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Maybe it's just me, but I could watch Will Ferrell movies all day

by Bill Merrell

May 28 , 2008 | Issue 5-18

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He bust onto the movie scene with A Night at the Roxbury, titillating audiences with Saturday Night Live-born rhythmic head bobs. What is love, indeed? Since then, America’s love affair with the wonder known as Will Ferrell has blossomed, and for me, opened up a whole new world of cinematic experience.

 

Remember how in that movie Old School there was that awesome character Frank “The Tank” who pretty much made the movie with his hilarious antics. Technically, he wasn’t the star, but try to envision that boring plot without Ferrell’s alcohol-induced naked romp or fantastic use of tranquilizer darts.

 

Boy, I could watch Will Ferrell movies all day long. And maybe it’s just me, but judging by the bags of fan mail I’m sure he gets daily, millions of people agree that Will Ferrell is one of the world’s great comedic actors.

 

Did I say comedic actors? How about just great actor. Did you see Stranger Than Fiction? Well, you probably did. After all, it grossed something like $40 million at the box office, and I if my memory serves me correctly, Will Ferrell was nominated for a Golden Globe for his whimsical yet poignant portrayal of Harold Crick, a boring and predictable IRS agent turned day-seizer through Ferrell’s subtle rendering.

 

But no matter how serious a dramatic actor, you can’t ignore Ferrell’s perfected flair for comedy. “Good evening, San Diego. I’m Ron Burgundy. Reports today suggest that Will Ferrell is the funniest man ever.”

 

Seriously, though, I could just sit in front of the TV for hours and hours to watch classics (and classics because of Will Ferrell) like Elf, Bewitched, Kicking & Screaming, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Blades of Glory, and Semi-Pro. But I also could not ignore my collage of award-winning caliber scenes from other movies featuring the brash, envelope-pushing humor of Ferrell like Zoolander, Starsky & Hutch, The Producers, Wedding Crashers, and even the off-the-screen voice brilliance in Curious George.

 

Bottom line, no person on this earth can make me laugh more often and more intensely than the one, the only, the great Will Ferrell.

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