Will Ferrell
Comedy icon, SNL legend, and star of Downhill, who apparently keeps prosthetic testicles from Step Brothers in a trophy case.
Appeared on: New Heights · Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade · Harland Highway Podcast · Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend · Hot Ones
Circuit updated August 2, 2026
Across his podcast run, Will Ferrell constantly returns to the sheer, grinding pragmatism required to survive the Hollywood comedy machine. Whether he's explaining how Anchorman was originally a survival script about chimps with throwing stars or recalling the physical misery of a hamster wheel stunt, he treats his blockbuster career like a series of chaotic endurance tests. His framing of Lorne Michaels completely shape-shifts depending on the room, coming off as a cold boss incapable of a compliment on New Heights before transforming into an eccentric sage who gave bizarre exit advice on Fly on the Wall. Ultimately, this constant demystification proves that his most absurd characters didn't appear by magic, but from a deeply calculated work ethic that treats comedy as a grueling trade.
- Myles Garrett says Taylor Lewan spit in his face during Garrett's rookie year
“And he he, you know, gets into his stance. He looks at me and spits right in my face.” 1:36:07
- Will Ferrell says Lorne Michaels told him to leave SNL only after he started to dip
“So I understand you're thinking about leaving. And I would just suggest this. You're at a You're at a high point right now. But you want to start just to begin to dip. And then you should leave.” 44:50
- Will Ferrell Didn't Know He Wrote Elf, and Other Things Harland Williams Told Him
“had literally no idea that it would be like one of the top thousandth movie” 49:35
- Will Ferrell Runs a Hamster Wheel 50 Feet in the Air and Still Had to Sing
“the singer didn't look back the the they even got a tight shot of the guy running in the hamster wheel he just kept running he wouldn't even look at the camera” 7:19
- Will Ferrell Drafted Ron Burgundy as QB and Bombed His SNL Debut. He's Fine With Both.
“I thought he was going to give me the you know attab boy like like you know you were no you were great you were wonderful he was like no it's a young man's game.” 23:28
- Will Ferrell Thought the Last Dab Was Just Ceremonial. It Was Not.
“it was going to be like a movie about newsmen meets like the movie alive where they have to survive in the mountains yeah and it was all about trying to survive and get down the mountain while being stalked by chimpanzees with chinese throwing stars” 13:58
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“I remember thinking gosh this is so hard to get off the ground we should maybe pick a topic that everyone's talking about and at that time NASCAR was at its height and I like for instance oh gosh what what if I'm just me as a NASCAR driver and yeah and we pitch we sold that in like two seconds.”
Will Ferrell · New Heights -
“it was going to be like a movie about newsmen meets like the movie alive where they have to survive in the mountains yeah and it was all about trying to survive and get down the mountain while being stalked by chimpanzees with chinese throwing stars”
Will Ferrell · Hot Ones -
“So I understand you're thinking about leaving. And I would just suggest this. You're at a You're at a high point right now. But you want to start just to begin to dip. And then you should leave.”
Will Ferrell · Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade -
“You lost me 30 grand. I'm like, what? I go, what do you mean? He's like, I bet on Michigan to win in the second half. I'm like, what are you talking about? You said they were good in the mud.”
Will Ferrell · Harland Highway Podcast -
“he is like one of those people who's kind of a you know like a perfect human being like an o you know the ultimate dinner party guests uh so gracious and kind and humorous stories”
Will Ferrell · Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend -
“I thought he was going to give me the you know attab boy like like you know you were no you were great you were wonderful he was like no it's a young man's game.”
Will Ferrell · New Heights
Myles Garrett says Taylor Lewan spit in his face during Garrett's rookie year
Garrett's live New Heights appearance turned into a tiny oral history of offensive line warfare, with one very specific accusation at the center.
Will Ferrell says Lorne Michaels told him to leave SNL only after he started to dip
Ferrell’s exit advice from Michaels sounds insane until you remember the next three movies were Old School, Elf, and Anchorman.
Will Ferrell Didn't Know He Wrote Elf, and Other Things Harland Williams Told Him
The Harland Highway podcast reunites two Superstar co-stars, produces a fake ancestry reveal, and somehow ends with a cappella cowbell.
Will Ferrell Runs a Hamster Wheel 50 Feet in the Air and Still Had to Sing
A quarantine-era Conan interview that doubles as proof Will Ferrell genuinely cannot stop performing, even when strapped inside a steel contraption above a film set.
Will Ferrell Drafted Ron Burgundy as QB and Bombed His SNL Debut. He's Fine With Both.
The Anchorman star visits New Heights to talk hockey stunts, getting rejected twenty times on Anchorman, and why Lorne Michaels is constitutionally incapable of a compliment.
Will Ferrell Thought the Last Dab Was Just Ceremonial. It Was Not.
The comedy legend shows up without Julia Louis-Dreyfus, with an active ulcer, and still eats every wing.