Will Ferrell & Julia Louis-Dreyfus Take a Lie Detector Test | Vanity Fair

we'll Julia yeah we brought you here today to take a lie-detector test right one of you will be hooked up to the machine while the other asked questions okay okay and then you'll switch yep so who wants to be in the hot seat first Julia does I was lying I would love to be in the hot seat first good luck does this look slimming yeah peri I noticed you're using an ultra scribe who warned him my heart is racing I know this line I shoplifted once when I was like eight years old I think are going to jail okay well so we need to calibrate the machine so I'm just gonna ask you some pretty straightforward questions please answer honestly is your name John William Farrell yes were you born on July 16 1967 yes are you about to take a lie detector test hmm no when you ask it like that yes I am okay very we are ready very where'd you get your bracelet nevermind he shoplifted it at USC you were a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity yes are you still an active alumni no not really did you ever get hazed yes was Delta Tau Delta the cool fraternity not so much Oh kind of middle of the pack we threw really good parties uh-huh but that's about all we could do what was the cool fraternity did you wish you were in another one not really but the cool ones were like SAE 80 oh right Sigma Chi beta there's a long list of the cool do you think you got hazed more than I did yes yes did you ever have warm Val Vita cheese porn down the front your underwear that's so funny I did but that was just yesterday had nothing to do with them okay did your time in the frat inform your portrayal of this character Frank the tank from old school I would say I would say yes there's a lot to draw upon from my experience in the fraternity specifically that face hey we'll do you think you could outdrink me no question wouldn't even be a chance uh-huh for you okay have you ever gone streaking yes I have okay very true my man you once held a job as a bank teller right yes did you ever steal money even a couple cents hmm from the bank no I did not it's true sir would you tell women you worked in a bank to impress them yeah that is the question I don't think I ever know your wife is Swedish yes would you prefer Sweden's health care system over ours yes I would yeah does your comedy translate to Swedes not so much but it translate to the Swedish health care system there's some other biggest fans are some of them here today will nope but I'm just they'll be watching this the Minister of Health he just thinks I'm the funniest thing yeah do you have a favorite Swedish swear word you can say things like fee fall or for oxen or quit what are all those words mean see phones like ah ah and wit is just but that gets kind of confusing because they use that as a positive - they'll be like now quit bra yeah oh nice so it can work both ways okay our children use it all the time quit quit quit quit quit quit bra wait boss yeah yeah got it you were staring Iowa casts Saturday night cast Saturday night alive cast member Saturday night alive everyone always drops the eh yeah I know Saturday night a live cast member it's really SNA then isn't it it's SNA yeah from 1995 to 2002 yes do you still watch SNL every week no I do not Barry that's very true would you say your love life was similar to this man that's Pete Davidson no but I would say his body tattoos are similar to mine yeah that's the first thing I thought yeah I saw that photo yeah yeah I love a good tank in the summer you are known for staying in character even when you weren't onstage did that ever piss people off yes it pissed off some of the show's producers it pissed off some of puff daddy's people specifically Suge Knight is that true Barry absolutely true crazy yeah did you ever purposely try to make another cast member break character and laugh during a live show constantly yeah that was pretty much the goal as part of the five timers hosting Club do they let you keep the robe they didn't give me a robe yeah but I do have yeah beautiful terry cloth robe Oh from the Swedish Minister of Health see and then you bring it back around yeah you're considered a member of the frat pack mmm which includes these men among some others which by the way everyone is still talking about the frat back that's the director of the joker todd phillips didn't quite get a call for that one um could I have been part of that frat pack no because it's frat pack it's not frat pack sorority gaggle its frat pack people have often confused you for this man Chad Smith Chad Smith drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers oh wow see the resemblance uh no but I do kind of I think more people come to Chad saying he looks like me than vice-versa oh really yeah are you a better drummer than Hughes yes 100% this is true he believes that to be true are you a better cowbell er than he is yes I think so yeah yeah do you own a cowbell I don't think I do yeah I know mr. degen before your birthday on July 16 can you play something for us on this cowbell sure no I can't play it that's a lie oh I'm sorry I can't play it you got very company that's how you play the cowbell did you lie at any point during this lie-detector test and we didn't catch you I don't think so Barry is that true that was true hmm look at you you're a free man Wow that feels good justice I bet that's attractive this does make you nervous right all right I did it I killed him um Julia what to calibrate the machine I'm going to ask some straightforward questions please answer honestly is your full name Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis Dreyfus Hall no wow it's not it's Julia Scarlett II when we Dreyfus Hall next were you born in New York City yes in a van regular hospital yeah regular hospital are you nervous yeah a few before Barry are we ready we are ready we'll all right let's get started you were a member of the prestigious meow improv