Will Ferrell

Viral Video: How Will Ferrell Touched Me

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 12:06 am PT

Congrats to Will Ferrell — the Internet’s funniest Hollywood dude — for winning the 2011 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Zach Galifianakis Interviews Will Ferrell. You’d Watch That, Right?

Peter Kafka in Media on May 26, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT

Adults only, please.

Viral Video: Will "Dubya" Ferrell Reacts to Gopher Raid

Kara Swisher in Media on May 4, 2011 at 11:41 am PT

This is strangely funny–Will Ferrell, who did that genius impersonation of former President George W. Bush on “Saturday Night Live,” returns to Funny or Die to report from a Sizzler buffet bar about a gopher raid. And, oh yes, that Osama bin Laden thing too.

Music Sales Not Totally Terrible This Year

Peter Kafka in Media on April 8, 2011 at 7:58 am PT

In which a 1.3 percent decline is the new up! And in semi-related news: Have you seen the new Beastie Boys video?

Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Bing Crosby and David Bowie Sing You a Holiday Song

Peter Kafka in Media on December 24, 2010 at 10:10 am PT

Barumph ba ba bum!

Amazon’s Two for One: Buy the DVD, Get the Web Movie Free

Peter Kafka in Media on December 10, 2009 at 7:14 am PT

This one’s so obvious, the real surprise is that it hasn’t been done before. If you’re itching to buy your pal the latest work by Will Ferrell but want to see it right away yourself, this is the offer for you.

Does Your Mom Edit Your Blog? Google Wants to Know.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

Why did Google start labeling blogs as “blogs” in its search results? Eric Schmidt thinks it may have to do with your mother.

YouTube’s Newest Partner: Will Ferrell

Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2009 at 5:19 am PT

Slowly but surely, YouTube has been able to bump up the number of “premium” content creators willing to hand over some of their stuff to the world’s biggest video site. Here’s yet another one: Funny or Die, the comedy site backed by Will Ferrell, Sequoia and HBO, among others.

YouTube Votes Thumbs Down on “Saturday Night Live” Sans Tina Fey, Sarah Palin

Peter Kafka in Media on October 27, 2008 at 4:47 am PT

That was fast. The recent resurgence of “Saturday Night Live,” spurred by Republican VP candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her comic doppelgänger, Tina Fey, may already be over. How do I know? Well, there’s the gut check–I watched most of Saturday’s show, which didn’t feature Palin or Fey, and it was a snoozer (the absence of new mom Amy Poehler probably didn’t help either). But we can also gauge the reaction of Internet users, thanks to the good folks at TubeMogul, a small start-up that specializes in tracking Web video views. And the results are not so good.

Will Ferrell as Dubya (on the Hot Lady and the Tiger Woods Guy)

Kara Swisher in News on October 24, 2008 at 12:04 pm PT

Here is the latest “Saturday Night Live” political video, with Will Ferrell reprising his excellent take on President George W. Bush, along with Tina Fey as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in a version of the endorsement of Sen. John McCain. Once again, it is likely to be more popular online than on television, as it has been for all of the sketches, a striking trend for the long-running comedy show.