Intro Rewind: Will Ferrell (Extended)

Summary

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Intro Rewind: Will Ferrell (Extended)
Date: September 2, 2025

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Overview

This episode features an extended, lively conversation with legendary comedian and actor Will Ferrell. Host Stephen Colbert and producer Becca join Ferrell for an inside look at his career, collaboration memories—including the 20th anniversary of "Bewitched"—his new movie with Reese Witherspoon ("You're Cordially Invited"), and a swirl of comedic and heartfelt stories. The tone is casual and playful, making for a rich blend of behind-the-scenes stories, personal insights, and outright silliness.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

A. The Culture of The Late Show

• Stephen and Becca open with banter about the positive work environment at The Late Show, celebrating with events like a crepe bar for guild nominations and the tradition of pizza day.
  • "[Working here] is a privilege...I like working with everybody here. This is a crew we've built together very carefully for 20 years now." – Stephen Colbert [02:33]
• Lighthearted New York stories: Becca recounts a “Nuts for Nuts” food cart incident, ending with Scottish tourists helping a vendor.
  • "It was so nice. It was really like a beautiful New York City." – Becca [04:23]
• Stephen shares a surreal street food memory:
  • “I was walking down…53rd street...there was a guy had a cart…he was doing soft shell crabs...What a great city this is.” – Stephen Colbert [05:15]

B. Introducing Will Ferrell and Their Chemistry

• Preview of the extended Will Ferrell interview and reflections on his comedic prowess:
  • “He comes in sometimes...completely laid back, as if he’s not interested in the interview at all…then the comedy in him will rise up...He’s Superman of joke telling.” – Stephen Colbert [07:01 & 07:49]
• Colbert and Becca relive making “Bewitched” together and joke about organizing a “Bewitched Con.”
  • "We get together. The old cast...That would be really fun.” – Stephen Colbert [09:07]

C. Will Ferrell Extended Interview

1. Early SNL Memories and Signature Comedy

• Will reminisces about his breakout "Get Off the Shed" sketch on SNL.
  • Stephen: “Is that your first sketch on SNL? ‘Get off the shed. Get off the damn shed.’”
    Will: “Get off the shed…That’s what got me the job.” [11:43-11:50]

2. "Will & Harper" Documentary

• Colbert praises Will's documentary with Harper Steele.
  • “It was so beautiful…about two friends driving across the country and trying to understand each other. Thank you for that. I was inspired." – Stephen Colbert [12:17]
  • Will: "One of the best things I ever got to be a part of and loved every second of it." [12:36]

3. Life as a Dad—Public Pranks and Embarrassing Teens

• Will’s delight in embarrassing his sons, including dressing as Buddy the Elf at an LA Kings game and showing up at prom in Elizabethan garb.
  • “I still love the performance-art aspect of getting out there and mixing it up…People were like, what is he promoting?” – Will Ferrell [14:10 & 14:21]
  • “Are you nervous or anxious before you go out, or is it all just pleasure for you?”
    Will: “It tests your mettle a little bit…because I also didn’t know—I didn’t want the Kings organization to make a big deal about it. I wanted to see if it naturally kind of got out…”* – Stephen Colbert & Will Ferrell [15:50-16:21]
• On craving the embarrassment:
  • “The embarrassment kind of feels good to me.” – Stephen Colbert [16:28]

4. Origin Story—Comedy Genes and College Pranks

• Will reveals his father’s musician background, reluctance toward showbiz, and early comedic experiments:
  • “I’d dress up like a janitor…interrupt my buddy’s lecture class…just to make two of my friends laugh in the back row and then I just walk out.” – Will Ferrell [17:34]
• He describes thinking he would be a sportscaster, and school football glory (still holding record for most high school field goals).
  • “I think I kicked something like 30 field goals.” – Will Ferrell [19:23]

5. Meeting Their Wives—a Tale of Two Love Stories

• Will and Stephen share how they met their wives:
  • Will: “I met her in an acting program…We were just friends for years and years…” [20:34]
  • Stephen: “…people had been trying to get us together for those seven years…And seven years later, I met her, and I went, 'I’m gonna marry her.’ Instantly when I saw her.” [21:01]
• Friendly rivalry over marriage anniversaries:
  • Will: “This year, in August, we’ll have been married 25 years.” [21:47]
  • Stephen: “I do want to point out…31 years…Again, not a contest.” [22:04]

6. Bewitched Memories—20th Anniversary and Nicole Kidman Magic

• Discuss the “Bewitched” movie, working with Nicole Kidman, and inside stories from the set.
  • Stephen: “There’s a moment in the movie…the very first time your character, who’s playing Darren…And you, Will Ferrell, go to…play the Darren…When the scene’s over, do you remember what you came and said to us?...You walked over and you went, ‘What the...just happened out there?’...I couldn’t remember any of my lines.” [25:06-25:59]
• Nicole Kidman’s unique way of saying goodbye—Colbert’s hilarious reenactment.
  • Stephen: “She did this—she literally, like, glowed from the inside...Why can't you do that?” [26:05 & 26:10]
  • Will: "Look, I'm working on it, and I think I'm gonna get there." [26:15]
• Jokes about throwing a "Bewitched Con" at the Javits Center.
  • “Everyone's gonna show up dressed, but nothing wrong with the original show, just the movie.” – Will Ferrell [26:42]

