Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 122

Summary

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce: Episode 122 Summary – Will Ferrell on Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Auditions & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice

In Episode 122 of New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce, released on January 10, 2025, hosts Jason and Travis Kelce welcome the beloved comedian and actor Will Ferrell for an unforgettable conversation. Produced by Wondery, this episode delves into Will’s legendary career, his whimsical stunts as Buddy the Elf, his iconic days on Saturday Night Live (SNL), and offers hilarious relationship advice through his famous characters like Ron Burgundy.

Buddy the Elf and Hilarious Public Stunts

The episode kicks off with Will sharing his playful alter ego, Buddy the Elf. He recounts a memorable experience attending an LA Kings hockey game in full elf costume:

• [04:04] Will Ferrell: “I just like, like, sit there for a period and see how people react. And that was it. So reaction was insane. Like, what is he doing? Is he promoting something?”

Will describes how his unexpected appearance caused confusion and amusement among fans, highlighting his knack for blending humor with everyday events. His close friendship with Shaquille O’Neal adds another layer of fun to these stories:

• [08:25] Will Ferrell: “He gave me the idea. He goes, yeah, just come over. And then that. I escorted him out.”

A Glimpse into Will Ferrell’s SNL Journey

A significant portion of the conversation centers around Will’s time on SNL, offering listeners a behind-the-scenes look at his experiences:

• [10:12] Will Ferrell: “You just have to commit, sketch-wise, to whatever the premise is. Yeah. And just go for it. And if you lock in that way, all the apprehension will just melt away.”

Will reflects on his seven-year tenure on the show, discussing his favorite sketches and the challenges of live television. He emphasizes the importance of commitment and authenticity in comedy, providing valuable insights for aspiring entertainers.

Comedy Advice: Commitment and Authenticity

Will shares his philosophy on performing live and crafting comedy:

• [29:26] Will Ferrell: “You’ve got to commit, sketch-wise, to whatever the premise is. Yeah. And just go for it.”

He advises budding comedians to fully embrace their material and deliver with unwavering confidence. This approach not only builds trust with the audience but also enhances the comedic impact of their performances.

Blending Sports and Entertainment

Throughout the episode, Jason and Travis seamlessly integrate their athletic backgrounds with the world of entertainment. Will's ownership stakes in sports teams and his active participation in various sporting events create a dynamic interplay between sports and comedy:

• [44:16] Will Ferrell: “I have tickets to Lakers every now and then, the Kings, USC football. And somehow in the year that they won the World Series, I went to 0 Dodger games.”

This intersection showcases how passion and teamwork are universal, whether in sports or on a comedy stage.

Audience Interaction: Relationship Advice from Iconic Characters

A standout segment features Will channeling his famous characters to provide relationship advice, adding a humorous twist to common dilemmas:

• [46:47] Will Ferrell (as Ricky Bobby): “You just gotta get yourself into position to look for the checkered flag. Because, I mean, there's only one thing you need to worry about. Because, I mean, if you ain't first, you're last.”

• [48:25] Will Ferrell (as Ron Burgundy): “Of course you take the best friend because you teach that young lady a lesson. You're not going to be some horse's ass.”

These character-driven responses not only entertain but also offer a unique perspective on navigating relationships, blending humor with relatable scenarios.

Lightning Round: Quick-Fire Fun with Will Ferrell

The episode features a lightning round where Will answers rapid-fire questions, revealing amusing anecdotes and personal insights:

• [52:51] Will Ferrell: “Definitely a bank teller. I was a bank teller.”

• [54:19] Will Ferrell: “The secret to being a cool dad, I think, constantly, lovingly make fun of them.”

• [62:44] Will Ferrell: “I'm gonna put Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, and the original cast of Saturday Night Live on my comedy Mount Rushmore.”

These quick snippets provide listeners with a deeper understanding of Will’s personality and his journey in the entertainment industry.

Final Thoughts: Teamwork and Resilience

As the conversation winds down, Will reflects on the parallels between team sports and collaborative efforts in entertainment:

• [69:24] Jason Kelce: “And I think that's similar in terms of, like, getting out there and you worked all off-season. We've put in all these new plays. Let's go out there and see what it looks like.”

• [69:43] Will Ferrell: “It's a team of people. It's a crew of people. I love Saturday Night Live because of the ensemble, because it was like, we all pull for each other.”

These reflections underscore the importance of teamwork, resilience, and mutual support in achieving success, whether on the field or in the studio.

Conclusion

Episode 122 of New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce masterfully blends sports, comedy, and personal storytelling. Will Ferrell’s engaging anecdotes, combined with insightful discussions on comedy and teamwork, make this episode a must-listen for fans of both athletics and entertainment. From his playful Buddy the Elf stunts to his invaluable advice for aspiring comedians, Will offers a multifaceted perspective that resonates with listeners across various interests.

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Transcript

[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Will Ferrell]

Oh, sure. For a first date when you should know those red flags and when to look for the green flags. I don't know anything about red flag or green flag. Get yourself into position to look for the checkered flag.

[Travis Kelsey]

Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen. A one dry show produced by Wave Sports and Entertainment and brought to you by American Express. We're your host. I'm Travis Kelsey. My big brother Jason Kelsey out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Cincinnati Bearcat alums get the UC Bearcats basketball team back on the winning streak here. All right now, boys. Subscribe on YouTube Wondering plus or wherever you get your podcast and follow the show on all social media at New Heights show with one s Jason, we got a good one. You ain't even got to tell them. I'll tell them we got a good one coming up. But tell them what we got coming.

[Jason Kelsey]

Up that we do. We've got a great guest before the playoffs get started. Why don't we take a look right here. Our guest today from the University of Southern California, winner of six Primetime Emmy Awards, two sps, an MTV Award, Movie Award. Best Kiss winner and the winner of the Mark Twain Prize for comedy. You can see him in his critically acclaimed documentary Will and Harper on Netflix, as well as his upand cominging comedy with Reese Witherspoon. You're cordially invited. Releasing January 30th. 92 percenters. It's Buddy the Elf. Mugatu. Ashley Shay for Ricky Bobby. Ron Burgundy.

[Travis Kelsey]

Chance Michael Michaels.

[Jason Kelsey]

92% of strength to take himself.

[Will Ferrell]

Will F. Is here. Oh, my gosh.

[Travis Kelsey]

So epic.

[Will Ferrell]

Best intro.

[Jason Kelsey]

Best intro ever.

[Will Ferrell]

Best intro ever.

[Jason Kelsey]

I apologize if I just blew your ears out, Will, but no, no.

[Will Ferrell]

That was soothing. I want to. I'm going to play that on a loop to fall asleep to. It's going to be like a sleep machine for me.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, we are. If you can't tell, we are jazzed to have you.

[Travis Kelsey]

I gotta be.

[Jason Kelsey]

Right away. We saw this post on Twitter from the LA Kings. Buddy the Elf is officially in Hockeywood. Look at. Can we pull this up? Brandon?

[Travis Kelsey]

This is so good.

[Jason Kelsey]

This is not the Buddy Elf I remember.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is just over the weekend.

[Jason Kelsey]

Buddy Elf has been through some. What's.

[Will Ferrell]

Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think. No, from. No, from the North Pole.

[Travis Kelsey]

Santa not taking a swing.

[Will Ferrell]

He's having a pull from his beer. Smoking a cig.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Just having some hymn time.

[Will Ferrell]

That was just. I get these weird ideas every now and then.

[Travis Kelsey]

They're golden, man.

[Will Ferrell]

I told my wife, because we're season tickets holders to the LA Kings. We have the nice. The seats right on the glass, which were amazing. I was like, gosh, over the break. You know what? It'd be funny if I just got like a Buddy of the Elf costume and didn't shave for like a week. And I'm just sitting there with like a candy cigarette. It's just a candy cigarette. And I'm just gonna, like, sit there for a period and see what. How people react. And that was it. So reaction was insane. Like, what is he doing? Is he promoting something? Is. But occasionally I just like to do weird things like that just to stir it up.

