Breaking comes with the territory when you're shooting a scene with this legendary funnyman. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most gut-busting moments when Will Ferrell brought about unplanned laughter from the cast and crew.
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00:00 "Do I amuse you?"
00:02 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most gut-busting moments
00:10 when Will Ferrell brought about unplanned laughter from the cast and crew.
00:14 "Oh, cinnamon and gravy!"
00:17 Number 10 - Oversharing at the dinner table. The other guys.
00:25 If you ever thought that Will Ferrell might be actively trying to make his co-stars laugh,
00:29 you're not wrong. Exhibit A - This dinner scene in the action-comedy film The Other Guys.
00:35 When Ferrell and Eva Mendes' characters have Mark Wahlberg's Detective Terry over for dinner,
00:40 the conversation takes a hilarious turn. Ferrell decides to discuss a medical procedure Mendes'
00:45 character had. It's here that he throws out a hilarious bit of information - that the doctor
00:50 working on her compared the experience to, quote, "operating on a German shepherd with hip dysplasia."
00:55 "The doctor said it was similar to operating on a German shepherd when they have hip dysplasia."
01:02 The blooper shows that Mendes can't hold it together for long, and we don't blame her.
01:10 "I'm not as professional, I can't do this right now."
01:13 Number 9 - Short Shorts - Saturday Night Live. How hard was it to try not to laugh while working
01:19 alongside Will Ferrell on a live TV sketch series? Turns out, near impossible.
01:24 "I apologize, I apologize. Uh, why don't you guys continue the meeting?"
01:28 In this sketch, which took place a month following the attacks on America in 2001,
01:34 a group of office workers are encouraged to wear clothes showing their patriotism.
01:38 Of course, Will Ferrell's character takes things a little too far. Emphasis on the little.
01:43 "The U.S. of A is the greatest country on the face of the earth, and for that,
01:49 I will make no apologies." It's said that Ferrell made the decision to make his short shorts even
01:56 shorter, going into thong territory right before airtime. This bit of improvisation took his cast
02:02 mates by surprise, and had nearly everyone holding back their laughter. "Uh, here's the situation.
02:07 We, uh, here's the situation we find ourselves in."
02:14 Number 8. Chip - Talladega Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
02:19 What is it about Will Ferrell at a dinner table that's just so amusing?
02:23 As NASCAR racer Ricky Bobby, Ferrell is full of arrogance and hubris.
02:27 "I had no idea you'd gotten experimental surgery to have your balls removed."
02:31 He's also got two spoiled brat kids. During a particular dinner loaded with branded food
02:38 from Ricky's sponsors, the kids start to mouth off to their grandfather Chip,
02:42 played by actor Ted Mason. "I threw a bunch of Grandpa Chip's war medals off the bridge."
02:46 When Gramps takes offense and asks Ricky if he's going to allow this behavior from his children,
02:52 Ferrell takes the opportunity to join in on the maltreatment.
02:55 His emphatic "Chip" completely breaks John C. Reilly. "I sure as hell am, Chip. Chip!"
03:06 Surprisingly, Mason remains stone-faced throughout, only adding to the hilarity.
03:11 Number 7. Majestic Wolf Lamp - Step Brothers
03:15 Adam McKay's Step Brothers follows two grown man-babies who go from enemies to family members
03:20 when their single parents marry each other. Will Ferrell and his longtime collaborator
03:25 John C. Reilly play the colossally immature step-siblings to perfection.
03:29 "You better not go to sleep. As soon as your eyes shut, I'm gonna punch you square in the face.
03:34 I hope you stay still when you sleep, because I'm putting a rat trap between your legs."
03:39 Maybe a little too well. During a scene where Ferrell's Brennan shows Reilly's Gale one of
03:44 his most prized possessions, things get super silly super fast. The item is a majestic wolf
03:50 lamp, and Ferrell riffs on the names of the wolves featured on it. "This is Galco,
03:55 which is Hebrew for kindness. Galco, Galco." From throwing out "Galco" to explaining why the wolf
04:03 pup is nameless, Ferrell causes Reilly to break out into giggles with each take. "Pup is unnamed
04:08 because you can't put a name on the innocence of that face."
04:15 We're right there with you, John. Number 6. Throw Me Some Chicken - Blades of Glory
04:22 In the mid-2000s, Will Ferrell took part in a series of sports comedies,
04:26 one such being Blades of Glory. Here, Ferrell plays Chaz Michael Michaels, a washed-up figure
04:32 skater who looks to make a comeback by teaming up with his former rival. "Just thought you'd like
04:36 to see what a skater's body really looks like. Go ahead, drink it in. Don't be shy. Lookin's for
04:42 free. Touchin's gonna cost you something." The film's blooper reel is full of plenty of amusing
04:47 offerings, including one where Ferrell's character goes to exit a scene with Rob Corddry by making a
04:52 sound effect with his mouth. Another sees Will on a treadmill asking for chicken to be thrown his
05:04 way. With his mouth full and more pieces of chicken coming at him, it becomes too much for
05:12 the crew and they have no choice but to let out their laughs. Number 5. The Lovers - Saturday
05:24 Night Live - Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Fallon was notorious for breaking character during his
05:28 time on SNL, but he's not the only one who gets the giggles in this sketch. While enjoying a
05:33 relaxing soak in a hot tub, Fallon's Dave encounters a strange couple. Played by Will
05:48 Ferrell and Rachel Dratch, the pair begins to speak in odd accents and spew bizarre yet poetic
05:54 dialogue. Ferrell's delivery is more than enough to send Fallon over the edge with laughter,
05:59 so much so that he's barely able to get his lines out. His laughter is soon followed by Drew Barrymore
06:13 and then Ferrell and Dratch themselves. What can we say? It was a perfect comedy stew,
06:19 one that Will Ferrell stirred with hilarious precision.
