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.

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.

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.

Photo: Nina Westervelt
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.

Photo: Emilio Madrid
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.