Everybody's Live, John Mulaney's weekly live Netflix show, is on a real bender right now. Every week, it feels like an experiment to see if a few charming and famous people can just put any shit on TV and get people to watch it, and not in an unpleasant way! The show's music programming remains utterly fascinating. Last week, for instance, the show had a beast of a Mannequin Pussy performance. This week's episode also had music, but it was more notable for the music that it didn't have. Mulaney devoted a great deal of Wednesday night's episode to the saga of his failed attempt to book a surprise Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performance. It was a whole thing.
During his monologue, Mulaney spent 10 minutes relating the tale of how the presumably-fake manager for Bone Thugs attempted to scam him. Mulaney and his writers planned a bit where announcer Richard Kind was sad of the the death of his pet tortoise -- it's not real -- and then Bone Thugs arrived to cheer him up by performing their 1996 mega-hit "Tha Crossroads." Mulaney: "I cannot overstate how popular ['Tha Crossroads'] was with horned-up junior high kids at Catholic schools to grind with each other during the Clinton administration." Facts.
Mulaney claimed that he and his writers found a contact for a Bone Thugs manager online and that the manager claimed that the group was on board but that Bizzy Bone couldn't be there. Later on, Mulaney says, the manager hit him up for $2,800 in cash for the group, and he says that he, John Mulaney, personally had to withdraw the money, a complicated process for a recovering addict. Was this a bit? I don't know! Usually, I don't think TV-show hosts are personally responsible for paying talent, but with this operation, who knows. The manager then supposedly asked for more money, and Mulaney eventually concluded, "After a little investigating, I have come to believe that the man I was talking to was not the manager of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony." This was all much funnier if you hear Mulaney tell it, and you can do that below.
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Mulaney invited any Bone Thugs-N-Harmony members to call in and explain the situation. He continued: "If I don't hear from the band, I know that you are appearing at the Kia Forum on April 19th as part of Krush Groove Festival, along with Method Man and Redman, MC Magic, Baby Bash, and Cali Swag District. And I don't want things to be awkward, but I am also on that show." Stereogum's own Scott Lapatine had a similar thought about reaching out to the actual group, so he DM'ed Bizzy Bone to ask if he saw Mulaney telling that story. Bizzy Bone responded, "Whose that?" Scott sent him a Netflix link, and then Bizzy never responded.
@netflix.com @mulaney.bsky.social
— Scott Lapatine (@scottgum.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
But wait! The conversation continues. Stereogum will do anything possible to further facilitate dialog between John Mulaney and Bizzy Bone, but I don't think Scott has Bizzy's number.
Can you get me his number?
— John Mulaney (@mulaney.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The bulk of this week's Everybody's Live episode was a panel discussion about squatters, and it was extremely Baltimore-heavy, with John Waters and Stavros Halkios dominating this conversation. This was delightful. I was vibrating. Love to see Baltimore motherfuckers on television, ignoring conversational prompts so that they can discuss particular diners. This week's musical guest week was an actual chamber orchestra, who played a Vivaldi piece. I'm not posting it, but it was quite pleasant. Also, Aidy Bryant did a Jelly Roll impersonation.
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