by Andrew Barry
Will Ferrell is the King of Comedy. He is the Messiah of Merriness. Lord of Laughs. He is the living embodiment of the man-child present in all of us, girls included.
I don't want to start listing all the laughs this guy has given to the world but just in case you've been living in a cave, some of his most famous movies include: Step Brothers, Old School, Talladega Nights, Elf, Zoolander, The Lego Movie, Megamind and of course, the Anchorman movies. That's without mentioning his appearances on other laugh factories such as Eastside and Down, Family Guy and Saturday Night Live. As always, if any of these are unfamiliar to you then please go and pick up a copy. But if none of these are familiar… Well then there should be a dedicated facility for bringing you up to date with popular culture. Like the hypno-room from Clockwork Orange, but with less murder, war and screaming. I mean the same amount of screaming, but from arguing man-children and not actual children.
I digress.
Will Ferrell is the King of Comedy. He is the Messiah of Merriness. Lord of Laughs. He is the living embodiment of the man-child present in all of us, girls included.
I don't want to start listing all the laughs this guy has given to the world but just in case you've been living in a cave, some of his most famous movies include: Step Brothers, Old School, Talladega Nights, Elf, Zoolander, The Lego Movie, Megamind and of course, the Anchorman movies. That's without mentioning his appearances on other laugh factories such as Eastside and Down, Family Guy and Saturday Night Live. As always, if any of these are unfamiliar to you then please go and pick up a copy. But if none of these are familiar… Well then there should be a dedicated facility for bringing you up to date with popular culture. Like the hypno-room from Clockwork Orange, but with less murder, war and screaming. I mean the same amount of screaming, but from arguing man-children and not actual children.
I digress.
You see there's an art to the work that Ferrel creates. Not everybody gets it. Sometimes you'll enter a new room and swing your arms in excitement and exclaim “There's so much room for activity!" And you'll just get a blank stare. So you say “but it's shark week!?” But nothing.
With a last feeble breath you whisper “why are you so sweaty?” It falls upon a mind which has never seen Step Brothers. Next thing you know, your burying your fiancée in the back garden (taking every precaution to make sure they don't rise as a zombie.) Equally, never has anybody partaken in consuming from a beer bong and not immediately yelled ‘when it hits your lips!’ Whilst undressing in preparation for streaking to the quad. Neither has anybody not said goodbye to a parting friend by screaming “You're my boy blue!” Before whispering it to themselves and taking a moment of silence for Blue. Well maybe these things happened once in an era now known as Pre-Old School. See what I'm doing here? Quoting his movies. That's right, I'm on fire! Try and stop me. I'll come at you like a spider-monkey. LIKE A SPIDERMONKEY! And thanks for asking, I personally think of Jesus as wearing… DEEP BREATH PEOPLE WE MUST ESCAPE THE WILL FERRELL QUOTE VORTEX.
When was the last time you watched a Will Ferrell film with a bro (females included on both sides of the coin) and didn't recite the whole film? That's right, you sick cultist, never. That has literally never happened. Ever. Because Will Ferrel is the Eminem of comedy. He is a Rap God- I mean Laugh God. Joke God? You get it. It's actually been proven that we are all born with quotes from Will Ferrell movies ingrained on the inside of our eye lids so that we memorise whole scripts without meaning to. Well, 70 percent of the time, it works all the time. That's a scientific fact!
With a last feeble breath you whisper “why are you so sweaty?” It falls upon a mind which has never seen Step Brothers. Next thing you know, your burying your fiancée in the back garden (taking every precaution to make sure they don't rise as a zombie.) Equally, never has anybody partaken in consuming from a beer bong and not immediately yelled ‘when it hits your lips!’ Whilst undressing in preparation for streaking to the quad. Neither has anybody not said goodbye to a parting friend by screaming “You're my boy blue!” Before whispering it to themselves and taking a moment of silence for Blue. Well maybe these things happened once in an era now known as Pre-Old School. See what I'm doing here? Quoting his movies. That's right, I'm on fire! Try and stop me. I'll come at you like a spider-monkey. LIKE A SPIDERMONKEY! And thanks for asking, I personally think of Jesus as wearing… DEEP BREATH PEOPLE WE MUST ESCAPE THE WILL FERRELL QUOTE VORTEX.
When was the last time you watched a Will Ferrell film with a bro (females included on both sides of the coin) and didn't recite the whole film? That's right, you sick cultist, never. That has literally never happened. Ever. Because Will Ferrel is the Eminem of comedy. He is a Rap God- I mean Laugh God. Joke God? You get it. It's actually been proven that we are all born with quotes from Will Ferrell movies ingrained on the inside of our eye lids so that we memorise whole scripts without meaning to. Well, 70 percent of the time, it works all the time. That's a scientific fact!
The point is, I have faith in Will Ferrell. There's something in his movies that flips a switch in my brain and shunts me back 16 years so I feel seven again. That's how you have to approach his humour because that's the perspective he commands. It's not just silly jokes though, there's a magic to it. I first realised that with Elf. Which is now a Christmas movie I will show my grandchildren. It comes back in The Lego Movie. All his movies core humour is in their immaturity. He even used that as a force of education in the Other Guys. Did you stay and watch the credits at the end, with the statistics about pyramid schemes? I didn't even like the Other Guys the first time I saw it. I just thought, this is a Will Ferrell movie where a lot of famous people who aren't Will Ferrel are pretending to be Will Ferrel. But then I remembered that it was a Will Ferrel movie so I was like “oh Will Ferrell? I love that guy!” Then watched it a third and second time and realised I loved it. Loved it enough to watch the credits!!
All jokes aside, I've loved every single movie that Ferrell has done. I have many fond memories of watching them with so many friends and families that I feel like he's one of them. The trailer wasn't incredible, but these are the reasons that I will be watching Get Hard. Plus Kevin Harts pretty funny. Sometimes. (Ed: I'd like to see these sometimes).
All jokes aside, I've loved every single movie that Ferrell has done. I have many fond memories of watching them with so many friends and families that I feel like he's one of them. The trailer wasn't incredible, but these are the reasons that I will be watching Get Hard. Plus Kevin Harts pretty funny. Sometimes. (Ed: I'd like to see these sometimes).
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