Paul Rudd and Beck Bennett make everyone break with their weird IT song

Fact: IT people love new wave music
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Paul Rudd and Beck Bennett make everyone break with their weird IT song
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People who work in IT are a popular target when it comes to making fun of people in the workplace, but Paul Rudd and Beck Bennett's IT characters on this cut Saturday Night Live sketch take it to a whole different level.

During the office's retirement party for their boss David, the guys in IT put together a little something special. What everyone thought would be a nice slideshow turned out to be a new wave performance about their love of computers. With their silver suits, slicked hair, and keyboard/keytar instruments, the whole thing has a very heavy Kraftwerk/Talking Heads/Devo vibe.

It's a truly bizarre performance with references to how computers are gods, computers will take over the world, and Bennett professing (in song) that he'd like to have sex with a computer. Almost everyone starts breaking character at that point.

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Kellen is a science reporter at Mashable, covering space, environmentalism, sustainability, and future tech. Previously, Kellen has covered entertainment, gaming, esports, and consumer tech at Mashable. Follow him on Twitter @Kellenbeck


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