enlisted several stars to appear on his series — but he didn’t get everyone he wanted. “ passed,” Mulaney, 41, told in an interview published on Friday, June 7. He said, ‘I don’t understand what this is.
I’m working on new art and I have to keep my eye on the donut,’ which was the best pass. Everyone did pass in a nice way.” Mulaney, who filmed the six-episode special during the Netflix Is a Joke Festival from May 3 to May 10, also noted that the filmmaker passed.
“He said, ‘I have to keep away from the comedians,’” the former writer recalled, adding that the rock band Jane’s Addiction also declined his invitation. Meanwhile, , who he wanted on the show, . Mulaney hosted six episodes of .
, each of which featured a different theme, monologue, pretaped sketches and several guest stars and musical performers. Some of the guests included , , , , , , , , , , , and . Although the Netflix special turned out to be successful, Mulaney said he was still nervous to chat with one guest in particular: Letterman, 77.
“I worried that he’d be like, ‘Oh, you think you know how to run a weird show?’” he told . “I certainly wasn’t, but then again, I don’t think he nor I were trying to run a weird show. We’re trying to do a good show and those were the ideas we had and yeah, they’re weird.
” Aside from , Mulaney also made headlines for appearing in a season 2 episode of in June 2023, but he whether he will return for season 3. (The comedian played.
