September 17, 2018
Awards

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

John Mullaney

Thank you very much. This is incredible. Wow. I share this award with Michelle Wolf, with Patton Oswalt, with Samantha Bee and her wonderful staff, and with Steve Martin and with Martin Steve. You've all -- you've all made me laugh and many other people laugh so many times, and there's no better feeling than just laughing uncontrollably. So thank you. I want to thank my wife, who is in New York tonight. She was very busy, and she said to me, "I just can't fly across the country to watch you lose." And I still think you made the right decision. I want to thank David Miner, Cara Masline, Michael Berkowitz. I want to thank our director, Alex Timbers, our amazing set designer, Scott Pask. I want to thank everyone that represents me and their assistants who do all the stuff. And there's an old story about when a reporter asked Charlie Chaplin, "What's it like to perform comedy that you've written?" But it's not a very good story. So I'm not going to tell it. Thank you very much.

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