Video: “Celebrity Jeopardy”
posted at 1:26 pm on May 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Three clips from Ferrell’s return to SNL last night. I know we’re supposed to hate him now because he can’t quit dumping on Bush — even here, naturally, although a few funny lines partly salvage the bit — but no one who watched the show in the late 90s can deny how great he was on it. With the sole shining exception of “Anchorman,” he’s never been as funny since (although I missed “Step Brothers” and “Talladega Nights” so there may be sample error). I wonder if he’s one of those guys who, for all the fame his performances have brought him, is actually a better comedy writer than actor. That would explain why his SNL material is superior to the scripts Hollywood keeps giving him, and also why “Anchorman,” which was obviously heavily improvised, is his best film.
The spastic dementia of his Harry Caray impression is hilarious but the highlight here, needless to say, is Celebrity Jeopardy. Darrell Hammond is back as Connery but the funniest part is reserved for another former cast member, and I don’t mean Ferrell. Watch and see.
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He’s an example of how a severe political bias can make you Less Smart–and in his case, Less Funny
a symptom of The Disease……
Janos Hunyadi on May 17, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Taladega Nights and Step Brothers are fantastically funny.
His harry cary skit was nowhere near as good as his originals.
All and all, he was 70% of what Timberlake was last weekend. JT is the new king of SNL, with Alec Baldwin right behind him.
Vincenzo on May 17, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Vids no worky.
toliver on May 17, 2009 at 1:34 PM
By the way, last night’s SNL was the final vocal “appearance” of legendary NBC announcer Don Pardo.
Don, who is 91, officially “retired” 4 years ago, but had continued to do each new episode of SNL, flying in from his home in Arizona. He was also inducted into the Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame last week-he started his career at a RI radio station in 1938.
Del Dolemonte on May 17, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Are you kidding? The late 90’s is when I finally stopped watching SNL altogether. When I was younger I was a big fan but week after week this guy would put on a cheer leading uniform and do the same exact skit, with the same damn lines even, over and over and over again for what seemed like years. It became so monotonous and lame that I had to stop.
FloatingRock on May 17, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Catch the semen. Saw that one a mile away.
alflauren on May 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM
I just watched SNL classics of Dana Carvey (Church Lady, Hanz and Franz), Chris Farley, and Phil Hartman, with Dennis Miller and Norm MacDonald. Those were the best days of SNL.
jencab on May 17, 2009 at 1:42 PM
I liked Elf and the one where the author was narrating his life, but I really disliked pretty much everything else he’s been in. And I tried to like Anchorman. I really did.
eforhan on May 17, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Wethal on May 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM
They don’t hate George Bush because they think he is stupid. They think he is stupid because they hate him.
I just watched SNL for the last time. Will Farrell was the guest host in a standard practice to pitch his new film. But from the very beginning, it was clear that SNL has given up all pretense as an ‘”edgy” comedy show. All they did was to prop up their friends and point of view at the expense of actually being topical (or a bigger stretch – funny).
This was a week which included:
a) Miss California standing strong against the gay brownshirts,
b) Joe Biden diclosing the classified location of his safe rooms,
c) President Obama stating at the White House Press Corp dinner that, “most of you support me, and all of you voted for me,”
d) and Nancy Pelosi deciding that the best defense to cover her tap dancing on waterboarding was to say that the CIA “always” lies to government leadership.
None of these made it to the show.
Instead they did:
a) an opening with Darrell Hammond as Dick Cheney and Will Ferrell as GWB. Boy is that courageous!!!
b) Then in the monologue, we discover that Ferrell has been nominated for a Tony award for doing a 2 hour long SNL skit about GWB on Broadway.
c) a recycled short commercial with Will from about 5 years ago,
d) brought back Amy Poehler to Weekend Update (did you know her series Parks and Recreation is not doing too well?), BTW, did you notice how they slipped and finessed the controversy of BHO at Notre Dame?
e) a predictable Jeopardy with Ferrell as Alex Trebeck and Darrell Hammond as his nemesis Sean Connery. Oh yeah, they had Tom Hanks on as a surprise guest (did you know that Angels and Demons is not doing as well as they had hoped?). Norm MacDonald also showed up to do his Burt Reynolds bit, but they never got around to writing any lines for him.