06:27 Number 4. More Cowbell - Saturday Night Live - Will Ferrell
06:31 This SNL sketch is so iconic, it's widely considered the funniest of all time.
06:36 And that's saying something. A big part of its appeal is Will Ferrell's hilarious performance.
06:42 In a recording session of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult,
06:45 Will's character is given free reign to play his cowbell wildly.
06:56 Naturally, Ferrell goes all out with the instrument, and in doing so,
07:00 causes mostly everyone involved to fight back a laughing fit. Add in the fact that Will's snug
07:05 shirt keeps riding up and it all proves too much, pretty much sending Jimmy Fallon into stitches.
07:11 And hey, we have loved the sound of a cowbell ever since.
07:21 Number 3. Mrs. Buttersworth - Anchorman 2 - The Legend Continues
07:27 In the second installment of the smash hit comedy film "Anchorman",
07:30 Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy becomes severely depressed after suffering a head injury.
07:34 Unable to read the news due to losing his sight, Ron isolates himself in a lighthouse.
07:44 It's here that he's seen the light of day.
07:47 During the drop-in, Burgundy goes into some not-safe-for-work details about the only thing
07:52 giving him pleasure during this dark time. Let's just say it involves maple syrup mascot
07:57 Mrs. Butterworth, or as he calls her, Mrs. Buttersworth.
08:00 Ferrell's subsequent onslaught of the news is a big part of the film's overall plot.
08:09 The film's main character, Mrs. Buttersworth, is a young,
08:13 but very talented, and a very talented actor. But it's not the only thing that's in the film.
08:18 The film's main character, Mrs. Buttersworth, is a very talented, but very talented, and a very talented actor.
08:23 The film's main character, Mrs. Buttersworth, is a very talented, and a very talented, actor.
08:26 Ferrell's subsequent onslaught of crude humor is delivered with such accuracy that poor Paul Rudd can barely contain himself.
08:31 Number 2. Feel It In My Plums - Eastbound & Down
08:35 Did you know Will Ferrell guest-starred as an arrogant car salesman in the first season of HBO's Eastbound & Down?
08:41 Well, thanks to his epic cameo as character Ashley Schaefer,
08:44 we were gifted one of the funniest outtakes of all time.
08:48 "I can feel the tension in the air."
08:49 In a scene with Danny McBride and Craig Robinson, Ferrell talks about feeling tension in the air.
08:59 Where can he feel the tension? Well, in his plums, of course.
09:02 "Hey, that plum looks good. Can I trade it for your Twinkie? No, these are my plums.
09:08 I want to bite into that plum and let the juice spill down my chin."
09:11 Ferrell's descriptive word choices send McBride and Robinson into giggle overdrive.
09:17 "If I recall correctly, if I recall correctly, my plums, beautiful bluish hue."
09:25 The uncontrolled laughs keep coming when Will Schaefer starts talking about a passionate night
09:30 he had with his wife Donna that was interrupted by his son Ezekiel.
09:34 It is the stuff of outtake heaven.
09:36 "He needs to learn the way I learned from my father, the way he learned from his father."
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10:00 Number 1. Gus Chiggins - Saturday Night Live
10:05 "Sorry, the last name again?"
10:07 "The last name is Chiggins. C-H-I-G-G-I-N-S. Chiggins."
10:17 Can you believe that one of Will Ferrell's funniest moments on Saturday Night Live
10:21 didn't even make it to air? Yep, cut for time. The Gus Chiggins old prospector sketch was
10:27 relegated to being a bonus offering on Will Ferrell's Best of SNL DVD.
10:31 "Oh, cinnamon and gravy!"
10:33 "Captain?"
10:39 "Yeah?"
10:40 The sketch sees Gus, an old prospector, being announced as part of a military
10:44 operation that's set to ship out.
10:45 "As I've said before, a hundred times before,
10:48 each unit has been assigned an old prospector, okay?"
10:53 Unsurprisingly, the other men have concerns. Will Ferrell's absurd mannerisms and line
11:00 delivery completely break the cast one by one. It's truly side-splitting stuff,
11:04 as everyone tries to hide their giggles after Ferrell's dialogue.
11:07 "So just follow me and my lantern, alright? And if you hear me make the sound of a chipmunk,
11:13 stay real still."
11:14 "How do we know what that sounds like?"
11:17 "Oh, trust me, Joshua, you'll know."
11:20 Of course, there's no stopping the laughs when Will Ferrell's involved.
11:29 What Will Ferrell moment had you laughing the hardest? Let us know in the comments below.
11:33 "My wife can't have chicken!"
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