This week’s episode of Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney featured a star-studded line-up of guests, including David Letterman, Hannibal Buress, Nikki Glaser and the interdimensional dumpster creature from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

And since the theme of the episode was “height,” musical guest Randy Newman wrapped up the show by playing “Short People” two songs that were in no way “Short People.”

But before all of that, Mulaney’s opening monologue found him telling a lengthy story about his family, specifically, his son Malcolm’s debut stage performance at a school concert. While that premise may have been cause for concern in other hands, Mulaney proved that he can actually tell a “here’s a funny story about my kid” material that’s still in line with his comedic voice. Case in point: He compared his parenting style to Dennis Hopper’s Speed villain, and likened raising...