- [Barry] Will.
Julia. - Yeah.
- [Barry] We've brought you here today
to take a lie detector test.
- Right.
- [Barry] One of you will be hooked up to the machine
while the other asks questions.
- Okay. - Okay.
- [Barry] And then you'll switch.
- Yep.
- [Barry] So, who wants to be in the hot seat first?
- Julia does.
- No, Will does.
- I was lying. - I do!
I would love to be in the hot seat first. [chuckles]
- Good luck, little sucker! [Will laughing]
[crash] Does this look slimming?
- It does.
- Barry, I noticed you're using an UltraScribe.
- Who warned him?
- Barry. [laughing]
My heart is racing,
and I have done nothing wrong. - I know, so is mine.
- I shoplifted once when I was like eight years old.
- I think you're going to jail.
[buttons clicking]
Okay, Will, so we need to calibrate the machine,
so I'm just gonna ask you
some pretty straightforward questions.
Please answer honestly.
Is your name John William Ferrell?
- Yes.
- Were you born on July 16th, 1967?
- Yes.
- Are you about to take a lie detector test?
- Hmm.
Not when you ask it like that.
Yes, I am.
- Okay.
Barry?
- We are ready.
[crash]
- Barry, where'd you get your bracelet?
Nevermind. - He shoplifted it.
At USC, you were a member
of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
- Yes.
- Are you still an active alumni?
- No, not really.
- Did you ever get hazed?
- Yes.
- [Julia] Was Delta Tau Delta the cool fraternity?
- Not so much.
- Oh. - Kinda middle of the pack.
We threw really good parties. - [Julia] Uh-huh.
- But that's about all we could do.
- What was the cool fraternity?
Did you wish you were in another one?
- Not really, but the cool ones were like SAE, ATO.
- Right. - Sigma Chi, Beta.
There's a long list of the cool ones.
[Julia laughing]
- [Julia] Do you think you got hazed more than I did?
- Yes.
Yes.
Did you ever have warm Velveeta cheese
poured down the front of your underwear?
- That's so funny, I did!
But that was just yesterday.
Had nothing to do with...
Okay.
Did your time in the frat
inform your portrayal of this character,
Frank the Tank from "Old School?"
- I would say...
I would say yes. - Okay.
- There was a lot to draw upon
from my experience in the fraternity,
specifically that face.
- Hey, Will, do you think you could out-drink me?
- No question.
Wouldn't even be a chance.
- Ah. - For you.
- [Julia] Okay, have you ever gone streaking?
- Yes I have.
- Okay, Barry?
- True.
- My man!
[Barry and Julia laughing]
- [Julia] You once held a job as a bank teller, right?
- Yes.
- Did you ever steal money,
even a couple cents, from the bank?
- No, I did not.
- That's true, sir.
- Would you tell women you worked at a bank to impress them?
[Will laughing]
Yeah, that is the question.
- I don't think I ever, no.
- Your wife is Swedish. - Yes.
- [Julia] Would you prefer Sweden's healthcare system
over ours?
- Yes, I would. - [Julia] Yeah.
Does your comedy translate to Swedes?
- Not so much,
but it translates to the Swedish healthcare system.
[Julia laughing]
They're some of my biggest fans.
- [Julia] Aw, are some of them here today, Will?
- No, but I'm just, they'll be watching this.
[Julia laughing]
The Minister of Health,
he just thinks I'm the funniest thing ever.
- [Julia] Do you have a favorite Swedish swear word?
- You can say things like fi fan
or fasiken, or skit.
- What do all those words mean?
- Fi fan is like, ah [bleep].
- [Julia] Uh-huh.
- And skit is just [bleep],
but that gets kinda confusing,
'cause they use that as a positive too.
They'll be like, "skit bro!" "[bleep] yeah!"
[laughing] Oh!
- Hmm. - [Julia] Nice.
- So it can work both ways.
- [Julia] Okay.
- Our children use it all the time.
- Skit. - Skit!
- [Julia] Skit! - Skit bro!
- Skit bro! - [bleep] yeah!
