A hard-of-hearing genie grants a bartender a…12-inch pianist.

A hard-boiled gumshoe, enlisted to solve a mystery, turns out to be a toddler.

Some said she came from the hospital.

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John Mulaney inAll In: Comedy About Love, opening at the Hudson Theatre on December 22.

But there was also a rumor shed once lived inside of Mummys tummy.

It didnt add up.

Still, a job was a job.

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Members of the cast and creative team behindAll In: Comedy About Love.

Members of the cast and creative team behindAll In: Comedy About Love.

Rich and Mulaney first met atS.N.L.in 2008, but Mulaney already knew Rich by reputation.

She spit out what she was drinking, laughing at the first story.

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Rich had seen MulaneysS.N.L.audition, and like everybody who watches Johns stand-up, [was] really blown away.

When Mulaney first arrived at 30 Rock, Rich made a beeline to his office.

Within a few minutes literally of shaking hands, we were writing our first piece together.

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Today, they still collaborate whenever Mulaney is at 8H.

It honestly feels exactly the same as it did when we were in our early 20s, says Rich.

I think weve become maybe nominally more self-aware.

A little bit, Mulaney adds.

(Both men are married: Mulaney to actorOlivia Munn, Rich to fellow writer Kathleen Hale.)

We hit upon the madness of courtship early on in the show, says Rich.

Some hardened people I know were quite moved by it, Mulaney says.

Some really cynical, weird libertarian people.