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Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die Tour | Radio City Music Hall, NYC | 2.24.2008

Monday, February 25th, 2008

 


Will Ferrell took the stage Sunday night to the overwhelming sound of people “booing” as he came out sporting a New England Patriots sweatshirt, which he immediately tore off to reveal the red and blue of the Giants. Ferrell’s tour promoting both his website funnyordie.com and his new film Semi-Pro featured skits from Ferrell along with stand up from Demetri Martin, Nick Swardson and Zach Galifianakis. The show started with Ferrell pitching his new self help program “Will Power” which included 2 books and 900 tapes, most of which were empty. Will was then informed that this was the comedy show and he was in fact being indicted for his self help pyramid scheme after the show.

Among Ferrell’s other skits included him being painted entirely in silver doing an impression of the “robot guy” who you may find in a tourist trap like Times Square. Anchorman director Adam McKay who served as the host for the night, told Ferrell to drop the robot and take questions from the fans. This resulted in some of the most awkward moments of the night as people asked some bizarre questions such as “Will, I love seeing you naked, how did you get that scar on your stomach?” (more…)

Could Nick Swardson Be The Next Adam Sandler?

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Nick SwardsonReno 911, Blades of Glory, I Know Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, The Benchwarmers…all parts of Nick Swardson’s career as an actor and comedian.

Plus, he just released his own CD called Party so it’s no surprise to hear people talking about him as the new Adam Sandler. While checking out HeyNielsen.com today to see if anyone else is as obsessed with Man Vs. Wild as I am, I checked out this post.

I don’t know if I can see him doing a Reign Over Me in the next 10 years, but I do think he is one to keep an eye on!