With the first episode [of John Mulaney Show] I tell a story that happened to me accidentally chasing a woman down the subway.

A lot of comedy clubs are set up with people sitting at little tables and you have everything from the way they are seated to them ordering or taking a sip of a drink, these can make a comedian go harder and faster in a club.

I always wanted it to be multi-cam from the beginning. In the first seeds of the idea, I wanted a live audience, multi-cam show. That was very important for me.

Understudies don't normally get invited to openings.

Part of standup is being loose and having a good time yourself and that translates to the audience.

I've done festivals in the past where I'd be a guest, it was like, Wow, maybe someday I could play Town Hall - but that'll be a long way off. So it's very exciting.

My standup persona is like I'll heighten things, but I'm observing the world as it is in sort of a heightened emotional state.