I have watched SNL from the very beginning. I remember being amazed by Paul Simon going one on one against Connie Hawkins and John Belushi doing his Joe Cocker. But the creativity is gone. Even on their strong shows, e.g. last week’s episode with Justin Timberlake, are comprised of skits that are rewrites of previous ones which didn’t suck. I know Lorne is not going to kill the cash cow, but they can at least try to act like they are anything other than a Hollywood/DNC echo chamber. Don’t they care?
Spike72AFA on May 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Did not know that. But I was wondering just how old Pardo was.
Loved the Celebrity Jeopardy skit. Laughed out loud, which I can’t say I do much of with SNL. Strange how they can’t seem to do any jokes about our Dear Leader.
rbj on May 17, 2009 at 1:50 PM
I never thought Ferrell was that funny. Darrell Hammond carried this one though.
perroviejo on May 17, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Thanks!
eforhan on May 17, 2009 at 1:54 PM
So epic, hahaha. I was really glad to see them bring this back. Also, to see Norm MacDonald back on SNL made my night.
nickj116 on May 17, 2009 at 1:55 PM
he’s about as funny as you are Allah.
Kaptain Amerika on May 17, 2009 at 1:55 PM
His writing partner Adam Levine seems to be the head Bush hating moonbat. He also writes for Huff Po, so no big surprise.
Speedwagon82 on May 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Belushi’s impression of Joe Cocker was his second-best of all time
doing Liz Taylor eating chicken was Belushi’s Best
It’s been A Long Time Gone since, “Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheesburger……”
Janos Hunyadi on May 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Watched Talladega Nights and didn’t laugh once, didn’t watch Step Brothers for that reason.
Hog Wild on May 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM
The Sean Connery bit was pretty funny, the rest of it sucked. Farrel can be funny but SNL is just lame, the writing has been awful for years.
echosyst on May 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Love that Norm MacDonald. He looks just like Burt too.
AUINSC on May 17, 2009 at 2:03 PM
The problem with returning cast member shows is that the writing staff thinks it can take a week off. Dust off the old standybys, everybody, Will Ferrell is back in the building!
By definition, a show that’s been on the air for 30+ years – on network, no less – cannot be “cutting edge.”
RMSpuhler on May 17, 2009 at 2:04 PM
I still love the Celebrity Jeopardy stuff. Classic!
conservnut on May 17, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Me too. Cracks me up every time.
KelliD on May 17, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Nah, Allah, I don’t waste my time with people like this. To many good things to watch, read or listen to.
sharinlite on May 17, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Which means he’s absolutely hysterical!
SnarkVader on May 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Jeapordy: Funny
Opening: Yawn, he didn’t even do GWB very well.
WU: Who the hell is Harry Carry? Honestly, why not do a Danny Thomas bit.
Rocks on May 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Well said Spike. Bush as a pinata is still the most attractive thing to the Left and Ferrell. It is tiresome and getting stale.
LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot on May 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM
SNL stopped being worth watching a very long time ago. When you have to actually WORK to find something funny in the show, or get so bored waiting to crack a smile that the bathroom runs are more entertaining, it’s time to change the channel….and I did, as I say, years ago.
Spiritk9 on May 17, 2009 at 2:16 PM
“CATCH THE SEMEN” – I laughed.
peski on May 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM
So the brilliant Norm McDonald does a cameo and the woman who was brutal as Gifford gets a big part and practically kills the sketch.Nice job SNL.
Also, really edgy cheap -shoting Bush instead of Dear Leader.
Your taxes are still going up, toadies.
jjshaka on May 17, 2009 at 2:19 PM
I think you might mean Adam McKay. I agree wholheartedly. The guy’s such an a**hole. I remember him saying on an E Television special about SNL how Will Ferrell could play the “frat guy who thought he was better than he was” crap. And then recently Ferrell says that Bush is a guy who never grew up. Yeah……umm…sounds like the pots calling the kettle black. This from the guys who had McKay’s little girl say every dirty word in the book for laughs for Funnyordie.com. Adam McKay is worse than Ferrell, no doubt. He threw a hissy fit on Huffington Post apparently because SNL made fun of the media’s lovefest for Obama during the primary debates. These guys, especially McKay, have the minds and maturity of a 15 year-old boy. The word f*ck is Stepbrothers like 15 times. Completely unnecessary. Oh well, at least Ferrell has some semblance of class.
NathanG on May 17, 2009 at 2:37 PM
So bad its good.
