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May 26, 2012

Will Ferrell woos his date - VIDEO

by Adam Finley, posted May 12th 2007 1:01PM

will ferrellWill Ferrell has yet another video up on his Funny or Die comedy video site. You should skip down to the bottom of this post right now and watch the video (after the jump) without reading the next paragraph, because I'm going to talk about the short and I don't want to ruin it for you.

Okay, did you watch it? Good.

What did you think? I thought it was mildly amusing, but not nearly as funny as The Landlord, and besides, Charles Schulz did essentially this same gag with Snoopy's doghouse over forty years ago. I suppose the fact that's it's a portable toilet makes it funnier than say, a cardboard box, but still, it's not his best work. I'm not sure if I would vote this "Funny" or "Die." Is there a button for "Knock Unconscious for a Few Minutes?"

I did laugh at the text at the end telling us how they now live in an ATM kiosk. At least they're moving up in the world.

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Walt

I was wondering if they were going to go down to the basement only to slip and fall into the giant vat of poo...

May 13 2007 at 9:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

Joe is right, Will Ferrel has never been on TV before... it isn't like he got he became famous during his seven year run on the television show Saturday Night Live or was in a shortlived cartoon that is still shown in reruns.

These skits are similar to the things he was famous for on television. It's kind of like how TV Squad covered those downloadable commentaries that the MST3K guys are doing, despite the fact that that it had little to do with television except that is an online version of what they were famous for doing on TV.

I mean, why wouldn't they cover it? If you were a fan of his TV work, you will probably be a fan of this.

May 13 2007 at 2:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe

I appreciate being told about it, but why TVSquad? He's not a TV star. If anything, Cinematical should cover this. Maybe then they won't get all sarcastic and defensive.

May 12 2007 at 8:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adam Finley

"If I recall correctly, funny is subjective, right?"

Yes, but in all fairness I am getting paid to promote Will Ferrell's site. My endorsement is the only thing keeping him in the public eye right now. I refused him at first, but after his tenth sobbing, tearful phone call I finally decided to do it for a small fee. What no one knows about Will is that he has a two-hundred-dollar-a-day Benadryl habit and all the money he makes from his movies goes toward that. I just can't say no to another human being in need.

May 12 2007 at 4:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Teddy

Like you, I immediately thought of Snoopy's doghouse when I saw this video.

But what's really silly is to feature a physical comedian like Ferrell but have him disappear from the screen after the first few seconds. What's the point of that?

May 12 2007 at 4:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melissa

Hey, thanks for sharing that Adam. I was wondering if/when Will would make another video, but I don't ever go to that website.

If I recall correctly, funny is subjective, right? Like, different people can have different opinions about what is or isn't funny? And people have different senses of humor, right? Right? Maybe I should just ask Dave. I think he knows.

May 12 2007 at 3:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

These videos are ARE NOT FUNNY! Are you getting paid to promote the website or something?

May 12 2007 at 3:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

I agree...not NEARLY has funny as the Landloard. Guess they set the bar a bit high with it.

May 12 2007 at 1:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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