7. New Movie: "You're Cordially Invited"

• Upcoming comedy with Reese Witherspoon, featuring dueling weddings.
  • “It’s two weddings. My daughter's getting married. Reese Witherspoon's sister's getting married. Booked on the same date at the same destination...It really gets crazy.” – Will Ferrell [30:13 & 30:26]
• Playful contract jokes:
  • “Contractually, I have to get 60 [percent of laughs].” – Will Ferrell [31:07]
• Fun fact about Vin Diesel and The Rock’s "contractual draw" rivalry:
  • Stephen: “It says in the contract that neither of them can win or lose.” [31:21]
  • Will: “That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.” [31:25]

8. TV Executives, Smile Quotas & SNL Anniversary

• Colbert tells a story about NBC execs literally counting his smiles on a pilot.
  • "They counted your smiles? …How many? …One and a half." – Stephen Colbert [32:49-33:08]
• Will and Stephen joke about attending the SNL 50th anniversary, and the absurdity of a black-tie, three-hour show with a tough crowd.
  • Will: “The performative part of me wants to show up in a tank top and just say, hey, kick me out...Supposedly, I'm one of the best cast members. Kick me out.” [34:23-34:47]
  • Stephen: "A lot of people who didn't get cast at SNL exactly like me. Good luck getting one titter out of me for those three hours." [35:20]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Stephen on Will Ferrell's unique interview style:
  "If you didn’t know better, you would think like he’s here at gunpoint. But then the comedy in him will rise up…He’s Superman of joke telling." [07:01]
• Will Ferrell on embarrassment as comedy:
  "The embarrassment kind of feels good to me." [16:28]
• Stephen's awe for Nicole Kidman's on-set charisma:
  "She became the most alluring and beautiful woman…I couldn’t get out of her eyes…It was like an alien being had come and told us everything's gonna be ok." [25:12, 25:59]
• On football: "I think I kicked something like 30 field goals." – Will Ferrell [19:23]
• On competitive marriage longevity:
  "Again, not a contest." – Stephen Colbert [22:06]
• Will's contract with laughs:
  "Contractually, I have to get 60." [31:07]
• Will on SNL's 50th:
  "The performative part of me wants to show up in a tank top and just say, hey, kick me out." [34:23]

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Key Timestamps

• [02:33] – Stephen shares feelings about working at The Late Show
• [07:01] – Colbert describes interviewing Will Ferrell
• [12:17] – Discussion of “Will & Harper” documentary
• [14:10] – Will recounts embarrassing his son as Buddy the Elf
• [16:28] – Stephen and Will discuss the allure of embarrassment
• [17:34] – Will’s college “janitor” prank story
• [19:23] – High school football field goal record
• [20:34] – Will on meeting his wife
• [22:06] – Marital “not a contest” banter
• [25:06-25:59] – Set memories from “Bewitched” with Nicole Kidman
• [26:42] – “Bewitched Con” jokes
• [30:13-30:26] – "You're Cordially Invited" explained
• [31:21-31:25] – Vin Diesel & The Rock fight contracts
• [32:49-33:08] – NBC smile counting anecdote
• [34:23-34:47] – Will’s SNL 50th tank top plan
• [35:20] – Stephen on SNL 50th audience

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Episode Tone & Flow

The interaction is loose, affectionate, and rapid-fire, with in-jokes, gentle ribbing, and career nostalgia mixed with screwball tangents. Ferrell’s comedic timing shines both through stories and spontaneous improvisation.

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Summary

This episode is a master class in comedic storytelling, camaraderie, and behind-the-scenes laughter. Will Ferrell’s infectious mischief is complemented by Stephen Colbert’s warmth and wit, making this not just a reminiscence of iconic comedy (SNL, “Bewitched”) but a celebration of the joy of working—and goofing off—with friends. This extended episode is irresistible listening for fans of either Will Ferrell or Stephen Colbert.

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Listen if you:

• Want unfiltered Will Ferrell tales and spontaneous improv
• Are curious about what makes "Bewitched" a special memory for the cast
• Enjoy personal, sometimes vulnerable stories about career and family
• Love side conversations on the absurdities of showbiz

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Transcript

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[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Hey everybody, I'm Becca. I'm a producer here at the Late Show.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I'm Stephen Colbert. I am the host of the Late Show.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

And here we are as co hosts on the Late Show Pod Show, a wonderful podcast.

[Stephen Colbert]

Co host. Yeah, I've never thought about that, but yeah, we are co hosts.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

We're co hosts in the series.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm your guest right now, actually, we're here together.

[Will Ferrell]

Okay.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah. And we're having a great time, as always. We're talking about podcasts, we're talking about the show. We're talking about jobs that we have. You like your job, Steven?

[Stephen Colbert]

Very much. It's a privilege to do this job. And I like doing the show for the audience and everything, but I really like. You know, I like working with you. I like working with. I like working with everybody here. This is a crew we've built together very carefully for 20 years now.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah. And it's not every. Not every office you go to that you come in. You come in for a day of work on a Tuesday, and there's a crepe bar set up, like, 10ft away from your desk, and two really lovely men making crepes per your order, per your specific order.

[Stephen Colbert]

Isn't that nice?

