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From heartfelt serenades to uproarious jams, Paul Rudd’s musical moments showcase his unexpected rock star charm and comedic timing. Whether he’s strumming an acoustic guitar at a summer camp or diving into ’80s classics with full commitment, these scenes reveal a side of Rudd that’s equal parts funny, sweet, and downright unforgettable. Get ready to rock out and laugh along with some of his best musical performances!
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00:00This one wants to buy his targets, let's go ahead now.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most unforgettable times Paul Rudd let his
00:11inner rock star out.
00:13Yeah, pistol!
00:15Number 10. Jammin' with a Jonas, Power Ballad
00:18Few filmmakers have a deeper appreciation for music than John Carney.
00:23The best scenes in his movies are usually the smaller, simpler ones, keying in on people bonding over music.
00:30Gotta write a song about you, how to sing the words that ring true.
00:41Power Ballad is no exception.
00:43Paul Rudd plays Rick Power, a former rocker who never quite made it, now playing wedding venues.
00:49He unexpectedly hits it off with Nick Jonas' Danny Wilson, a boy band member struggling to fly solo.
00:56Never gonna run if you don't walk.
00:59Never gonna talk, but don't run.
01:02Don't look down.
01:04As different as they may be, Rick and Danny are at similar crossroads, coming together for a late night jam
01:11session.
01:11Rick shares a personal yet unfinished tune how to write a song without you.
01:16The sequence captures the collaborative process behind music, although it can be easy for one person to take all the
01:24credit.
01:24Cause every song I ever wrote in my life
01:30It's about you
01:35So good.
01:36Number 9. Game of Thrones Tribute
01:38Saturday Night Live
01:39What starts as a tribute to Westeros quickly spirals into a very specific love letter to Netflix's most chaotic senior
01:47roommate comedy.
01:48Hey man, I'm here to do my Game of Thrones verse.
01:50Oh, I changed it. Now you just rap about whatever your favorite TV show is.
01:53Any show I want?
01:54My favorite TV show is motherfucking Grace and Frankie.
01:58In this season 44 sketch, Pete Davidson attempts a Game of Thrones rap despite clearly not knowing the show, prompting
02:05Kenan Thompson and actual GOT actor Jacob Anderson to call him out.
02:10Then Paul Rudd slides in with a beautifully committed dad rap energy, helping turn the whole thing into an ode
02:17to Grace and Frankie, complete with DJ Khaled, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin cameos.
02:23Season 4 is the d*** guest star in Lisa Kudrow. Frankie moved to Santa Fe to Grace. This was unusual
02:30when things started cracking. Grace had that scooter accident.
02:33The episode also features Music Box, where Rudd sings through one very strange little shop routine.
02:40I beefed one. They hired me for dancing, then I beefed one. Was oh so very long and not a
02:48brief one, cause I beefed one.
02:51In the cut for time retirement party, he pops up for another musical bit opposite Beck Bennett. So this episode
02:58was basically Rudd's musical comedy playground.
03:00Computer, Daddy told me to brush my teeth, but now I'm grown up and instead I computer...
03:07Computer, I'm in love with my computer.
03:12M-m-mouth fat, baby.
03:15Number 8, You Spin Me Round Like a Record. The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
03:20This wasn't just a parody. It was a commitment ceremony to peak 80s excess.
03:25All I know is fair to me. You look like your eyes are fine. I'm open up your loving heart.
03:31How won't someone stop?
03:34In 2019, Paul Rudd teamed up with Jimmy Fallon for a shot-for-shot remake of Dead or Alive's classic,
03:40You Spin Me Round Like a Record music video.
03:43Rudd fully understood the assignment, serving dramatic stares,
03:46hierography, and gloriously over-the-top attitude like his life depended on it.
03:51You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round Like a Record baby Right Round Round Round Round
03:58You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round Like a Record baby Right Round
04:04The original song became a massive 1985 hit, but this remake gave it a whole new comic afterlife.
04:11Round Round Round
04:12You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round Like a Record baby Right Round Round Round
04:25Rudd later brought his musical weirdness back to The Tonight Show with a Teenie Weenie Beanie
04:30song.
