“Will Ferrell: LIVE in Washington DC”

22:44And we will be right back. And now, back to the show. Avoid slipping into vocal fries so much. Right. Yeah. You guys know what that is? I just found out what that was about six months ago. You know, when you talk... You talk like this. Talk like that. It's like Valley Girl speak, right? That's going back a bit. Every sentence ends in a question mark. Nah, it's talking like, you know, like that's, isn't that vocal fry? Wait, give us one more example. I don't want to do it again. All I see are two cameras over there and I don't, I can't do it again. Thank God for the internet, huh? Because that will haunt you for so long.

23:28By the way, Willie, again, this is starting to read like a manifesto, but go ahead. Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med. These are the three shows you're promising to watch this year? No, I'm just... I just love them. You love them. Okay. It's actually an ad. It's actually an advertisement. That's a paid ad? It's a paid ad that I snuck on the smart list. What the fuck? So, thank you, guys. Speaking of Chicago, you look dangerously close to Harry Carey right now. Oh, did I? Yeah. I'm trying to egg him on just a little. Chicago PD!

24:13What I love is it has all the thrill and excitement of the inner workings of the police department with all the backyard knowledge of Chicago. Wait, you know, I'm from Chicago. It sounds exactly like him. What's more exciting than solving a homicide at Wrigley Field?

24:43I'm sorry. I got a lot more. Should I stop it? No, listen. I mean. Our guests don't show up prepared. Okay. You know, this is what a. Okay. I'm going to speed. I'll speed through. I don't really have questions. Sean has questions. Wait. Try to work on my intense hatred of manatees. Okay. Yellow jackets. streaming now on Showtime. Oh, Jesus, man. Second half.

25:08Hollywood has got you in there. You don't know how much blue cheese I just landed right there. Well, not yet. Not yet, but when this airs. Okay. All right. Finally, finally change my name to DaBaby, unless it's already taken. Or finally change my name to Yay, unless that's already taken. Oh, no. You're good. They're both taken? Well, how do you spell it? Y-A. Yeah, that's taken. Is it yay or ye? Well, I thought like Y-A-Y isn't taken if you want that. I just want Y-E. You can't have it. Taken? Taken. I don't know. I mean, if you're pronouncing it like the way you're doing it, I think that you're good.

25:48I mean, I should preface it by saying I'm not a lawyer. Wait, does Kanye want it pronounced yay or ye? Ye? You see, you're hearing both. Yay. I just thought of a fourth one, Chicago Law. Oh, Chicago Law. You can play a lawyer. Shit. By the way, now this is like a trademark thing. Attorney Mike Davis. Sounds like Terry Seattle. He does. Is it Terry? Terry Seattle. Remember to talk louder on my cell phone when I'm in public, especially on an airplane. Eat more roadkill. More? If we all ate roadkill at least one mil a week, we'd reduce our carbon footprint by 25%. You almost couldn't get that one out.

26:38You like that one. Land voiceover contract for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. What the fuck? Uh-oh.

26:50And don't be sorry about it. Don't be sorry. Don't be sorry about it. Good luck. Will, can you roll down your sock a little bit more? Sorry. Just get it all the way down. Jason and I got an argument for real just before the show because I did have a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, also a paid ad, and Jason said, in that way, he goes, Thank you, Will. They're really funny, by the way. Thank you, man. I actually stop and watch them every time I see them. Thank you. It's so nice to get a compliment from a friend. Whoa. I mean, the hours we talk about Ozark. The last great commercial I saw was the Dodge thing that you did way back when.

27:33Remember that was for Dodge, wasn't it? Right, yeah. Have you done a commercial since then? I did one for GM. Oh. GMC. Not GMC. Not GMC trucks. No, no, not GMC. So you did GM, he does GM cars. That's the C part, right? GMC is a division of GM. What's GM? That's the big overall company. Yeah. General merchandise. dice. Do you do I thought I was talking about light trucks? No, we talk, I mean, we're talking about professional grade vehicles. And we've only been doing it for 23 years. Look, here's the point. Whoa. Is that like a world record in voiceovers? I don't know. It might be, but I try not to Someone Google it.