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

So I want to thank you for that.

[Stephen Colbert]

That was wonderful. That was celebration of the various guild nominations. That was for the WGA nomination, the PGA nomination, and the DGA nomination. That was to celebrate the efforts of everybody here this year.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yes. We got very talented people on staff and some very talented crepe makers every once in a while, too. Thank you so much.

[Stephen Colbert]

Also, Tuesday's pizza day.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Tuesday's pizza day. Love pizza day. I think you've described this at one point that it's like doing this kind of show is like asking all your friends to help you move. And it's like you just kind of need pizza at some point as part of that agreement.

[Stephen Colbert]

Very much so. Very much so.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

I would always do that wrong. Like, I remember asking Danello and another friend of mine named Steve Conley. Paul Danello, and my friend of mine is Steve Conley and maybe one other person to help me move. And I. I don't know why I did this. I ordered the pizza first, and we didn't really get it done.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Like, we had pizza and beer, and then we're like, all right, let's move.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Oh, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's a bad combination.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, it's a bad combo, but it's nice. You wanted to make sure that they knew that they would get their end of the deal. Today, actually, on my way to work, I had a very New York moment where there was a guy pushing a nuts for nuts cart down the sidewalk.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nuts for nuts? Yeah.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

And then it fell over. It toppled over.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, no.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

And got stuck on something. And then I tried to go help him lift it up, but it's so heavy. And then all these Scottish tourists came, very big men. And they all helped the nuts for Nuts guy lift it back up. And then they all got nuts. And it was so nice. It was really like a beautiful New York City.

[Stephen Colbert]

It had a happy ending.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, it had a good.

[Stephen Colbert]

Anything that ends in nuts and like candied nuts. Right? The nuts for nuts guys.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, hot.

[Stephen Colbert]

Like there's like a fire in there.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Was it like it wasn't on because he was pushing. He was like going home for the day. Or maybe he was just setting up.

[Stephen Colbert]

Because the nuts for nuts guys, like, there's like usually like a charcoal fire down there. Like they're doing kebabs, but it's actually. They're just heating up nuts and like. And like sugar. Yeah, Yeah.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

A lot of water spilled. I don't know where that came from. What part of that. Yeah, I learned a little bit about the nuts.

[Stephen Colbert]

The ecosystem of the Nuts for nuts cart.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, exactly. But that was a nice New York moment. I didn't get any nuts, but that's okay. I was too weak to help, so I won.

[Stephen Colbert]

One of the things that the craziest New York food carts things I've ever seen is I was walking down, shoot, I think it was 53rd street over towards 6th Avenue, and there was a guy had a cart out there and on the cart he was doing soft shell crabs.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Whoa.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm like, what? He's like, literally, he had a burner, a couple burners on there and he had buns and he was doing soft shell crab sandwiches on the street. I'm like, what a great city this is. It was the right time of year, you know, whatever. When the water hits degrees, the crabs, you know, molt. And for about a week or maybe a week and a half, you can eat them. And he was out there just frying up bread, like a little bit, little dredging, a little flour, frying up their shelf shell, crabs putting on. I couldn't believe it. Now that also might be the least safe thing you could possibly eat off of New York. Street vendor. What are you eating there? It looks like you're eating a spider sandwich. It is. It's a street. It's a street crab hoagie.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

It was good though. You'll never know. You never know. You come around any corner in New York, you never know what you're going to see.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

I would have hate to see the street crab guy topple crabs everywhere, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

So what's our. Who's our guest tonight?

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

We have a very lovely extended interview. And by that I mean mega extended. This is someone you spent maybe 30 minutes with recently big star. Big movie star.

[Stephen Colbert]

Male or female?

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Male.

[Stephen Colbert]

Big, male movie star. Long conversation. Give me.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

I need another of the humorous variety.

[Stephen Colbert]

Was it Will?

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

It was Will. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

It was Will Ferrell.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

This is Will Ferrell remix on the podcast. We're putting him out again with some more extended content. So fun, so fun to watch you guys hang out.

[Stephen Colbert]

There's a few people it was fun to interview as Will. And the odd thing about Will is that he comes in sometimes. He'll come in character with like an intention, but if you're just talking to him, he' and be super laid back, as if he's not interested in the interview at all. It never pushes the product, for one thing. You ever bring up what the movie is? He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, it was fun. And then that's all that I'll say. But like, if you didn't know better, you would think, like, he's here at gunpoint. But then the comedy in him will rise up and it's like someone turning into like a superhero form. Just for a moment. He'll rise up and he'll just reach out and he'll grab the steel bar of the moment and he'll bend it with his. The bare hands of his comedy. And you go, holy. He's, he's, he's, he's. He's Superman.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Of joke telling.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

He's.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's unbelievable how he can just turn it on.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Like his Colbert questionnaire hasn't been on yet, but his Colbert questionnaire. Unbelievable quality.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

One of the best of all time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. And again, you got really. Got a sense that he was not actually listening to the questions.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

But every answer, every answer is just a pearl.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

He strikes me as someone who would be like the funniest guy at every single cafeteria table he sat down at.

[Stephen Colbert]

I have done that with him. Like, I've worked on projects with him where like, you're having lunch together and. Ridiculous.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, Ridiculous. Yeah. Speaking of working together, I gotta ask. So one of the things we're bringing back. You guys talk about Bewitched? Yeah, I love Bewitched.