- [bleep] yeah!
Got it.
- You were a "Saturday Night Live" cast--
"Saturday Night" cast--
- "Saturday Night Alive" cast member.
- [Julia] "Saturday Night Alive."
- Everyone always drops the A.
- Yeah, I know.
"Saturday Night Alive" cast member.
It's really SNA then, isn't it?
- It's SNA, yeah.
- [Julia] From 1995 to 2002. - Yes.
- [Julia] Do you still watch SNL every week?
- No, I do not.
- Barry?
- That's very true.
[Will laughs]
- Would you say your love life was similar to this man?
That's Pete Davidson.
- No, but I would say,
his body tattoos are similar to mine.
- [Julia] Yeah, that's the first thing I thought.
- Yeah.
- [Julia] When I saw that photo.
- Yeah. - [Julia] Yeah.
I love a good tank in the summer.
- [Julia] [laughs] You are known for staying in character
even when you weren't on stage.
Did that ever piss people off?
- Yes, it pissed off some of the show's producers,
it pissed off...
some of Puff Daddy's people.
Specifically Suge Knight.
- [Julia] Is that true?
- Barry?
- Absolutely true.
[Julia laughing]
- That's crazy! - Yeah.
- [Julia] Did you ever purposely try
to make another cast member break character
and laugh during a live show?
- Constantly.
Yeah that was pretty much the goal.
- [Julia] As part of the Five-Timers Hosting Club,
did they let you keep the robe?
- They didn't give me a robe.
- Those [bleep]. - Yeah.
But I do have a beautiful terry cloth robe.
- [Julia] Oh!
- From the Swedish Minister of Health.
- See, and then you bring it back around.
- Yeah.
- [Julia] You were considered a member of the frat pack.
- Hmm.
- [Julia] Which includes these men among some others.
- Which by the way, everyone is still talking
about the frat pack.
That's the director of The Joker, Todd Phillips.
Didn't quite get a call for that one.
- [laughing] Could I have been a part of that frat pack?
- No.
- Because?
- It's frat pack.
It's not frat pack sorority gaggle.
It's frat pack.
- People have often confused you for this man, Chad Smith.
- Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- [Julia] Oh wow, look at that.
- See the resemblance?
- No, but I do kind of.
- I think more people come to Chad
saying he looks like me, than vice versa.
- [Julia] Oh, really? - Yeah.
- [Julia] Are you a better drummer than he is?
- Yes, 100%.
- Is this true?
- He believes that to be true.
[Will laughing]
- Are you a better cowbeller than he is?
- Yes, I think so. - [Julia] Yeah.
- Yeah.
- [Julia] Do you own a cowbell?
- I don't think I do.
Yeah.
♪ I know what you're getting for your birthday on July 16th ♪
- Can you play something for us on this cowbell?
- Sure.
No, I can't play it.
- That's a lie.
- Oh, I'm sorry, I can play it.
You caught, Barry caught me.
[loud clanging]
- Okay, that's enough. [loud clanging]
Thanks, that is dynamite.
- That's how you play the cowbell.
- Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test
and we didn't catch you?
- I don't think so.
- [Julia] Barry, is that true?
- That is true.
- [Julia] All right, look at you.
You're a free man.
- Wow, that feels good.
Justice! [crash]
- I bet that's attractive.
This does make you nervous.
- Right?
- All right I did it.
I killed him.
[crash]
- Julia?
- What?
- To calibrate the machine,
I'm going to ask some straightforward questions.
Please answer honestly.
Is your full name
Julia Scarlet Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus Hall?
- No.
- Wow.
- It's not.
It's Julia Scarlet E. Louis-Dreyfus Hall.
Next.
- Were you born in New York City?
- Yes.
- In a van?
- Uh-uh.
- Regular hospital?
- Yeah, regular hospital.
- Are you nervous?
- Yes, that's why I had to have a few
[clicks tongue three times] before.
- Barry are we ready?
- We are ready, Will.
- All right, let's get started.
