OUR FIRST GUEST IS A VETERAN OF "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES EVER MADE.
HIS LATEST MOVIE IS A HILARIOUS TAKE ON THE EUROVISION SONG
CONTEST AND COMES OUT ON NETFLIX THIS FRIDAY.
WHAT AN HONOR TO WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE WILL FERRELL IS HERE.
HOW ARE YOU, WILL?
>> JAMES, HOW ARE YOU?
DOES ANYONE CALL YOU JIMMY BACK HOME?
>> James: NO ONE REALLY CALLS ME JIMMY.
IT NEVER REALLY TOOK OFF.
>> OKAY.
>> James: IT NEVER -- ONLY MY OLD ROOMMATE DOMINIC COOPER USED
TO CALL ME JIMMY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY.
>> James: WHAT ABOUT J.C.?
.C.?
LIKE -- JIMMY CIZZLE AT ONE POINT, BUT THAT NEVER TOOK OFF.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, WERE YOU EVER A WILLIAM?
>> NO, MY PARENTS TRIED TO CALL ME WILLIE BUT SAID I WAS TOO
DISTINGUISHED, SO I JUST BECAME WILL.
>> James: ON YOUR PASSPORT ARE YOU WILLIAM FERRELL?
>> NO, VIRAL MOMENT RIGHT HERE.
>> James: OKAY.
JOHN WILLIAM FERRELL, THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE PASSPORT.
>> James: JOHNNY BOY.
OHNNY BOY.
ON OCCASION, MY DAD WOULD CALL ME J.W.
I'LL CALL YOU JAMES BUT YOU CAN CALL ME J. DUBS IF YOU WANT.
>> James: ONLY ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW," YOU WILL BE J. DUBS.
( LAUGHTER ) LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW,
WE BOTH GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE INCREDIBLE MOMENT WHEN RON
BURGUNDY WAS ON THE SHOW, AND HE PERFORMED STANDUP COMEDY.
>> RIGHT.
>> James: WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM RON'S INCREDIBLE
SET ON THE SHOW?
>> I THINK RON WAS EXPECTING TO TOTALLY FLOP, AND HE WAS MET
WITH A STANDING OVATION.
IN FACT, I KNOW THIS FROM GOOD AUTHORITY, RON WAS SO TICKLED
HIS FAKE MUSTACHE STARTED COMING OFF AT CERTAIN POINTS BECAUSE HE
COULD NOT BELIEVE THE RECEPTION HE WAS GETTING WITH HIS AWFUL,
AWFUL STANDUP COMEDY.
I'M TELLING YOU, THOUGH, THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN, AS A PERFORMER.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HAVING DONE THAT CHARACTER FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT TO GET TO DO -- RON BURGUNDY DOING STANDUP COMEDY, IT MADE NO
SENSE, IT WAS JUST PURE MAGIC.
I LOVED EVERY MOMENT, SO THANKS TO YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME BE
THE FIRST PLACE TO DO THAT.
>> James: I'VE NEVER SEEN, AND THIS IS TESTAMENT TO THE LOVE
FOR YOU AND RON, I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF WHO
MAKE THE SHOW EVERY NIGHT DOWN ON THE STUDIO FLOOR WHEN THEY'RE
TAPE AG SHOW.
>> RIGHT.
I LITERALLY WAS WRITING THOSE JOKES, GOING, THESE ARE SOME OF
THE WORST JOKES EVER CREATED BY A HUMAN.
AND TO HAVE THEM JUST GET THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE, IT WAS JUST
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
>> James: IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT.
NOW, USUALLY, THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU AND THE WHOLE FAMILY, YOU GO
TO SWEDEN FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER.
>> YES.
>> James: ARE YOU GOING TO GET TO GO THERE AT ALL?
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FILL THAT VOID?
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL KIND OF PLAYING IT BY EAR, BUT I
THINK -- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY STAY HERE,
UNFORTUNATELY, IN L.A., AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF GAMES IN THE
BACKYARD.
THE BOYS HAVE INVENTED A SOCCER GAME.
WE HAVE SOME NETS SET UP BACK HERE.
DON'T ASK ME -- OH, I KNOW.
THEY HAVE A GAME CALLED SEXY TIM.
( LAUGHTER ) AND IT'S BASICALLY ONE KID PLAYS
GOALIE, THE OTHER TWO PLAY ONE ON ONE, AND IF YOU SCORE ON THE
GOALIE, YOU THEN BECOME A GOALIE.
>> James: YEAH.
AND, GUYS, WHY IS IT SEXY TIM?
TIM HOWARD, THE AMERICAN GOALIE.
