Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast. My thanks as always for clicking and listening along. I know I say often how excited I am to bring you a conversation and I always meet it because I love our guests,

but I may be a little extra excited this week because we have one of my favorite people in all

of entertainment. For my money, the funniest man on the planet, he is Will Ferrell. I will not

waste your time or insult your taste in high comedy with a long winding introduction, because you know this man. Also, I'm not waste your time or insult your taste in high comedy with a long, winding introduction,

because you know this man also in battling a sinus infection.

And nobody wants to hear this voice for very long.

We actually got together a little restaurant right off the rink at Rockefeller Center in the shadow of the building where he held an office and sat and performed for those seven seasons on

SNL. Also, the rink where he skated was Zoe Day Chanel and elf. Remember that? So anyway,

you know the story of Will Ferrell, Irvine, California, grows up. His dad is a keyboard player for

the righteous brothers, goes to USC, gets a job as a bank teller,

tries to have what he calls a real job, then he goes, this isn't working, joins the groundlings,

the improv group in L.A., discovered there by Lauren Michaels, hired in 95, seven seasons there,

and then right out of S&L, those make or break years where you're not sure if your favorite

cast member is going to make it in this new chapter. He comes out with old school, elf,

and anchorman all within the space of just about a year. And the rest is history. The man is off

to the races. So a really fun conversation with Will. He was so great to be with so relaxed obviously so funny and

i'm so thrilled to bring you a conversation right now with will feral on the sunday sit down

podcast will this is your restaurant right yes that you own yes yeah do you like it it's okay

yeah we're not serving yet, unfortunately. So just the water. Bottom list, though. Start simple, simple menu, water. As much as you want. Unlimited. Yeah, it's bottom. The waiter will be around shortly as it gets lower. Yeah, perfect. So happy to have you on the show. Great to be here. We've been doing

this show for a little while now, and you've always been at the top of our list. So thank you for doing this. I'm glad I did not fall off. You didn't. Yeah. And when we asked previously, you were adamant. I will not sit at a table with that guy. I was pretty adamant and then I've lowered my standards and here we are.

Here we are.

Here we are together.

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