The holidays are (at their best) a time of wholesomeness, gift-giving, and the nervous interactions between adults and children who don't normally interact. In that spirit, Netflix's release of John Mulaney's new comedy special, John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, feels particularly well-timed. A pastiche of kid's TV variety shows from the '70s and '80s, the special sees Mulaney spearheading an army of golden-voiced tots through sketches, songs, and setpieces that touch on everything from the tentative relationship between a family and their grandmother's new boyfriend, to the anxiety of being ignored when you're trying to put on a skit for a room of uncaring adults, to the finer minutiae of New York geography and politics.   As you can presume, the songs are a pretty integral part of Sack Lunch Bunch, a beautifully eclectic group of ditties co-written by songwriter Eli Bolin. Bolin previously worked with Mulaney on the Documentary Now! episode "Co-Op: Original Cast Album", itself a glorious homage to old-school New York theater. But Sack Lunch Bunch put Bolin firmly in his wheelhouse, having written songs for Sesame Street and his own kid-centric songwriting project in New York, Story Pirates.   I got a chance to sit down for a phone interview with Bolin to talk about his collaboration with Mulaney and co-writer Marika Sawyer, writing songs for kids, and his greatest fears.  (More of a Comment, Really… is a proud member of the Chicago Podcast Coop. Thanks to Overcast for sponsoring this episode!)