>> James: YEAH.
OH, OKAY, BUT WHY SEXY?
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST SEXY.
STOP ASKING QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I WAS AFRAID IT WAS SOME Y EUPHEMISM THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT IT MEANT.
BUT, ANYWAY, IT MEANS NOTHING.
SO EVERY EVENING AFTER WE EAT DINNER, THERE IS A HEALTHY ROUND
OF SEXY TIM PLAYED.
SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE SUMMER OF SEXY TIM IN OUR
BACKYARD.
>> James: SEXY TIM.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, WHEN YOU AND THE FAMILY TRAVEL TO SWEDEN,
WHAT IS THE NORDIC SENSIBILITY TO YOUR COMEDY?
>> WELL, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I'M VERY POPULAR.
>> James: YEAH.
IN SWEDEN, THAT THEY LIKE THE MOVIES, AND THEY ALSO LIKE THE
FACT THAT I'M MARRIED TO A SWEDE AND WE TALK ABOUT SWEDEN ALL THE
TIME AND OUR LOVE FOR VISITING.
BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT BECAUSE THE SWEDES ARE VERY
QUIET, AND THEY KEEP TO THEMSELVES.
SO IF I'M EVER APPROACHED BY A SWEDE TO TAKE A SELFIE, I KNOW
THEY ARE LIKE TREMBLING LIKE A LEAF.
>> James: REALLY?
AND, SO, YOU DON'T REALLY GET TOO COCKY, AND THEY KNOW IT.
THEY TAKE PRIDE IN, NO, I KNOW IT'S HIM.
I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT HIM.
HE'S THE SAME AS ME.
>> James: RIGHT.
BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE I CAN SPOT
AMERICANS, ODDLY ENOUGH, FROM A MILE AWAY BECAUSE WE'RE SO LOUD,
AND I WILL SOMETIMES USE MY BAD SWEDISH TO THROW THEM OFF THE
TRAIL.
WE WERE ON A FERRY GOING TO A LITTLE ISLAND ONCE WITH A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE, AND I COULD SEE THIS AMERICAN FAMILY SPOT ME FROM
ACROSS THE WAY, AND I HEARD THE DAD GO, LET ME GO SEE IF■ IT'S
HIM.
( LAUGHTER ) HE WALKS ACROSS THE WAY, AND I
QUICKLY SAID TO MY WIFE AND COUSINS, LET'S JUST START
SPEAKING SWEDISH.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW MANY VERBS, I JUST KNOW A LOT OF ANNOUNCE.
AND IF YOU JUST GO, YA, YA, YA, YA, THAT'S YES.
IF YOU GO, YA, YA -- ( SPEAKING SWEDISH )
-- WHICH IS LIKE, CHICKEN.
YA, YA, AND I KEPT SAYING WEIRD WORDS.
AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND BACK TO HIS GROUP AND HE WENT, NOT HIM!
SO THAT'S MY LITTLE TRICK.
>> James: I DON'T THINK THAT NECESSARILY HAS TO HAPPEN IN
SWEDEN.
I THINK YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND PULL THAT OFF AND
IT WOULD WORK.
>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> James: YOU'RE WEARING A DODGERS JERSEY.
YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, AS ARE MINE, HUGE SPORTS FANS.
YOU'RE ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS OF LAFC.
TELL ME HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
ALL THE TEAMS ARE GOING TO DISNEYLAND.
>> ABSOLUTE FOOLPROOF PLAN.
>> James: THIS IS WHAT I SEE IT AS.
YOU TELL ME WHAT'S LONG, EVERY MLS TEAM IN AMERICA ARE GOING TO
DISNEYLAND AND THEY WILL HAVE A SPORTS DAY WHERE THEY'LL ALL
TAKE PART IN DIFFERENT KIND OF WATER ISLANDS AROUND DISNEYLAND,
AND THE WINNER -- >> NO, YOU'RE GETTING IT WRONG.
>> James: OKAY, GO ON.
THERE'S, APPARENTLY, A KIND OF CAMPUS THERE BETWEEN DORMS
AND HOTELS.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO STAY, AND THERE ARE ENOUGH FIELDS THERE,
THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY A WORLD CUP TYPE TOURNAMENT WITH GROUPS,
AND YOU PLAY YOURSELF OUT OF THE GROUP AND THEN GO INTO A
PLAYOFF.
>> James: LIKE A WORLD CUP.
LIKE A WORLD CUP, AND THAT WILL START THE SEASON.