[Travis Kelsey]

Dude, it's the best. Yeah, it's the best. Or have you always been a hockey fan? I knew. I knew you've been following the Kings for a while now, but yeah, I kind of.

[Will Ferrell]

I was. I remember there was. I grew up in Southern California and there was a kid who moved into my neighborhood from Connecticut who played hockey. And we would play street hockey. We would play. This is sad. One on one. One on one. Street hockey. Does that even exist?

[Travis Kelsey]

Are you kidding me? This is all me and Jason used to do. Oh, okay.

[Will Ferrell]

Of course, this is legit. We didn't have ice, so it was just with the little ball and it's running around a parking lot. Oh, yeah. And then I. Yeah, I was. I. I followed the Kings way back. Way back when they had, like, the triple crown line of Marcel Dion, Dave Taylor.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Charlie Simmer.

[Jason Kelsey]

Anyway, so you've been in it for a while.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, I've. I've been the. And then they. Then, of course, they won a couple cups, and that helped build the audience. And now. Now they. Now they draw. Really? Oh, look at that.

[Travis Kelsey]

I got a Little Wayne. Great ski, Jason. Jason got me this for Christmas.

[Will Ferrell]

But did you guys. Did you guys play hockey as well with everything else you did?

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, yeah, we were. That was probably the first one that we both fell in love with. I would. At least for me, for sure.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

No, same. It's a wonderful sport. It's fun. We. We both started it. Travis finished in high school playing basketball. I played hockey in high school. We used to play street hockey with that same ball you're talking about.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

And one of the elementary schools, Roxburgh elementary, had cut down the basketball hoops. And you would think this would be a safety issue, but they left, like, the posts.

[Travis Kelsey]

They left.

[Jason Kelsey]

They just cut the hoops down, and if you hit the post, it was a goal. So we played pickup hockey all the time, just trying to hit the post, and that's like how we played.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Kind of. Kind of an amazing sport. And I'm not going to lie to you, there's some beautiful men out there who play hockey.

[Jason Kelsey]

As long as they have their teeth in.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, long. They have the teeth in.

[Jason Kelsey]

Don't take the dentures out.

[Will Ferrell]

But yeah, that was my. That was my. My latest kind of public stunt.

[Jason Kelsey]

While we're on the public stunts, we got to pull up the. The. The Shack and at the Staples. We got to pull that one out.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is an all time classic.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, my gosh. Look at that mustache.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, that was another one. I had friends who gave me a Staples secure security guard outfit, and I snuck it into the building, just pretended to be one of the security guys.

[Jason Kelsey]

So, wait, that was not like the Staples. The Staples was not a part of that one either.

[Will Ferrell]

They had no idea. And I was afraid I snuck it in because I was afraid they would stop me and go, where'd you get that uniform? That's contraband. Come with us.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is the vet, dude.

[Jason Kelsey]

Amazing.

[Will Ferrell]

I just stood on the. Yeah, it Turns out the other security guys, they were like, dude, I love it. Just don't stand on the court. You're good with us. You're good with us. And then I look down and Shaq happens to be at the game unbeknownst. I just pick a random game and I look down and there's Shaq in the corner. He's rolling, he's laughing. So I stand up a couple times in between the breaks, and then I'm like, what do I. What else do I do with this? I don't know. And then someone taps me on the shoulder and says, you know, during the next break, Shaq's ready to leave the game. Do you want to throw him out? You want to throw him out of the game?

[Jason Kelsey]

So he.

[Will Ferrell]

He gave me the idea. He goes, yeah, just come over. And then that. I escorted him out.

[Jason Kelsey]

That is brilliant.

[Travis Kelsey]

The Diesel.

[Will Ferrell]

And then we had the biggest laugh.

[Travis Kelsey]

And that is so good.

[Will Ferrell]

I was like. I go, shaq, do you know how extraordinary that is that you're allowing me to throw you out of an NBA basketball game? He was like, are you kidding me? That is so. And then it was so funny. All the. I found out from one of the heads of the security that he goes, hey, I have to tell you, everyone appreciated the shout out. All the security people appreciate the shout out. And I was like, oh, that's what.

[Jason Kelsey]

I was looking for. Yeah, actually.

[Will Ferrell]

Actually, I was kind of making fun of you guys. But no, it was a shout out. It was a shout out for.

[Travis Kelsey]

That is so gold, man. You've done a lot of these, so I gotta know. I've been. I've been just so curious about this. When did you become a DJ? The video of you DJing at the frat party might be one of my favorite. You've. You've now inspired me to want to become a DJ and do exactly what. You made that shit look so fun.

[Will Ferrell]

I don't know if. I don't know if you want to. I don't know if you want a real peek behind the curtain or not, but. I don't know how to dj. It was just all set up by my son, and he was like, dad, can you come? It's parents weekend. Can you come by the fraternity house and I'll just set it up and you just have to twist knobs and.

[Jason Kelsey]

Pretend, like, to push buttons.

[Will Ferrell]

So I just acted the part. But I. No, look at. That's insane. That's insane. I. I still. I still forget that people have cameras attached to their phones. I Don't know if you guys ever feel that way, but I'm like, I still. Sometimes I'm like so good.

[Travis Kelsey]

The fact that you could just turn that switch off, though, man, not, not care about it, that's the best. That's the best part. That was. That made. I sent that to everybody that I.

[Will Ferrell]

Knew I should have for 15 minutes. And then I went to the football game. I didn't think twice about it. And then Monday it like blows up and I'm thinking, what? Wait, what? Oh, right. All these kids were filming it anyway.

[Travis Kelsey]

So. Good.

[Will Ferrell]

It's just, it's fun to just kind of. I just love kind of doing those kind of out of the box things just to. Just to mingle with people and.

[Travis Kelsey]

Well, we love when you do it too, big dog.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Thank you.

[Travis Kelsey]

Let's get into your athletic career, Jason. Why don't you hit him with it?

[Jason Kelsey]

You were an athlete growing up, kicker in high school.

[Will Ferrell]

Yes.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, yes.

[Jason Kelsey]

So were you. You were a kicker in high school. Did you ever try to play any other position or were you ways like I'm going for the kicker?

[Will Ferrell]

Well, let's just say freshman year at University High School in Irvine, California. I dominated. Okay?

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, baby.

[Will Ferrell]

Starting free safety and wide receiver, two.

[Travis Kelsey]

Way player, football guy right here.

[Will Ferrell]

Co MVP of the football team.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh my God.

[Will Ferrell]

Okay, basketball. Freshman player of the year. Freshman basketball.

[Jason Kelsey]

Okay.

[Will Ferrell]

I played. Then I played baseball and it was downhill, downhill from there. I was six one and a half as like a freshman.

[Jason Kelsey]

So you some height advantage.

[Will Ferrell]

And then I think by the time I graduated I was 6 3. So I only grew an inch and a half more over the next couple years. But yeah, I'd never played football and I played a lot of soccer and I also was doing the kicking. And then I got called up to. I made varsity as a sophomore as a kicker.

[Jason Kelsey]

Okay.

[Will Ferrell]

They wanted me to play safety too, but I was like, you guys, I weigh 145 pounds. I pay 150 and I'm not.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh my gosh.

[Will Ferrell]

Something about I never come. Let's just say no one was looking at me for the. For proper tackling form.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, sure, yeah. Submarine going.

[Will Ferrell]

Something about getting your head in there. I'd end up like my approach looked really good. And then I'd roll to the side and face mask you.

[Travis Kelsey]

I played, I played defense one fucking time and it was safety. And I. I saw a guy running at me looking like freaking Eddie George and I made a business decision is what I did. I made a business decision to not go in with the, the head, the hands, the, the proper technique. Just going. I would, I went slide tackle. I would set up the right way.

