When AI technology copies the voice of John Mulaney, he will be out of work for good, because I can’t imagine a single studio taking a chance on him after seeing his new comedy special, Baby J. Let’s me give a little backstory first before I get into it.

Mulaney is a standup comedian who went to rehab in 2021. He is reportedly “clean” now and decided to do a Netflix Special explaining his time in rehab and what he did after. Imagine watching a man, publicly tell a group of people all the ways he’s a complete screw up, but he does it in a silly voice?

Mulaney explained the night of his intervention. First buying drugs and then trying to get a haircut at the Saturday Night Live studio at 7pm, because he desperately needed a haircut while high on drugs. Afterwards, walking into an apartment with 12 people trying to get him to change his life around. In rehab, Mulaney joked about not being recognized by his fellow junkies and told stories of his “doctors” who gave him whatever drugs he wanted. All the while, speaking in a funny voice.

After rehab, of course, Mulaney still wanted drugs and told a story of how he bought a 12 thousand dollar watch to pawn it off and ended up getting 6 thousand dollars for it, because he wasn’t able to access his bank accounts without a doctor notified. After that embarrassing story Mulaney said, “if you think that’s bad, imagine all the stories I didn’t tell you,” And the audience laughed because again, he said it in a funny voice.

There was one takeaway that really made me point to the screen and say, “well that explains it,” It was when Mulaney explained that he’s been drinking since he was 6 because his father let him do it. This was the confession of a man masking his demons with comedy.

The oddest part of me watching this, was when Mulaney mentioned he has a son and after a quick Google search, I found out that he had a kid with Olivia Munn. Mulaney’s marriage ended in 2021, and then he started dating Munn and went to rehab. Munn dated and had a kid with Mulaney at his absolute lowest point in life…. what the F#@$ was going on with her life at that time? Munn dated Aaron Rogers during his peak years and also Chris Pine, but somehow let John “snorting coke off the child’s changing station at a gas station” Mulaney put it in her?

I was a fan of Mulaney’s earlier specials and I liked Big Mouth, before I realized that it’s a show written for people who want to see kids in sexual situations. Thankfully, that show in its final season. I do wonder what’s next for Mulaney going forward. I imagine Netflix will throw a boat load of money for a single “soon to be canceled” tv show on their network.

It was amazing to me that I put this special on in support of him, but came away disgusted of the man. I do think men like Mulaney will never truly defeat their demons, mainly because he is constantly surrounded by deviants, but I hope the best for him and look forward to the day he can make me laugh again from actual jokes and not just a funny voice.