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-Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Will Ferrell and Chad Smith!
[ Cheers and applause ]
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Chad, uh, Will...
[ Laughter, applause ]
I-I heard... [ Cheers and applause ]
I know that you guys kind of look alike.
I did not know that you -- you dress similar --
[ Laughter ] ...you dress alike as well.
Uh, I'm honored to be hosting this, uh --
hopefully, uh, this -- this end to this epic battle.
I mean, you guys were upset, and I just...
[ Laughter ]
You're almost too angry to talk, and I understand.
Um, can I just set the sta-- [ Laughter ]
Can I just set the stage --
[ Laughter, cheers and applause ]
I want to set the stage. Chad, I know --
Chad, I can feel the heat coming off of your bodies,
the anger and the... -Uh-huh. Right.
-...the pent-up rage and confusion.
-Yeah. -Uh, but...
-He's an impostor. -All right.
Chad, let's not -- Let's not start off like this.
I mean, this is -- Here's what happened.
[ Laughter ]
-Wait. Who are you talking to, Will or Chad?
[ Laughter ]
I'm talking to Will.
-Yeah. -Now, Will...
-Yeah? [ Laughter ]
-...this whole thing started -- You were on a Reddit AMA --
uh, February 4th.
Someone mentioned that you look like Chad Smith
from The Red Hot Chili Peppers. -I had heard that.
-Yeah.
And you responded by saying, uh...
You said, "No. [ Laughter ]
I am Chad Smith."
-That is true. You are --
-And it's not true, 'cause... he's not me.
[ Laughter ]
-But you said that you -- it's a character that you --
that Will Ferrell created called Chad Smith.
-Correct. -Yeah.
-And I was -- I was so pissed. [ Laughter ]
-What did you do?
Do you remember where you were when you heard that news?
-Yeah. I was jammin'.
[ Laughter, applause ]
-You were jammin' -- -I was jammin' with the --
with the Chili Peppers, with my guys.
Yeah. In our -- At our jam house.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
You have -- How many jam houses do you guys have?
-In America?
[ Laughter, applause ]
-In -- Yeah. In America.
-Four. -You have four.
So this -- You're at jam house number...
-Three. -...three, and you're --
And you see this thing online.
-I go through the roof. -Yeah. You just went...
-I'm like, "Flea, this is..." [ Laughter ]
-You talked to Flea first.
-Yeah. I go, "Flea, this is bull.
I'm tired of this." -You're tired of this crap.
-I'm tired of being --
not getting enough respect as Chad Smith.
-He seems like he's a little angry, but yeah.
-Chad...
-I'll be honest. I'm a little high right now.
-All right. No, no. [ Laughter, applause ]
Chad, we'll bleep all this out.
Uh...Chad, when did you --
-My Chad Smith Go Juice right here.
[ Laughter ]
-What is in the Chad -- the Chad Smith Go Juice?
What's that made of? Can you tell?
-It's a chemical compound,
uh, that we make up at the jam house -- number two.
[ Laughter ]
-The chemical compound.
-Yeah. -All right. Understood.
Chad, how long have you been playing drums?
-I've been playing since I was, uh...since I was 8.
[ Laughter ]
-You remember where you were? -Yeah.
In my house. [ Laughter ]
-What room?
-Uh, in -- in my bedroom.
-You were in the bedroom. You had a drum set there?
-Little, uh, Kmart drum set. -Aw.
You just started jammin' out? -Yeah, I just started jammin'.
I knew I had a gift.
-Yeah. I mean, most likely, you know...
[ Laughter, applause ]
Yeah.
And, Will, how long have you been playing the drums?
-I do not play the drums. -Okay. Now...
[ Laughter ]
-Chad, what do the bandmates think about this?
What does...
-Uh, you know, they want me to, you know,
tear this guy a new one,
and, uh, they're like, "Enough is enough."
It's affecting our shows.
