Paul Rudd, a real pro, kept his cool on 'SNL' as Kate McKinnon mounted him

The past is not as fun as the future.
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Paul Rudd, a real pro, kept his cool on 'SNL' as Kate McKinnon mounted him
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Paul Rudd deserves a medal for not breaking during Kate McKinnon's performance in "A Journey Through Time" on Saturday Night Live.

This reoccurring "post-anomaly government interview" sketch has historically been an invitation for McKinnon to deliver some of her raunchiest lines as the chain-smoking character Ms. Rafferty, who always seems to get the raw end of the deal when it comes to alien abductions and time travel.

In this sketch, while Paul Rudd and Cecily Strong recount their tale of entering a portal to the peaceful, crystalline, far-off future, McKinnon regales the group with a tale of how she must've gone in the wrong end of the portal, transporting her (half naked) thousands of years into the past where she was assailed by ape anuses. Rudd's professionalism and experience in comedy really shows when McKinnon mounts his torso to eat bugs out of his hair, grind on his spine, and suck ear wax out of his ear.

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Kellen Beck

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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