WE'RE HERE WITH MR. JOHN MULANEY.

JOHN, DAVID BURN, THE GREAT DAVID BURN, TALKING HEAD DAVID

BURN, IS A PLAYER IN THIS.

HE'S A MEMBER OF THE SACK LUNCH BUNCH IN A WAY.

>> HE'S AN HONORARY MEMBER.

>> Stephen: I HEARD TODAY WHEN YOU STARTED DOING STAND-UP, SOME

OF HIS STYLE INFLUENCED THE WAY YOU FIRST DID STAND-UP.

>> YES, YES.

>> Stephen: IN WHAT WAY?

>> WHEN I WAS A KID I WOULD WATCH THE CONCERT FILM "STOP

MAKING SENSE," JONATHAN DEMME, TALKING HEADS FILM.

LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DANCE, AND I WASN'T A VERY

ATHLETIC KID, SO I LIVED IN MY BRAIN.

AND I SAW DAVID BURN, AND HE WAS LIKE-- I SAW HIM AND I THOUGHT,

"OH, I COULD DANCE LIKE THAT."

BECAUSE HE HAD THOSE MOVES LIKE THAT AND HE WAS JUST SORT OF

LINING-- YEAH.

I THOUGHT, YEAH, THAT'S LIKE ME, THAT GUY.

TO THE POINT THAT I WAS LIKE, YEAH, OKAY, HE AND I HAVE THE

SAME VIBE.

AND HE WORE A SUIT, AND HE KIND OF MADE FUN EYE ALWAYS THOUGHT

HE MADE FUN OF THE WAY GROWN-UPS TALKED.

"DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?"

AND HE HAD THAT KIND OF FLAT, FAKE-ADULT VOICE.

WHEN I STARTED DOING STAND-UP, I WOULD JUST TALK LIKE DAVID BURN,

AND I WOULD BE LIKE, "I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

THIS IS THE BEST TIME I'VE EVER HAD."

AND I FOUND IT REALLY FUNNY.

AND PEOPLE-- IT WASN'T A JOKER SITUATION, BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T

LIKE THE ACT THAT MUCH.

( LAUGHTER ).

>> Stephen: WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN JOKER

SITUATION AND NOT ALL THE JOKES ARE GOING OVER.

>> YEAH, BUT IF YOU'RE A COMEDIAN WATCHING THAT MOVIE YOU

GO, "OH, YEAH, LET ME JUST TWEAK THAT RIGHT THERE."

>> Stephen: YEAH, SURE.

>> YI REALLY DID FOLLOW DAVID BURN'S STYLE.

AND, ALSO, ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HIM BECAUSE WHEN I WAS MAKING

THIS THING, THIS CHILDREN'S SPECIAL, I WOULD SAY TO PEOPLE,

"IT'S A COMEDY SPECIAL.

IT'S LIKE A STAND-UP SPECIAL, BUT INSTEAD THE KIDS ARE SINGING

MY JOKES."

THEY WOULD OFTEN LOOK AT ME AND OFTEN THERE WERE EXECUTIVES

WORKING ON IT.

SO DAVID BURN, I READ, SAID SOMETIMES HE HAS A PROJECT AND

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL IT'S DONE.

BUT HE KNOWS HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO FEEL.

SO HE GOES INTO IT WITH THAT INTENTION.

AND SO HE WAS REALLY A GREAT PERSON TO JUST HAVE ON SET WHEN

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING AT ALL BECAUSE HE'S FOLLOWED

THAT A LOT.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> IT'S OKAY.

>> Stephen: WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TALK TO JOHN MULANEY ABOUT

HIS NEW SHOW "THE SACK LUNCH BUNCH" ON NETFLIX.

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