SNL Stories from the Show: Will Ferrell

[@mypal1990]

It's really cool seeing cast alumni tell their side of the show. It really makes the show more appreciative because of all the hard work of the cast and crew.

[@miledith555]

I love the idea that he just turned up to work with the intention of making it fun for everybody around. It's such a sweet thing to do.

[@nebulousisgod]

It’s a rare and beautiful thing to see Will Farrell out of character.

[@daemonelectricity]

I appreciate the commitment really. The reason he's so funny is that he's always doing a bit. If you never turn it off, it just comes as easy as breathing.

[@stuwest3653]

Not when he's bitching you out for having to keep his car an extra day because the parts were late.

[@daemonelectricity]

@@stuwest3653 Whoa, did he really do that?

[@elizabethreinhardt6207]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZqolaSYeKiEfsk lock him up!

[@kirbsyde8965]

Retard = 1 Normal = 0 Paddy's, I am Legend!☘️🍻

[@colesteeleA]

Will Ferrell is a national treasure.

[@jordachejordan90]

Yes.

[@thankyourob]

Seconded.

[@Anonymous56657]

I’m British, and I love him.

[@House0fHoot]

Will Ferrell is a World Heritage Site 🌍

[@trucktruck-ye9yh]

Sorry, I posted the same comment before I saw yours😂

[@charliefracker8132]

alec baldwin impression was spot on

[@jake_from_statefarm7209]

Right? That's was scary good.

[@SenseofAwareness]

Wow, I am shocked - I don't remember seeing Will Ferrell EVER out of character, including (perhaps especially) the endless interviews with him. This is really beautiful. Will - thank you for your brilliance!

[@Walsif]

This man has given me so much laughter throughout the years. I hope he does it up forever. 🤣🤣, 👍👍🏾👍🏿 keep it up Mr. Ferrell.

[@heezypeasy8611]

He is my absolute favorite!

[@coastaku1954]

"I'm not familiar, he [Diddy] seemed fine" This aged like fine milk

[@veespa_]

This was as funny as it was heartwarming. What a great guy.

[@alison3623]

Will is the man. Amy Poehler's book talks about how Will really did do this. They were on during the time of 9/11 and it really was bleak in their office (and in the country). She thanked Will in her book for being such a goof to keep spirits up during such a hard time. I'm loving this series.

[@kawaiiafangirl]

Will Ferrell is probably one of the few comedians out there who are hilarious in their work and even when they don't exactly have to be funny. Not only that, but he has such a great comedic mind that he can come up with so many characters, some of which don't appear on SNL or films at all.

[@DjinnRummy]

He can literally just come on screen and I start giggling… Kristen wiig has that same thing

[@datingissuchadrag8461]

I laugh just by looking at him... That's a rare gift

[@brianw13]

I love these “Stories from the Show.” Please post more of them. It’s cool to see what they go through behind the scenes

[@mahanmoshiry7304]

This could literally be a TV show and I would definitely watch it

[@emilypadden6406]

Vulture does a feature called something like "Saturday Nights Children" and it's spotlights of the cast that were on for a little bit as well as the heavy hitters. It's what their life was like and their time on the show. It is so fascinating!

[@MahmoudElgassier]

Will Ferrell will always be remembered by me as Alex Trebek. The best and most funny incarnation and a gem in SNL history.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Love how Sean Connery always ripped his Trebek.

[@JH-ee5xv]

Trebek and Harry Caray will forever be burned into my mind

[@themajordudes8194]

It was a horrible trebek yet because it was will Ferrell it was good

[@joelletierre301]

I love him so much. I cannot live in a world without his humor.

[@ladysaane]

Dang I really grew up with Will Ferrell, wish I could give him a hug

[@zissou6928]

It'd be hilarious if he just started to deliriously make up stories that never happened

[@BobPagani]

Meta!

[@Arizona_Raven]

Lol and then they reenact the made up stories.

[@BobPagani]

@@Arizona_Raven SUPER meta!

[@nedisahonkey]

"I once saw Lornce Micheals replace an intern with a trained porpoise"

[@tradutorajuliana]

lollll

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Will has so many movies that I loved, he's an awesome actor.

[@LastSifu]

Underappreciated by so many, and still a living legend. If you don’t think he’s funny, you have an underdeveloped sense of humor.

[@jordachejordan90]

The music is a very nice touch of sentimentality. 😪

[@Nancy4591]

Ron is definitely and early adaptation of Ron burgundy

[@badhomwork3585]

iteration then

[@UpStreamLivn]

What a great attitude, one talented human being, that always makes me laugh

[@stuff8605]

Its neat seeing his emotions as he watches his younger self.

[@jordachejordan90]

Damn his alec Baldwin is spot on.

[@ThePumpkinToad]

For someone who's so good at not breaking during funny skits, it's nice to see how hard he's laughing at the video of himself at 2:13

[@YelaButch97]

Whoa.. Proto-Ron Burgandy. Pure gold.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Will was one of the best SNL alumni. Right up there with Belushi, Aykroyd, Murray, and Hartman.