comedy troupe at Northwestern yes I was do you think that I would have fit in at meow oh yes hmm the zip zap zop actually help you become a better improviser no what is that you know zip zip zap zop I never did that is it I never did either so the answer's no do you need to like the Broadway show cats to join me out no I'm gonna say if you like the Broadway show cats you're not a good fit for me out have you seen the new cats movie nope do you plan on it yep ever would I make a good CGI cat oh three percent you've stated that the best way to make your long-term relationship work is by going on adventures yes would you ever take your husband on a ski trip yes we're going skiing a couple weeks why do you want to come along or something I'm just saying it'd be fun we haven't decided where we're going yet I'll just say that that's but I'll I can check with your publicist as soon as you guys know sure there's no law that says I can't check into the hotel the same place you guys yeah of course not right as soon as we lock it down for my plans I think you know because they are not firmed up yet really I can talk to Brad - I can double-check with ya he's sick he won't see him again it's he has a terrible terrible flu and cold he has 103 degree fever right now won't see very is that true that's not a yes or no question so it's hard to determine does your husband Brad have a terrible 103 degree temperature yes that's a lie bingo and is such bull that thing is broken fYI your machine is absent if we were on a ski trip and spotted an approaching avalanche would you stick around to make sure I survived very true and I don't blame you would I be a good survival partner if we became stranded um do you have any skills you're tall you could you could you could pick coconuts right yeah yeah I don't think we should be stranded anywhere no offense okay all right I've got a lot of body here do for me yeah Barry do you have a lot of out of here I do thank you is it true you were the youngest female Casper to join SNL yes how old 21 Wow was that your best job yes it was my best job Barry lot fo should this man Larry David yeah I've had more sketches on the air he was a writer on SNL he's a writer on SNL flirtier time for one year right and he absolutely should have gotten anything on the air you did you like Larry David right away yes do you think we'd get along me and Larry didn't think so is Larry David really playing a fictional version of himself on curb or is he actually just like that no it's a fictional version I mean it's a heightened version of himself that makes sense no it doesn't make sense well do you know what heightened means that's what I thought it means a slightly exaggerated version of himself does that help you do you know what exaggerated means I don't that's why you don't want to be stuck in the woods with me that's one reason I'm thinking also of that body hair and there's only so much a woman can take yes both Barry and I know all about that of course you played Elaine yes Venice Venice on Seinfeld I did are you sick of talking about Elaine's dance moves I kind of yeah yeah Barry so do you want to talk about a lance dance please sure Barry lie you've won 11 Emmy Awards yeah jeez Louise have you ever pretended to be surprised when you win and the cameras on you know legitimately surprised every time of course you don't know if you're gonna win there wasn't one here we were like oh my god I know there are certain years I thought I had a better shot than now they're us but you never know so it was always a yeah that's nice to hear do you know where all your Emmys are right now I do and where are they I'm not gonna tell you okay have you ever misplaced one accidentally yeah you know big they are oh you don't cuz you don't we're not talking we're not talking about me I'm I'm antara you upset I'm in tears just answer yes Barry get a thing on him are you upset that you don't have one of those trophies yes or no Barry do I have to answer this question I don't thank you Barry's the only one in this whole room who cares about me you should be stranded on a desert island Barry I'm working out fine you there's how tall you are Barry but I have a feeling you guys are gonna get a lot of coconuts you've had a few voiceover jobs throughout your career I hope we'll could you do an impression of my voice is this a good impression yeah oh is that good yes or no I'll ask Barry you think that's pretty good that's not a yes or no question I don't talk like that I sound a little bit like that when I wake up in the morning right like my morning voice uh-huh right have you seen any of my impersonations yes do you have a favorite besides the one you just did yes I I like your George Bush and I also like your Alex Trebek ah thank you you're welcome we had never worked together before this movie that's right was I everything you hoped I would be yes would you consider me a friend at this point yeah yes or no question yeah very absolutely true is promoting this movie ruining our friendship no of course not very another true response so considering those two questions yes that they were both positive can I come on the ski trip with you and your husband I'm getting sick now I was gonna go on it but now I can feel man I have a virus the trip is canceled yeah the trip is canceled okay there's nothing I can do about that right no I could just pick a mountain randomly and hope you guys there absolutely but I don't see that happening cuz now I can feel I have a really high fever yep did you lie at any point during this lie-detector test and we didn't catch you so also very true it's possible the machine's broken it's possible I'm just gonna put it out there there used to be good like ten years ago ten years ago they were good and now it's the the truth AHA locker thousand no we can keep going right

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Length: 16min 26sec (986 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 20 2020