RobCon on May 17, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Ferrell was always great on SNL. His movies have started to fall off. I hate Talladega Nights and I’ve missed his last couple because they just looked horrible. I hope he gets back to some funny roles.
CP on May 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I don’t mind Bush jokes but Will Farrell’s Bush impersonation is too cartoon-ish.
terryannonline on May 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
It was great seeing Norm.
jimmy the notable on May 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
“did you know her series Parks and Recreation is not doing too well?)”
um, could that possibly be because it takes the worst parts of the ofice and 30 rock and even then fails at BOTH of them?! the [few] times i’ve glanced in, it’s like “wow, only 10 min. ’til the office comes on — thank goodness!”
:-)
Buckaroo on May 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
“Who the hell is Harry Carry?”
W
T
F
?!?!?!?!?
go ask yer parents, or yer grandparents, & i’m seriously guessing yours are stil alive …
/massive eyeroll
Buckaroo on May 17, 2009 at 3:00 PM
btw, talledaga nights is superior to anchorman …
/runs like heck
Buckaroo on May 17, 2009 at 3:04 PM
just more of the same SNL/Farrell movie schitck from the past decade. A giggle, maybe two, in skits and scenes that go on 5000% longer than they should. After a being religious SNL watcher since the 70’s, I finally had to give it up 10 years ago. These clips reinforce the decision I made long ago. Thanks!
If you plan to do a similar tribute to Adam Sandler… I’ll go ahead post in-advance here… I feel the same way about him. He’s overrated too
sacfly on May 17, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Yeah, she was awful. I would’ve substituted a Janeane Garofalo imitator who knocked every category, question, and Jeopardy itself for being “about racism”. Of course, they would never skewer one of their own.
jix on May 17, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Surely, there are things about this administration that are worth making fun of. Right? Biden, anyone? Pelosi?
Still making fun of Bush & Cheney? That’s funny?
Really? REALLY??
stevezilla on May 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM
They’re still doing Bush skits? What else do they have up their sleeves, Ayatollah Khomeini jokes?
Coronagold on May 17, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Accounts and tastes vary throughout this thread. Here’s another. I’ve calmly sat through some of the worst films commited to celluloid and magmedia. (See my poorly written website for a taste.) Step Brothers sorely tempted me to find sweet peace by doing an Oedipus Rex on my eyes and getting the ears while I was at it.
apostic on May 17, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Winner of the thread.
radiofreevillage on May 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Step Brothers is even worse than Talladega Nights. The only Ferrell film I enjoyed was Old School. Whenever I hear the song Dust in the Wind, it makes me think Will’s tribute to Blue. *wipes a tear from my eye* :)
Christina_M on May 17, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Don’t they care?
Spike72AFA on May 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM
No evidently they do not
Kevin43 on May 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Notice how they have to drop in the WOO lines like waterboarding is torture just so some tools in the audience can go WOO.
Thanks for nothing Jon Stewart. Your virus is spreading where everything is turned into a pep rally.
Moesart on May 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM
How about that Gleichschaltung moment in Weekend Update when ASU was berated for not bowing to Obama?
bekarlss on May 17, 2009 at 3:34 PM
I guess you never saw SNL during its first couple of years? THOSE were its best days.
I tried to enjoy it many times after the original “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” but it was just not funny at all. I haven’t watched SNL for years. MADTV is much, much better (and sadly has recently been cancelled)
UltimateBob on May 17, 2009 at 3:40 PM
And Will Ferrell is just not funny at all. He came close playing the Nazi in The Producers, but that was his best moment.
UltimateBob on May 17, 2009 at 3:41 PM
You must’ve been a late-comer. My wife and I stopped watching SNL when NBC stop the rotation of 3 SNL’s to one “Weekend”. That would have been the late ’70’s. Even back then, Linda Ellerbee and Lloyd Dobbins had reached the point of being frequently funnier then the original SNL cast.
oldleprechaun on May 17, 2009 at 3:47 PM
BLASPHEMER!
How DARE you speak ill of any Democrat! They are perfect beings and may not be the subject of anyone’s attempts at humor! Only Palin, Bush, and Cheney may be targets for mockery. And maybe Reagan and Rush Limbaugh.
UltimateBob on May 17, 2009 at 3:47 PM
So true. Now that brings back some memories. My husband and I were avid watchers of NBC News Overnight back then.
jix on May 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM
The first two years of SNL are the most overrated thing on the planet. Since they are available on DVD now, everyone can see it for themselves after having their opinions shaped by best-of collections.