[Will Ferrell]

You're like, oh, he's gonna. Pharaoh's gonna jack someone. And then I would go, no, it. So, yeah, I made, I was like, you know what? I'll just kick. And I was really hoping actually to be a college kicker. We were a horrible football program. I think we were 18 and 1 my senior year.

[Travis Kelsey]

I could relate, but I, but I.

[Will Ferrell]

Was getting those, you know, I was getting those little form letters from, you know, University of Oregon, New Mexico State.

[Travis Kelsey]

New Mexico State. What was your longest field goal, do you remember?

[Will Ferrell]

45.

[Travis Kelsey]

45 in a game in high school. That's big time.

[Will Ferrell]

50. 50 in practice. Okay.

[Travis Kelsey]

You could boot it.

[Will Ferrell]

And then I tried walking on at usc. I saw, I was, I was my freshman year at usc. I saw in the athletic department that they were having tryouts. Walk on tryouts, right? Yeah, but it was, it was, it was, it was in the fall, so obviously the team is already set, so, like, why not? I, I showed up and they, we weren't allowed to kick on the field that actually had the field goals. It was just a big open. And I was like, I was, like, really accurate, but I wouldn't say I was, you know, could boom it. So we just. I think we did. I think I did, like, five kickoffs. And then the guy just blew the whistle, was like, okay, bring it in. We're good. And he's like, okay, huddle up on the special teams. Coach, we're pretty, we're pretty good. We're pretty good with our kicking situation right now, but any of you guys want to play scout team? You know, running back or scout? And I was like, no, I've heard about scout team.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. No, not in college. In college, that's, yeah, that's when it's no fun.

[Will Ferrell]

So that, that was the extent of my, my college athletic career.

[Travis Kelsey]

It sounds like you, you kind of wanted to be an announcer while in college.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, I went to usc, had, like, had this sports information program. I was, it's funny. I, I, I always wanted to get into comedy, but I kind of grew up in the entertainment industry. My dad's a musician.

[Jason Kelsey]

Okay.

[Will Ferrell]

And had played at, you know, in, in the best of places and in the worst of places. He's a piano player and super talented, and I just saw how unstable the entertainment business is. Sure, he would have a job at a, you know, at a, at a nightclub for, for six months. To a year. And then. And they'd be like, well, that's over. I'm like, what happened? It's like, nothing. They just said, we're done.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And he's got to go back out and search and, man, do all this stuff. And so I thought, well, I'm never going to do that. You know, I want to. I want, like a real job. I didn't know what that meant. Even though I loved comedy, I loved making my friends laugh, I loved watching comedy, I loved, you know, everything about it. But I also love sports, and I played sports all throughout high school. And SC had this program that was, was. Was like sports journalism. So I thought, oh, that's a, That's a blending of both. And, you know, Sports center had probably just started. Let's see, I was in. I graduated in 90. So that was kind of the beginning of ESPN and starting to boom. Yeah, I want to be one of those guys, you know.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And so I graduated and then was trying to get a job with local cable stations and, you know, you have to, like, build a tape and send it out to these small markets to get hired as the, you know, the sportscaster in Yuma, Arizona.

[Travis Kelsey]

Those tapes got to be gold.

[Will Ferrell]

I don't know where they have. I should have held onto him. But at the same time, I thought, you know what? This itch is not going away. I better scratch it about the comedy thing. So at the same time, I started doing classes at this improv theater in Los Angeles called the Groundlings, where I had seen tons of people had gone on to sitcoms, to Saturday Night Live, to film and television, performers, writers, directors, everything. I thought, oh, this is. They had a school I could, I could kind of take all these classes at. And so I kind of was doing both at the same time. And I kind of found my, you know, you gotta, as you guys probably know, you gotta find your community, you gotta find your support group. And that, that place in la, the Groundling Cedar, was where I felt safe enough to, to kind of go for it. And I was there for three years. And then that spring of 95 was when SNL was doing like a nationwide search for a brand new cast because they knew they were going to let go. It was going to be the last year for, like, Farley and Sandler and Dana Carvey and that whole group, man. So, yeah, happened to be at the right place at the right time when they came and watched one of our shows and went through the audition process.

[Travis Kelsey]

And then, yeah, the audition process, dude, we've all seen the audition video. It is the most brilliant.

[Will Ferrell]

The cat. Cat toy on the ground.

[Travis Kelsey]

How. How does that even. How do you. How do you know that that's going to be the one to get you the job? Like, what the.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, here's the thing, Travis.

[Travis Kelsey]

It doesn't make any sense in my mind.

[Will Ferrell]

You've hosted the show, Right. You've stood. You've stood on that spot where you deliver the monologue.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And your heart is pounding in your chest, right?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

But you're in front of a full audience that's supportive and there. And they want to see you. Yeah, I'm on the ground in that studio, playing around like a cat. No one. No one's in war. Michaels purposely had no one in the studio to, like, create the tension of late night. Like, he wanted to create the pressure of what it's like to be on Saturday night, like live tv. So I'm in a void, rolling around going, oh, my God, I'm going back to la. This is not like.

[Jason Kelsey]

Because.

[Will Ferrell]

Because there's no one laugh. There's no one in the. There's no one in the studio. There's just a camera operator and a sound guy. Oh, my gosh.

[Travis Kelsey]

So good. This is.

[Will Ferrell]

So.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is one of my favorites, Dude.

[Will Ferrell]

So it was almost like a prisoner torture technique. I had to, like, fight through it. And were there.

[Travis Kelsey]

Were there any other audition, like, like bits that you had or were you, like, kind of juggling a few at the time or.

[Will Ferrell]

They basically had to do an audition that was anywhere from five to eight minutes long of any of the characters of your choice.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, nice. Okay.

[Will Ferrell]

So that was one of the. Did I. One of the. I did another skit. I did. I did Harry Carrie doing a play reading. And so I did my Harry Carey impersonation. And then I did. I did this sketch that I think really got me the job, which was this dad at a barbecue yelling at his kids to get off the shed. And that's good piece I auditioned with, later became the sketch that was in. I did in my very first show.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, that's cool.

[Will Ferrell]

As a cast member.

[Travis Kelsey]

So that's cool. So they brought that one to life. Nice.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, that's awesome, man.

[Will Ferrell]

But it wasn't. It was awful. I was like, I had no idea if I did well or not. And you just left going, oh, well, I guess they'll call me.

[Travis Kelsey]

I'll tell you what Lauren is. He could be a stone cold dude. He can give you absolutely nothing.

[Will Ferrell]

Yep.

[Travis Kelsey]

And I'm sure that that Left you confused as I'll get out, man.

[Will Ferrell]

But he, yeah, he can, he can. It's funny. He's like, he can walk right by you or he can, or he can pump you up. But yeah, it, sometimes, sometimes you don't know where you stand with that guy. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, man. The SNL years were, were definitely the beginning of, of our fandom for you, big guy. Who do you remember as like some of your favorite characters on snl, like the ones that you really got excited to, to go out there and like, perform?

[Will Ferrell]

I never imagined that I would get to play the President because I wasn't, I wasn't known for doing political impressions or anything like that. So to get to do Bush for that, like, that was. And like, you know, you're going to be a go to guy every week. Yeah, that was pretty heady. That was pretty, that was really fun. I loved, you know, I think about like doing the Cheerleaders with Sherry Oteri sketches I got to do with Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer. We used to do this Bobby and Marty sketch where we were like middle school music teachers who would perform and the kids would hate them. And the Robert Goulet sketches were really fun, man. Neil Diamond. Neil diamond and Harry Carey, I got to do, I got to do Harry Carey to an audience that maybe didn't know. It was fun because people who knew Harry Carey from the Cubs as an announcer obviously knew who he was. But then other people would go, I love that mad scientist character you do with the crazy white hair. And I was like, well, no, he's a real person. They're like, oh, okay, well, whatever. It doesn't matter. I think it's so funny. I had a great seven years on the show and I just there, you know, I, I'm, I'm so lucky to look back and, and there was probably, I, I, you know, I, I had fun like every single week doing that show, man.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, seven years is a crazy run, man. You obviously, seven years on the show as a, as a cast member, but you're, you're a member of the SNL Five Timers Club as well. What's the difference between hosting it and, and being a cast member or what's the biggest difference?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, I think honestly I preferred being a cast member because when you, when you host, you all of a sudden it was much easier to be a cast member and have your, your sketch get cut and be kind of shake your fist, you know, like. Ah. But when you're on the other side and you're having A hand in like, oh, I don't want to choose between, you know. Right. I mean, you've been in that room.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And you probably had some choices where you had two or three funny things that could only go in the one slot because there is, there is a lot of thinking that goes into that show and it, it's hard.