04:30Honestly, the star committing this hard to musical silliness is pure cinema.
04:35It's a Teenie Weenie Beanie, wear a Teenie Weenie Beanie when I drink a dry martini, yum.
04:43Wear a Teenie Weenie Beanie while I eat some fettuccine, ho, ho, ho.
04:46Number 7, Debaser, This is 40.
04:49Pete's passion for alternative rock turns one family car ride into a tiny lecture nobody
04:55asked for.
04:56I am oom, chef, Andalusia, I am oom, chef, Andalusia.
05:02While driving with Debbie and the kids, Paul Rudd's character gleefully sings along to
05:07Pixies' Debaser, then starts explaining the significance of the song with the confidence
05:12of a man defending sacred scripture.
05:14character.
05:15The joke works because Rudd plays it sincerely.
05:18Pete isn't trying to be cool, he just genuinely believes everyone should understand his favorite
05:23music.
05:24You know that this song, Pixies did the song, it's about a Salvador Dali short film called
05:28Unchen Andalusia.
05:30This music doesn't make people happy.
05:31This song kicks off Doolittle, one of the best albums of the last 30 years.
05:36Leslie Mann's Debbie and the girls reaction makes it even better, turning his enthusiastic
05:41sing-along into peak dad rock comedy.
05:44Bless him.
05:45He really thought he was educating the youth.
05:47It's my birthday, you don't control the radio on my birthday.
05:50I do.
05:52I control the radio.
05:53Number 6, Two Princes, Wanderlust.
05:57Nothing says romantic rivalry quite like an acoustic guitar duel at a commune.
06:06In this scene, Rudd's George finds himself competing with Seth, played by Justin Theroux,
06:13for the heart of Jennifer Aniston's Linda.
06:15George throws himself into a cover of Spin Doctors' Two Princes, which goes from a smooth
06:21serenade into something much funnier when Seth gets involved.
06:32Linda watches the musical showdown unfold, while Rudd makes George's insecurity feel both
06:38ridiculous and weirdly sweet.
06:40It's comedy with chords, with Paul playing the awkwardness like a man fighting for his
06:45marriage and his open mic credibility.
06:56Number 5, I am a wolf.
06:59You are the moon.
07:00Wet hot American summer, first day of camp.
07:03Andy may be Camp Firewood's resident bad boy, but give him a guitar and suddenly…
07:08We want it all.
07:10Our time is coming soon.
07:13We want it all.
07:14We want it all.
07:14Our time is coming soon.
07:14Love that day.
07:16We walk it all.
07:19Our whistling our tune.
07:21In Staff Party, the seventh episode of Wet Hot American Summer, first day of camp,
07:26Paul Rudd performs I Am Wolf, You Are the Moon, giving the ridiculous show one of its most
07:31unexpectedly catchy musical moments.
07:34The lyrics are wonderfully dramatic, the vibe is aggressively sincere, and Rudd plays Andy's
07:40self-seriousness like he's headlining the world's messiest summer camp music festival.
07:51It's silly, swoony, and exactly the kind of oddly specific musical detour this franchise
07:57does so well.
07:58Oh, I am a wolf.
08:00Wolf, Wolf, Wolf.
08:02Oh, way out in the woods.
08:04Oh, and you are the moon.
08:08Number 4, Danny's Song, Role Models
08:11After a movie's worth of bad decisions and energy drink fueled misery, Danny finally
08:17goes full soft rock sweetheart here.
08:19Beth, I hear you calling, but I can't come home right now, cause me and the boys are slaying, and
08:31we just can't find the sound.
08:34Near the end of Role Models, Paul Rudd's character serenades Elizabeth Banks' Beth with a rewritten version of Kiss's Beth,
08:42turning the band's power ballad melodrama into a surprisingly sweet apology.
08:46It works because the scene leans into the film's running Kiss obsession while letting Danny drop the guard.
09:05Rudd makes the moment funny without undercutting the emotion, which is basically a superpower.
