Will Ferrelldoesn’t think highly of his firstSaturday Night Liveappearance.
Ferrell doesn’t think he performed his debut moment correctly, though.
I flub it," he remembered.
Will Ferrell.Credit: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty
However, it’s not immediately clear if Ferrell’s memory is entirely accurate.
After successfully saying, “Hey there, how ya doing?
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Elsewhere in the interview, Ferrell explained why the mysterious line flub happened.
David Koechner, Nancy Walls, and Will Ferrell on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1995.SNL
I got it.'?”
“I did the dress rehearsal, and I was like ‘This is gonna be great.’
I was like, ‘Argh!’
and Lorne came back, and he was like, ‘Are you okay?'”
“I’m like, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine.
I dunno what happened.'”
Ferrell now thinks of the incident as a valuable learning opportunity.
“It was incredibly uplifting and incredibly grounding all at the same time,” he said.
“It was like, don’t take anything for granted.
I can’t believe I’m here.”
Listen to Ferrell’s full appearance onNew Heightsabove.
