John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) is a musical comedy special you can watch online on iFILM. Stand-up comedian John Mulaney rounds up a troupe of show-kids to spoof the gentle 1970s children's variety hours like Sesame Street — except the cheerful little songs are about decidedly grown-up dread.

The kids belt out numbers about the fear of death, the horror of vegetables, and the dread of growing up, while adult guests play it completely straight. Jake Gyllenhaal turns up as Mr. Music, alongside Natasha Lyonne, Annaleigh Ashford, Richard Kind, and downtown legend David Byrne. Mulaney lays it out in the credits himself: a children's special made by a man with neither children nor musical ability. Across seventy minutes the whole thing stays goofy and quietly melancholy at once — adults catch a sadness the youngest viewers sail right past. For fans of Mulaney's deadpan and anyone nostalgic for old-school American TV, it lands perfectly. Stream John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) online on iFILM.