[@alecjones4676]

And Farley!

[@LIamaLlama554]

Timmy Meadows

[@heezypeasy8611]

Will Ferrell is one of the funniest ppl ever. He makes me laugh even when he's not trying to be funny 🖤

[@HayleyHorbett]

Love him and his crew, so amazing, I could watch him all day, and everyone from his era

[@pandapanda8354]

Ok but imagine if your real job got stressful and you just started being Ron at your job. Just doing the job but full on Ron mode. I WISH this could be an acceptable stress management technique

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

Well it's called show business and behind the scenes is where the business happens. Good to have someone like Will around to remind everyone about the show part.

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

Shows what a comedic genius he is.

[@lama6736]

Will Ferrell could put a video up of him painting a room in his house and I’d watch it, not sure what that says about me but, I’d watch it.

[@LIamaLlama554]

Will Ferrell making a Denver omelette. I’m here for it.

[@Luschan]

I’ve heard a lot about how he loved doing high effort pranks and weirdly drawn-out bits even in high school, which is so fascinating. I can’t imagine where that even comes from internally, or what it must be like to have that level of extroversion and lack of self-consciousness. It’s like it loops so far beyond needing other people’s approval or laughter.

[@DRMegaone]

I love you more for this Mr. Ferrell 😂😂😂

[@DoubleO7-11]

Never seen another human hold a tablet quite like Will Farrell... 😳

[@sebastians.9821]

The man has huge hands lol

[@pearlejam7115]

I'm not even joking when I say will ferrell is the best thing ever

[@ethxrxvl2711]

I absolutely adore this man.

[@madisonc3204]

Will Ferrell is literally just the best

[@Gisselliiee]

Aww I love these!!! We want more of these SNL!!!

[@bernlin2000]

Such a fearless performer....Will made that era of SNL so distinctive and unforgettable. One of the most talented people to come out of SNL, yet still very invested in his work to this day.

[@everythingcollectibles]

I love Will’s Mayo Bottle voice in that Heinz Relax commercial.

[@mhewett5193]

He embodies the person we all wish we had in our lives to remind us...

[@honeybee591]

“RON!” 😭😭😂😭😭 that is the funniest shit ever i - i can’t -

[@MK-285]

One of the many reasons why Will Ferrell is the GOAT!

[@David-pb6lz]

Best ever comedic genius, no one will ever come close.

[@samanthawadley2846]

The Ron Burgundy pod cast is amazing!!!

[@alexander-kirk]

Haha, you're actually giving a serious story Will. Thanks for sharing!

[@harrymeepharry]

Please upload more archival footage from this era!!

[@lynntaylor9681]

Will Ferrell is great. I loved him as Alex Trebek and the cheerleader sketch when I was in high school.

[@zZGeeWizardZz]

I love this man

[@jakering5882]

King of comedy

[@greenh609]

Ron also played shakers for Weezer on their musical performance of "Island in the sun".

[@sakuraba86]

Excellent video. I hope SNL is still a lot of fun. Will Ferrell is the true GOAT, imo. There are so many great performers(Eddie, Wiig, Hader, McKinnon, Hartman, etc.) but Will is the greatest of all time.

[@trucktruck-ye9yh]

That man is a national treasure!

[@adammckay9109]

We need more of these.

[@pathologylover]

one of my favourite actors. 🥰

[@12MeGgS12]

I FREAKING LOVE WILL FERRELL

[@papiagua]

I could watch these all day oh wait I will

[@BeliaLastes]

Will dressed as Ron and stepped onto the stage "that was supposed to be a closed set - per orders of P. Diddler" and the fact that Diddler got his balls in a bunch was priceless 😂😂

[@calpal9983]

And that’s why he’s one of the gods of comedy.

[@Montez-dn7kn]

I Dig These Candid Show Moments!

[@brisguzman9216]

Will's voice 😌

[@mnm483]

Could you imagine being related to this man? How can you look at him with a straight face. He could walk in saying grandma died and we had to put the dog down and it would be hilarious

[@thr4iam151]

THANK YOU WILL!!! ABSOLUTELY... LIVE, LOVE BUT MOST OF ALL LAUGH!!!♥️🤣♥️😂💕

[@timboslice8559]

Will Ferrell may just be the funniest man alive!