[Stephen Colbert]

I love you like the movie.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

I've seen it like 20 times. I really, really liked it because when I was.

[Stephen Colbert]

I mean, it was a very happy memory for me because I. The people got to work on it.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, yeah. No, it's a fun movie. It's fun. Movies are fun. They're supposed to be fun. They're not fun anymore. You know what I mean? But I don't know I love, like, TV Land and stuff. So when that came out, I was like, oh, yeah, I like these old shows. But you guys had the idea to do Bewitched Khan at Javits Center.

[Stephen Colbert]

Just the movie.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Just the movie.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bewitched Khan. Exactly.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

That would be really fun.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

It would be really fun. Field piece, Field trip. You know, let's go.

[Stephen Colbert]

We get together. The old cast. So it'd be Jason Schwartzman and me and Will and Nicole and David Alan Grier.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, my God. That was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Is that David Alan Greer was. I think he played the director of Bewitched. And because I was pretty much in every scene that he was in, if he was off, I was off and vice versa. So hanging out with David Alan Grier, like, just hanging out in his trailer. Just agonizingly funny guy. Like, no one like that guy. Why is he not working constantly? If there's a crime going on in the. The industry, as I call it, and by the industry, I mean the biz, then it's that David Alan Grier isn't in everything.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Dramatic and comedic. He's. He's the. He's the. The. He's the most underutilized genius that I. That I can think of.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

And he's been on our show a bunch too. We've got some great. Some great bits with Dag.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Why don't we just play him?

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, great, let's play.

[Stephen Colbert]

I mean, Will's nice and everything.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

We can put him on this. We can put him on the Saturday. Yeah, let's listen.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, we have a Saturday pod.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

We got Saturday pod. Sunday.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, we have Saturday.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

We have pods 365 days a year. We keep it fresh.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, this is a big job.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

I had no idea what a big job this was, Becca.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, but you have the weekend off. Don't worry about it.

[Will Ferrell]

I do.

[Stephen Colbert]

I don't have to do it. This is the last one. I'm recording.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Today. All right.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Yeah. This is a fun Friday.

[Stephen Colbert]

Let's do it. I gotta go take a nap.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

All right, this is Will Ferrell. A bonus version on the Late showpod Show. Have a great week, everybody.

[Stephen Colbert]

I love you. Ladies and gentlemen, you know my guests tonight from Anchorman, Talladega, Knights and Barbie. He now stars in. You're cordially invited. It's just all. Calm down.

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Oh, I'm calm.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, I'm super calm.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

You don't seem calm.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm dead calm.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Oh, really?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. But let's get something straight. My sweet little pumpkin's gonna have her special day and no one's getting in the way of that. Not you, not some dead lady who.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can'T keep her together.

[Will Ferrell]

No one. And come Saturday, if I look out on that dock and that bride's not my baby girl, that bride's going in the lake. Okay. Splish, splash, bitch taking a bath.

[Stephen Colbert]

Please welcome back to the Late show, Will Ferrell.

[Will Ferrell]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm the only. Please get off the shed. To hear. There you go. Yeah, there you go.

[Will Ferrell]

I was just saying from.

[Stephen Colbert]

Get off the shed. Is that your first sketch on snl? Get off the shed. Get off the damn shed.

[Will Ferrell]

Get off the shed.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, to here.

[Will Ferrell]

To here.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Get off the shed. That's what got me the job.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know. I saw your audition. Very nice.

[Will Ferrell]

And I'm so mild mannered.

[Stephen Colbert]

Right. You don't expect that. You're on camera.

[Will Ferrell]

Dull. Dull as a wooden board. That's pretty dull. Yep, yep.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Pretty dull metaphor too.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

It is lovely to see you because I haven't had a chance to talk to you since I saw your fabulous documentary, Will and Harper. It was so beautiful. I really loved it. Incredible. It was incredible. You and Harper Steele, who I know from the old days. Just a beautiful documentary about two friends driving across the country and trying to understand each other. Thank you for that. I was inspired.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. And yeah, one of the best things I ever got to be a part of and loved every second of it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Cannot wait for the video game.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, that's in the works. We're in talks with EA Sports. I don't know why Sports. Ask me if we got Oscar nominated.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you? I'm just curious. That's such a good documentary. It's one of the best documentaries I've seen in years. It was beautiful. It was timely. It was heartfelt. I was inspired by it. Tell me, how was the Oscar nomination?

[Will Ferrell]

We didn't get it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, I'm sorry about that. Well, those guys.

[Will Ferrell]

I know. Yeah. Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

The Academy. Say it.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, especially the doc branch. Yeah, the doc branch of the Academy.

[Stephen Colbert]

Totally. Totally different guys.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, you don't want to hang out with the doc branch. What a bunch of losers.

[Stephen Colbert]

Few weeks ago.

[Will Ferrell]

I hope there's some of them here tonight. Hey, if you're a member of the doc branch, suck it.

[Stephen Colbert]

A few weeks ago, this made a lot of news. You were at LA Kings hockey game, right? And you went looking like this. This is like this.

[Will Ferrell]

Yep.

[Stephen Colbert]

Just cause. Just cause.

