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Conan O’Brien Invites Paul Rudd’s ‘Mac and Me’ Gag for His Deathbed Sendoff

The comedian cast the decades-long prank as his preferred farewell.

Overview

  • Rudd revived the bit on Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend this week, substituting a supposed Anaconda preview with the familiar Mac and Me clip.
  • O’Brien imagined a hospital scenario where a doctor’s reassuring scan suddenly flickers into the prank footage.
  • Rudd said he was touched by the proposal and joked that he was happy to provide that final laugh.
  • During the exchange, O’Brien teased Rudd for putting in minimal effort on the setup, and Rudd admitted he hates the fake lead-in.
  • The recurring gag dates to 2004, when Rudd first played the wheelchair-off-the-cliff scene from the 1988 film Mac and Me instead of a Friends clip.