Ground breaking TV? Sure. 100% comedy gold? No way. Lotsa dull in there, like the Muppets and Albert Brooks films. The sketches were as hit and miss as they have always been, too.
Moesart on May 17, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Will Ferrell, and everyone else on SNL, since Billy Crystal left, is as funny as a turd in a swimming pool.
Jarhead68 on May 17, 2009 at 3:59 PM
On the whole, I think later SNL tended toward fewer hits/more misses.
And the Albert Brooks films weren’t all bad. The “National Audience Research Institute” was kinda clever, particularly given this context. As for the Muppets, I had no idea those skits had been restored to SNL packaging.
Ah, well. Laugh-In was ground breaking, too. I rewatched some of it about five years ago. Sometimes you can’t go home again.
apostic on May 17, 2009 at 4:03 PM
No thanks. Not worth the time. Why give this guy a chance to come into my home?
Christian Conservative on May 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Ferrell is really funny.. to 12 year old boys everywhere.
GoodBoy on May 17, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Btw, Norm MacDonald on Letterman was hilarious the other day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QVl7i9cOnQ
nickj116 on May 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM
The trailer for Step-Brothers cracked me up, but didn’t laugh once during the movie — had seen all the jokes in the trailer.
billypaintbrush on May 17, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Sorry, but I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live since the Joe Piscopo-Eddie Murphy days and I’m not about to break my string now.
Percy_Peabody on May 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Bush and Cheney again???? Boy that Bush is sure stupid, and Cheney….as evil as Darth Vader….
Wow, never heard those jokes before.
Too bad Obama is not funny at all…..like his Teleprompter, or the Joy Riding of AF1 or his cadence, or his he/she wife
Dpet on May 17, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I have Season 2 on DVD and think it was great TV back then. In the early years, it was much edgier and frequently outrageously funny. You never knew what they were going to do next. No one was immune from their jokes, even Dems. I am old enough to remember Dan Akroyd doing Jimmy Carter, as well as Eddie Murphy doing Jesse Jackson, and even later, both Phil Hartman and Darrel Hammond doing Bill Clinton.
I agree with an earlier post that now SNL has become a liberal echo chamber. Now you CAN predict what they will do (dump on conservatives and worship and protect Obambi). It is but a shell of its former self.
I lived in the Central time zone back in the late ’70s. In that time, SNL was followed immediately by SCTV, and I could stay up and watch them both. That, ladies and gentlemen, was the true golden age of television. I miss those times dearly but glad I have DVDs of both SCTV and some of the SNL episodes to re-live some of those great memories.
OneVision on May 17, 2009 at 4:51 PM
The Cheney/Bush sketch was weak, but the rest was funny. They were trying too hard to be political and forgot about the being funny part.
Stickeehands on May 17, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Wouldn’t you like to be a millionaire? I know I would! That was great.
Reagan Mastermind is awesome!
jdkchem on May 17, 2009 at 5:04 PM
A true gem you have unearthed there. I saw that one when it was originally broadcast and laughed out loud several times during that skit. Phil Hartman was a comic mastermind. God bless him. Even though I am partial to several in the original cast, I must admit that Phil Hartman vies for being the greatest Not Ready for Prime Time Player ever.
OneVision on May 17, 2009 at 5:16 PM
As mentioned above, the king-douche is Adam McKay, Ferrel’s
lifepartner. He’s a drop-out nutjob whose rants are barely coherent, but he’s dug deep into the comedy world. Ferrel comes from a leftish background, but McKay brainwashed the dumb bastard over time, so now we get Will “I’ll take your money, but think you’re an idiot for being on the right” Ferrel.If anyone in Hollywood should be boycotted, it’s Ferrel.
budfox on May 17, 2009 at 5:42 PM
I thought the funniest bit in a “Jeopardy” sketch was the one where a category is “Japan-U.S Relations” and Hammond-Connery says “I’ll take Jap anus relations for 100.”
radjah shelduck on May 17, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Until the clowns start mocking the King, humor is dead.
MaxMBJ on May 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Here’s a golden oldie…Weird Al’s “I Lost On Jeopardy”, featuring a slightly younger Don Pardo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hicZKvkPfAA
Del Dolemonte on May 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Let’s not forget that some of the original SNL cast came from the Second City comedy troupe which later spawned SCTV.
