‘John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch’ Throws Back To Classic Children’s Television Programming
If getting stand-up specials, new seasons ofBig Mouth, theOh, Hello!Broadway special, and episodes ofDocumentary Now!wasn’t enoughJohn Mulaneyfor you on Netflix, we have good news.
Netflix has announced the launch ofJohn Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch, a comedy special that “aims to recapture the magic of that bygone television era when children sang songs about their feelings with celebrity guests on funky outdoor sets.” And if that doesn’t sound like the most perfect thing for John Mulaney to do then you may just go back toSesame Streetor whatever. Get a first look at the series and learn about the celebrity guests stopping by below.
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Yep, that looks like it’s taken straight from Sesame Street or evenBarney and Friends. It’s just missing puppets and people in big puffy creature suits. ButJohn Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunchdoesn’t need any gimmicks like that to bring back wholesome children’s television programming, because the 37-year old comedian and his tween co-stars have a roster of celebrity guests who will help liven things up with songs and more.
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunchwill welcome kid favorite guestsDavid Byrne,Tony Award winnerAndre De Shields, Natasha Lyonne, Annaleigh Ashford, Shereen Pimentel, Richard Kind, and, as the press release very specifically notes,Jake Gyllenhaalfrom the movieZodiac. What kid doesn’t loveZodiac?
The show is further described as “a collage of Broadway caliber showstoppers, comedy sketches for all ages, meditations on the unknown from children and adults, and a papier mache volcano. It’s funny, musical, joyous, anxious, and surprisingly profound.” A papier machie volcano? Why the hell is anyone else even making television anymore? It won’t get any better than this, people!
None of these descriptions help me determine whether or not this is sincerely for kids and adults, or if it will be entirely tongue-in-cheek as a parody of children’s television shows, albeit a potentially earnest one. In the hands ofDocumentary Now!director Rhys Thomas, it could go either way. We’ll likely be seeing a teaser trailer for this very soon to give us a better idea of what to expect. But either way, I’ll definitely be giving this a watch as soon as possible.
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Buncharrives on Netflix as a last minute Christmas present onDecember 24, 2019.
