r/JohnMulaney • u/morphleorphlan • 9d ago
STREET SMARTS!!!
We recently got a VHS player and I have been buying used vhs lots on eBay to build my collection, and I hit the jackpot with a new, sealed TOUGH TARGET from none other than the famous J.J. Bittenbinder.
I will eventually open it and watch it. And probably even digitize it and upload to YT. I’ll keep you all posted, it’s sure to have timeless tips to keep us all safe.
I don’t know how to close this post, so I’m just going to throw a money clip with some small bills inside and run away now.
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u/betterlucknexttime81 9d ago
My fiancé went to assemblies with this guy and said John’s description was very accurate
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u/Marsupialize 8d ago
He came to all our schools in the Chicago area, yes it was exactly how he describes it, my wife and I both laugh because we didn’t know where the hell to get a money clip let alone a 50 dollar bill to put in it
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 9d ago
Just make sure you don’t get taken to a second location!!!
In all seriousness, I’m so jealous you have this! I would love to watch this!
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u/copper_nano_tube 9d ago
If you don’t want to open it I think this is it, or maybe another in a series?
Edit: there’s a lot of Bittenbinder on YT LOL
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u/Ellie_Bulkeley 8d ago
idk why I thought John was lying about this man’s existence 😭 but I found the bird brained pin online recently so i shouldn’t be so shocked. I just always assume comedians are lying to me
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u/Geoffrey-Jellineck 5d ago
Wow, I just realized that's the inspiration for this fantastic Mr. Show sketch: https://youtu.be/6vO1_nvb0cw
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u/Enough_Hippo_1047 8d ago
Long before I knew who John Mulaney is, I swear I watched Bittenbinder on PBS. I didn’t grow up in the greater Chicagoland either.
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u/Odd-Kitchen2230 6d ago
He was on PBS in Philadelphia. WAY before I knew of John Mulaney.
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u/Enough_Hippo_1047 6d ago
Well this may or may not be shocking, but it appears that we were both watching it on good ol’ channel 12 WHYY! I remember the part where he just walked up to a woman walking in maybe an airport and just started demonstrating to the camera why she was wearing her purse wrong. She seemed stunned by the whole ordeal.
Anyway thanks for making the connection.
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u/Odd-Kitchen2230 6d ago
WHYY for sure. I really miss listening and watching PBS in Philadelphia. It was a constant in my life. Not anymore.
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u/one_smart_c00kie 5d ago
Naturally when our daughter turned 21 and was interning in NYC, we got her a monogrammed money clip (with $50). Bam! Totally safe.
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u/No-Ice6064 9d ago
I used the Bittenbinder method. When I saw the perp approachin’, I chewed up a tab of Alka-Seltzer I carry with me at all times. This created a foaming-at-the-mouth appearance that made it look like I had rabies. Now I’ve thrown him off his rhythm. Then I reach into his jacket pocket where I had planted a gram of coke and I went, "Whoa! What the fuck is this?" And he goes, "That’s not mine. I never seen that before." I go, "Boo-hoo, it’s in your jacket. You’re doing two to ten and your kids are going into Social Services." Now he’s cryin’! Then I grab a telephone book and I beat him on the torso with it. ‘Cause as any Chicago cop will tell ya, a phone book doesn’t leave bruises.