Conan O’Brien’s TBS talk show Conan is coming to an end this week, and it wouldn’t be a proper send-off without a final rendition of what is arguably the show’s most iconic bit: Paul Rudd’s Mac and Me prank.
O’Brien was interviewing Bill Hader on the Monday night show when the conversation turned to a never-aired Saturday Night Live sketch that Hader did with Rudd. In the middle of the interview, Rudd showed up from behind the curtain and told O’Brien that he had...
O’Brien was interviewing Bill Hader on the Monday night show when the conversation turned to a never-aired Saturday Night Live sketch that Hader did with Rudd. In the middle of the interview, Rudd showed up from behind the curtain and told O’Brien that he had...
- 6/22/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Paul Rudd has pulled a prank on Conan O'Brien and fans of Anchorman.
The actor took a break from shooting Anchorman: The Legend Continues to premiere an exclusive clip from the film on Conan on Tuesday (April 2).
O'Brien motioned for the Anchorman: The Legend Continues clip to air, only to actually screen a scene from the low-budget 1980s alien film Mac and Me where a wheelchair-bound kid (Jade Calegory) falls off a cliff.
The Conan host then mockingly complained to Rudd: "You've been showing that stupid clip on my show for I think 15 years.
"You always convince me that you are not going to show it again. You promise me that you're not going to show it again! And you show it again!"
Rudd sheepishly responded: "I couldn't pass up the opportunity and I apologise."
O'Brien then cued the actual Anchorman 2 video to be played, but the exact same...
The actor took a break from shooting Anchorman: The Legend Continues to premiere an exclusive clip from the film on Conan on Tuesday (April 2).
O'Brien motioned for the Anchorman: The Legend Continues clip to air, only to actually screen a scene from the low-budget 1980s alien film Mac and Me where a wheelchair-bound kid (Jade Calegory) falls off a cliff.
The Conan host then mockingly complained to Rudd: "You've been showing that stupid clip on my show for I think 15 years.
"You always convince me that you are not going to show it again. You promise me that you're not going to show it again! And you show it again!"
Rudd sheepishly responded: "I couldn't pass up the opportunity and I apologise."
O'Brien then cued the actual Anchorman 2 video to be played, but the exact same...
- 4/3/2013
- Digital Spy
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