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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.

John Mulaney

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John Mulaney
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 26
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John Edmund Mulaney
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