@@jamesclint2279 you have to watch the full special to appreciate it, not a short. The joke was set up earlier in the special, that's what makes it a good comedic move, but shorts don't come with all that context
@Crazilystupidart 08 It was clever phrasing because not every person thinks they are in the "4 people" category and John never has to explicitly say. If they ask all he has to do is be slightly evasive like "Come on man, you know" or something. As a huge Mulaney fan and recovering addict, this special was really weird to watch. Like, if the exact special, word for word, was done by another comedian Id get it. But it was super out of place for him. It felt weirdly aggressive, needlessely cruel, and just...off. I get that hes telling stories from the perspective of his coked out mind and its not like its offensive or anything, its just.....idk. My fiancee and I watched it together and had to stop halfway through and continue the next day. It was like 2am and we were just looking at each other like, "is this real life?" Its like a bizarro Mulaney
@@ohheyemmi he did say that I’m all of his past specials he was high so maybe the cocaine just made him a bit more lively but after all that shit went down and his recovery it made him a bit more cynical and bitter in a sense. Idk I’m not a psychologist I can’t even figure out my own brain 💀
@@ohheyemmireally? I thought it was his best special yet! He definitely seemed more mellow because he wasn't on cocaine like in previous specials but I didn't get an aggressive vibe at all. I've never tried drugs so I watched it as a sober person. I went back and forth between laughing, feeling heartbroken about some of the scenarios, relieved he made it through, and then laughing again. I would love to understand what exactly you found aggressive in the way he performed it. No shade or trying to be a jerk, just genuinely curious. I like exmaning things to death! Lol
@@jacobstevens6511 Did you just correct someone....on an abbreviation? Going by the rules of English pronunciation, "Fave" is correct as a standalone word. The vowel in "Fav" would be like Apple. Its a moot point either way though because you knew what they meant. What was the point in this "correction"? What did either of you gain from this? Did you genuinely think that OP thought it was spelled "Faveorite"?
Nah I think this is just real honesty for the sake of comedy after a long rough period of self-reflection. Plus comedians are just a different breed in terms of how they understand each other and like 9/12 of those people he's talking about are comedians That "over zoom" thing would be a shitty thing to say to a lot of people who don't see the humor in it, but I'm almost positive he's referring to Nick Kroll who's one of his oldest friends and has probably already laughed about it with him many times
I mean, these are comedians so it's also quite likely all 12 think they're part of the 8. I love standup, but most stand-up comedians have no sense of self-worth
Kroll did an interview and was asked about john making jokes about the intervention. He said they were incredibly funny, but as someone who was there he was frustrated
Well it’s not really about him. Humor is a coping mechanism and the intervention happened to John. Just because kroll was a part of it doesn’t make it about him
Yeah the problem with trying to heal a broken person by controlling their life is ... that's probably how they got broken in the first place. An intervention would be the mother of all addiction triggers for me.
@@kedabro1957 Blaming other people for your behaviour is like pissing in your boots to keep your feet warm: it only works for so long and makes you unpleasant company.
@@kedabro1957 I'm guessing you've got a long list of things you're "sure" about in connection with anyone you disagree with, based solely on the fact you disagree with them.
They could have done it with 4, and I know the 8 they coulda cut". That is one of the most brutal lines I have ever heard, made ten times funnier by the idea that he'll likely never tell them.
@@Stevie8654 when every teacher decided to use zoom for “progress updates” and “check ins”. Like, im living my best life over here, spring break was extended for like a month.
Let's be honest though If you gotta have an intervention, the only people that should be there are prolly the ones that are gonna argue to cover the check anyway. Real love is looking at someone like they're stupid for trying to pay for themselves at a restaurant 😂😂 Edit: Grammar
Hahaha what's great about this is because all the people from the intervention were comics, they won't even be offended by this, lol just be like "Man, that was a great bit!" "And I know the 8 they could've cut!" Hahahaha fuck that's great!
Who doesn't? Especially in today's world when waking up brings on the though of "well fuck, I guess we're doing this again" before having to drag yourself out of the house and go to a job so you can barely pay bills that just keep increasing.
When you've been in the program for a while you eventually learn that if someone does something nice for you solely for the purpose of expecting something back that's on them not you.
