There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written … - John Mulaney

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If you don't like Superman, something's wrong with you!

John Mulaney

There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy of the situation. Ideally, you're pulling as much comedy out of the situation as you can.

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Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy.

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You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

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People having expectations maybe means they've enjoyed what I've done.

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The best-case scenario is everything goes perfect and smooth, but we're also a new and weird show. So all my conversations were, "Hey last night didn't go perfect but we kind of know what we've got in store for everybody episode-wise. "

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I really set out to do this traditional looking and traditional sounding multi-cam sitcom, but then make the world as elastic as an animated show could be. Make the world as surreal as we wanted it to be.

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