28:15I try not to talk about it in front of people. In front of a theater, a packed theater of people? No, no, because it's gross. But you love it. But you're a good match for it because you are kind of a professional grade kind of guy, right? It fits him. Thank you. Well, the voice alone is like a truck. It sounds like a truck. It's burned out. Who sings that song, Believer? Don't Stop Believin'? No, Believer. Imagine dragging these nuts across your face.

28:51Is that on the list? That's on my list. Say that more. The last one is whatever. Imagine dragging your neck. Uh-huh. Which is not really a resolution. It's just a reminder to take chances. Uh-huh.

29:10And be more spontaneous. Yeah, yeah. Even though it's on my list. Well, it makes me think... This is my last one. He's not finished. He's not done. Okay, I didn't know. This is my last one. I didn't know. remove all and repeat all of my music from Spotify. All my albums. There we go. All my albums. All of them. All of them. You think? Cupcake Party. All the way back. Gone. Revolution Yesterday. Not on there. Grandma's Unicorn. Jesus Clown. That's a B-side. Even the B-side. Get it off. And Will, why? Here we go. Why do you want to remove it? Because. it's a bad platform. Yeah, it's a bad... Because you have a lot of glitches.

29:58Yeah, a lot of glitches. And your music is pure. Is that it? We're getting there. We're halfway done. That was it. Will Ferrell's New Year resolution. But Will, so sitting here thinking and being... That's our time. Oh, wait. Hang on, he's getting a call. He's taking a call. Are you FaceTiming? Wow. Will, I gotta say, sitting here on the stage, I was gonna say, and doing that, and I was thinking, with all these people here, do you miss, and I know we've asked you this before, but how much do you miss performing every week like you did for a long time? Will, you guys, are you yawning right now, Sean?

30:39Am I what? You were kind of yawning, weren't you? Oh, I've been yawning for 20 minutes.

30:49Sean, Jason forced Sean to walk a lot earlier today. You guys were on the birds all over the city, I heard. Yeah, we did the birds, but it started as a walk and then this is actually... You're exhausted. I'm not. You make me laugh harder than anybody I know. But Angel didn't sleep last night, right? I got up at like 3 or 4 in the morning because these guys are like out, They can do the switch from west coast to east coast. I need like two weeks and I don't have it. But you are a little bit tired. But I'm okay. Why is everybody on my back about being tired? Because you were yawning when Will was...

31:25I was not yawning. I went like this with my thing. Good God. Look at the foot. Maybe it's a different problem. Do you know what a yawn is? I'm pretty sure I can identify a yawn when I see it. No, I did a small scene in a movie with Kevin Hart, and I was doing my... Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And we're doing my single, right? So the camera's on me, and the person that you're talking to is behind the camera. Right here. Okay, right. Oh, good. So Kevin Hart's face is right here, and I'm talking to him. We're in the middle of the scene. The Hollywood in. He bounce guard falls asleep. He fell asleep.

32:10while I'm, well, he's off camera. Camera's rolling. Who, Kay Hart? Kevin Hart fell asleep while I'm doing my single. Wow. I'm talking, literally his eyes closed. And I thought, well, maybe he's thinking. Finally, somebody has the guts. And then. While you're performing to do what. Has Kay Hart been a guest? No. That'd be a good one. It would be a good guest. Yeah. You guys could break that down. I'd like to talk to him about that. Let's call him. Is that phone still on? Let's see if we can get him. I want to go back to this thing. Do you have a problem like I do with the changing? Because you travel a lot, too.

32:44That's the thing I don't understand about you guys who do movie after movie after movie after movie. It's like, how do you adjust and then have the energy after 14 hours to just get up and go? Ambient Coke. Yep. Okay. Those are the two. That's what's in the old dop kit. Yeah. The old dop kit. That's what he taught me. He told me years ago. I got two dop kits. brimming full of soap. You've been open about that. It spills out. You're really open about your cocaine use, right? You have been for a long time. I've never hidden that from anyone. Not a soul. You know what, backstage, this is a true story also, that we were trying to figure out, what is AdoptKit?

