Be Free, Be Yourself, and Be Crazy with Will Ferrell
7/1/20261 hr 22 min
Actor, comedian, writer and producer Will Ferrell joins the show for a laugh-out-loud conversation about his upbringing, comedy career, fatherhood, and more. Ferrell opens up about what he was like in high school, the sketches that landed him a spot on Saturday Night Live, and how he and his wife first met. Plus, we hear all about Ferrell’s upcoming Netflix series, The Hawk, which is out July 16th.
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First 90 secondsWill Ferrell· Guest0:00
Then I did Harry Caray- Oh, yeah ... at, at a play reading.
Michelle Obama· Host0:03
Mm-hmm.
Will Ferrell· Guest0:03
Doing a play reading. It was a emotionally wrought- Uh-huh ... like, like Eugene O'Neill- [laughs] ... type, like, like, "Damn it, Carol." [laughs] "What happened to us?" [laughs] Like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Craig Robinson· Host0:19
[laughs] Yeah.
Will Ferrell· Guest0:20
"I thought we still loved each other." [laughs] [laughs] "You're breaking my heart. Look at me. Don't turn away." [laughs] "I still have feelings for you."
Michelle Obama· Host0:30
[laughs] [upbeat music] This episode is brought to you by Chase Home Lending.
Craig Robinson· Host0:41
Hey, little girl.
Michelle Obama· Host0:43
Hi, Craig. How are you?
Craig Robinson· Host0:45
[laughs] I'm really fine.
Michelle Obama· Host0:47
Mm-hmm.
Craig Robinson· Host0:48
I'm excited.
Michelle Obama· Host0:48
That's good.
Craig Robinson· Host0:49
Yeah.
Michelle Obama· Host0:49
Now, we will, um, caution our listeners, you do have a bit of a cough, an allergy cough.
Craig Robinson· Host0:53
I do. I have an allergy cough, but we're, we're narrowing down, it could be an air conditioning cough, so.
Michelle Obama· Host0:58
Oh, thank- So I either need a scarf or a- ... God, it's you.
Craig Robinson· Host1:01
Oh, maybe I'll put my hood on.
Michelle Obama· Host1:02
Don't do that. [laughs] Don't do that, 'cause you'll get makeup on your hood.
Craig Robinson· Host1:06
Oh, that's right. Uh- You've got makeup on your head ... yeah, I got makeup on my head now.
Michelle Obama· Host1:10
Mm-hmm. You're not used to wearing makeup.
Craig Robinson· Host1:12
I, you know I'm not used to it. But, and, and why, why don't we give, uh, our listeners a little inside baseball.
Michelle Obama· Host1:17
On what?
Craig Robinson· Host1:18
[laughs] On changing when you have makeup on, on my strategy- Oh ... of using- You know, I think, you know, again, you think it's a new strategy. Yeah.
Michelle Obama· Host1:27
Women, we've been doing this our whole lives.
Craig Robinson· Host1:29
Oh.
Michelle Obama· Host1:29
But please