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Nick Kroll Explains Why He Wasn’t Laughing at John Mulaney’s Intervention Jokes

John Mulaney has admitted that he’s only alive and sober because his closest friends convinced him to go to rehab, but, apparently, he doesn’t feel compelled to clear new jokes about his life-saving intervention with them — even over Zoom.

Lost in the Mulaney fandom’s obsession with the comic’s formerly chaotic personal life is the impact that Mulaney’s past drug addiction issues had on the people who actually know him, and who didn’t just form a parasocial attachment to the former Tumblr darling based on his clean-cut, cocaine-driven stage presence.

Producer of Robin Williams’ ‘Popeye’ Movie Says It Was Powered By Something Much Stronger Than Spinach

The combination of a 29-year-old Robin Williams, legendary filmmaker Robert Altman and a cartoon icon probably should have led to one of the greatest movies of all-time. Instead, we got 1980’s Popeye, a big budget family musical that turned out to be about as fun as a trip to the mortuary. 

But at least the people making Popeye had a good time. 

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