You were a member
of the prestigious Meow Improv Comedy Troupe--
- You betcha. - At Northwestern.
- Yes I was.
- Do you think that I would have fit in at Meow?
- Oh yes. - Hmm.
Does Zip Zap Zop actually
help you become a better improvisor?
- No, what is that?
- You know zip, [claps] zip [claps] zap [claps] zop [claps].
- [Julia] I never did that.
- I never did either. - So the answer is no.
- Do you need to like the Broadway show "Cats" to join Meow?
- No, I'm going to say if you like the Broadway show "Cats,"
you're not a good fit for Meow.
- Have you seen the new "Cats" movie?
- Nope!
- [Will] Do you plan on it?
- Nope!
- Ever?
- [clicks tongue] No.
- [Will] Would I make a good CGI cat?
- Oh 100%.
[Will laughs]
- [Will] You've stated that the best way
to make your longterm relationship work
is by going on adventures.
- Yes.
- Would you ever take your husband on a ski trip?
- Yes, we're going skiing in a couple weeks.
Why, do you want to come along or something?
- I'm just saying, it'd be fun.
- We, we haven't decided-- - [Will] I think we still
have time for-- - where we're going yet.
- [Will] It would just be fun. - Just say that that's true.
- [Will] But I'll, I can check with your publicist
as soon as you guys know.
- Sure.
- There's no law that says that I can't check into the hotel
at the same place you guys do. - [Julia] No of course not!
- Right.
- Absolutely, as soon as we lock it down.
- [Will] Firm up plans? - Firm up plans,
I will let you know.
- [Will] Thank you.
- 'Cause they are not firmed up yet.
- [Will] Great. - Don't say anything.
- [Will] Oh, I can talk to Brad too,
I can double check with him. - No, he's sick.
- He, you won't see him again.
He has a terrible, terrible flu, and cold.
He has 103 degree fever right now, so you won't see him.
- Barry is that true?
- That's not a yes or no question,
so it's hard to determine.
- Does your husband Brad
have a terrible 103 degree temperature right now?
- Yes! - [Barry] That's a lie.
- Bingo!
- That is such [bleep].
That thing is broken, FYI!
Your machine is absolutely, oh look at that.
All right.
- [Will] If we were on a ski trip--
- Yeah.
- And spotted an approaching avalanche,
would you stick around to make sure I survived?
- No.
- [laughs] Barry?
- True.
- [Will] And I don't blame you.
Would I be a good survival partner if we became stranded?
- Do you have any skills?
- You're tall, you could-- - [Will] No, not really.
You could pick coconuts, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I don't think we should be stranded anywhere.
No offense.
- Okay, all right.
I've got a lot of body hair.
- What does that do for me? - [Will] Anyway, yeah.
- Barry do you have a lot of body hair?
- I do.
- Thank you.
Is it true you were the youngest female cast member
to join SNL?
- Yes. - How old?
- [Julia] 21. - Wow.
Was that your best job?
[laughing]
- [laughs] Yes, yes, it was my best job.
- Barry! - Lie.
[laughing] - Boom!
Should this man, - Uh-oh.
- [Will] Larry David, - Yeah.
- have had more sketches on the air.
He was a writer on SNL. [mumbles]
- He was a writer on SNL for--
- [Will] During your time.
- For one year. - [Will] Right.
- And he absolutely should have gotten
anything on the air.
- [Will] Right. - Yes.
- Did you like Larry David right away?
- Yes.
- [Will] Do you think we'd get along?
Me and Larry David?
- I don't think so.
- Okay.
Is Larry David really playing a fictional version
of himself on "Curb" or is he actually just like that?
- No, it's a fictional version,
I mean it's a heightened version of himself.
If that makes sense.
- No, it doesn't make sense.
- Well, do you know what heightened means?
- [Will] I don't.
- That's what I thought.
It means a slightly exaggerated version of himself.
Does that help you?
Do you know what exaggerate means?
- I don't.
That's why you don't want to be stuck in the woods with me.
- That's one reason.
I'm thinking also of that body hair,
and there's only so much a woman can take.