33:32What does it mean? We looked it up. Do you know why it's called AdoptKit? Does anybody here know? A what? Why they call it AdoptKit. You know what AdoptKit is? Do you know what I'm saying? Some people refer to it as a toiletry bag or a shaving kit. Dopp kit. It was anybody? Germany, yeah. Yeah? And what about it? This is all the point we're trying to root out the Germans. He's right there. Get him. Right there.

34:00Dopp kit. Dopp kit. That's the same word. Dopp kit. His son is pounding him right now. Do you see? No, it was a guy who was a leathersmith in Germany and he came up with a toilet bag and it became the Doppelk. Was his last name Dopp? Doppelt. Okay. Does that sound right to you, sir? Yeah? Well, of course it does. To the German? I wanted to ask you this before. Who is your favorite historically SNL performer? Oh, historically. Like, sir, you can go before you, like when you were a kid that you watched and you were like, I love what that person does. Other than Gilda. other than Gilda and Jim Belushi.

34:45Or John. Or John. No. Eddie Murphy. Pretty tough to beat. I feel like it all kind of happened in various increments. Right. For me, it was Dan Aykroyd the first time I started because I just thought, oh, that guy. Who's this other guy? Dan Ackroyd. No, I thought you said somebody else. Have you seen... I thought you said a second person. No, no, no. I was about to. But you have a beef with Sean. A little bit. You guys have been fighting for years. Tell them about your fight. Don't make me pull up the emails. I mean, they're scathing. I emailed Will today. Sean hosted once, and we just got off on the wrong...

35:39he just came in all sassy and i think we talked about this on the podcast maybe before um so forgive me but one of the hardest times i ever laughed in my entire life was when we hosted and you came out you didn't tell us in a sketch with me you and jimmy fallon yeah that you came out and with a little tiny phone yeah jeffrey's jeffrey's god that was so funny yeah and uh wait what was the other thing you did oh and you came out on a scooter which you didn't do in rehearsal Did we not have the... No, it was like... It was a little jazzy. Yeah, the electric... Oh my God, it was so funny. There was no reason for that.

36:15Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, and Phil Hartman, maybe. Yeah, Phil Hartman. The great Phil Hartman. Bill Murray. Let's not forget about Bill Murray. Not to disparage any other cast members, but those guys... Let's do that too. Yeah. Okay. These are the ones I hate. These are my bottom three. Okay. Bottom three. You guys... You go first. I know. I don't have them. I love them all. You know what's so funny about... Because, you know, it's kind of like when you have a teacher in school and you see them out at the grocery store and you're like, oh my God, it's so bizarre. I didn't see you as a real person.

36:57I didn't see you as doing anything else than teaching in that room. And so for me, I always see... Like, you've done so many movies, and they've been so successful, and everything you do, every appearance you do, you're always so unbelievably funny. I always, like, picture, like, what does he do, like, on a day? Like, what are you doing now other than doing this? Like, what do you do when you're not movie to movie? It's terribly boring. Yeah. It's very... What does a boring day look like in your life? Take one of my children to school. Just the one. The other one is learning at home? They don't deserve to learn.

37:31they don't deserve me we draw straws at the beginning of the school year we have what's called the private school tuition bucket and we only got enough money for one kid by the way he has stallions by the way our kids go to school somewhere near one another and everyone's in love with his kids these are models one of my boys maybe sort of knows your daughter through friends So you see where I'm going with this. My daughter's bedroom walls are filled with the young feral. No, I'm kidding. But yeah, nice gene pool there. Thank you. So, boring day. What? Not so much my way. I have a feeling it is similar to my boring day, probably close to your boring day too, and yours as well.

38:27Try to exercise in some way. A little drop off, a little exercise, working some lunch. What's your lunch look like? No, but I mean... Quiet. Yeah, quiet. And you know about his unhealthy relationship with food. Go ahead. No, but I bet he... I think you are a healthy eater. I don't know what I'm basing that on. I mean, sort of, yeah. I think you're basing it on the nice fit of the suit. Well, I used to see... But I also used to see Will out jogging. We used to be in a similar jogging loop. So you enjoy a healthy body. So you're putting good fuel in that body. A lot of laughter during a healthy body there.

39:03By the way, can I thank him for all of us that he's so willing and generous to show his body in almost everything he does?

