I was very excited for this and watched right when it came out. This had so much potential but just didn't work. Almost all of the sketches/songs missed the mark and landed flat. There were glimmers of funny one liners... but overwhelmingly I would have turned this off if it wasn't John.
The very beginning of the special asks the question is this a ironic or not... and ironically I think this is where the problem lays. The biggest issue was that it lived too in-between being a real kids special and something ironic. It's for sure more on the ironic side of the spectrum but they needed to lean into it more as a joke and get more absurd. The concepts were good and the basis of most of the skits were well-developed but the delivery was way off mark and not funny. It's like watching a Comedy Central sketch show with good ideas but that didn't quite go as far or take as many chances as it needed to.
Ultimately I don't think I'll be watching again and am looking forward to other Mulaney projects that are better-developed.
The very beginning of the special asks the question is this a ironic or not... and ironically I think this is where the problem lays. The biggest issue was that it lived too in-between being a real kids special and something ironic. It's for sure more on the ironic side of the spectrum but they needed to lean into it more as a joke and get more absurd. The concepts were good and the basis of most of the skits were well-developed but the delivery was way off mark and not funny. It's like watching a Comedy Central sketch show with good ideas but that didn't quite go as far or take as many chances as it needed to.
Ultimately I don't think I'll be watching again and am looking forward to other Mulaney projects that are better-developed.