09:10It's goofy, undeniably heart-fluttering, and clearly effective, because it leads to a lovely Beth and Danny kiss.
09:18You and me should make up tonight.
09:28And the kiss!
09:30Number 3, My Boo, Friendship.
09:33A simple kai's night somehow turns into the world's most intense 90s R&B bonding ritual.
09:39Boy, you should know that I've got you on my mind.
09:47In Friendship, Craig is desperate to join the orbit of Austin, his effortlessly cool neighbor played by Paul Rudd.
09:54That longing gets hilariously crystallized when the group breaks into Ghost Town DJ's My Boo,
10:00turning a hangout into an impromptu sing-along that feels oddly tender and wholesome.
10:05If your game is on, give me a call, boo.
10:09If your love is strong, gonna give my all to you.
10:13The song doesn't just pop up and disappear either.
10:15It returns later as a callback.
10:18Rudd doesn't need to steal the scene.
10:20He just makes the awkward bro bonding feel dangerously believable.
10:24At night, I think of you.
10:27I want to be the...
10:30Number 2, Tom Sawyer.
10:32I love you, man.
10:33Few movie friendships have ever found their rhythm quite like this, literally.
10:38His mind is not for rent.
10:40Don't put him down as arrogant.
10:43His reserve of quiet defense.
10:45In I Love You, Man, Peter and Sidney bond over their shared love of Rush,
10:49and that obsession peaks when they jam to Tom Sawyer together.
10:53Paul Rudd's Peter performs the song opposite Jason Segel's Sidney,
10:57turning their new bromance into a gloriously dorky prog rock bonding ritual.
11:09The Rush love keeps paying off, too,
11:12as the duo performs limelight at Peter and Zoe's wedding reception.
11:16By the end of the film,
11:17their obsession has gone from niche common ground
11:20to the movie's loudest friendship anthem.
11:35Before we unveil our top pick,
11:37here are a few honorable mentions.
11:40Wichita Lineman on The Howard Stern Show.
11:43Paul Rudd belts a classic like he's been waiting his whole life for this moment.
11:47And the Wichita Lineman
11:53Is still on the line
12:04The unforgettable fire for Magic Radio.
12:08Paul Rudd gives U2's moody classic a surprisingly sincere spin.
12:12Your only river runs cold
12:15These city lights
12:17They shine a silver and gold
12:21Yes!
12:23Oh, Paul Rudd.
12:24Yeah.
12:24Yes.
12:25Sorry, Bono.
12:26The confrontation on Popcorn with Peter Travers.
12:28Paul Rudd and Jason Segel turn a press interview into Broadway bro time.
12:33Men like you can never change
12:36Men like me can never change
12:38No, 24601
12:42All I did was
12:43The Age of Aquarius and the 40-year-old virgin
12:46Paul Rudd joins one of the most absurdly delightful finales in rom-com history.
12:51And peace will guide the planets
12:55And love will steal the stars
12:59This is the dawning of the
13:01Age of Aquarius
13:03Come on, get happy
13:05In Ant-Man and the Wasp
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13:42Number 1
13:43Afternoon Delight
13:44Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy
13:47Leave it to the Channel 4 News team to explain love
13:50By launching into a completely sincere soft rock harmony session
13:54When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
14:01And we know the night is always gonna be here anyway
14:05In Anchorman, Ron Burgundy played by Will Ferrell
14:09Starts singing Starland vocal bands Afternoon Delight
14:12Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland, and Champ Kind
14:16Immediately join in like this is just normal workplace behavior
14:19Rubbin' sticks and stones together
14:21Make the sparks ignite
14:22And the thought of lovin' you is gettin' so exciting
14:26Brian slides perfectly into the quartet
14:28Making the bit feel less like a random musical break
14:31And more like these men have absolutely rehearsed this before
14:34The joke is in the confidence
14:36Matching suits, straight faces
14:38Deeply inappropriate song choice
14:41It's absurd, catchy, and one of the movie's most replayable detours
14:53Which Paul Ruddbop deserves an encore?
14:56Drop your picks in the comments below
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