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John Mulaney on Writing for “SNL50” and Getting Away With His Late-Night Netflix Show

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Live from Hollywood, Matt is joined by comedian John Mulaney to talk about his experience writing for the SNL 50th anniversary special and what he thinks will happen to the show moving forward. He also discusses how he managed to get away with his unique late-night show on Netflix, how he deals with executive notes, learning from his sitcom, and whether he’d ever return to scripted comedy (01:39). Matt finishes the show with an opening-weekend box office prediction for Karate Kid: Legends (28:19).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: John Mulaney
Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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