks the audience for not watching Adolescence, discusses the topic "Funeral Planning", mentions Brazil, and questions the idea of reading The Diary of Anne Frank. A woman (Fran Gillespie) calls on Mulaney to assemble a line of 24 men by height. Kind promotes the game pack Richard Kind's Party Starters and shows a pre-taped video containing his will. Guests talk about Davidson's love life. Mulaney shows a video of Butterball from Hellraiser from someone's Ring camera. Kind recounts a party where Norman Lear showed him Rue McClanahan's ashes. PA Kevin Brew impersonates Kieran Culkin reciting his Oscars acceptance speech. The panel re-enact how they would die on screen. There is a brief tribute to David Lynch showing the exterior of Bob's Big Boys playing the Twin Peaks theme.
4	"What Do You Do About Squatters?" "Squatters"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	April 2, 2025 (2025-04-02)
Mulaney talks to guests John Waters, Wanda Sykes, Stavros Halkias, and Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal. Musical guests Daniel Hope with New Century Chamber Orchestra performed "Spring 1". Mulaney opens the show with an extended story about a scrapped bit involving trying to book Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for the show only to be scammed. Mulaney and Waters shared stories about hosting the Indie Spirit Awards, and Sykes talked about her standup tour. Mulaney shows two advertisements for the #KnowYourH campaign, one of which features Randall Park. Mulaney, Sykes and Waters look through the telescope where they see Richard Kind's twin get strangled to death by his business associate. They show a pre-taped video view of crew arrivals for the show. Aidy Bryant portrays Jelly Roll. Sykes shares her experience working for the NSA for 7 years, while Waters talks about the attractiveness of members of Antifa and the Proud Boys.
5	"What's the Best Way to Fire Someone?" "Getting Fired"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	April 9, 2025 (2025-04-09)
Mulaney talks to guests Bill Hader, Chelsea Peretti, Johnny Knoxville, and Human Resources Executive & Employee Coach Katie Maillard. Musical guest Bartees Strange performed "Sober" from his album Horror. The episode opens with a disclaimer saying that Richard Kind suffered a concussion and thinks he's Gene Simmons. Mulaney opens with an extended monologue about how his NBC sitcom pilot was rejected and how he later wrote commercials for Madden NFL video games featuring Ray Lewis, who gave him advice to "win your crowd" after he was wrongfully accused of murder and was later inspired by Gladiator. The pilot was later picked up by Fox and was titled Mulaney. Hader talks about how he got fired from a movie theater after spoiling the plot of Titanic and Peretti talked about working for Burly Bear Network and at Macy's. Mulaney muses about the brilliance of Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax. A pre-taped sketch advertises telemedicine for the #KnowYourH campaign. André De Shields appears in the audience as Chesterton Cheadle (the cat who inspired Chester Cheetah). Mulaney shows a pre-taped interview with Michael Jackson's 41 year old chimp, Bubbles Jackson (portrayed by Langston Kerman), who talks about the late singer's sexual abuse allegations and plugs his podcast.
6	"How Tall Are You?" "Heights"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	April 16, 2025 (2025-04-16)
Mulaney talks to guests David Letterman, Leanne Morgan, Hannibal Buress, and Nikki Glaser. Musical guest Randy Newman performed "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" and the satirical song "Political Science". Mulaney opens the show attempting to complete the #KnowYourH campaign. He gives a monologue where he talks about the absurdity of his show and his son's first pre-K theatrical show. Bonnie Aarons appears in the audience as Dumpster Thing (the thing that lives behind the dumpster from David Lynch's Mulholland Drive). Mulaney measures Letterman's height as being 6'1". There's a brief pre-taped writers' discussion behind a joke mentioning Charli XCX. Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the last minute to complete the #KnowYourH line, and Charlie Wilson sings "America the Beautiful" to celebrate. A brief pre-taped skit shows Mulaney complaining about filing his taxes jointly.
7	"Are Dinosaurs Put Together Correctly?"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	April 23, 2025 (2025-04-23)
Mulaney talks to guests Ayo Edebiri, Tina Fey (in place of Rita Moreno, who was unable to make it), and Conan O'Brien. Musical guest METZ performed "A Boat To Drown In". Mulaney opens the show describing it as their Christmas episode, and gives a monologue on dinosaurs, science, and the deaths of Pope Francis and Gene Hackman. Mulaney congratulates Conan on winning the Mark Twain Prize, talks about seeing Frank Sinatra, Christmas traditions, and dinosaurs. Ayo Edebiri presents Mulaney with a toy dinosaur and reads a Letterboxd review she wrote for the show. A pre-taped sketch has Mulaney interviewing a focus group of Terminator 2 stunt doubles. Guest callers included paleontologist Jack Horner, writer and entrepreneur Don Lessem, comedy monster erotica author Chuck Tingle, and a seven year old boy from Colorado. Mulaney shows a vulgar interactive dinosaur video from a Los Angeles museum. Mulaney gives his guests Christmas presents (Edebiri gets a candle, Fey gets Bruce Vilanch-glasses, and Conan gets to have sex with Santa).