OF COURSE, LAFC HAS BEEN PLACED IN A VERY CHALLENGING GROUP WITH
THE GALAXY, WITH PORTLAND, AND WITH HOUSTON.
SO -- >> James: AND HOW DID THEY
DECIDE THOSE GROUPS?
DID THEY LITERALLY DECIDE IT ON TELEVISION RATINGS?
>> I THINK I WAS LIKE AN ONLINE --
>> James: THAT DOESN'T FEEL FAIR TO BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
>> James: IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY MET LATER IN THE
TOURNAMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
>> YEAH.
>> James: BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT MOVIE FROM IN
EFFECT, "EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE
SAGA."
I REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THIS FILM, I THINK IT'S SO FUNNY.
YOU AND THE WHOLE CAST ARE BRILLIANT.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO
YOU PLAY.
>> I PLAY LARS ERICSON FROM ICELAND, AND MYSELF ALONG WITH
RACHEL McADAMS WHO PLAYS SEGRIT, AND WE FORM KIND OF A
COVER BAND BY THE NAME OF FIRE SAGA, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR
DECADES TO GET INTO THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THAT WAS STARTED IN
1956 AND IS 42 COUNTRIES AROUND EUROPE, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA AND
ISRAEL, AND WAS THIS SONG CONTEST STARTED TO KIND OF HEAL
POST-WAR EUROPE.
ABBA GOT THEIR START, CELINE DION, A LOT OF OTHER PERFORMERS
HAVE COME OUT OF EUROVISION TO GO ON TO GREATER STUFF.
WE'RE KIND OF THESE LONG-SHOT, LOSER BAND WHO'S IN WAY OVER
THEIR HEAD, AND WE KIND OF -- BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE
THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A MOVIE ABOUT GOING AFTER YOUR DREAM,
DESPITE ANY SORT OF ODDS, AND WE HAVE PIERCE BROSNAN PLAYS MY
FATHERRER DAN -- >> James: PIERCE BROSNAN IS SO
GOOD IN THE FILM.
>> YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS FUN -- WELL, IT'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONAL
WHEN YOU CAN WRITE SOMEONE'S NAME IN THE SCRIPT.
>> James: RIGHT.
THINK PIERCE BROSNAN, BECAUSE MY FATHER IS THE MOST HANDSOME
MAN IN ALL OF ICELAND.
>> James: YEAH.
AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY GET THE ACTOR TO PLAY THE PART.
BUT HE'S SO -- HE'S JUST -- HE'S JUST SUCH A GREAT GUY, AND HE IS
ALWAYS GOOD LOOKING, ALWAYS, EVEN WHEN HE SLEEPS.
I SNUCK INTO HIS HOTEL ROOM AND WATCHED HIM.
HE'S GORGEOUS.
>> James: WELL, THE FILM IS SO FUNNY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING SO MANY PEOPLE MUCH-NEEDED JOY AT
THIS TIME.
NOW, WILL, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THING WITH OUR GUESTS, A
LATE LATE SHOW AND TELL WHERE WE ASK GUESTS TO SHARE SOMETHING
FROM THEIR HOMES WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET TO SEE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH US THIS EVENING?
>> I DID A QUICK SCAN OF THE BEDROOM AND HERE ARE VERY
TREASURED THINGS I FOUND.
HERE'S A NECK PILLOW.
I FOUND THAT LITERALLY ON THE GROUND, FOR NO REASON.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
MY WIFE'S MOUTH GUARD.
>> James: OKAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING.
>> James: MMM.
THIS BOOK BY LARS GUFSTESTON, A NOVEL IN SWEDISH, BUT IT'S ABOUT
A GUY PLAYING TENNIS.
>> James: RIGHT.
YEAH.
>> James: WELL, THANK YOU.
A MANNEQUIN HEAD, A TRUMP MASK TO SCARE OFF INTRUDERS, AND
I THINK THAT'S IT.
>> James: WOW.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH TREASURED POSSESSIONS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?
>> Reggie: YES, I DO.
TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO -- ( DRUM ROLL )
-- WILL FERRELL.
FOR REAL.
>> YEAH.
IF TWO BIRDS WERE INVOLVED IN A WRESTLING MATCH, WHO DO YOU
THINK WOULD WIN?
>> I THINK -- I THINK NATURE WOULD WIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
WATCHING TWO BIRDS WRESTLE, YOU KNOW, IN NATURE IS PROBABLY A
SIGHT TO BEHOLD.
>> James: NATURE'S THE WINNER.
>> Reggie: YEAH, I GUESS IT IS.
IT'S CORRECT.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
PLEASE THANK THE ONE, THE ONLY WILL FERRELL.