[Will Ferrell]

Just cause. Yeah, that was my goal for the Christmas break. I just wanted to dress as Buddy the elf.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I like the expression on your son's face right here. Yeah, he's thrilled.

[Will Ferrell]

He's so over dad trying to do anything funny anymore, but that. You know that. I still love the performance art aspect of getting out there and mixing it up.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure.

[Will Ferrell]

And seeing what the reaction would be. And it was incredible. People were like, what is he promoting?

[Stephen Colbert]

Do you like what's going on? Are you. Totally.

[Will Ferrell]

People got mad at me. Buddy would never do that. Buddy wouldn't smoke a cigarette. Well, you don't know Buddy. You don't know Buddy.

[Stephen Colbert]

You don't know what's happened to Buddy since that movie came out.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. I mean, with AI, Buddy's out of a job.

[Stephen Colbert]

Really? AI is replacing the L's.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

I didn't know that.

[Will Ferrell]

Get up to the North Pole, you'll see it's carnage up there.

[Stephen Colbert]

Here's another one. You also. This is a different son of yours being just thrilled he posted this. You're dressed as an Elizabethan lord with your son to embarrass him at prom.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Now tell me about the origin of this.

[Will Ferrell]

Whoa. That just happened to be a coincidence. His. I was just. It was Elizabethan garb Friday. I do that. The last Friday of the month.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure.

[Will Ferrell]

It happened to be the same night as prom.

[Stephen Colbert]

Everybody in your company, right, gets to do that?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, everyone. That's our show. And I still had my Elizabethan garb on. And I came home, I'm like, oh, it's prom tonight. Let's take a photo.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you go with him to promote.

[Will Ferrell]

I escorted him inside the.

[Stephen Colbert]

You went inside in that accident?

[Will Ferrell]

I went inside and just hung around the perimeter.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you really go in and stay.

[Will Ferrell]

There for a little bit?

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm just curious.

[Will Ferrell]

No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Do you like the. I'm just curious. When you do that, are you nervous or anxious before you go out, or is it all just pleasure for you? I mean, like, when.

[Will Ferrell]

In terms of.

[Stephen Colbert]

And like, you know, as. You know, like both pictures like this, you know, as Buddy or as this.

[Will Ferrell]

Or anything, it tests your mettle a little bit. Cause I also didn't know. I didn't want the King's organization to make a big deal about it. I wanted to see if it naturally kind of got out into the ecosystem.

[Stephen Colbert]

You wanted it just to go viral?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Just to see if it truly would go viral. And sure enough, boy, did it ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

That feeling of making a big choice and living the. The Embarrassment's actually not a bad part. The embarrassment kind of feels good to me.

[Will Ferrell]

There was a group of kids who were there at the hockey game. I think they were doing. They were, like, cheering on the kings. So they were lining up in the tunnel, and I was coming back out as Buddy the elf to go to my seat, and they were like, Buddy screaming at me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

And Buddy couldn't stop to talk. He had to get to a seat.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, Buddy has changed.

[Will Ferrell]

Buddy has changed. He had to get his beer and his cigarette and sit down.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, I'm with my family.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Leave me alone. Christmas was three weeks ago.

[Stephen Colbert]

When you were younger, did you do this? Did you, like. Would you dress up and do things like sort of public theater to, like, to set yourself and others?

[Will Ferrell]

I think it was testing the waters to see if I had the mettle to get into comedy, even though I was radically against doing it as a profession.

[Stephen Colbert]

You were against being a comedian?

[Will Ferrell]

I was. Cause my father's a musician. I saw how tough the entertainment business is. I mean, right, guys? Musician, it's not. I mean, you got a steady gig. I mean, don't blow it. But it's tenuous at best, right? And I would. You know, my dad would come home from playing a gig for a year, and then all of a sudden, it was gone. And I was like, who wants that existence? But I loved comedy so much, so I think I found ways to kind of. I wasn't a theater kid, so I would do things. Like in college, I would dress up like a janitor and interrupt my buddy's lecture class with, like, a bucket and a mop. Once again, a lit cigarette. I'd just roll in, roll in. And the teacher would say, can I help you? I go, no one threw up in here. The professor goes, no. I'm like, well, sorry. I'm from Physical Plant. They gave me a call that someone threw up in here. Are you sure no one threw up in here? Teacher, we're gonna know. I don't know why you're here. And just to make two of my friends laugh in the back row and then I just walk out.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. When did that then turn into, like, okay, I'm gonna do this?

[Will Ferrell]

Not really until after college that, you know, I. In fact, I thought I was gonna be, like, a sportscaster, so I studied sports journalism.

[Stephen Colbert]

So you played, right? You played.

[Will Ferrell]

I played ball, sure. I still hold the record in my high school for the most field goals made. Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Will Ferrell]

Field goal kicker.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. How many, like, in a season total.

[Will Ferrell]

Or in a Season, career, I think. I think I kicked something like 30 field goals.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's not bad.

[Will Ferrell]

Men.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, that's not bad.

[Will Ferrell]

Over the course of three years, sure, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

10 a year.

[Will Ferrell]

We were bad.

[Stephen Colbert]

How big was.

[Will Ferrell]

We were 18 and 1 my senior year.

[Stephen Colbert]

11 8.

