✖ Paul Rudd has become a national treasure in the pop culture world for a number of reasons, between acting in franchises like Ant-Man and Ghostbusters, and puzzling the Internet with how well he has aged. Another thing that has contributed to Rudd's notoriety is his recurring bit when appearing on Conan, in which he continually nonchalantly set up a clip for whatever project he's there to promote -- only for it to be the same sequence from the 1988 cult classic Mac and Me.
In a clip, which you can check out below, Rudd spends several minutes setting up a clip from his new scripted podcast, which supposedly co-stars Adam Scott and Ken Marino. Rudd aims to play O'Brien a clip from the show, only for it to culminate in the Mac and Me clip once again, to O'Brien's dismay.
In a previous appearance on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, Rudd explained exactly how exactly the bit came about, and what transfixed him about the bizarre movie to begin with. "There's something so tricky about 'Oh, here I am. I'm going to sell my wares on TV. Like oh, here's something from what I just filmed.' It just seemed – and still does, to a large extent – kind of insincere," Rudd explained."And so, to me, this is like 'People are watching this and it's all just silly anyway. This entire business is silly.
0comments"And another one that I had been toying with was from the movie Baby Geniuses," Rudd continued."Which, I don't know if you've seen Baby Geniuses. Baby Geniuses is another one of those movies that you watch and say 'Who was this made for? Like what age? I don't even know what the target audience is. But they're essentially all babies who know the secrets of the universe and can talk to one another before they turn two, where they forget it.
Mac and Me lowkey should've won Best Picture imo.