Will Ferrell Deeply Regrets Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

I literally didn't even listen here your question is so hot say again [Music] hey what's going on everybody for first we feast I'm Sean Evans and you're watching hot ones it's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings and today we're joined by Will Ferrell he's a comedy icon with a storied career in TV and film that spans decades and he has a new film it's called downhill in theaters February 14th go check it out but first the wings of death Will Ferrell welcome to the show thank you thank you Sean how do you handle your heat well I enjoy spicy food to an extent yeah how about yourself well I I do by vocation I do have to say I I do have a very active ulcer right now so I don't know if that'll be an issue not at all or even worry about it great and I should say full disclosure yeah we're supposed to do this interview with Will and Julia Louie Dreyfus onto the weather and you cannot be taken on the wings of death when you're under the weather you know no there's no way there's no way so the interview might be a little funky today yeah we're calling it audible right got we'll do it and we're gonna make it work absolutely [Music] [Music] okay the classic no big deal roses no no problem no problem [Music] so I'm curious about the production process on downhill the behind the scenes photos they're beautiful same with the trailer and no it was shot in Austria but I do have to imagine that shooting in the slopes like that day in and day out they had to have been some logistical challenges absolutely yeah there was um I mean you know we were shooting most of the movie outdoors you lose the light right around 3:30 4:00 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon shooting in the winter time so a lot of 4:30 5:00 a.m. wake-up calls to get on a huge snow cat to you know to be on the side of the mountain as the Sun was rising and it was great actually we used all the elements to to our benefit would Paul Rudd was on the show he made an interesting point about how oftentimes the funniest moments and films are ones that run up against things that are inherently difficult or sad what's the appeal of a movie like downhill we're oftentimes the humour is wrapped up and drama that's very real the humor really comes from the fact that we play very relatable characters everyone's sitting back going oh my gosh that's my husband or that's my wife and and and either either fortunately or unfortunately I've been in that awkward situation and and you kind of at the end of the movie in a beautiful way don't really know what's gonna happen with them which I don't think we find in movies Oh a lot of times know it nowadays I was hoping you're gonna have a tamale pica oh lucky you that is like Christmas morning if what you gave people on Christmas morning were queer hot wings yeah no she'll be so lucky mm-hmm so beyond skiing I know that you're a huge sports fan and then you even studied sports broadcasting in college do you remember how you discovered Harry Caray and then what do you think is his most unique trait okay well sorry sadly the tamale pica that's just number two is already doing a number that's just - I know okay Julia left you hanging over can I just I'm gonna have a go here go ahead mmm sorry the question Harry some about Harry Caray so I'm a West Coast guy I worked close enough to where my apartment was so I could drive home for lunch sometimes I would turn the TV on at lunchtime and the Cubs are one of the few teams that still does predominantly day games you know outside of the fanatical Cub fan you don't really you don't we know who Harry Caray was and I just couldn't believe the stuff he would say in the middle of a game I remember one time I was watching and he was like really getting mad at the Cubs pitcher at the time and did the guys who was pitching was named Heathcliff Slocum and he was like Heathcliff's welcome on the mound and ball - oh come on if he's throwing hard I'm a [ __ ] and just I was like did you just say [ __ ] on a live broadcast I kept watching him and studying him and just as I went down the road it was someone who I decided to try to impersonate yeah well it must've been such a thrill then when you played those five spring training games but it was the most thrilling memory from that cuz I did think it was impressive how you fought off that 92 mile-per-hour yes I found I found Jean machi Jima yes probably my highlight was getting to I was playing for the angels at the time and centerfield and they actually hit a ball to me out there and I fielded it cleanly and hit the cutoff man and it was like textbook textbook all right well you ready to move on not really delicious it's a good plug for Fiji fire right mm-hmm will they all get plugs yeah but they don't have to be goodwill oh I mean yeah yeah you're right you want to slam a bottle yeah blame a Louisville trust me it gets weird I'm gonna I'm not gonna hold back so when we had Seth Meyers on he talked about how one of the main roads to success in comedy it used to be directly through the improv theatres in Chicago and you started at The Groundlings is the live stage show still the best place to cut your teeth and comedy or is that path more or less given way to the Internet that's a good question I mean I think you know I think it's a combination of both I think now you have this whole other universe all other outlet to to you know record sketches or characters and put them online and have people discover it that way at the same time there's just no substitute for you know honing your craft in front of a live audience and getting that immediate feedback if your aspirations are being on a show like satellite live it's invaluable for us at The Groundlings it was it was much more of an emphasis on writing sketches improv kind of came secondary so by the time I got to satellite live I that was I had a huge advantage I knew how to write for myself which isn't always the case it's not like you show up at that show and they assign you three writers just to take care of you it's it's very much feast or famine so you know I would encourage trying all of those all of those mediums in a way [Music] does it have scotch on it you can only hope hmm fish mustardy mm-hmm first you hit that mustard no then the scotch and the structure starts to roll in its got spotted yeah you don't see me reacting the same way I'm reacting well you did Bear Grylls right I did imagine if you go out into the wilderness with Bear Grylls and he's freaking out and panicking the whole time you're not gonna stick with them all right you're my you're my Sherpa exactly exactly so I have to put a hardflip but inside I'm not okay good good good good so recently there was a minor internet controversy when footage came out of James Corden and Justin Bieber doing an episode of carpool karaoke except the Range Rover it was being towed by a tow truck oh I hadn't heard about this as a comedian that is shocking as a comedian who's gotten coffee with Jerry Seinfeld is he really driving that car he's not it's being pushed from behind No Jerry's actually driving and he's got these look the tiniest little cameras up here little GoPros or whatever they are but he's actually driving the car and I will have to say he's an excellent driver he tries to pick a car I was under the assumption that their cars that he owns because he's a big car guy but he just tries to pick a car that he feels is is suited to your personality or something that reflects you in some way so he picked me up in a Pinto Ford Pinto no he picked me up with some weird KITT car I was like some bizarre did you take it as a compliment I did I did and that's what's important yeah all right well are you ready to move on halfway mark you're all ready okay this is the Lowe's Calientes the Lowe's calientes Rojo [Music] these wings are perfectly aged delicious dry chicken all right well we every variant segment on our show called explain that Graham we're doing dive on our guest Instagram people interesting pictures that need more context okay but you have sworn off social media altogether I'm not really yeah I respected I tip my cap to it yeah but