I love that he talks about this so openly and candidly (also, funny). It could seriously give somebody in a bad place a nudge to get help, without coming out and saying it.
Right now this is the craziest short to pop up on my feed. My almost 29 yr old son just got a 4 (all family) person intervention bc of his drinking. I hope my son gets the recovery as did this man
I'd been watching all these clips of him making fun of the intervention hoping I'd come across one where he thanks them and I'm glad he does in this. Because a bunch of comics who set aside their entire personalities and helped a fellow comedian get out of addictions deserve recognition beyond anything he can do. Edit- To everyone saying he’s obviously thanked them or he’s not up there to thank them, I know. I was just remarking it would be nice to hear something like that. We all know he’s a gem of a guy on stage and extremely likeable. I’m not saying he’s ungrateful.
I love him. How brutally honest he is about that period of his life. I hope his honesty saves the lives of others that are In similar situations. ##recoveroutloud
It was 2020, during the pandemic. He was in n.y., maybe they were in other places, still (or again) in lockdow, and / or unable to travel. Have we all already forgotten how that year was?
If you've ever been an addict and had someone confront you and you have a Come to Jesus moment - you do low key kinda hate them for a long time for ruining the "fun". Being clean isn't that fun to a lot of addict brains.
I was very confused by the pharmacy, but when he explained it I understood. In my family we just say that something has Apothekenpreise (pharmacy prices), so they sell things eith a large markup.
I saved a guys’s life. He got stuck on rocks about 50 feet above more rocks. He couldn’t go forward or back and he was just out of reach. It was before cell phones were everywhere and the closest phone was over half a mile away to call search and rescue. He couldn’t see where to place his hands or feet and he trusted me to get him back to safety. He acknowledged it once at his wedding and invited me. I never heard from him again. What price a life?
We got lot of junkies round my area and after witnessing some shit first thing I did was go get narcan certifications before it was easy AF to get like it is not. I am likely directly responsible for like 10 or 12 people being alive right now many of which unfortunately I have brought back multiple times. Never once have I brought it up to any of them and one of the dudes brings it up whenever we talk again. Most of them I have zero contact with anymore, yet I regret nothing. I was placed there because it was not time yet for them. Why... idk, prob the same reason why I got locked up for stupid shit only to have the guy who went to my job in my place die 3 days later and it would have 100% been me poisoned so... Reality is weird, you are where you need to be, no more, no less.
This is why I'm weird about people doing me favors or giving me things.... Too many times people have thrown it in my face or brought up the shit they did for me I didn't even ask for. Hahahah to be fair, in Johns case they had to step in and it's great they did. Not cool to bring it up tho or rub it in his face tho (I'm sure a few of them of them have/do... And it's prob the ones he talked about "cutting from the list") Anyway, good for John I'm happy for him. I'm in active recovery myself and love to see people get help. NGL tho I have a sneaking suspicion he just learned to dial it back and hide it better. Which is still good tho fr, it'd be real hard to quit everything while going thru a divorce. Especially how publicly he's going thru everything. Plus he seems like the type who got a rush from tricking everyone and being able to get away with it (me too) that's a dangerous mindset... But that rush in itself is addictive.
Don't get me wrong, I've been sober for 6 years and a couple weeks, but I would still resent people if they had staged an intervention. It's one thing if they had all individually come to me and had a heart to heart, but sober people think oh it's going to look like a room full of love... No, it looks like a room full of judgement and hypocrisy and people trying to take away your livelihood. Not that they aren't necessary in a lot of cases, but they definitely come off as a bunch of people ganging up on you.
God Damnit. Anyone who's ever been through active addiction and come out the other side relates to John's standup about this shit. It is fucking uncanny.
He watched one of da specials with two other comics, one of which was Anthony (last name just escaped me) and they roasted him the whole time. I want him to watch this back with several of those 12 comics, that would be amazing. "Fuck, I didn't care about saving your life, I just knew I was getting at least 4 really good meals out of it."
I want to know who the 8 over zoom were. I don’t know why I have that curiosity. Like not only does no one have a right to know no one but him needs to know, right? But there’s just a small part of me that goes “yeah but who John? You can tell us” 😂😂
Always. Do you know how hard it is to face the fact that you will never ever be high or drunk again? Bc it’s fucking hard. For some it’s probably on par with never getting to see your child again.