[Will Ferrell]

11 win, eight losses, one tie.

[Stephen Colbert]

But that's a lot of field goals for that many losses.

[Will Ferrell]

Not as much as you would think. I think I was five for seven that year. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Were you a sports guy at all? What sports?

[Stephen Colbert]

I played a fair amount of hacky sack.

[Will Ferrell]

Is that a sport?

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, that's funny, because my wife. It is. In Vermont, on our first date. My wife.

[Will Ferrell]

Is that how you wooed her? With a hacky sack?

[Stephen Colbert]

Evie said, joe, do you play any sports?

[Will Ferrell]

Right.

[Stephen Colbert]

And it was a true answer, and I meant it. And I said, I play a lot of hacky sack. And then I told her about a dream I had the night before.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, my God. Gosh.

[Stephen Colbert]

How was there a second date? I have no idea. I kept the wine coming. I kept the wine coming. Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's a small town. There weren't a lot of choices. How did you meet? How'd you meet Vivica, Your wife?

[Will Ferrell]

I met her in an acting program, actually. And she was in the good group, and I was in the bad group.

[Stephen Colbert]

So you were trying, like, okay, if I'm gonna do this, I need to be. I need to be a triple threat here.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. And I met her there. We were just friends for years and years and years.

[Stephen Colbert]

Dated a little bit, but didn't take.

[Will Ferrell]

Didn't take. And then kind of doubled back to each other.

[Stephen Colbert]

And that's Debbie and I knew each other for, like, we'd met for seven years before once. Absolutely no vibe at all. Yeah. And people have been trying to get us together for those seven years when we met. And she was, like, distant, icy on a mountaintop. And I was high, and I went, yeah, I don't think we're gonna connect. And I walked away. And seven years later, I met her, and I went, I'm gonna marry her. That was, like, instantly when I saw her. Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

No, I knew she was the one.

[Stephen Colbert]

How good my story was.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, that was good.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's not a contest. It's not a contest, obviously. I'm just saying I gotta awe. I got an awe. And you got a. I know, huh?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

I wonder how. I wonder why they didn't get together this year.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, they're not all awesome. Some of them are, huh? Yeah. In life. But this year, in August, we'll have been married 25 years.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that's fantastic. Congratulations. Good man. Good man. I do want to point out 31. 31 years.

[Will Ferrell]

Whoa, 31 years.

[Stephen Colbert]

Again, not a contest.

[Will Ferrell]

It feels like a contest.

[Stephen Colbert]

We have to take a quick break. We'll be right back with more Will Ferrell, everybody. Hey, everybody, look at that. It's Will Ferrell. This is the 20th anniversary this year is the 20th anniversary of Bewitched. Oh, the movie Bewitched.

[Will Ferrell]

Let's try it again.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. This is the 20th anniversary this year of the movie Bewitched. People loved it. You Nicole Kidman. When they think Bewitched, they go, yeah, the movie with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell.

[Will Ferrell]

Ask Nicole Kidman about the pantheon, the body of work.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

She always lists Bewitched as number one.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. We had her on. She was sitting right there, and I said, you know, we were in a movie together. We were both in Bewitched. And she went, what are you. You were in. You were in Bewitched?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, I mean, we had a great. You were part of the writers room.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, I was officially one of the writers. This is me on the. Me over all the way here. And there's you in the green sweater right there. That's me. That's 20. 20 years ago. 30 years ago. Me dressed like a member of Wilco. And do you. My favorite. One of my favorite. It was a lot of fun. I was there for 52 days, and I think I showed up in 45 seconds of the film.

[Will Ferrell]

Right, right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

That was a long shoot.

[Stephen Colbert]

That was super long.

[Will Ferrell]

75 days, I believe. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. I think Oppenheimer took 50 days to shoot Bewitched.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. We needed it, though.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

We needed.

[Stephen Colbert]

All those days. I've always wanted to ask you about this. I don't think we've ever discussed this before. There is a moment in the movie, and it's the very first time that your character. Who's playing Darren. Yes, your character.

[Will Ferrell]

Now, for those of you. I know everyone's seen it. But I play Darren. Yes, but it's the. But I'm in the TV version.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's a movie about this. About a remake of the TV show of Bewitched. And you're playing Darren. Yes, and she's playing Samantha.

[Will Ferrell]

But I'm an actor in the movie. I'm an actor playing Darren in the TV show.

[Stephen Colbert]

Right, you're an actor. You are an actor playing an actor.

[Will Ferrell]

Yes, in it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, so. But here's the thing.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm an actor.

[Stephen Colbert]

This is the first time, your character, if you were wondering in the scene where you guys act together for the first time, you're doing your first scene together as Bewitched. This is supposed to be the moment when, like, either you're meet cute and you fall in love. Nicole Kidman's over there, like, across the studio, and me and all the other people playing the writers at Video Village watching the first scene. And you, Will Ferrell, go to. Go play the Darren to go be in the scene with Nicole. And when the scene's over, do you remember what you came and said to us?

[Will Ferrell]

No, I have no idea.

[Stephen Colbert]

You came over to us because when she. When the scene started and when Nora.