Del Dolemonte on May 17, 2009 at 6:54 PM
I used to love the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches, back in the day. Hammond as Sean Connery always made me laugh, even if I could see the joke coming from a mile off. This sketch would have been much, much funnier if they booted the chick (if they hadn’t mentioned it was supposed to be Kathy Lee Gifford, I never would have known it was her) and kept in Norm as Burt Reynolds. SNL killed sketch comedy a long time ago, though, when they stopped skewering what needed to be skewered, and focused on being the comedic arm of the DNC.
Anna on May 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I thought Talladega Nights was hilarious.
*running out of the room*
aikidoka on May 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
As halfway decent as the Jeopardy Alex Trebek parodies are, I think it should always be noted that SCTV did the same thing with Trebek 30 freakin’ years ago (albeit Connery does battle Alex better than Margaret Meehan did in the Canadian version of “Jeopardy”).
jon1979 on May 17, 2009 at 8:19 PM
I fully agree that Jeopardy would have been better with Burt “Turd Ferguson” Reynolds, Connery and Hanks. They have done the standard for the entertainment industry by recycling old material. The problem comes from the fact that they are supposed to be new and edgy.
As for Harry Caray, it just did not seem as good as the old moon made of spare ribs day. I haven’t watched SNL in over 6 years unless I was at someone elses house, and I do not miss it.
The stab at waterboarding was bad and was completely out of place, seemed shoehorned into, that skit. But the thing that bothered me the most was that behind Caray, where North and South America should have been on the “world” map was a map of Europe. Do they hate the US that much?
cobrakai99 on May 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Allah, if you want to see real comedy, with real comedy performers, and real comedy writers with real laughs, get a video of Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows,” or Lewis and Martin’s “Colgate Comedy Hour,” or Jackie Gleason in anything.
These guys remind me of when we were kids. There was always some goofy nerd guy who would try to be funny and appear cool. He would tell, what he thought would be, a funny story, then, when he finished, he would laugh out loud, but everyone else just shook their heads, groaned, then pantsed him.
Will Ferrell is one of those nerds. All he needs is a good pantsing.
Joe Pyne on May 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Nah, they can’t do Khomeini jokes, they’re too PC for that!
4shoes on May 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Everything you said was dead on. If they really want to be funny, there is a TON of material out there, but that would mean they’ve got to, er, actually, make a joke or two about the current administration! Oh my! Can’t do that! That would be blasphemy.
4shoes on May 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM
How right you are 4shoes, you can literally see how unfunny this stuff is. They are trying to squeeze out every bit of humor from a tree that grew dry years ago, and it shows. They have sunk to the bottom of the barrel, and now all they can do is make faces at the camera in hopes someone will find them funny. They have become caricatures of themselves. Like the Las Vegas Elvis, they are now the one’s crying out for someone to make fun of them.
Joe Pyne on May 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
I just cant stand Will Ferrel. “Current Black Presidents” I laughed at for some reason. Too much NyQuil I guess.
Bladerunner1701 on May 17, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Norm should have been featured more :/
And so should have Andy S!!
Ugly on May 17, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Sorry, but two of the three sucked. That is the WORST Harry impression I’ve ever seen. He neither sounds nor looks like Harry. The GWBush/Dick Cheney one was boring beyond belief. The Jep. one was funny near the end but most of it sucked.
I hate Saturday Night Live. It hasn’t been worth anything for decades.
Warner Todd Huston on May 17, 2009 at 11:54 PM
I stopped watching SNL after Chris Farley died. Last of the great character actors.
scrubbiedude on May 18, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Nothing new there. It was a lefty show in the 70’s too. When Carter was president, they spent more time making fun of Nixon.
I loved it in the 70’s, have rarely watched it since, but I doubt its point of view was much different in the 80’s or 90’s, either. Or maybe it was. Maybe somebody can fill me in about the last 30 years of SNL
As far as it goes, for me, it jumped the shark around 1980. I’ve been shaking my head for about 20 years that it is still on the air. Not because of politics (I was a lefty until the mid-nineties), just the sheer longevity amazes me. I’ll bet it amazes Lorne Michaels, too, if he ever stops to think about it.
Whatever happened to Garrett Morris or Lorraine Newman? Don’t tell me about Al Franken, I have a feeling I don’t want to know.
