-Our first guest is one of our absolute favorites.
He's very funny, very talented. He stars alongside Paul Rudd
in a new series called "The Shrink Next Door,"
which premieres this Friday on Apple TV+.
Please welcome the always entertaining,
the one and only Will Ferrell!
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[ "Don't Fear the Reaper" plays ]
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-Wow! -How you doing?
-Wow.
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-[ Laughs ] Wow. -Wow.
-Wow. -The Roots in the house!
Oh, so good to be here. [ Cheers and applause ]
Wow! -Uh...
R-Ryan -- Ryan Reynolds. It is, uh --
-Oh, my God. -It is -- Oh --
-Crazy, right? [ Cheers and applause ]
-So... So weird.
-Yeah, I mean, it is a little odd, yeah.
-I-I-I just put the kids to bed.
-Yeah. -I was walking the dog
around the block. -Uh-huh.
-Will called. -Okay.
-Said he was running a little late.
-Okay. -Asked me if I'd
jump in for him. -Yeah.
-And I said, "Anything for you, Will."
-Yeah. -"I'm in."
-How late is Will running?
-Oh, he's gonna be here in about a half past never.
Will's not coming. [ Laughter ]
-Will's not coming at all. -Will Ferrell's not here.
But -- But you're here. This is amazing that --
-Yes, look. I'm uncomfortable
with the word "hero," Jimmy, but I am here.
[ Laughter ] -I didn't call you a hero.
-I'm -- I'm just as disgusted as you are with these --
these plastic, you know, Playboy,
Hollywood prima donnas that think they can just,
you know, have a talk-show appearance
and then just not show up. It's -- it's just --
Will Ferrell, too. He loves late-night talk shows.
He's a late-night talk-show slut.
Yet he just doesn't even -- Who blows this off?
He was like, "Yeah, I can't make it."
It's just... -Now that you're here, can --
I mean, how -- how -- how's Blake?
How's the kids? -You know, they're all good.
Blake's -- no personal questions, by the way.
But Blake is -- [ Laughter ]
Blake is -- is great. The sex is totally normal.
-Okay. Wait. That's -- That's going --
I wasn't gonna ask that. -Hey, hey, hey.
Pump -- Pump the sex brakes, Jimmy.
I asked no personal questions,
and you're going right in on it, all right?
Barbara Walters, easy. -Do I...?
-Easy does it. [ Laughter ]
-I have all questions for Will here.
-Well, fire away. Look, I made a solemn swear
on the life of my children that I would deliver this
for him 20 minutes ago, and I'm gonna do it.
I'm gonna talk "The Shrink Next Door."
-Yeah, but do you want to talk about --
You have a movie coming out called "Red Notice"
with Dwayne Johnson. -No, I don't want to talk --
No, guys, unh-unh, no.
No, we're not talking about "Red Notice"
while I'm here. -That's -- Okay.
-If you bring up "Red Notice," you will taste
the back of my hand. -Wow!
-Just telling you right now. -Wow!
-I'm gonna deliver... -I've never even seen --
-...for Will Ferrell because he is a golden god.
-Yeah. -And that's what I'm gonna do.
-Well, you guys just did a movie together.
-We did. We did a movie called "Spirited," yeah.
-"Spirited," yeah. And is that the first time
you've worked together?
-That is the second time. We did a movie 20 years ago,
believe it or not, called "Dick" -- I'm not making a joke.
It was about Richard Nixon. It was about Richard Nixon.
Don't do personal -- And no personal questions.
-I promise, and no personal questions.
I meant that. And -- And again --
-Tell me about -- Tell me about "Dick."
-"Dick" -- [ Laughter ]
-Honestly, I don't remember. The shrooms kicked in
right on time when I was doing --
-All right. Well, let's, uh --
Well, then let's -- let's talk about "The Shrink Next Door."
-Yeah, let's not make this weird.
-All right. Uh... [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. -"Shrink Next Door."
It's on Apple TV+.
-It is on Apple TV+. It stars the great
Will Ferrell, Kathryn Hahn.
It's written by Georgia Pritchett,
who you might know from "Succession" and "Veep."
Incredible. Paul Rudd.
[ Cheers and applause ] Uh, I mean...
-This is great. You actually did --
-This is -- Yes! Paul Rudd! The Sexiest Man Alive.
I was gonna show this to Will, but I'll show it to you.
-No, that's fine. I'm happy for -- for Paul,
because, A, he's possibly the nicest human being
in all of show business.
He's aging backwards because of his contract with Satan.
[ Laughter ] And, um...
Or he only drinks breast milk from a blue whale or something.
-I heard about that. -He does something weird.
-Yes, of course. -And I want in.
-No, me too. We all do -- we all want in
on whatever he's doing, yeah. -Benjamin Buttons this life,
if we could. -But let's --
"The Shrink Next Door" -- do you have really any idea
what the show is about? -Oh, yeah.
It's, like -- It's sort of an "Ant-Man" sequel.
It's like -- -No.
-It's in the "Ant-Man" universe. -No, it's not.
No. -It's "Ant-Man" adjacent.
"The Shrink Next Door"... -Yeah.
-...is what I'm talking about. -Yes, it's -- it's -- it's --
-Well, it's -- Yeah, he's a shrink, right?