we still dug I was on Twitter for four days what made you throw in the towel there because I was tweeting about something I was tweeting where's promoting some charity event I was gonna do and people were like that's not Twitter it what's Twitter's is for stop we want to hear about your lot yeah I got shouted off Twitter's like I can't take it I'm off all right but you know what will you still have pictures on the Internet I'm sure I do a couple so I'm the topic of the Cubs here you are eating what looks to be a slice of Lou Malnati's eunsuh yep for those of you who enjoy deep-dish pizza I think you'll will all all agree that like the first piece is delicious especially if you're hungry for pizza and then the second one puts you to sleep you know Ryan Dempster gets a lot of credit for being one of the funnier Clubhouse yeah he's very funny yeah and he I think he gave me I was throwing out the first pitch he gave me his glove whoa believe it or not how nice is that the glove seems kind of sacred to a baseball player you know I kind of understand my wristband or whatever hour later I got 500 bucks for what do you think was the funniest athlete you ever worked with that Saturday Night Live definitely Shaquille O'Neal we did a sketch in which it got it's actually you can find it online but it was cut for time but we did a sketch where the cast was I was in footie pajamas and the cast is picking on me and Shaq came over and and shoot him all away and then proceeded to sing a song called no one hurts my little man and then picked me up in his arms and serenaded me it's very bizarre I don't want to jinx it but I feel like I'm doing pretty good staying on the topic of food what was a more traumatic dining experience for you eating that maple syrup and fudge spaghetti on elf or eating a grilled reindeers eyeball when you were surviving up in the north or definitely the eyeball the eyeball was slimy and gelatinous and then you crunched down on the cornea and then you get into that middle bushiness yeah yeah there's no question I mean no maple syrup on spaghetti who cares but a reindeer eyeball 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle not good where's stargazer made Canada always known for their hot sauce comes from Ontario yeah I call Ontario the Mexico of Canada yeah how's that cuz of their hot sauce not bad handling them okay doing great we'll take a little sip go ahead bro wait so as an i cross upon you a little bit with decades in the comedy game it's only right with you here that we verify some of the folklore surrounding will ferrell okay is it true that the prosthetic testicles that you got from the set of stepbrothers yes your most treasured keepsake one of it definitely top five my definitely top one top two i give them in a little like trophy case like you know proper you'd see in a sports memorabilia put a baseball like a signed baseball like a plastid it up on a pedestal exactly where it belongs yeah now it's not good is it true that you needed a little bit of liquid courage to be naked in front of Snoop Dogg and old-school no I actually didn't but in between takes it took so long to get Snoop Dogg out of his trailer as he was smoking and playing video games that out of boredom I just started drinking and then is it true that you were a mall Santa for five months in Pasadena and then Chris Kattan was actually a real life elf in that yeah Chris Kattan and I were he was my ELF and I was I was Santa and we just roamed in and out of stores and then bringing it back to Paul Rudd when he was on the show he told us that the original concept for anchorman was actually this thing where there was like a plane crash and a mount yeah and you were surviving like you were being hunted down by Apes it was going to meet it was gonna be like a movie about newsmen meets like the movie alive where they have to survive in the mountains yeah and it was all about trying to survive and get down the mountain while being stalked by chimpanzees with Chinese throwing stars needless to say Hollywood said no [Music] this one has like a a nuclear warning on it just so you know but I love dabangg it's I love them an actor [Music] this is gonna be terrible I know it immediately got me whoo yeah let me just hit you with one of Julia's questions cheese whoa the friends for Seinfeld debate of rages on the internet I'm not gonna ask you to weigh in but why do you think there is so much divisive Nassif and basses Oh is there I had no idea awful by the way right yeah terrible friends Seinfeld groups hate each other Hatfields and McCoys huh huh [Music] I literally didn't even listen here your question is so hot this is again from a comics perspective why my name is Liam what do you think can make Seinfeld so revolutionary and and long-lasting Rob I think well it was a show about nothing yeah Julia you're so happy you're not doing this all right are you ready to move on Oh and then we're just careful around your eyes well oh yeah right right the cross-pollination yeah okay fresh thank you away [Music] let me just do this too [Music] souvenir all right this is the Widowmaker is from Australia called dingo dingo got my baby right what movie was that from dingo 8 I don't want it [Music] so I know that you pledged Delta Tau Delta at the University of Southern California right what's one stereotype about frat bros in the pac-12 that's completely unfair I don't I don't think there's anything that's unfair I think they get it all right yeah is it true that you used to prank your buddies by dressing up as a janitor and then like crashing their classes yes yeah did you like change light bulbs or something or like how did you not get caught I I just got ahold of a power drill and I would just wait outside the class and and just you know operate the power drill boo boo and then walk into the class and pretend to start fixing things luckily the one teacher that would do two o'clock he loved it and I would just pretend to I was like I gotta take a care of the electrical outlet here he's like take all the time you need all right well Ferrell [Music] this is the last tab we call it the last tab because it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing you don't have to if you don't want to okay this is a xxx the last down I'm glad I've already had all three of my children because I know this will render you impotent notice I just put on the outside there oh you're gonna eat it well that's kind of the point in putting it on there I thought it was more ceremonial oh you just put a little dollop and just look at it okay you can do it that way alright Will Ferrel here we are at the top of spice Mountain and only one more hurdle to clear yeah we've discussed your deep roots and improv and you often talk about how you'll go anywhere for your comedy and go deep for your characters so with that in mind I'm curious was it worth it eating 10 scorching hot chicken wings here at the Four Seasons to talk about downhill well I think it's all relative was it worth it absolutely not but I think it's a I think it was a very unique experience and it is I've never had an interview like this no question well we'll hang our hats on Julia could have been here but you know what Will Ferrell look at you coming in here taking on the wings of death yeah and you still have your feet now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you my friend this camera this camera this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life yeah go see downhill Valentine's Day and uh yeah just remember hot wings or bring a bunch of hot wings with you to the theater I guess [Music] that's my Philip's Congrats thank you sir I appreciate that that is the craziest ass [ __ ] hey what's going on hot ones fans this is Sean Evans and I am so excited to announce that after years of hard work it is finally here hot ones the game show on truTV two teams compete for a shot at hot sauce glory all the while eating some of the spiciest chicken wings ever there is a lot of sweating a considerable amount of puking but then you also have cash milkshakes the pepper dome and the place is going wild hot ones the game show you do not want to miss it check your local listings only on truTV you [Music]

