![]() “Ah, I want to use those but I can’t, because they could kill me,” he quipped as his son, before replying as himself. Discussing a product recall that had affected his infant son’s favorite type of pacifier, he noted the need in his little boy’s eyes. But this monologue had a new air of openness. ![]() In his stand-up specials, he’s discussed his addiction, his now-former marriage, and his childhood, forgoing emotion in order to be clever. My least favorite kind of intervention.” As a comedian, Mulaney is typically personal in a way that doesn’t sacrifice his privacy. ![]() “In December of 2020, I went to dinner at a friend’s apartment,” he told the audience last night. Mulaney then delivered a candid opening monologue about his recent personal upheaval: rehab, divorce, and the birth of his son. The intro recalled McKinnon’s moving cold open-also sung somberly-shortly after Donald Trump’s surprise election in 2016. SNL invited the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York to open with an emotional performance of the song “Prayer for Ukraine.” When Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong stepped in to solemnly utter those famous words “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night,” the camera zoomed in on a table set with candles spelling out Kyiv. Rather than try to tease a punch line from the tragedy of war, the episode opened by making space for something more poignant. SNL’s struggles with how to approach-let alone laugh about-the darkness of recent times sowed doubt about how it would engage with two difficult subjects, if at all. But between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Mulaney’s recent stints in rehab for drug addiction (which he has discussed publicly), that assurance felt fragile in the lead-up to last night’s episode. The former SNL writer’s grandiose musical numbers and irreverent adoration of pop culture make him a guaranteed bright spot whenever he appears. John Mulaney’s Saturday Night Live episodes have become something akin to tradition since he first hosted in 2018.
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