Dreadnought on May 18, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Yeah, it was kinda funny seeing the wife, after bringing home the second season on DVD, slowly coming to the realization that even the classic SNL was just like its later incarnations…funny bits in a sea of painfully dull, unfunny sketches. Sometimes you’d see three sketches in a row played to a completely silent audience.
SNL suffers from Greatest Hits syndrome, people only get to see them at their best in clips and forget about all the crap in between. They’re the Led Zeppelin of comedy.
*ducks*
TheMightyMonarch on May 18, 2009 at 12:30 AM
The first two still work on occasion. The third is about to become the first mentally retarded Senator in U.S. history.
TheMightyMonarch on May 18, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Oh stop whining about the bush skits, palin gives them plenty of material too.
benny shakar on May 18, 2009 at 2:04 AM
I saw Talladega Nights and I laughed ONCE. A short 3 second laugh. The rest of the movie made me yearn for Adam Sandler’s comedy. That’s how bad it was. The man lip kissing in the movie was icing on the nausea cake.
I also throw Steve Carrel into that “awkward” humor category. I don’t get why people are willing to spend money on this. Even the movie ELF only did well because of the other actors, director, and writers. Ferrel performance was average at best, and he did NOT carry the movie at all.
V-rod on May 18, 2009 at 7:16 AM
Old School has to be the best Will Ferrell movie. Anchorman can’t even compare.
Will Ferrell does best when he is a supporting character. (See wedding crashers)
Chubbs65 on May 18, 2009 at 8:01 AM
It was hilarious. That, Anchorman, Blades of Glory, and Old School are his best movies, although Anchorman stands above them all.
That said, Step Brothers and Semi-Pro were pretty bad.
strictnein on May 18, 2009 at 9:24 AM
WTF ?!? “Old School” was totally funny. Maybe you left it out because he wasn’t the lead. But he was damn funny in that one.
“We’re Going streaking up through the quad and into the gymnasium! Come on everybody, come on! Snoop, Snoop-a-loop! No, it’s cool, it’s cool, I’m cool. Bring… Bring your green hat.”
connertown on May 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM
I marked out pretty hard over the Norm cameo. Love, love that man.
Typhonsentra on May 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Anchorman was his best film? Allah you really are a beta male you are not just pretending.
Dr Evil on May 18, 2009 at 10:37 AM
+++++++++plusplusplussssss
I can’t for the life of me, figure out how ANYONE can find Will Farrell funny even in the slightest.
Hell, Chevy Chase is a Master’s degree funny compared to Farrell’s Associate degree funny. And Chase is more like associate degreee funny in actuality.
44Magnum on May 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM
They can’t make jokes. GE owns NBC, and MSNBC, and they stand to rake in billions from Obama, on a cap, and trade deal. NBC, and MSNBC’s jobs, are to exalt Obama, and seal the deal.
SNL Sucks! Movies suck, and half this country voted against Obama, or sat it out, all together. That being said…when you keep slamming half the country for their beliefs, you’re going to lose viewers. Hollywood, doesn’t seem to care, but they will, when it really starts to tank. I don’t even watch any shows anymore, because of this nonsense.
Books are more entertaining, then the schmucks on tv.
capejasmine on May 18, 2009 at 1:45 PM
count me amongst those who just don’t “get” how people find will ferrell funny. phil hartman kicked his butt.
anna on May 18, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Anchorman was funny. It gets funnier as you watch it again – the subversive bits become clearer. Bill Curtis doing the voice-overs was hilarious. Talladega Nights was one of the least funny movies I’ve ever seen. My wife reports that the first half of Step Brothers was really funny and second half didn’t have a single laugh.
Have to put in a plug for Elf. That was a great movie and one of the best new Christmas films in a long time. Too bad they picked that commie Ed Asner to be Santa, but otherwise really enjoyable.
BananaSlug on May 18, 2009 at 4:07 PM
that WAS an AWFUL harry caray impression! i grew up in chicago in the 80’s and that guy’s voice is one of those that you never forget…
the accent was just… completely… wrong.
i have been back in the US for about 7 months after being abroad for more than a decade. i turned on SNL once in october last year and couldn’t sit through it, it was so bad. i flipped it on this past weekend and thought i would give it a try again, as i saw a really funny clip with justin timberlake recently and thought i’d check it out. as soon as it started and i saw that the opening skit was with dick cheney, i turned it off again. looks like i didn’t miss much (although jeopardy had its moments).
homesickamerican on May 18, 2009 at 6:20 PM
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