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Length: 21min 46sec (1306 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 20 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/MrAwes0m3]

I enjoyed this interview. Way more chill than I expected. You could tell Sean had to adjust a bit at the last minute due Julia Louis Dreyfus dropping out. The Seinfeld question definitely stuck as one where they needed Julia to be there. Will gave a good answer, but definitely wasn't meant to be for him.

[u/WakeupDp]

"That is the craziest ass shit."

[u/DoctorDannyTanner]

Great interview, love his reaction to the last dab "oh you eat it? I thought it was more of a ceremonial type thing"

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Review -

I was a little worried that he would be over the top and ridiculous because that's what he tends to do and given previous guests that overreact or give short/uninteresting answers. Instead, he was totally normal, listened to and respected Sean, and gave genuinely interesting answers. It wasn't high powered, laugh out loud comedy, but this was an awesome interview. It won't be memorable like Paul Rudd, but it was a great watch.

[u/antsicle]

Will Ferrell now all we need is Steve Carell!!

[u/ChipAndPutt]

I'll admit, Will Ferrell's comedy style isn't my thing. But this interview was very good, he is a very reserved person. And he ran the gauntlet! That's always respectable. Great episode!

[u/TheMightyZQ]

So hot right now.

[u/liberummentis]

Here is that SNL skit he mentions with Shaq

[u/Canttalkandnotcurse]

I really wish he would have told Sean, "I like you man...but you're crazy."