[Travis Kelsey]

Like, you probably, everybody was awesome on the cast. So you're sitting there, you're like, I don't want to take her off stage. I don't want to take him off stage. I don't want to take that bit. That bitch, they kill it in that bit.

[Will Ferrell]

And I'm just, and that you're thinking, oh, but I love doing the one thing. And so I was like, oh, I hated, I hated like determining the fates of who was going to be in the show and who was not. Also too, you realize, like the times I've come back to host, that thing is, that thing is like a track meet. You forget.

[Travis Kelsey]

It is a machine. It is a well oiled machine.

[Will Ferrell]

Physical shape you're in, comedy shape you're in. And I all of a sudden felt like I was in an NBA basketball game and I, I, the ball just kept hitting me in the face. When I like the last time I came to, to host and I remember, in fact, I remember sitting with Lauren at the after party and I was like, God, man, Lauren, I can't believe I used to do the show. Like, not even think twice about doing the show every week. And he was like, I, I thought he was gonna give me the, you know, attaboy. Like, like, you know, you were, no, you were great. You were wonderful. He was like, no, it's a young man's game. He didn't give me anything. I'm like, was I that bad? But no, it's a young man's game.

[Travis Kelsey]

It all rolls fast though, man. It happens so fast. And man, I was the luckiest guy in the world to even get a chance to do it, knowing how big of a, of a fan I was of it and how big of a, you know, opportunity it is.

[Will Ferrell]

Jason, you're next.

[Travis Kelsey]

Jason, he's been, he's been trying my own thing.

[Jason Kelsey]

I, I listen, I was up there able to watch Travis host and that was, it's, and we've talked about it before, but it's just so impressive the amount of people that are involved in that thing and how it all happens. And I couldn't imagine the hosting itself, like, and watching because I think I got there maybe Thursday Trav. So I got to watch a little bit of that process of learning it every day, and I was just blown away. Absolutely blown away.

[Will Ferrell]

It's a real piece of living history in terms of television and in terms of, like, American comedy, because it's. When you're sitting at home and you just, you know, DVR it or turn it on at 11:30, you have no idea during those commercial breaks that there's a hundred people running around moving those sets. And it.

[Jason Kelsey]

Absolutely.

[Will Ferrell]

It is such a. I mean, I hope they never cancel that show, because I don't think they'll ever do that type of show ever again. No, it's just. It's an art form, the way they put on that show, and it's surprisingly fun. It is surprisingly funny. With how many things that can go wrong and. And the fact that they only. They write it in a week.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[Will Ferrell]

It. It. It's. It's hit or miss, for sure, but it. But it lands on its feet more often than. Than not, and it's. It's pretty impressive.

[Travis Kelsey]

The whole week, you're seeing the. The construction workers putting together sets, and you're just. Your. Your mind is just blown away, and you're just like, what? And then some sets get canceled because they just don't fit in the time frame. You're just like, what? How do you. It just blows my mind.

[Will Ferrell]

And you really have to have fun.

[Travis Kelsey]

To be a part of it.

[Will Ferrell]

You have to have thick skin as a cast member. Because I remember when I was. My first year on the show, Kevin Nealon, who I was a big fan of Kevin Nealon, came back to kind of see a show and say hi to us. And it was towards the end of that, my first year on the show, and he was like, you're really funny. Like, great job. And I was like. I was like, thanks, man. And he was like, let me give you some advice. Like, you don't have to score every week. Just keep that in mind. It's like, if you can look back on a season and count on, like, if you've done 10 funny things, then you've had a good year, and.

[Travis Kelsey]

Wow.

[Will Ferrell]

So it took the pressure off of, like, having to have a great show every week. It's like hitting.300 in baseball. You know, if you hit.300, you're gonna be in the hall of Fame. And if you hit. If you could hit well, 30% might be a little low. If you could be funny 50% of.

[Jason Kelsey]

The time, that's a good batting average. Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

So I. I Took that to heart. But yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Let me, let me ask you this, because we are doing. I'm doing this late night thing on espn. I just started it. And we're trying to incorporate some scripted bits and some funny things. Like, I guess, what do you think is the biggest thing to performing a sketch or comedy live? That you wouldn't tell anybody who's just starting out into that world. Because quite frankly, I've never done anything like this where there's like a live audience and you're trying to do this while it's being recorded.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Forgive me if this is a loaded question, but I re missed if I didn't ask you pointedly if there's anything that you can like, fast track my ability to be funny on.

[Will Ferrell]

No, you're screwed, man.

[Travis Kelsey]

Sounds like you gotta figure it out.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

No, you know, the thing that I always lived by is because, you know, I. I was like, look, I'm gonna meet, I'm gonna. I'm gonna watch people perform who I think I'm funnier than. I'm also gonna watch people who are way funnier than me.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And I'm gonna have to be okay with that. But. But the one thing no one will ever beat me and beat me at is how hard I commit to something.

[Jason Kelsey]

Sure.

[Will Ferrell]

You've got to commit, sketch wise, to whatever the premise is. Yeah. And just go for it. And if you lock in that way, all the apprehension will just melt away. And then the audience will be on your side too, because they'll just be.

[Jason Kelsey]

Like, he's going for it, dude.

[Travis Kelsey]

This makes sense.

[Will Ferrell]

Hopefully it's a funny premise to begin with, but sure, if it's not, they'll just be like, God, Jason is going for it. I'm on his side.

[Jason Kelsey]

And that's.

[Will Ferrell]

That's all you need to worry about. That's great. And, and to not. Because I've seen people. You can't have one foot in and one foot out because then the audience doesn't believe. Doesn't believe your intention. Absolutely. And so that's. That's just the main thing.

[Travis Kelsey]

Dude, you send it better than anybody, man.

[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food at the farmersdog.com new heights plus you get free shipping. That's the farmersdog.com new heights. Before we, before we get out of this SNL bit, we, we, we asked Bill Murray this question and he said, Ray Charles. But who is the, the one SNL host that just blew your socks off? Like, man, they, I did not expect this person to be this, this damn good or this funny or this awesome that you maybe when you were a cast member.

[Jason Kelsey]

Just so you know, we asked Bill Murray this and he said it was Ray Charles because he just really, he was amazed at how well he remembered all of his lines.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh my God.

[Jason Kelsey]

Didn't have to use any cue cards.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, we had a similar, we had, I remember Jackie Chan hosted with us. He didn't, he didn't read English.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

So he couldn't use the cue card. So he had to do the whole thing.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And he was on fire. But there I, I think there are, there are like varying degrees. Like we, I remember one of our best hosts was Derek Jeter.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

He just committed to everything, regardless of how stupid we put him. And also that's how I got to know, that's how I met Shaq for the first time. He came on and did, I think it was Kelsey Grammer was the host. But, but they said, hey, Shaq's in town. He wants to do some sketches. He destroyed. He was so funny and natural to the point where one of his sketches got cut because he had a funnier show than the host.

[Travis Kelsey]

And he had to reel it back.

[Jason Kelsey]

He had to reel it back because.

[Will Ferrell]

We wrote this sketch where all the cast members were picking on me and making me cry. And Shaq came up, he's like, what's going on? And I'm like, shaq, everyone's making fun of me. And he's like, come with me, Will. And we walked to home base there and he picked me up in his arms and we proceeded to sing a duet called no One's Gonna Hurt My Little man.