39:15I mean... You love... You love getting... The crumb cake hairdo on the chest is just... That's a lot. That's two and a half hours of makeup. Because I am so good. I am. I'm like a Ken doll. You're like... You know, I'm just... Shaved down like a channel swimmer. Yeah, channel, exactly. That's just a chest and belly plate you put on? I remember sitting at a screening preview of some movie where I was shirtless, literally behind an audience member who went, oh, boy. Oh, no. Here we go again. It's so good. That and the other... I remember sneaking into a movie to see it on opening weekend when there used to be opening weekends, and listening to one kid go, he's got a lazy eye.

40:05Look at him, he's got a lazy eye. I'm like, I'm sitting right behind you. I sat right behind... He's got a lazy eye. Do I? Do I have a lazy eye? I sat right behind Ron Howard in this wonderful film that he directed at a screening for like 12 people. It was the first time he was screening. And right when it was done, he turned around and I go, and he goes, oh, hey, Sean. I go, hey, is the picture locked? I have a lot of thoughts. Did he go? Oh, he was not having me at all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, it was his baby. I was sitting next to somebody in a movie theater, packed movie theater for a very, very good movie.

40:45It all sold out. So it wasn't an empty seat in the house. And I'm sitting in the back row, sitting next to somebody. And they don't, we don't, we haven't looked at each other. They don't know who I am. and a trailer comes on for a comedy that I'm, a trailer was not that great, not one laugh through the whole trailer, trailer ends, and then there's the silence as it goes black, and then another trailer's about it, but during that silence, this guy thought it'd be funny, and he'd go, no thanks. And then, like, it echoed. And I was sitting there, I'm thinking, well, that was pretty good, but wouldn't it be better if I just tapped him right now.

41:25Yeah. Because I think my face was like the last face on the trail. Like, he's going to know. He's going to recognize. And I did. You did. You did it. I tapped him on the shoulder. No, at first I squared up to him so that I knew as soon as he turned he'd be looking right at me. I tapped him, he looked right at me and I go, not for you.

41:45But then we were buddies and we were laughing the whole way through the next day. Nobody delivers that shittiness better than you. I swear to God, That's the fucking best. But he killed it. He got a huge laugh with the, no thanks. But have you ever had those people? Have you had at a premiere of something, people come up, this happened to me, parents of someone who worked on the film, dad grabs me by the shoulder, he's like, I don't care what they say, I loved it. Yeah. I was going to say. Oh, what did they say? They're already saying it? It's not even in the theaters. I've had friends, like specifically like friends that you grow up with.

42:26And then you go back to your hometown, like go back to Toronto. And I had a few friends go like, got that last one, huh? Not very good. As if like, hey, we're inside. And I can say to you that what you do for a living sucked. And you're like, yeah, I guess. I mean, we haven't agreed on it, but I guess now we have. So thanks. I had this friend come back after a show I did, the Promises Promises on Broadway. Yes.

42:52Everybody up. Everyone up. Promises, promises. Promises, promises.

42:59Take a bow, Sean. Amazing. Sean, take a bow.

43:04Do one, do one. Not one of your songs! Can you do one song from it? Just a little bit. No, and this person came up. I didn't know this person very well, and they said, one sees such a performance, and one can only say, Sean Hayes. yeah that's sort of bittersweet yeah i love those it hurts no it's not so bad it's fine we'll be right back

43:32and now back to the show now will hey what speaking of acting what uh-oh what do you say we all do a cold reading of a scene from the oc

43:49Sean, you'll play Luke I play who? Luke? Sean, you're playing Luke Jason, you will be Seth Okay You're going to be Seth

44:01We're all And they're all highlighted Each of our lines are highlighted You're going to play the part You're playing Marissa I'm Marissa? Who are you? I'm Ryan Okay, wait a minute. Yes. Wait a minute. I have to say, by the way, yes, what Jason just said. You were fucking crazy. Like, this is... I just thought of this today. But can we just say thank you? Nobody ever comes on prepared. This is incredible. He's got index cards he hasn't even gotten to yet. I'm just trying to make you guys laugh. Hey, I'm playing Marissa. Okay. So you don't have to thank him, but we're gonna. This obviously is a cold read.