He doesn't shrink, you know, his body, per se,
but he's a psychiatrist, so he does, like,
psychiatristy things. -Paul is or Will is?
-No, no. Paul is the psychiatrist.
He is the shrink in it, right? -Okay, yeah.
-So, you know, he -- -He lives next door.
-Yes, he lives next door. And he -- And he --
He minimizes himself in relationships,
which is kind of like "Ant-Man," right?
It's just -- It's just not --
It's more of like a psychosomatic sort of --
-This is not a Marvel movie. -It's Marvel Phase 16,
which everyone's saying is, like, way more relatable.
So... And period.
-It's a period piece? -No-- Yes.
Yes, it is a period piece.
-Wow. -Based on some of
the facial hair that I have seen.
-All right. -Yeah.
-And so Paul will become patient and doctor.
-They crush it. Yeah. -They really crush it.
-Paul has, like, a little lab in his -- in his house,
and his kids are little rascals,
and he shrinks them by accident. -Wait, wait.
The kids actually -- There is shrinking involved,
but he doesn't get shrunk. And then he has to, like,
tell his wife, Kathryn Hahn... -You have no idea
what this show is about. -"Honey, I shrunk the kids."
No, that's "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
And then they're all running around in the blades of grass.
What's worse than terrible, terrible swarms of bees, Jimmy?
I don't know what's worse than terrible swarms of bees.
-This is on Apple TV+ -Right, yes, it is.
That much is 100% true. [ Laughter ]
-I want to show a clip. -I think we should definitely --
-Can you set up the clip for us? -Yes. This will be a clip
where, you know, Ant-Man and, um...
[ Laughter ]
We should just roll the clip.
-Okay, okay. Here's Will Ferrell
and Paul Rudd in "The Shrink Next Door."
Take a look at this.
-Excuse me, Marty? Um, I'm Bonnie, Ike's wife.
-Bonnie! Oh, my gosh. Hi.
-Hi. -Hello.
-Oh. I saw you standing alone.
And I'm not great at these things, either.
-It is such a pleasure to meet you.
Your husband, what a great guy.
-He's...a great guy, yes.
Not necessarily a great dancer.
I haven't seen him have this much fun since our wedding.
-He's really enjoying himself. He sure has a lot of friends.
-Yeah, he does.
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-Oh.
Holy [bleep]
That's nothing like "Ant-Man" at all.
-Ryan, you and I both agree that people do a lot of things
that they have to stop doing. -Yeah.
-So, with that in mind, it's time for "You Have To Stop."
-Yeah.
-♪ Doo-boo-do-bo-do, you have to stop ♪
-Hey.
You have to stop making plans with me one month in advance.
I'm gonna say yes because that does sound fun,
but when the day comes, you know I'm gonna cancel
with some made-up excuse like, "I'm not feeling well."
And that's not true. I'm feeling great.
I just don't want to leave my house tonight.
You have to stop.
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-You have to stop whispering, "That looks good,"
at the movies after every trailer.
"Oh, that looks good."
We know it looks good. That's --
That's the job of the trailer, to make the movie look good.
Even bad movies have good trailers.
I've been in some of them.
It's not impressive when a trailer looks good.
They all look good. Stop.
Stop.
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-You have to stop checking TikTok real quick
before trying to fall asleep.
Oh, you got in bed before midnight? Congrats.
Oh, you're checking TikTok real quick?
Well, now it's 2:00 a.m., and you're watching
Ring Doorbell videos of mailmen being surprised
with a basket of Clif bars.
So just stop. Please.
-Yeah. You have to stop daylight saving time.
We're not farmers anymore.
The only thing I've ever successfully grown
was this beautifully, perfectly manicured beard.
And guess what. My kids don't know what daylight savings is,
and now they're getting up at 4:00 a.m.,
and I have to tell them it's because of farmers.
So now my kids hate farmers.
I mean, you're creating
generations of kids who hate farmers.
You have to stop!
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-You have to stop posting screenshots
with your phone battery on 1%.
I'm not looking at what you posted.
I'm looking to see that your phone needs to be charged!
Where are you?! Do you have access to a phone charger?
Do you need to borrow one?
I'm sending help. But you need to stop.
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-And, you know, you have to stop spending over ten minutes
scrolling for a TV show or movie to watch.
I mean, if -- if you can't figure it out
after that amount of time, you're never going to.
Just put on "The Great British Baking Show"
and call it a night. That's what it's there for.
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-You have to stop bringing back the McRib, McDonald's.
It's not that the McRib is bad.
It's that you take it away, and then you bring it back.
What if you did that with other items?
"Sorry. No hamburgers till next April.
This month, it's just fries."
That's no way to run a restaurant.
So just leave the McRib and please focus on something
more important like fixing your ice-cream machines.
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-And, you know, you have to stop saying
that you're gonna move to Canada
whenever you're mad at something in the U.S.
As a Canadian, I'm "sorry," but, no, you can't.
I know we're friendly, but Canada's not your safe house.
I mean, we barely let Canadians into Canada anymore.
So please...pick somewhere else.
I hear -- I hear Finland is really lovely this time of year.
You have to stop.
-This has been "You Have To Stop."
My thanks to Ryan Reynolds.