[Jason Kelsey]

And.

[Will Ferrell]

Shaq cradling me. We did this whole but that got cut and it, like, destroyed.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, my gosh.

[Will Ferrell]

But then, I swear, there was, like, it was. A lot of times, it was actors that you would like. Steve Buscemi.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, nice.

[Will Ferrell]

Insanely good. I remember a lot of times dramatic actors who were so excited to.

[Travis Kelsey]

You didn't always see him in the comedy world.

[Will Ferrell]

Exactly. And. And they. That thing of, like, they would just commit to the premise. They weren't even trying to be funny, and they subsequently got twice as many laughs.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. I love it.

[Will Ferrell]

But, yeah, it's amazing.

[Jason Kelsey]

You just remember you just referenced Billy Bob Thornton and made me think of that bad elf at the top of the show. Maybe there's a bad elf, bad Santa remake coming down the line.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, yeah, maybe. Yeah. A lot of people will be. Be distraught by that combination, but maybe that's why we need to do it.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

By the way, speaking of football, I gotta bring something up.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right.

[Will Ferrell]

I happen to be watching during the holiday break. Travis, you guys, The Pittsburgh game.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

When you scored, did you just have one touchdown or did you have.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, I just had one. I just had one.

[Will Ferrell]

And you went to go dunk the football. You missed the dunk.

[Travis Kelsey]

I did not dunk it. Yeah, I did not dunk.

[Will Ferrell]

You missed it. You hit the rim. And I. I remember. I remember thinking, oh, I want to bring that out. I know I'm gonna be talking to you guys. I'm like, God, Travis, he doesn't have the same hops.

[Travis Kelsey]

He don't. I don't have the ups anymore. I used to just kind of hit.

[Will Ferrell]

The bar and just spilled over. But you was trying to celebrate. Like, I just dunked it. I was like, no, no, no.

[Travis Kelsey]

I gave him my. I gave him my best Tony Gonzalez. He was known. He was known for dancing, and I had just. I had just eclipsed his touchdown record.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, maybe. Maybe finger roll next time.

[Travis Kelsey]

Did. Was. You remember when you. When you first started trying to dunk and you would just go up and smack the backboard? That's kind of what I was doing right there. It really. It wasn't a full dunk.

[Will Ferrell]

All right.

[Travis Kelsey]

Maybe if I get the. If I get it earlier in the game, I might be able to. The explosive I have been thinking about.

[Will Ferrell]

Getting since that moment. I've literally been stewing on that.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice. Well, I've been. I've been thinking people might have forgot about it.

[Jason Kelsey]

So.

[Travis Kelsey]

Perfect.

[Jason Kelsey]

Before we move on, I got to ask this. Have you ever dunked, Will, can you dunk?

[Will Ferrell]

I dunked. I remember having, like, a breakaway And I was like, I'm gonna dunk this. And the ball slipped out of my hand. I got. Right here. I got, like, rim.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And then the ball just fired off the backboard. And coach was like, what was that? I was like, you told me, try to dunk it if I have a break. He's like, okay, I could dunk a tennis ball. But now. Yeah. Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

My Travis has seen me, no joke, over an hour in a gym.

[Travis Kelsey]

At least just.

[Will Ferrell]

At least trying. Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Repeatedly thinking I'm getting closer and repeatedly failing.

[Travis Kelsey]

If I just get the technique right, I can do it.

[Jason Kelsey]

I'm there. I'm right there.

[Will Ferrell]

It's gonna happen.

[Travis Kelsey]

300. You're 310 pounds. You're not going to dunk the ball. Gravity is working against you.

[Will Ferrell]

Exact.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right, let's. Let's get to this segment. We're going to try this out. This is the Will Ferrell character football draft.

[Will Ferrell]

All right. Okay.

[Jason Kelsey]

So we're going to try and attempt to draft a football team with your characters. We're going to have you do this. We got round one. We're going to do quarterback. So if we're picking a Will Ferrell character, what character would be the quarterback of this football team?

[Will Ferrell]

I think the quarterback. Not that he would necessarily. Necessarily. He'd be good, but he'd be very commanding. Would be Ron Burgundy.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

You know it.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

You know, Ron's. He's committed.

[Will Ferrell]

He's commanding. He'd get the plays wrong. He'd call the wrong cadences. Yeah. He. He'd mess up constantly, but he blamed someone else.

[Travis Kelsey]

And this be a fun ride.

[Jason Kelsey]

We got double weight, right, Dorothy?

[Will Ferrell]

Man.

[Jason Kelsey]

Tooth on two. Dorothy.

[Will Ferrell]

Exactly. Baxter left.

[Travis Kelsey]

So good.

[Will Ferrell]

Go right. Swordfish. Ron, that's not a play. Yes, it is. Let's run it. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

It is now.

[Will Ferrell]

It is now.

[Jason Kelsey]

Gosh.

[Travis Kelsey]

Second round, we're going running back. Who you got for running back?

[Will Ferrell]

Running back. Would pro. I. I would. I'm gonna say Frank the Tank from old school.

[Travis Kelsey]

He's breaking some T, you know, because.

[Will Ferrell]

He'S got that name, the Tank. He's going to break some tack. He's also going to be inebriated enough to where he won't feel any pain.

[Jason Kelsey]

That was my next question. Is he inebriated in this?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, he's definitely.

[Travis Kelsey]

Streaking all night. If you give him some beers.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, yeah. He may try to take a couple plays fully naked. Yeah. Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Then nobody wants to tackle him.

[Will Ferrell]

Right.

[Jason Kelsey]

Man, he just.

[Travis Kelsey]

Great strategy for.

[Will Ferrell]

He's untouched into the end zone.

[Travis Kelsey]

So. Good.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right, round three, wide receiver.

[Will Ferrell]

Maybe. Because he's. He's kind of. I think he's. He's. I would say very flexible and lithe. The word lithe. Buddy. I'd say Buddy the Elf.

[Travis Kelsey]

Buddy the Elf.

[Jason Kelsey]

I could have swore you were gonna go Chaz Michael Michaels. Like jumping up.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, okay. Leaping over the middle beautifully. Yeah, that's a better. That's a better.

[Jason Kelsey]

I like Buddy the Elf. I'm not. That's not.

[Will Ferrell]

That's a better call. That's a better call.

[Jason Kelsey]

Buddy the Elf. Just the happiest disposition ever. Why? Receivers eat a lot of candy, too.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, they do.

[Will Ferrell]

Skittles.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah. I'm telling you. Round four. Who's a coach?

[Will Ferrell]

Coach would. You know, because I think he. He probably did. I'd say Jackie Moon from semi pro.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Because he was a player. Coach.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah. That's a good one.

[Will Ferrell]

He was. He had to run it all perfect. And he knows how to. He knows how to manage people.

[Jason Kelsey]

Owner. Where are we thinking round five? Owner. Who's the owner of this football team?

[Will Ferrell]

I don't know if he's the right owner, but I. I just haven't. I forgot to throw him in, but let's just say Ricky Bobby's the owner. Dude. It's an electric.

[Travis Kelsey]

Already know. He's running the show.

[Jason Kelsey]

Dude, that'd be the best. The best. Hail Mary, our baby who art in heaven. Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

He would lead the team in the Baby Jesus prayer before every game, whether they wanted to or not.

[Travis Kelsey]

Sweet baby Jesus.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Yeah. No, Ricky Bobby, he'd be. He'd be a good. He's got, like, kind of a little Jerry Jones in him, probably.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, yeah, sure. They're definitely friends. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

How about. Have you seen the clip of Jerry Jones with the chops? He's. He's acting now. He's in a TV show.

[Will Ferrell]

No.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. I was actually pretty surprised. I was like, man, he's speaking kind of better than what. As in the interviews he gets.