44:45Everyone familiar with the show OC? The great OC. Okay. What was the song of the OC, anybody? Oh, sing it. California, Here We Come, and the band...

45:00California. Sing for real, Will. Sing for real. I would, but I can't remember... That one. All right, let's get to it. We're going to sing it after. You got a fucking dinner date? It is unbelievable how much of a rush you're in. Okay, we are interior diner day. In a casual little restaurant by the water, Seth, Ryan, and Marissa eat a meal. Okay? That's your setup. Here comes the dialogue. See, guys, I've been thinking about a plan. You know, right now this could very well be the first stop on our pancake tour of America. Hey, like on the road. Like a woman. You're Marissa. You're Marissa.

45:45Yeah, it says... I got this, you guys. That's offensive. Yeah. Right? Is it offensive because you think you sound plenty like a girl? First of all, first of all, I'm not auditioning for you. Hey, like on the road. There you go. That's good. That's my favorite book. Mine too. So here's the deal. Yep. My mom had this boyfriend. He hired me to work construction last summer. But then they broke up. He moved away to Austin. In Texas? Said if I was ever out there to look him up. So? Well, I mean, well, that's dot, dot, dot, really kind of far. We were thinking like, comma, Long Beach or something so we could all hang out.

46:43I'll need to get a couple of days work so I can get a little bit of travel money. Well, I mean, we can get you money. Ryan looks away, uncomfortable. Marissa and Seth seem to get the point. Well, I mean, you know, I guess in a way you're kind of lucky. You get to move to a whole new place, start over, be whoever you want to be. That's really not so bad. Luke, Luke and a couple other guys walk in, banging the door on purpose and being rude and noisy in general. Hey putz.

47:21what's it take to get a menu around here

47:27that's great that's great yeah that's great uh okay i'll handle it and it does say marissa stands out oh thank you

47:47That's all right. That's all right. I'll handle it. And ruin your popularity? You know what? Why don't you guys just sneak out back? Marissa gets up and heads for Luke's table.

48:06And ruin your popularity. What's going on with you two? Hey. Oh, sorry, Marissa. Kisses Luke on the cheek and then takes a seat with him. And then takes a seat with him. And then takes a seat with him. And then takes a seat with him.

48:27There we go. Thank you. I mean, you want the job or not. Okay, ready? Luke says, How is the manicure?

48:43Oh, it was great. While Marissa distracts, Ryan and Seth quickly leave their booth and head for a hallway toward a back exit. Marissa notices Seth and Ryan walking through and keeps talking, distracting Luke and the guys. So, what did you guys do today?

49:03Seth and Ryan try to hurry up, but Luke notices them. Hi, hey guys, how are you guys doing? You like the food here too? Pretty awesome.

49:17Here it comes. Say it, Sean. Shut up, queer.

49:31Writing still holds up. Still holds up. Okay.

49:40Seth says, well, at least I don't shave my chest. Nice. Luke gets up. Thank God. What'd you say? Luke, come on. I was just saying you look nice in a sweater vest. It was a compliment. Luke gets up in Seth's face. All right, bring it. we got it on its feet real quick by the way we're just workshopping this you want me to break you Cohen hey hey hey

50:15how did I miss this episode this show seems great just six pages left guys we're almost there you guys have been so patient thank you so then Luke says no way look who's back Here he comes. Oh, wait. Cue Luke. Oh, I got it. God damn it. No way. Look who's back. You know, you're a little far from Eight Mile. Luke, don't.

50:53What are you? What are you, like, spokesperson for Geeks of America or something? Nice. That's a sick burn. They all laugh. They all laugh. Oh, Ryan left. Here comes big finish. You know what I like about rich kids? Ryan punches Luke in the face hard enough to throw him back under the table. Nothing. Seth says, that was awesome. Your asses, you're dead. That's it. Scene. That's it. Thank you so much.

51:29I'm sorry. I mean. And after a rough beginning, Arnett killed it. Thank you. Thank you. Will Ferrell, I have a dumb fan question. I mean, it's a really dumb question. Here we go from these two idiots. What is your favorite movie that you worked on? What's a favorite role? What is something that you love to do that really sticks out to you? He can't tell his favorite. We love his movies, right? We love Will's movies. But what was the one that you just had the most incredible experience, you were proud of the result, all of that kind of stuff? Blades of Glory. Blades of Glory starring Will Arnett.