[Will Ferrell]

Said action, Nor Ephron.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nora Ephron called action, we saw why Nicole Kidman was a movie star. Because the moment she called action, she flipped some switch. She became the most alluring and beautiful woman. She's a beautiful woman, but something preternatural happened. Absolutely. And we did the scene, and all of us are, like, in a fever of desire for the character that she's playing, and we can barely breathe, and none of us are saying to each other, because that's a weird feeling to have on a set. And you walked over and you went, what the. The just happened out there? And we all went. I don't know. She was like, I couldn't remember any of my lines.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

I couldn't get out of her eyes what the just happened.

[Will Ferrell]

It was like an alien being had come and told us everything's gonna be okay.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

It was extraordinary. She did this. She literally, like, glowed from the inside.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Why can't you do that?

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

I can't.

[Will Ferrell]

Look, I'm working on it, and I think I'm gonna get there.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, okay.

[Will Ferrell]

Eventually.

[Stephen Colbert]

All right. They're having a big party here.

[Will Ferrell]

I still got time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wait, where's the big party for Bewitched? The anniversary party over on 30 Rock on the 16th. I think everybody's getting together. All the stars are getting together.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, no. It's at Jacob Javits. The entire Jacob Javits Center.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bewitched Con.

[Will Ferrell]

Yes, Bewitched Con.

[Stephen Colbert]

Everyone's gonna show up dressed, but nothing.

[Will Ferrell]

Wrong with the original show, just the movie.

[Stephen Colbert]

Everyone's dressed up as Steve Carell, as Paul Lynn.

[Will Ferrell]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Lot of security.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can I show you how Nicole Kidman said goodbye to me?

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, please.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, so I'm wrapped. I'm wrapped before everybody. I don't know why I'm wrapped early, a couple of days before other people. And she's been Very nice. Been very gracious, you know, the whole time we've been working there. And they go, okay, that's a wrap on Stephen Colbert. And you always get a little applause like that. And so this is what she does. She goes, stand up, we'll do this together. She'll do it again. And I said, hey, it was so lovely meeting you and I'll be her. She was like, oh, it was so.

[Will Ferrell]

No, don't do it.

[Stephen Colbert]

I was like, oh, it was so wonderful. It was so wonderful. I had such a wonderful time. Oh, you were so great. Thank you so much. And then she walked away. Never touched my hand. And I just stood there looking down at my arm. And then there was a grip, like holding a light. This. And he goes, guess that's how Nicole Kibbens says goodbye.

[Will Ferrell]

I wonder.

[Stephen Colbert]

I don't know, it was like, I was like Reiki or something.

[Will Ferrell]

I remember she told me she did learn how to do massage.

[Stephen Colbert]

No.

[Will Ferrell]

Yes. I swear to God. While we were doing the movie, she had learned, not. I don't know if it was during.

[Stephen Colbert]

But at some point, but she had.

[Will Ferrell]

Learned to do massage techniques just as a, I don't know, enrichment. And so maybe she was just sensing tension through there. And like, that is good.

[Stephen Colbert]

That is.

[Will Ferrell]

Stephen, Stephen, you're so gifted. But what's your next project? What are you working on next?

[Stephen Colbert]

Take care, love. Uh huh.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's spooky. That was really good. We have to take another break here, but we're right back with more Will Ferrell. Hey, everybody, we're back with the star of your cordially invited, Will Ferrell. You're in a new movie with Reese Witherspoon. Yes, it's called you're cordially invited.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, help me out.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, you know, if you go ahead, it's your movie. I don't want to like, jump on. I don't want to steal your glory here. So it's about weddings.

[Will Ferrell]

I want to get to the Javits center before it gets too many people get there.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's about.

[Will Ferrell]

It's about a signing booth, by the way. We gotta sign a lot of merch.

[Stephen Colbert]

God. Okay, how much fun would that be? Wouldn't that be fun just to set up a booth at the chapter at like, just to go to Comic Con.

[Will Ferrell]

With a banner behind it.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's you or me. And we're signing signs.

[Will Ferrell]

Will Ferrell from Bewitched. Yeah, we're signing me, but Bewitched in parentheses, the movie signing merch.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go, huh? Yeah. And we won't sign anything. Dish towels?

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Nothing series.

[Stephen Colbert]

Anything? Elizabeth Montgomery?

[Will Ferrell]

Sorry.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nope.

[Will Ferrell]

Take it somewhere else.

[Stephen Colbert]

So it's about a couple.

[Will Ferrell]

It's two weddings. My daughter's getting married. Reese Witherspoon's sister's getting married.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh.

[Will Ferrell]

Booked on the same date at the same destination.

[Stephen Colbert]

You know, there you go. Like, two rams, button heads right there.

[Will Ferrell]

Two rams, button heads. And. Ooh, it gets crazy. I'm not just saying that. It really gets crazy.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're not just saying that.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm not just saying. I would never come on here and just say stuff. I mean, it. It gets crazy.

[Stephen Colbert]

But we know how there's a lot of laughs.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm not just saying that either. A lot of laughs.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. It'll be okay if you did.

[Will Ferrell]

No, I mean it. There's a lot of laughs.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, good.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Who gets more laughs, you or Reese?

[Will Ferrell]

It depends. Depends on what part of the movie. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think it's an equal share.

[Stephen Colbert]

Contractually.

[Will Ferrell]

Contractually, no. Contractually, no. Contractually, I have to get 60.

