Will Ferrell
Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Will Ferrell

B1IntermediateJuly 14, 20261 hr 14 min
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Will Ferrell has major captain energy. Amy hangs with the 'SNL' alum and star of 'The Hawk' and talks about wanting to have a briefcase job as a kid, quitting Disneyland to try out for the Dallas Cowboys, and his favorite Swedish stereotypes. Host: Amy Poehler Guests: Chris Parnell and Will Ferrell Executive Producers: Bill Simmons, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Weiss-Berman For Paper Kite Productions: Executive producer Jenna Weiss-Berman, coordinator Sam Green, and supervising producer Joel Lovell For The Ringer: Supervising producers Juliet Litman, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin; video producers Jack...

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of Good Hang. So excited about our guest today. It is the one, the only Will Ferrell, a comedic giant on the Mount Rushmore of comedy. The captain, oh, captain, my captain, Will Ferrell. And we are going to get into so many things today. We're going to talk about SNL and all the great movies he was in. We're going to

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talk about how important makeup is in building a character. We're going to talk about the mutual flop that we made together and how fun it was. We're going to talk about Swedish stereotypes and how some of them are true. We're going to talk about his new show, The Hawk, coming out this week on Netflix. Before we do that, we are going to talk to somebody who is also in The Hawk with him

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and also knows him from SNL and who is a comedy legend, and that is Chris Parnell. Chris, who you can also catch in Stop That Train, a movie that's out. We're going to check in with Chris. Chris is going to speak well behind Will's back. Give me a question to ask. You know how this works. Okay, Parnsey, are you there? This episode is presented by Allstate. Checking Allstate first could save

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