52:14Do you guys know how you really pronounce his last name? The which? Arnett. Arnett. Arnett. He's actually, he's right, he knows. In Canada, he's Arnett. Arnett. It's true. He moved down here and he started elongating it. Wait a second. Is that true? Yeah. Hang on. He knows that because my parents... Because your parents... My parents, my mom... He knows my mom and dad are always like, no, it's Will Arnett. Willie. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Willie Arnett. I didn't know that. Guys, this... Arnett. Changes everything. Can I borrow your shades? Can I borrow your shades? Can I borrow your shades? Can I borrow your shades?

52:51Yeah, sure, sure, sure. Do, do, do, do, do, do. This changes everything. So wait, wait. If your mom and dad introduced themselves to somebody, They would say, I am Mr. or Mrs. Arnett. No, no, no. Now they say Arnett because they want to get the bump from being my parents. Yes. Oh, got it. That makes sense. Right, of course. No, but they do. They want the juice. No, but they do say, my dad says, yeah, Jim Arnett. Wow. Yeah, we've talked about him. So he's been living a professional lie this whole time. It's true. It's true. So my question. Yeah. Favorite? Yeah. Which one makes you laugh the most?

53:28And it doesn't have to be about you. It could be somebody else in it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The one... Which one? I heard Elf. I heard Kicking and Screaming. I heard Old School. I heard... Zoolander was pretty ridiculous.

53:47The one that makes me laugh the most is... I can't do the best. I was trying to think of something really obscure. I would say in terms of overall, if I had to pick one, it's Anchorman. Yeah. Just because... No. No.

54:16We love Anchorman. What was your show called again? What? What was your show? My TV show? No, your Broadway show. Promises, Promises. There was a thundering standing ovation for Promises, Promises. That's true. Not so much for Anchorman. But that was like we were playing with the house's money. It was like, why are they letting us make this? Will, when you went and pitched that movie to... What's his name? Husband and wife team were the producers. Walter Parks? Yeah, right, right, right. And Will, apparently, this is legendary stuff, Will walked in, he was wearing a huge, they were trying to get the money to make Anchorman, and you and McKay went in.

55:01Well, we had to go in for a lap. We knew it was not looking good. People just were not getting the idea. And so we were like, let's just go and mess around. And fuck around. And you had a huge foam cowboy hat. Yes. And in the middle, Will's a cross from Walter Parks, who's making the decision to make it, and there are people who are talking, and Will stared him down, and then just interrupted and said, I think I'm falling in love with you.

55:30Will also came, we had an engagement party years ago, and Will showed up wearing a hat that said, I'm number one. To my, remember that? And you also, you had a hat, a Patriots hat, 19 and 0? 19 and 0. Yeah. Yeah. That you wore to? To Boston, to Amy's parents' house after they had just lost the Super Bowl to go 18-1. 18-1. They make those hats in case they win. They make the hats so the team can put them on. And if they don't win, they destroy them or they send them to some other part of the world where they can use the hats. People say that about our merchandise, but yeah. Yes, yeah. So it said, Patriots perfect season 19-0.

56:12And a buddy of mine got me one and I wore it up to Boston Thanksgiving dinner. and I think Amy's dad was like Will not funny get that hat off dude that is not fucking funny look at this guy fucking choker from Canada hilarious dude actually Bill Poehler hilarious dude I love that you found a 19-0 Patriots hat I think I still have it somewhere too you know I lost the I'm number one half I don't know what happened it was a great one But the, so on SNL where you can pick a character, write a character, and it only has to last three, four, five pages. So if it doesn't work, you never have to do it again.

