And just walks away."
Ferrell thought the executive producer’s jab was hilarious.
“It cracked me up!”
Will Ferrell on season 21 of ‘Saturday Night Live’.Credit:NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“It really made me laugh.
But I’m sitting there, and they’re counting the show down.
This is crazy!'
Will Ferrell.Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty
And so I totally garble the lines.”
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In the footage, Ferrell says, “Good afternoon, it’s been a busy day in court.
Ferrellrecently looked back on his mistakeduring an interview with Travis and Jason Kelce’sNew Heightspodcast.
“Lorne came back, and he was like, ‘Are you okay?'”
“I’m like, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine.
I dunno what happened.'”
In the doc, Ferrell reflects on his opening night nerves.
Ferrell took Tucker’s words to stride.
“I kinda had a choice,” he said in the doc.
And I was like, ‘Okay, if you think I’m annoying now, just wait.
I’m gonna besoannoying.'”
Ferrell’s former castmateRachel Dratchshared her admiration for theStep Brothersstar’s fearlessness.
“He would just come up with the most original ideas,” she said.
“Like ‘Cowbell.’
This is really weird.’
TheTalladega Nightsstar looked back on his own comedic motivations.
“I never was governed internally by, ‘What do I think people wanna see?'”
“Just, ‘What makes me laugh?'”
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Nightis now streaming on Peacock.