- Yes, both Barry and I know all about that.
- Of course, you played Elaine.
- Yes. - Benes.
- Benes. - [Will] On "Seinfeld."
- I did.
- [Will] Are you sick of talking about Elaine's dance moves?
- I kinda am, yeah. - [Will] Hmm.
- Barry?
- So, do you want to talk about Elaine's dance moves?
- [laughs] Sure!
[Will laughing]
Barry? - Lie.
- You've won 11 Emmy Awards!
- Yeah.
- Jeez Louise.
Have you ever pretended to be surprised
when you win and the camera's on you? [chuckles]
- No.
- [Will] Legitimately surprised every time?
- Of course, you don't know if you're gonna win.
- There wasn't one year where you're like,
"I kinda got this?" - Well I know,
there were certain years I thought
I had a better shot than others.
- [Will] Yeah. - But you never know.
- [Will] So it was always a-- - Yeah.
- [Will] That's nice to hear.
Do you know where all your Emmys are right now?
- I do!
- And where are they? - I'm not gonna tell you.
- [Will] Okay.
Have you ever misplaced one accidentally?
- No.
You know how big they are?
Oh, you don't?
Cause you don't have one. - No I don't.
We're not talking about me.
I'm, I'm interrogating you. - [Julia] Are you upset?
- I'm interrogating you. - Just answer this.
Barry, get a thing on him.
Are you upset that you don't have one of those trophies?
Yes or no. - No, I'm...
Barry, do I have to answer this question?
I don't.
Thank you.
Barry's the only one in this whole [bleep] room
who cares about me.
- You should be stranded on a desert island with him.
- Barry and I would work it out fine.
- [Julia] Yeah.
I don't know how tall you are Barry,
but I have a feeling you guys are gonna
get a lot of coconuts.
- You've had a few voiceover jobs throughout your career.
- I have, Will!
- Could you do am impression of my voice?
- Is this a good impression?
Hi, I'm Will Ferrell.
Is that good?
Yes or no?
- I'll ask Barry.
You think that's pretty good?
- That's not a yes or no question.
- Hi, I'm Will Ferrell, I'm the one asking you questions.
- I don't talk like that.
- Mmm.
- I sound a little bit like that
when I wake up in the morning,
that's like my morning voice. - [Julia] Right.
Uh-huh, right.
We all know how you say-- - [Will] Have you seen--
- Yeah.
- [Will] any of my impersonations?
- Yes. - Do you have a favorite?
Besides the one you just did.
- Yes. [laughs]
I like your George Bush-- - Okay.
and I also like your Alex Trebek.
- Ah, thank you.
- [Julia] You're welcome!
- That's nice.
- [Will] We had never worked together before this movie.
- That's right.
- [Will] Was I everything you hoped I would be?
- Yes.
- [Will] Would you consider me a friend at this point?
Yes or no question.
- Yeah.
- [Will] Barry?
- Absolutely true.
- Thank you.
- [Will] Is promoting this movie ruining our friendship?
- No, of course not.
- [Will] Barry?
- Another true response.
- [Will] So... - Thank you again.
Considering those two questions--
- [Julia] Yes.
- That they were both positive--
- Yeah.
- Can I come on the ski trip with you and your husband?
- [coughing] I'm getting sick now.
I was going to go on it, but now I feel that I have a virus.
- [Will] So the trip is canceled now?
- Yeah the trip is canceled. - Okay.
Well there's nothing I can do about that.
- Right.
- No, I could just pick a mountain randomly
and hope you guys are there.
- Absolutely, but I don't see that happening
'cause now I can feel I have a really high fever.
- [Will] Okay. - Yep.
- Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test
and we didn't catch you?
- No.
- Also very true.
- Hmm!
Hmm.
- Huh.
- It's possible the machine's broken.
It's possible, I'm just going to put it out there.
- They used to be good like 10 years ago.
- 10 years ago they were good,
and now it's, they, anyway.
- The Truthaholic--
- Are we done? - 5000.
No we can keep going, right?
[laughing]
[crash]