History Creator / JohnMulaney

** Changing Creator/BillHader's lines on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' teleprompter at the last minute to get him to break character and laugh.

-->'''John:''' Your gonna close with "New in town"? That is not the most dramatic thing that you just said.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The titular bit from ''New In Town'' where someone comes up to him on the streets and says he's homeless, gay, has AIDS, and is new in town.

** Changing Bill Hader's lines on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' teleprompter at the last minute to get him to break character and laugh.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Before he quit drinking.

-->'''John:''' I was hoping I would look older. But it didn't happen. I just look worse.

After serving as an office assistant at ComedyCentral, he auditioned for, and won the position of, a writer for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', where he remained for six seasons. He occasionally cameoed on Weekend Update, and you can also thank him and Bill Hader for the character of Stefon gracing your screen. Mulaney is a multiple-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his SNL work. Unfortunately, his FOX sitcom ''Series/{{Mulaney}},'' which debuted in 2014 and co-starred Martin Short, didn't fare well in the ratings and barely managed a single season.

-->'''John:'' If you're comparing the badness of two words and you won't even say one of them, ''that's the worse word.''

--> '''John:''' You could pour soup in my lap and I’ll probably apologize to ''you''!

->''"If you're comparing the badness of two words and [[NWordPrivileges you won't even say one of them,]] '''that's the worse word.'''"''

* ExactWords | LoopholeAbuse: How he argued with his attorney father as a child when asked if he brushed his teeth before bed. He answers yes, and his father counters by showing him his "bone-dry" toothbrush. John counters that he never specified ''when'' he brushed his teeth, and that he did not perjure himself.

--> '''John:''' You could pour soup in my lap and I’ll probably apologize to you.
* ForTheEvulz: The end of the "One Thing They Can't Replace" routine

* {{Troll}}: The "Salt & Pepper Diner" routine.

* ExactWords | LoopholeAbuse: How he argued with his attorney father as a child when asked if he brushed his teeth before bed. He answers yes, and his father counters by showing him his ''bone-dry" toothbrush. John counters that he never specified ''when'' he brushed his teeth.

* Adorkable: Knows nothing about cars but a lot about the Cosby Show, faints when poked with needles, generally looks and sounds like a peppy 1950s television host. Awwwww.

* {{Troll}}: The "Salt & Pepper Diner" routine.

* MistakenForForeigner: One routine from ''New In Town'' describes his childhood being bullied for being Asian-American.

->''"If you're comparing the badness of two words and you won't even '''say''' one of them, '''that's the worse word.'''"''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_450x450.jpg]]

'''John Edmund Mulaney''' is a stand-up comedian, actor, comedy writer, Irish Catholic, and oh yeah, [[MemeticMutation The Salt And Pepper Diner guy.]] Born in Chicago, Mulaney became a huge comedy fan at an early age, and would act out skits in junior high for class. He is a graduate of Georgetown University in English Literature, and shortly after he moved to New York for a career in comedy.

After serving as an office assistant at ComedyCentral, he audition for, and won the position of, a writer for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', where he remained for six seasons. He occasionally cameoed on Weekend Update, and you can also thank him and Bill Hader for the character of Stefon gracing your screen. Mulaney is a multiple-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his SNL work. Unfortunately, his FOX sitcom ''Series/{{Mulaney}},'' which debuted in 2014 and co-starred Martin Short, didn't fare well in the ratings and barely managed a single season.

'''John Edmund Mulaney''' is a stand-up comedian, actor, comedy writer, Irish Catholic, and oh yeah, [[MemeticMutation The Salt And Pepper Diner guy.]] Born in Chicago, Mulaney became a huge comedy fan at an early age, and would act out skits in junior high for class. He is a graduate of Georgetown University in English Literature, and shortly after he moved to UsefulNotes/NewYork for a career in comedy.

After serving as an office assistant at ComedyCentral, he audition for, and won the position of, a writer for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', where he remained for six seasons. He occasionally cameoed on Weekend Update, and you can also thank him and Bill Hader for the character of Stefon gracing your screen. Mulaney is a multiple-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his SNL work. Unfortunately, his FOX sitcom ''Series/{{Mulaney}},'' which debuted in 2014 and co-starred Creator/MartinShort, didn't fare well in the ratings and barely managed a single season.