[Stephen Colbert]

40. I thought it might be like Vin Diesel and the Rock, like when they fight in the Fast and Furious movies. It says in the contract that neither of them can win or lose.

[Will Ferrell]

No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you know that?

[Will Ferrell]

I did not know that, but it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Says in the contract that neither one of them can win.

[Will Ferrell]

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[Stephen Colbert]

Neither one of them.

[Will Ferrell]

Who would care what they would? Our boats both rise with the tide.

[Stephen Colbert]

Not if one of them loses. Then their boat lost. Yeah, they're both rising up at once.

[Will Ferrell]

But no, I will watch the movie. I'll watch Final Cut, and I'll count the laughs. Clicker. Yep. I have a clicker and I don't laugh at all. Watch it again. Yep. Do my co stars laugh? Calculate it out. Hopefully it's 60. 40.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

If it's not, we gotta open up the edit.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Yep.

[Stephen Colbert]

Or you're not doing Colbert.

[Will Ferrell]

I have a clicker and I have a change belt for some reason too.

[Stephen Colbert]

And a key on. On that retractable thing.

[Will Ferrell]

So I'm spilling out quarters, I'm clicking, and I'm doing this.

[Stephen Colbert]

True story. True story. The first time I ever did a.

[Will Ferrell]

Did you work in an arcade with a change belt? I did.

[Stephen Colbert]

I did. Yeah. Down on the boardwalk on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. No, I did a pilot for NBC years ago, and we were, like, on, like, day three of shooting a pilot. I don't know why they're taking two weeks to Shoot it. But it's going to be a long shoot. It's up in Canada. And. And the director comes to me and goes, look, the NBC execs are here and they'd like to. They're upset that you're not smiling.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah. Never a good sign.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. You're not smiling enough in character. And I said, what do you mean? He said, yeah, they counted your smiles. I said, they counted my smiles? And they said, yeah. And I said, how many? And they said, one and a half. I said, what's the half?

[Will Ferrell]

What constitutes.

[Stephen Colbert]

I think the half was like, those is like. Like that. Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

We obviously don't have time for any of this to make it to air. But do. Do.

[Will Ferrell]

We're here about. We're here to entertain the audience. Not. It's not. It's not. It's not so much what goes out.

[Stephen Colbert]

I just got. I got a phone call later. I just want to make sure I don't.

[Will Ferrell]

Well, I've got it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm hoping I can use one of these monitors for a zoom. I have to do.

[Stephen Colbert]

Absolutely 100%. Yeah, you can use the back wall if you want.

[Will Ferrell]

Oh, perfect. That would be great.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, exactly. Just turn this around. Just go like. This is how I do them. Hey, what's going on?

[Will Ferrell]

Hey, Charlie.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, what's going on? You're on mute. You're on mute. Do you remember? And I know I gotta let you go, but do you. It's so rare I get a chance to talk to you.

[Will Ferrell]

I know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do you remember, hey, I got invited to that SNL thing.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah, the S. Part of the 50.

[Stephen Colbert]

Part of the 50. The 50. Should I go? Like, it's a three hour.

[Will Ferrell]

I know.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's three hour show where you sit. You have to sit there for three hours while there's a retrospective show. Is that what it is?

[Will Ferrell]

As far as I know. I literally. I'm really not doing a bit. I know nothing.

[Stephen Colbert]

Are you gonna. It's black tie.

[Will Ferrell]

What?

[Stephen Colbert]

It's black tie. You have to sit for 3 hours in 8h in black tie. And then. Is there a party in the Rainbow Room or.

[Will Ferrell]

The performative part of me wants to show up in a tank top and just say, hey, kick me out.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

I supposedly, I'm one of the best cast members. Kick me out.

[Stephen Colbert]

Tank talk.

[Will Ferrell]

Supposedly. Not me. I'm not saying.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Will Ferrell]

I'm not saying it.

[Stephen Colbert]

You came out with that awful fast, man. You came out. You had that on speed dial right there.

[Will Ferrell]

Please go so we can sit next to each other.

[Stephen Colbert]

That would be fun.

[Will Ferrell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Cause yeah, I think that would.

[Will Ferrell]

I'll bring snacks or bring a satchel. Loud cellophane.

[Stephen Colbert]

Loud cellophane snacks.

[Will Ferrell]

Corn nuts and crisp Washington apples.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's fantastic.

[Will Ferrell]

Also too that audience like think about it.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's gonna be the worst. No one's gonna laugh. It's all gonna be all industry people in Black Tiger and a lot of people who didn't get cast at SNL exactly like me. Good luck. Good getting one titter out of me for those three hours. You don't want me there.

[Will Ferrell]

No, I know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Will Ferrell]

But I do.

[Stephen Colbert]

Will. It's always a joy. Thank you so much. You're cordially invited. Is available on Amazon prime tomorrow. Will Ferrell, everybody. Thank you for listening to the Late Show Pod show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

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[Will Ferrell]

September 4th on Paramount plus someone is trying to frame us until our names.

[Becca (Producer at the Late Show)]

Are cleared we're fugitives from interval like.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bonnie and Clyde with better snacks.

[Will Ferrell]

NCIS Tony and Ziva streaming September 4th on Paramount Plus.