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Will Ferrell and his Funny or Die writing partner, Adam McKay, went online just a couple of hours ago to begin promoting Ferrell's limited run engagement on Broadway that celebrates the end of the Bush Administration, aka You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush. If you have …
Some quick hits and links of comedians and comedy making news around the Internets… In Rob Corddry's interview with Defamer today, Corddry announces that he has sold a sitcom to HBO about an unlikely political candidate, and that the show, once pitched in a Bush world, has adapted to the …
Well, well, well. SNL took off the gloves last night and went straight for the funny jugular, with Will Ferrell jump-starting the cold open sketch as President George W. Bush, trying his darnedest to offer a primetime endorsement to John McCain (Darrell Hammond) and Sarah Palin (Tina Fey), thereby letting …
The folks at Funny or Die know that Will Ferrell is their star attraction, so they put him in front of a laptop and got him to read some of the many Internet comments directed his way from a variety of sites. Oh, to be a celebrity…(NSFW): See more Will …
This year, Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival has expanded to include a two-day Just Comedy industry confab to discuss the state of comedy and network and do all of those things that someone interested in taking their comedy career to the next step should be doing. Over the next two …
This Just In (ahem!)…HBO has bought part of Funny or Die and ordered 10 half-hours of programming from the online video site! "We do know we want it to be in the same family of the comedy that we’re doing on the website — just a wide range of anything …
Here is Will Ferrell channeling President George W. Bush for a live interview with Jon Stewart during last night’s Night of Too Many Stars benefit on Comedy Central. Will Ferrell as Bush w/Jon Stewart on FunnyOrDie.com
In case you were wondering about the Fred Simmons appearance last night on Conan O’Brien, here are some clues to unlock the mystery for you. First, the video. If the YouTube clip doesn’t work, you also can watch the segment and the full episode online via NBC, and by doing …
Time out? Time in! OK. Back to blogwork. Noticed NBC ads that "the guests are back on Leno!" so who-ray, right? Will Ferrell guests tonight and likely will regale Jay Leno with all sorts of Semi-Pro mischief. Saw a making-of featurette for Semi-Pro the other night on HBO and feel …
Will Ferrell is a really nice guy. Looked me in the eyes during our introduction a couple of weeks ago at the Ritz, delivered a solid handshake. Enough to unnerve a lesser civilian. But after a playfully simple opening question, we were off and running in a discussion to promote …