Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
(Is it sincere?
Is it a parody?
Is it a special for children?
The answer to that last question is clearly yes.
Why is this …this?
Whats the tone of this show?
a girl asks him.
What do you mean?
She means, Is it ironic?
Or do you like doing a childrens show?
another girl chips in.
Thats the million-dollar question, Mulaney tells the gathered kids.
He likes doing the show, he says.
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunchis a few things besides a childrens TV special.
Its patently meant for adults as well as kids, for one thing.
Theres so much care and craft inSack Lunch Bunch.
All the musical numbers work, and occasionally theyre breathtakingly good.
I did not know this about my own life, and Ive now been enlightened.)
Most of the kid performers seem destined forJimmy Awards.
David Byrne wears an Elsa-from-Frozencostume.
Marlon Jacksons grandson sings a song about seeing random white women weeping all over New York.
The list is of New York City mayors.
Nearly all the songs are from the point of view of a child who takes herself very seriously.
There are a few endings toSack Lunch Bunch.
When the premise of the number kicked in, I expected to hate it.
Within 45 seconds, I was laughing so hard I could not see.