[Will Ferrell]

Wait, what shows in.

[Travis Kelsey]

This is a good question. I don't know. I've only. I only came across it Land man with Billy Bob Thornton.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, Land Man.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

So you're definitely just one of those Paramount plus shows.

[Travis Kelsey]

You know it.

[Will Ferrell]

I actually watch some soccer on Paramount.

[Travis Kelsey]

Plus the old futa ball. Huh. Which you got. You gotta. You got a premier team that you root for.

[Will Ferrell]

I don't really, but I. I'm part of the. A small part of the ownership group of Leeds United, which is the Second division.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice.

[Will Ferrell]

Very cool. And so I've Been out to, to one of their matches, which was awesome. And so I'll. I'll keep tabs on them.

[Travis Kelsey]

Heck, yeah. I see. I see you at a lot of sporting events. Is that, is that like your. Your kind of like your hobby? You just, you just love, you love to get some sports? No.

[Will Ferrell]

Pathetic, right?

[Travis Kelsey]

I'm. I'm like living through you. When I see you at it, I'm like, dude, I want to do what Will's doing.

[Will Ferrell]

I've got way too many tickets, let alone the baseball.

[Travis Kelsey]

The baseball bit you did where you played all the. At all the teams and everything.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, no, we have. Because we're part of the LAFC soccer team out here in la, which is mls. We're part of that ownership group too, so we go to those games.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice.

[Will Ferrell]

I have tickets to Lakers every now and then, the Kings, USC football. And somehow in the year that they won the World Series, I went to 0 Dodger games.

[Travis Kelsey]

No, no, I should have gone.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, no, I went to one. I went to one. I know we, we go to a lot of sports, but I mean, I, I. Sports is a huge part of my life. It was, it was kind of the way, and I'm sure, I know you guys can relate to this. It was the way I was able to make friends. It was the way it just. I loved playing team sports.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah. I mean, maybe it's something where athletes just want to do comedy and comedians just wanted to go to sports. Because I went to a UCB out in la. I went to Albert Citizens Brigade. Yeah. It was so much fun. It is amazing watching people in improv just take something from nothing and make something funny instantaneously. It is so impressive.

[Will Ferrell]

They're an incredible group. UCB is one of the best.

[Travis Kelsey]

Right on.

[Jason Kelsey]

We have an idea here for this next bit. Trev, do you want to explain it?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. We got relationship advice. Voicemail. So something we do on the show is answer voicemails from our fans and we've asked them to call in asking for relationship advice. Because who doesn't want to hear relationship advice from a couple of knuckleheads? Would you like to help us on these?

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, sure.

[Travis Kelsey]

You want to jump in? Let's do it, man. Here's the. Here's the thing. You could answer some of these questions as one of one of your characters, maybe.

[Will Ferrell]

Okay.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yes. Oh, I'm so excited. Brandon.

[Travis Kelsey]

Brandon.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, Brandon.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hey, Travis. Hey, Jason. Big T fandom, three peak coming.

[Will Ferrell]

Just wanted to know your advice for a first date when you should know those red flags and when to look for the green flags.

[Travis Kelsey]

Go, chief. Red flags, green flags.

[Jason Kelsey]

When to look for the red flags. When to look for the green flags.

[Will Ferrell]

I. Let's see. Ricky Bobby would say, look, I don't know anything about red flag or green flag. You just gotta. You just gotta get yourself into position to look for the checkered flag. Because, I mean, there's only one thing you need to worry about. Because, I mean, if you ain't first, you're last. I would just tell that young lady, look for the checker flag.

[Travis Kelsey]

You gotta find your way to the finish line.

[Will Ferrell]

Guys, I don't know if that's good advice or bad. It sounds like bad advice.

[Travis Kelsey]

I think it kind of metaphorically, it makes sense. You gotta find your way to the finish line, you know? I loved it, man. That was gold.

[Jason Kelsey]

That was so good. So good.

[Travis Kelsey]

That could have gone any better. All right, here we go. Next one. What we got?

[Will Ferrell]

All right, Jason and Travis. So what do I do?

[Travis Kelsey]

Whenever I bought this girl tickets to.

[Will Ferrell]

A concert for Christmas and she dumped me the week before. Now her best friend wants to go with me. Do I take her or no?

[Travis Kelsey]

Do you take the best friend? After the tickets you bought for your girlfriend, she dumped you.

[Will Ferrell]

Wait, I want to make sure. I understand. Do you take the best friend of the girl?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

After.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yes.

[Travis Kelsey]

So. So the girlfriend dumped him and now the best friend wants to go with.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, Ron Burgarty would say, of course you take the best friend because you teach that young lady a lesson. You're not going to be some horse's ass. You've spent twelve hundred dollars going to, I don't know, whatever concert, whatever music you listen to nowadays. I don't know if it's Kaja Gugu or Duran Duran or whatever it is, but you send a signal to that young lady that you're not messing around, and then you take photos of you and the best friend making out and send it back to the. To the old girlfriend and say, that's how I do it.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's how you roll right there, baby. That was golden.

[Jason Kelsey]

That was so good.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's why you're the greatest of all time.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, my goodness.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, man. Do we got one more in us? You want to do one more? That was gold.

[Jason Kelsey]

That was so good.

[Travis Kelsey]

I think. I think we're good to roll, man. Let's. Let's get this thing going.

[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Will Ferrell]

Okay, ready? Lightning round.

[Travis Kelsey]

Lightning round, baby.

[Jason Kelsey]

That's right. You could be. Feel free to tell us the off. All right, here we go. Okay, before you made it, what was your worst job?

[Will Ferrell]

Definitely a bank teller. I was a bank teller.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, that's what your mom was.

[Travis Kelsey]

She started off with the bank telling work their way up to some. Some. Some higher up positions. But yeah, she started off as a teller.

[Will Ferrell]

Customers would actually complain as to how bad I was, so I'd break out and flop sweat. Your mom can relate to it. When you're starting out, you're handling people's money. It was awful.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's too funny. As long as your register wasn't short, you're good. Man.

[Will Ferrell]

I was short. Like my first two days out, I wasn't even pocketing the money.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's crazy.

[Jason Kelsey]

Excuse me, manager, Manager. I'm trying to deposit money and your teller is like playing with a ball of yarn. And he won't respond to me right.

[Will Ferrell]

What's wrong with this guy? In fact, I remember I was putting up flyers in the break room to try to get people to come to my stand up comedy show.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh.

[Will Ferrell]

And I was so quiet as a bank teller because I was so nervous all the time. And I had this manager go, I saw your flyer. You do stand up comedy. And I go, yeah. She's like, I'd like to see that. Walked away.

[Travis Kelsey]

You're a father of three. What is the secret to being a cool dad?

[Will Ferrell]

The secret to being a cool dad, I think constantly, lovingly make fun of them.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice. Yeah, Humiliation.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, it's the best.

[Jason Kelsey]

Why don't they make R rated comedies anymore?

[Will Ferrell]

I think they do, actually. I have one coming out.

[Jason Kelsey]

Here we go.

[Will Ferrell]

This month, cordially invited on Amazon. Perfect. Which is a. Which is like an old school, R rated, fantastic movie. Reese Witherspoon and I are. We have two competing weddings booked at a destination location and we have to kind of duke it out to see who's going to be the wedding that gets to take place. But yeah, I. It's an interesting time. I think people are making it. I just. I don't know why they're not kind of going to the theaters to see them. I think we have. I think we kind of have so many options now that a lot of people would, you know, would rather go, oh, I'll just. I'll just catch that at home.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah. There's nothing like going to the theater, though, man.

[Will Ferrell]

I know. It's when you sit and watch a comedy with an audience, you're reminded as to how much more fun it is.

[Jason Kelsey]

Right.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm trying. Trying to get that back.

[Travis Kelsey]

I'll happily see. See this new one in theaters for you, bud.

[Will Ferrell]

Even though it's not in theaters.