8	"Can Major Surgery Be Fun?"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	April 30, 2025 (2025-04-30)
Mulaney talks to guests Molly Shannon, Marc Maron, Ronny Chieng, and anesthesiologist Dr. Emily Methangkool. Musical guests John Cale and Maggie Rogers performed "Shark-Shark" from Cale's latest album POPtical Illusion. Mulaney's opening monologue covered doctors, getting surgery, the movie Saturday Night, and potty training. Fran Gillespie appears as Richard's girlfriend, Geirsten, spoofing the relationship between Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson. Mulaney looks out the telescope to see the band members of Phish as the characters of Seinfeld. Dr. Emily recommends general anesthesia over deep sedation, Chieng shows off his ambidexterity, Rogers talks about chipping her teeth with her mic stand, and Cale talks about the new avant-garde music scene. A pre-taped sketch features Mulaney patrolling Sunset Gower Studios as a security guard. Mohel Abraham Davis (Langston Kerman) comes out to present new circumcision options. Mulaney teases the season finale, where he will fight three 14-year-old boys.
9	"Are You Ready For Real ID?"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	May 7, 2025 (2025-05-07)
Mulaney talks to guests Andy Samberg, Robby Hoffman, Ramy Youssef, and AAA spokesperson Aixa Diaz. Musical guests Destroyer and Jessica Pratt perform a medley of songs. Mulaney gives a monologue about the Real ID program (where the federal government began enforcing implementation on that day), the idea of liberals criticizing Elon Musk and Kash Patel, and the Varsity Blues scandal. There is a pre-taped documentary spoof shown on the behind the scenes of Everybody's Live celebrating "the real John Mulaney". Samberg and Mulaney read erotic fanfiction involving themselves. Hoffman talks about going through airport security. Mulaney shows footage of him attempting to get his Real ID. They each reveal their favorite form of ID (Mulaney his pool membership ID, Youssef and Diaz their passport, Hoffman her Social Security Card, and Samberg passes on the question). Mulaney ends the show revealing Ben, the first of three teenage challengers who will fight him in the season finale.
10	"Why Can't I Sleep?"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	May 14, 2025 (2025-05-14)
Mulaney, hosting the entire show blindfolded, talks to guests Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, and neuroscientist Dr. Rahul Jandial. Musical guest Alanis Morissette performs her iconic song "Ironic". He gives an opening monologue about his children's sleep routine, the new Pope Leo XIV and the interviews of his brother. A studio tutor advises Mulaney to show more of Kind. Yakub (Lamorne Morris), the creator of the white race, sings a comic musical number, "White Devil", then introduces Jean Dumb (Paula Pell), who has a comedic conversation with Mulaney. Steve Guttenberg later joins after being spotted through the telescope. Saymo through live-cutaways attempts to jump over a Mini Cooper; he ultimately fails and crashes. Silverman, Oswalt, Guttenberg, Jandial, and Morissette talk about their sleeping habits. There is a pre-taped promotional advertisement for the Everybody's Live teen magazine and an interview with rapper Twista about his ventriloquist act. The second teen challenger who will fight Mulaney, Jacob, is introduced. The show ends with Saymo joining the guests, revealing he is still alive.
11	"Is Uber Good?"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	May 21, 2025 (2025-05-21)
Mulaney talked to guests Sigourney Weaver, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Sedaris, and transit expert Alissa Walker. Musical guest Yeule performs "Skullcrusher" from their album Evangelic Girl Is a Gun. Mulaney gives an opening monologue about Uber and having an anti-crime law named after himself. He is visited by his future self (Peter Gallagher) who warns him against fighting the teenagers. Mr. T's ex-wife Mrs. T (Renée Elise Goldsberry) performs "Creatine" from the fictional album No Fools Left 2 Pity. Weaver discussed her preference for the taxis of New York City, a photoshoot with her and pumpkins, and working with James Cameron. A pre-taped documentary spoof depicts the writers suggesting to Mulaney various tactics for the big fight and his training with small stuntwomen. Lyonne talks about her friendship with Mulaney, her involvement in his intervention, and wanting to shut down New York's bicycle lanes. A pre-taped sketch spoofing A Beautiful Mind and The Usual Suspects is shown. Mulaney ends the show revealing his third teen challenger, Adarsh.
12	"What is On The Minds of Teens?"	Joe DeMaio	Writing Supervised: Anna Drezen and Fran Gillespie. Writers: Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Vanessa Ramos, Alex Scordelis, and Rajat Suresh	May 28, 2025 (2025-05-28)
Mulaney talked to guests Adam Sandler, Joe Mande, teen babysitter Zephyrine Lucan, and Sean Penn. Musical guest Sleater-Kinney featuring Fred Armisen performs "Kids in America". Mulaney gives a monologue about the plight of teenagers, the everlasting threat of Russia, the space race, and going to a Frank Sinatra concert. Henry Winkler appears playing a teenager in a skit about drunk driving. Sandler and Penn give Mulaney advice for the fight. There are two pre-taped sketches: "Hyacinth on the Street" and "Teen Town". The show ends with Mulaney fighting Ben, Jacob and Adarsh. The teens win against Mulaney, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony comes out to perform "Tha Crossroads" before awarding the belt to the boys.

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