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Paul Rudd has used the same prank for 20 years

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True comedic commitment is dragging out a joke for over twenty years without ever apologizing. Whenever Rudd goes on Conan O'Brien's talk show to promote a new blockbuster, he promises an exclusive clip. Instead, he always plays the exact same scene from a terrible 1988 E.T. ripoff where a kid in a wheelchair violently rolls off a cliff into a lake. Audiences expect it, and Conan pretends to be furious every time.

Paul Rudd has used the same prank for 20 years
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