[Travis Kelsey]

You did just say it was Amazon.

[Jason Kelsey]

We'll go rent a movie theater out. Yes. Okay.

[Travis Kelsey]

I'm calling everyone in the neighborhood. They're coming over. We're good.

[Jason Kelsey]

You're cordially invited to watch. Cordially invited. At the movie theater with us.

[Travis Kelsey]

Is there one idea for a movie that you haven't gotten to make yet? Oh, because you want to steal it.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, I. You know what? I'm gonna. I'm gonna pass on that because I'm afraid you guys will steal it.

[Jason Kelsey]

No, no, no. We wouldn't do something like that.

[Will Ferrell]

I don't trust you guys. I don't trust you. No, I don't know. I don't. I. I am. I'm trying to think. If there's anything. I. It's funny. Ideas usually pop into my head in the most random way. But. But, but, no, I don't have an exciting answer that. Sorry.

[Jason Kelsey]

Let me ask you this. When. When do you know an idea is ready to be made? A movie? Because I would imagine you think about stuff constantly.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Like, how do you know when it's like, okay, I'm gonna make this movie about an anchorman named Ron. Like, where does that even. Like, at what point you're like, yeah, this could become a full motion picture.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, I. I think it's. I think you just get a sense of something that, you know, if it's an idea that you can kind of spit out in a sentence.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Then it's got a good chance, you know, it's like. You know, I remember when we were. We were pitching Anchorman, which at the time, we got rejected. I think we got, like, rejected 20 different times from various studios.

[Travis Kelsey]

And everything blows my mind.

[Will Ferrell]

Like, no one could kind of wrap their hand around head around it. Ensemble comedy that took place in a newsroom. They kept hearing the news part, and we're like, no, no, it's going to be, you know, Austin Powers wasn't about us, wasn't about the spy game. It's about a really funny character, Right? Our character's gonna be funny. And then I remember. I remember thinking, gosh, this is so hard to get off the ground. We should maybe pick a topic that everyone's talking about. And at that time, NASCAR was at its height. And I like, for instance, oh, gosh, what if I'm just me as a NASCAR driver? And.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And we pitched. We sold that in, like, two seconds.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's crazy.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. I don't know. I don't know if there's an exact formula for it, but it's just something that. That I think grabs the people who have to pay for it.

[Travis Kelsey]

There you go.

[Jason Kelsey]

There we go.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right.

[Travis Kelsey]

What was your. What's your welcome to Hollywood moment? We all have welcome to NFL moments that just. I don't know, it's usually a big hit or somebody that we're extremely, you know, fond of or we're big fans of growing up that we're finally going up against. What was your. What was your welcome to Hollywood moment?

[Will Ferrell]

I mean, one of. One of my welcome to Hollywood moments was getting to be the first. The first member of a brand new cast on Saturday Night Live. And I got to say the first. The first lines of our opening show. And I'm sitting there, and they're counting down the show, and I'm looking out.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's crazy.

[Will Ferrell]

My folks are in the audience and friends and family, and I'm like, I can't believe I'm here. And I'm about to say whatever line, which. A little trivia here. I mess up my line the first time I speak on camera on the show. I flub it. No way.

[Travis Kelsey]

Of course.

[Will Ferrell]

And, you know, Travis, you know how you do the full dress rehearsal, and then by the time you do the live show, you're like. Like, piece of cake. I got it.

[Travis Kelsey]

I got it. Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

But all. And so I did the dress rehearsal. I was like, this is gonna be great. But I'm sitting there in the chair, and the enormity of the moment hits me, and I start to get a little bit emotional thinking about, wow, this is the thing I've always dreamed about. And then it was like, five seconds, and then I had to do my line. I was like. And I was like, oh. And Lauren came back. He's like, are you okay? I'm like, I'm fine. I'm fine. I just. I don't know what happened.

[Jason Kelsey]

So just have a stroke.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, exactly. It was. It was incredibly uplifting and incredibly grounding all at the same time. It was like, don't ever take anything for granted. And yet I can't believe I'm here.

[Jason Kelsey]

There you go.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's awesome.

[Jason Kelsey]

All right, hypothetically, you see two guys that look like us coming at you on the sidewalk talk. What movie do you think we're going to quote at you?

[Will Ferrell]

You guys are gonna say you're my boy blue.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Old school. You're gonna go. Or you might. You might say, milk is a bad choice.

[Travis Kelsey]

I don't know, dude.

[Jason Kelsey]

If it's a hot day, I'm definitely going. I was in Wisconsin and I had a whole wheel of cheese, I think. Whole wheel of cheese. I'm not even upset.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, milk was a bad choice, by the way. I improvised that because I was literally trying to tell the director in that moment, like, why did you give me a carton of milk as we're shooting in LA on like a 98 degree day? And I literally was like, milk was a bad choice.

[Jason Kelsey]

I'm having a drink.

[Will Ferrell]

Hot milk in this scene.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's the worst. The fucking worst. You were spot on with that one.

[Jason Kelsey]

This isn't on this, but do you ever get tired of people quoting your movies? Like, are you like. Yeah, I get it. Like, I. It's got to happen just constantly.

[Will Ferrell]

I wouldn't say. Yeah, I mean, there's. Sometimes there's. There. There are moments where. Oh, I'm getting this weird kick here. Sorry.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, that's coming in real nice.

[Will Ferrell]

Wow, that's nice. I don't know how to fix this. Well, whatever.

[Jason Kelsey]

Rolling.

[Will Ferrell]

Sit like this.

[Jason Kelsey]

We're rolling.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, sometimes. Sometimes someone. Something, and you're just like, so good. You're like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you. Yeah, I did. Yeah, I said that. And most of the time it's fantastic. But then there's about 20% of the time where I don't pick up the queue. Oh.

[Travis Kelsey]

I mean, it's a lot of fucking classics that you've been in, so I get it.

[Will Ferrell]

Someone yelled at me, why are you so sweaty? And I go, oh. Cause I was just on a bike ride.

[Travis Kelsey]

She's like, no.

[Will Ferrell]

From Stepbrothers after the drum set, why are you so sweaty? You're supposed to say, because I was watching Cops.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Like, oh, right, sorry. And she got so pissed and walked away.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, that's ruined it for me.

[Will Ferrell]

I've ruined it. So I do ruin it for a lot of people because I don't. I don't pick up my cue.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's funny as.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

What's your comedy? Mount Rushmore throughout your life. Who. Who Are you. Who's your top four? You're throwing on your Mount Rushmore.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm gonna put Steve Martin.

[Travis Kelsey]

Nice.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm gonna put. I'm probably gonna put Bill Murray up there.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Legend.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm gonna put Eddie Murphy.

[Travis Kelsey]

So good.

[Will Ferrell]

And let's just say the original. Original cast of Saturday Night Live. All nice.

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, throw them all on.

[Jason Kelsey]

That last one counts.

[Travis Kelsey]

Hell, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

All right.

[Jason Kelsey]

I'll allow it. Yeah. That's great.

[Travis Kelsey]

That's awesome.

[Jason Kelsey]

Awesome list.

[Will Ferrell]

I love that list.

[Jason Kelsey]

Do you have an actor you've wanted to work with that you haven't yet?

[Will Ferrell]

Steven Seagal. Shut up.

[Jason Kelsey]

That would be the funniest goddamn thing. I don't know.

[Travis Kelsey]

I don't know why.

[Jason Kelsey]

Doing something totally unexpected, that would be.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, exactly.

[Travis Kelsey]

I don't know why I just pictured you dressed up. Up with the slick back as Steven Stickal. I don't know why. That's what popped in my head.

[Will Ferrell]

I don't even think we could track him down. I don't know where he is on planet Earth these days, but, yeah, wherever he's at. I mean, I'd love to do something weird with like. Like an actor. Like Daniel Day Lewis.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Just gets really enthralled and into it.