56:55If it does work, you can repeat that character next week. With a film, you have to go make this full commitment into oftentimes a brand new character. Is that more scary for you that like, well, I can't change it now. I got to do 120 pages of this character over the course of a few months. like is it how do you like the stakes of those two things we're laughing you're blowing up you are burning to look at that this is your next interview we've gone over emoji thumbs up can't beat that you can't beat that is it nerve wracking uh oh he's gone I you know ignorance is bliss I don't you don't think about it for better or for worse charge ahead same stakes of doing one that lasts for one sketch versus a whole movie you're either picking up the debris later or somehow you land on your feet and you're like oh that worked have you ever done a film where you come in on the first day and you're doing one of these incredible characters that you do and you pull it off you take huge swings you always pull it off am I wrong?

58:11I'm right Have you ever had a director that doesn't have a great sense of humor that might go, huh, can I talk to you for a second? And on the very first day, they don't get it, and they want you to make a big change. Has that ever happened? Luckily, that has not happened. Yeah, I've fared pretty well in that department. But I have had those moments, and we might have talked about it when we did the podcast. I don't remember yesterday. A year ago. When did we do that? Almost two years ago. Almost two years ago. So many gummies between then and now. Oh, I'm sure. So many. I got six in me right now.

58:49But that was the experience of... Well, the two dop kits. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Dop kits. Uh-oh. Sorry. Get more dop kits. Note to self, freshen up cocaine dop kit. Running low.

59:10But that was kind of the experience on Elf in the sense that I had just finished doing Saturday Night Live where a lot of that stuff pushed the envelope. Here I was doing this PG family Christmas movie running around New York City in my yellow tights. Sitting in my little, not even my half banger trailer in front of the little electric heater. You're right. And just looking in the mirror going... So it was you that had the self-doubt. It wasn't Favreau. Yeah, this could be it. Huh? I was just like, this could be it. Yeah, you know what, Will, that's a good point. And instead, it's a tight second to It's a Wonderful Life is the best Christmas movie ever.

59:57Yeah. Right? But that's a great point. So it's a big swing. You're doing this character of Elle. And you have... That's the thing is you have no fucking idea if it's going to work or if people are going to laugh. But did you feel pressure from being on, this being your first movie, and did you feel like all eyes are new, let's see if this guy's got it? Well, a little bit, and like I said, it was an old, like old school was in the can, but it hadn't come out yet. Oh, really? So it was just like... For my sister, Tracy, in the can means... Just for people who don't know what in the can means. In the can means shot, but not yet released.

1:00:33That's right. And I don't want to say that, because I don't want to make you mad, because I know about your hair trigger temper, but Tracy almost got more applause than Ackerman.

1:00:46Don't think I didn't talk yet. Don't get up yet. Don't fucking don't do it. I am going on such a bender tonight. I'm going to run around those monuments with a spear gun fueled on cocaine, screaming Tracy's name.

1:01:07When you used to be addicted to day-old seafood, remember? Oh, sure. Don't get me going. Day-old lobster. Day-old lobster. Yeah. Yeah. I get it. But, yeah, so old school was in the... Yeah, yeah, so, yeah, that was just such a huge... Scary. And, uh... James Kahn, James Kahn, Jimmy Kahn, who was fantastic, and we were so lucky to get him, He, another moment at a premiere, a comment, he was like, great job. I got to tell you. Because he didn't think so during, he said, I thought every day you were way over the top.

1:01:51Yeah. You could see it on his face in the movie, but it works for the character. And so I think he literally was like, what is this guy doing? He probably fired his agent six times during that shoot. But, yeah, so that was like prime example of it's all about process. Don't try to judge it too much. Just keep plowing ahead because you could look at it later and be like, oh, that was working the whole time. Well, your commitment is just we're so lucky. Yeah. Let's thank Will Ferrell, everybody.

1:02:24Thanks, you guys. Thanks for being a part. Thank you. Thank you, guys.

1:02:35I want to give you some feedback. Right this way, William. Do I leave? Yeah. Okay. Which way do I go? Just right up the side. This way? Thanks, everyone. Love him! Love him! Love him! Love him! It's just right. He's already on the phone. He's already on the phone. Look at the string on the back. She did the cigarette butt. And he left his cigarette butt. He left his cigarette butt. You guys got Will Ferrell. Yeah. How?

