#Catch Up On MacGruber With This Excellent Recap Song Sung By Maya Rudolph

Rudolph reminds us that MacGruber was a military secret weapon, and hypes up his talents as we see shots of him holding a celery stalk between his bare buns. After a montage of bloody throat rippings, Casey laments that the pair’s marriage only lasted seven seconds thanks to a fatal explosion rigged by MacGruber’s nemesis, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). She regales audiences with a musical summary of the entire film, from MacGruber’s blossoming relationship with Vicki St. Elmo (Kristin Wiig) to his brutal takedown of Von Cunth, complete with corpse desecration via cliffside urination.

At this point, the persistent existence of “MacGruber” is in itself hilarious. The character originated on “Saturday Night Live” in 2007, in a parody of the ’80s series “MacGyver” written by The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone. While MacGyver is a resourceful hero who often saves the day using whatever is on hand, MacGruber tends to totally blow it when faced with a ticking clock, resulting in the explosive death of his loved ones. The 2010 movie adaptation turned MacGruber’s antics up a notch or ten but wasn’t critically or commercially successful. For years, the hero and his over-the-top franchise seemed to be done for.