[Will Ferrell]

Exactly. Try to get him to do like a. Like something weird. Yeah, that's fun.

[Jason Kelsey]

What about the best sporting event you've ever been to?

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, my gosh. I'm going to say two. I'm going to say the Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl.

[Travis Kelsey]

Ooh.

[Will Ferrell]

For women's soccer.

[Jason Kelsey]

Nice.

[Will Ferrell]

Where they find they beat China. They finally won the women's world. It's the famous Brandy Chastain taking the top off.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

That was incredible. And then I'll say, even though my team lost the game, the national championship game again at The Rose Bowl.

[Jason Kelsey]

USC, Texas, 2005.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. That was an amazing fact.

[Jason Kelsey]

It's a great game you just made.

[Will Ferrell]

Whoever had the team the ball last was going to win that game, and that time just ran out.

[Jason Kelsey]

But you have no idea how. His microphone is muted. But our head producer, our intern, Brandon. Our head producer.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Is the biggest Longhorns fan you've ever met in your life.

[Will Ferrell]

Okay.

[Jason Kelsey]

I'm screaming like a child off camera right now.

[Will Ferrell]

He's going to lay into me right now for sure.

[Travis Kelsey]

It's the reason he went to Texas, I believe, is because they won that game.

[Will Ferrell]

And I sat at. In the same row with Matthew McConaughey.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And his buddy. And they wanted to talk the whole get like, every time.

[Jason Kelsey]

Texas, you know, of course, like, Texas.

[Will Ferrell]

Guys love to be like, okay, here we go. And then Essie would score right away, and I'd be like, what? What?

[Travis Kelsey]

What happened?

[Jason Kelsey]

What happened?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, what happened?

[Jason Kelsey]

What was that? What was that?

[Will Ferrell]

And it was so back and forth. But I have to say, at the end of that game, everyone just shook hands.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, it was the. One of the best.

[Will Ferrell]

Ever watched. One of the. Yeah. So anyway, but I've been lucky. I. I've been to a bunch of fun stuff, but those two pop into my head.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah, that. That game, Vince Young's, like, performance towards the end of it, especially, like, he was just. It was like, crazy. Yeah. It's like somebody just caught fire and, like, could not be stopped.

[Will Ferrell]

And there is a classic photo of Vince Young scoring that last touchdown.

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

And one of the SC cheerleaders jumping up in the air thinking it was SC that had scored.

[Jason Kelsey]

No.

[Will Ferrell]

Bizarre.

[Jason Kelsey]

Really?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

Oh, I need to look at this. I have not seen that. That's amazing.

[Travis Kelsey]

We got to know who's got the ball.

[Will Ferrell]

She. No, she. She was not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[Travis Kelsey]

Becky. I'll tell you, I've been to the Rose bowl one time since to UCLA out there. When I tell you it is one of the coolest atmospheres. Like, I can only imagine that place packed to the tee for that game and seeing highlight after highlight after highlight for the biggest game of the year. Man, I can only imagine what that felt like, man.

[Will Ferrell]

Both those teams with guys who went on to the league, like, on both sides of the ball. And. Yeah, it was. It was an insane environment. Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

So cool.

[Will Ferrell]

Crazy.

[Jason Kelsey]

Well, shout out to my former teammate, Vince Young. Awesome game. And shout out to you, Will. I mean, listen, before we end this, we always give our guests. Do you have any questions for us, like, or do you just, like, want to go and go about your day? That's fine, too. I don't want to put you on the spot.

[Will Ferrell]

Let's see. What time is it?

[Travis Kelsey]

You got the sun hunting you down over there.

[Jason Kelsey]

I know.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm trying to. I'm trying to help your producers out here by not getting blasted by the sun. I do have a question for you guys. How much. How do you compare doing. Getting to do things like this? Like, obviously, you're living out. You got to be pro athletes. This thing you dreamed about your whole life.

[Travis Kelsey]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Now, getting to this other side of stuff, is it as much fun? Is it more fun? Is it. It a different kind of fun?

[Travis Kelsey]

Yeah, I'll. I'll take a hack at this. So me and Jason, we started this thing because we just wanted to show our. Our brotherhood and have fun catching up once a week. And it was a. It was a magical year where we both went to the super bowl and got to talk about both of our seasons throughout it. And in retrospect, after about three years, the coolest part is getting to. Getting to interview guys like you and just getting to shoot the. With you over the course of an hour and get to pick your brain on the profession that you're in and. And. And what got you there and things like that. Like, that's all been so fascinating to me, and it kind of hit me like a blind side because I just got on here to have fun with my brother, and now I get to do cool like this. So that. That's definitely the. The. The ups for me.

[Will Ferrell]

That's awesome.

[Jason Kelsey]

I would say, like Travis said, being able to just talk to Trav once a week, we have a dedicated time. And before we did this, there'd be, like, months sometimes in the middle of a season, especially where you, like, fall by the wayside. So that combined with interviewing really successful, interesting people or friends is awesome. But I would say the other thing that's. It's very similar. You know, when you get ready to play a sport, you practice and you work and you. And you prepare, and then the game day happens, and you, you know, get to express yourself as a player. And it's something very unique as an entertainer as well, where, you know, you work at it and you try to, like, think about, how can I do things or what can I do that'll be interesting or take a creative idea from scratch.

[Will Ferrell]

Yep.

[Jason Kelsey]

And, I don't know, bring it to life. And it all is, like, just really rewarding when that happens. Yeah, that. I think that's similar in terms of, like, getting out there and you worked all off season. We've. We've put in all these new plays. Let's go out there and see what it looks like.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelsey]

And then you get blown out by 40 points. You're like, we're out of it, boys. Back to the drawing board.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, but that's. I think there's a lot of parallels between team sport and getting to do a lot of things. Entertainment. Because the same thing can ha. Like, I think that's why I love working on films. It's a. It's a team of people. It's a crew of people. I love Saturday Night Live because of the ensemble, because it was like, we all, like if, you know, if we all pull for each other, the whole show does well and we all do well and same sort of thing. You work hard, you're working on something, you film something for 50 days, it takes a year to come out and you lay a big fat turd and you're like, oh, audience didn't think it was funny at all. We thought it was hilarious. Hilarious.

[Travis Kelsey]

There you go.

[Will Ferrell]

And then you're like, well, I'm still glad we went for it. You know what, what are you gonna do?

[Jason Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

So I'm taking your advice and I'm full. Send in everything I ever do in the entertainment world, man.

[Will Ferrell]

Full sin.

[Travis Kelsey]

I appreciate that advice, man.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelsey]

Well, thank you so much, brother. You're unbelievable. Cannot wait. Everything you got coming up and appreciate the time, man.

[Will Ferrell]

Thanks, you guys. All right, that was fun. Alrighty.

[Jason Kelsey]

That wraps up another episode of New Heights. Unbelievable to our guest, Will Ferrell. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode. Make sure you are subscribed on YouTube to the new Heights channel and follow New Heights on the wonder re app or wherever. Each podcast reminder. You can listen to new episodes of New Heights early and ad free right now by joining Wondery plus in the Wondery app or on Apple podcasts.

[Travis Kelsey]

There you go. So, ladies and gentlemen, if we didn't like mention your favorite Will Ferrell movie, I think, I think we want to do a blind ranking of all of Will Ferrell's classics, no matter what they are, any, any, any genre of, of wills throughout the past year. Why don't you go ahead and throw us some and we'll, we'll have some fun doing a blind ranking of of all of Will's best. Uh, next week. Once again, New Heights, a wonder show produced by Way Sports & Entertainment and brought to you by American Express.

[Will Ferrell]

Ooh, the express.

[Travis Kelsey]

Follow the show on all social media at new heights show with 1s for fun clips throughout the week. And thanks to our production and crew for always making us look better than we are. And to the 92 percenters, hope you had fun tuning in. We'll see you next week.

[Jason Kelsey]

Peace.

[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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[Travis Kelsey]

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[Jason Kelsey]

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