1:03:13Nice job. I just thought for our first show, I wanted to have somebody who's a friend of the show, and he was the first person that we actually interviewed. It wasn't our first broadcast, but the first guy that we interviewed. And I just wanted to have it to be like a friendly, you know what I mean? make it feel like a home game. Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean, I meant what I said. Like, I'm such a, like everybody is such a massive fan. He's never not funny on a talk show appearance, on a movie, on a, like, TV show, on anything. He's so prepared. By the way, and he came, oh, this is hilarious. She's holding us.

1:03:47Oh, my God. Let's have that. Holding us. She's got a bunch of buys for us. This is incredibly helpful right now. Because this is, we need to start thinking up how we're gonna get out of here and let's see here let's uh well I'll tell you what so you guys take a look and I'll take a look and then I was gonna talk with some more nice things about well no no no I know but you can upload this and then back there we go huh and they don't know really cheating though it's it's called the endless goodbyes I feel like if we if we use one of these two we're we could get sued oh good point good point so so anyway so he shows up i was gonna say i was gonna say he's never not funny everything he does and the commitment the fact that he brought us these script like he worked on scripts to do for us tonight and then all of the other bits that he came out with like that work like you have to write that and think about that so nice always prepared and nicest guy in the world super he um super super funny you know when we when we did Blades of Glory, the first thing we...

1:04:58No, no, no. No, no, no. And it was like the first big movie that I did coming out of Arrested Development. And Will... Thank you. And Will... Oh, wait, really quick. Who went to the premiere of that? Of Arrested? No, of Blades of Glory. I didn't. You did? Were you there? I was there for you. Oh, you were?

1:05:28Jason got mad for real again today about the fact that Sean and I have vacationed together a few times. But we love you. Really? Yeah, you're invited. You're invited. We're invited. But what I was going to say is, you know, of course Will is hilarious, and he's, like you said, super well prepared, always does a funny bit, always does something that you wouldn't think of. Special. Yeah, really special, interesting. But on top of it, he's the senior. He's the guy, you know, he's already making these incredibly funny, great movies. And I'd known him for a few years, but getting on the set where that's his milieu, if you will, like that's where, and he was so gracious to everybody in the cast and me by being, you know, he was just always very generous.

1:06:15Well, that's the sign of a big superstar. Like you can't be an asshole. Yeah. I mean, you know, if you have to treat everybody equal, just work hard and be nice. I have that up in my office. Just work hard and be nice. And one day, one day you're going to do it. And we can't wait. We really can't. This has been... I love you, too. Oh, you're the one who saw it. Thank you. We, uh... That was a funny script. Really funny. We love Sean, too. Oh, you've been checking this out? I'm not going to look at those.

1:06:57That's a great question. We're not going to take any more questions from the audience other than have you watched the rest of Development yet? Sure. What character does he play? He played, remember I call it Job? No, no, I call it Gob. Gob. But it is what? It's Job. And? Wait, no. You are, um, well, give me the first letter of your name. No, no, no, no. Just first letter. What is this, Wordle? M? Wordle. Can we talk, can we talk about Wordle? Oh, let's do it. And one of the other things is, is our big joke is like, oh, great. Yeah, send us your screen grabs of Wordle. And also tell us what you think about the Beatles documentary.

1:07:45But, I can't wait. and how is your work situation like succession? It's not. But here, so we did Wordle for the first time yesterday on the plane. And so, of course, we were making fun of it. We hadn't done it. And of course, it's great. And then today, today, Jay goes, all right, I can't wait for the next one. We're like, no, it's only once a day. It's only once a day. How does that work? And then everybody gets the same word? Yeah. Is that right? So how are you not like seeing that on Twitter at the top of the day. I don't, how is this catching on? Because people have other stuff to do. Yeah.

1:08:23By the way, all these buys are, thank you for the effort, they're all useless. They're not, they're all, they're not like, oh, I guess some of them do work. No, that one's good. That one's pretty good. You know what? You know what? That one is good. You know what? One of my favorites. Here we go. This is, now that's Sean right there. He's about to do his buy. We always have to pull him back from the brink. Go ahead. You know what? It's going to be the worst. You know, one of my favorite characters that Will Ferrell played, it was in Talladega Nights, what was his name called? Ricky Babai!

1:09:00Bye-bye. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Washington, D.C. Thank you.

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