[@omaravelar3271]

This is really wholesome :,)

[@lindsayblair5181]

I love him

[@CeeNoEvil4]

This is a long comment. Very worth reading. I had a friend growing up with whom I was in a band with our other best friend. He was hysterical and out of his mind in the best way and kind of embodied who Will Ferrell is and was. These stories in this video make me happy making the comparison and I wish I was there to see Will Ferrell do the same. Just incredibly comedically genius but you never knew what to expect. My friend would do very similar random stuff with outfits or costumes he’d find at thrift stores or like his closet and just show up to our houses. Two of my favorite ones was this cream colored three piece suit and strawlike fedora and a cane kind of like an old plantation owner with some ridiculous southern name like I don’t even remember-I’m gonna say ‘Churles Weatherferry,’ (or a character also called Jubilation Higginbottom) cause that’s roughly close enough…and would just say to our PARENTS and not break character when they answered the door “I am here for the boy.” That and he found this pirate costume that was way too small and would wear two eyepatches he’d lift up to see, as Captain Meatcleaver and would go to my house and my girlfriends house and just annoy our birds trying to awfully train them to be his like parrot. 😂😂😂 And I remember he would just incessantly annoy our friend purposely cause he would get the most rise out of him and frustrate to all hell but also make him crack out of that annoyance. Like we went on a trip and he PURPOSELY sat next to him and sang that Macy Gray song completely wrong lyrics for like an hour. Or press dumb questions like “Jason, why have you stolen my the moon?” I met up with them after school one day and this guy, our friend had been at our other friends’ house and I walk into this… He was sitting at his desk, refusing to get up and doing this Russian accent character thing. And was cutting up all of our friend’s like video game magazines and books he had no use for. And was making this like conspiracy theory oak tag board, he called “The Communist Wall.” And it was half insane KIND of socialist-y statements made with words and pictures like a ransom note piecing these things together. And then JUST the right amount of whatever ridiculous funny juxtapositions he could find that was very immature and silly sex or bathroom humor kinda hidden in there. And then like 🤣 MADE HIM hang it up. And the compromise was “in the walk-in closet” I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard. Especially cause he was like in a trance doing this. And then something would get pasted to this board and we’d be half perplexed and shocked and half dying of laughter. Watching this made me think of that dude’s antics and growing up being friends for the few years I was with this guy. He never ceased to make us laugh and would commit entirely to whatever character or bit he was doing. A lot like Will Ferrell.

[@tacosmargs58]

I've never seen him so soft spoken.

[@dreamchampagne]

Love him sm

[@greglange7111]

Chad Smith is so talented. Professional Drummer and comedian. Playing a bit as this Will Ferrell character.

[@alexstone5275]

What a great series. Keep it up.

[@odh3424]

Even when Will Ferrell is out of character it seems that he’s playing some sort of character lol

[@babykukla]

This made my comedian heart soar.

[@maddenmobile5836]

I'm struck by the authenticity of Aidy Bryant's interview where she discussed the intimacy and quiet of her non-show life, versus this where it sounds like Will Ferrell never turned it off at all. Interesting to see how different comedians think about their work.

[@divainloveforever]

He is a GREAT GENTLEMAN!!! 💕🌟👏👏👏👏💯⭐️

[@tatchueable]

Will Ferrell is a class act. Should be in the comedy hall of fame immediately if one exists lol 😝

[@sandrofrias1635]

Love this series!

[@spiderpig9777]

i want more of this

[@tomitstube]

i remember his ron during the outro. he looked like a serial killer to me, like a character out of a horror movie.

[@bronxszchkorf8358]

Will ferrel ❤❤❤

[@syndeezxs7667]

❤😅 Love Will Ferrell

[@ADIDASects]

Ron also appeared on a live on air Weezer song.

[@Gdub33]

Funniest guy possibly ever in the history of the world.

[@GraceT]

Will ferrel is like sunshine in human form

[@flala2261]

I Love this & i Love him

[@hannahgarst1006]

Dear Will Ferrell, I just want us to be friends. With an immense amount of sincerity, hannah

[@MrEazyE357]

"Sleeveless fleece jacket." If only there were a word for that. And it wasn't even fleece! It was a down vest.

[@MrEazyE357]

@Peter Evans You do realize that I was joking, right?

[@MrEazyE357]

😆

[@BobRobie1]

i know for a fact you could have the worst day at snl and will would somehow make your day there

[@vitalisilitski5845]

I need to see a full documentary about SNL! Please make one

[@rafaelaalmonte9965]

Will Ferrell ❤️🥳🎉🎉🎉🙏🏻

[@TheJaker5]

😂 Chip Kudrow, I dunno why that’s so hilarious to me.

[@hughorr]

More, please.

[@malenotyalc]

Best coworker ever!

[@kevinw712]

Will Ferrell is the reincarnation of Andy Kaufman. True, that's literally impossible given that Ferrell was already born almost 20 years before Kaufman died, but THAT is how good and committed he is. The reincarnation is so strong it defies basic linear time.

[@nnoffuture]

you have to remember .... you get hired... fkn brilliant

[@gregsmasochisticcommentfac2244]

Will Ferrell hit a note of comedic genius on Zoolander & he never came back. Despite the pressure of being on SNL, it's not surprising to see he's the guy behind the scenes who never took himself seriously. #WillFerrell #SNL

[@tyrant-den884]

Lorne stories are always the best.

[@corymiller1278]

Remember he also played cowbell for Queens of the Stone Age playing their song "Little Sister" when he returned to host