Uh, it's affecting the camaraderie in the band.
-Why?
-They said, "We're starting to get brainwashed.
We look back. We think that's Will Ferrell playing drums."
-The band actually thinks
they're playing with Will Ferrell.
-Exactly. -[ Sighs ] It's ridiculous.
-Will, this is the weirdest thing.
But you're raising money for charity with this drum-off.
Will, your charity is CancerForCollege.org.
-Yes.
-And, Chad, yours is LittleKidsRock.org.
-Yeah.
-So at least there's some, uh, light at the end of this.
-We take instruments away from children.
[ Laughter ]
-Well, how is that a good --
-We take them to a-a junkyard,
and we destroy them in front of the children.
-And just show -- Really? What...
-No.
-He doesn't know what he's talking --
That can't be what that is raising money for.
Little Kids R-- I think you're giving instruments --
-It's my charity. Chad Smith. [ Laughter ]
-Chad, you're, like, coming off as a mean dude, man.
I thought it was a different charity
where you actually give instruments to schools.
-It started out that way.
[ Laughter, applause ]
But Cancer for College? That's a great charity.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-It is. It started with my good friend.
I've had great success, and it's a small charity,
but it's grassroots and it's great that we can do this.
-But Little Kids Rock, you think, is...
-Well, no.
Little Kids Rock, you know,
they shouldn't take instruments from kids.
-They shouldn't. -They shouldn't...
-What's wrong -- Why would you do that?
-...but we do, and we've got a lot of support.
-[ Laughing ] A lot of support.
-Who's supporting that?
-You'd be surprised. -Junkyards.
-Guys, enough -- enough small talk.
I mean, I think you can feel the crispiness in the air,
the energy that's here. -Yeah.
-You know what the audience wants.
You know what I want. [ Cheers and applause ]
What America wants. -Yeah.
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-It's time to find out once and for all
who's the better drummer -- Will Ferrell
or the drummer from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chad Smith.
You guys ready to do this? -We are, and --
[ Cheers and applause ]
We were tricking you that whole time.
This is Chad Smith, and I'm Will Ferrell, actually.
-You got to be kidding me. -Yeah.
So just so we know who's really doing the drumming.
-You know what that means.
Let's bring out the drums right here.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Drum-off!
[ Drums beating ]
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[ Cheers and applause ] -All right. Now just...
All right. And that's Will.
Okay. Very good. Now...
Oh. Holy mackerel. Uh...
[ Bass drum playing, crowd cheering ]
Seem about right?
-Yeah. -Seem about right?
[ Laughter ]
All right, guys. You know the rules.
Uh, this is a traditional drum-off.
[ Laughter ] -This is a traditional drum-off?
-What's that? -This is a traditional drum-off?
-Tonight we're gonna go by traditional rules.
[ Laughter ]
This is a traditional drum-off.
You each get four solos.
Uh, whoever whacks, smacks, and slaps the skins the best wins.
So without further ado, let the drum-off begin!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Let's go, Will!
[ Crowd cheering ]
-Ladies first!
-Take notes, Chadwick.
[ Laughter ]
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And that's how it's done.
-All right.
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Take that, funny man!
[ Hi-hat clangs ]
-Looks -- Looks like baby learned how to pway the dwums.
[ Laughter ]
But can baby do this?
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I just blew my mind.
-You just blew your mind?
-I just blew my mind. -All right.
[ Laughter ]
[ Snare drum thuds ]
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-Come on. Let's see what you got.
-You know what? -What do you got?
-That was -- That was cute.
Do you play for The Lukewarm Chili Peppers?
[ Laughter, applause ]
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[ Cymbal crashes ]
Roll the credits.
Roll the credits. Stop the show.
Roll the credits. [ Laughter ]
-Chad? -Go to commercial.
[ Laughter ]
I want to go to commercial. -Chad...
-All right. -...do you have a response?
-Roll the credits.
[ Laughter ]
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