As comedian Will Ferrell walked across the magnificent stage of The Kennedy Center to accept the greatest honor an America funny person can receive, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, something happened that made us all remember why he is getting this prestigious honor. The award instantly slipped from Will’s hilarious fingers, shattering this legendary humorist’s bust all over the floor. An obvious gag, that was so damn fitting to what Will represents in the history of the art of doing silly stuff. Without breaking character for a second, Will hilariously tries to pick up the pieces as the world just sat back and laughed… but not laughing at him, we were laughing with him. The appeal of Will Ferrell comes from his innocent “I don’t give a f*ck” attitude that elevates simple stupid jokes to performance art. As Mr. Ferrell once said, “What I...
- 1/19/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Film, television, and stage actor Jerry Stiller died of natural causes, as according to his son Ben Stiller. He was 92.
“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” Ben announced on Twitter. “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.”
Stiller is known for his TV roles as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens, and multiple films including, The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three, John Waters’ Hairspray, his son’s Zoolander, and Richard Lester’s adaptation of Terrence McNally’s play, The Ritz, which Jerry also acted in on Broadway.
But he might be best remembered for being part of the comedy team Stiller & Meara, which he performed with his wife, Anne Meara. The pair met in 1953 at a New York casting call,...
“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” Ben announced on Twitter. “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.”
Stiller is known for his TV roles as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens, and multiple films including, The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three, John Waters’ Hairspray, his son’s Zoolander, and Richard Lester’s adaptation of Terrence McNally’s play, The Ritz, which Jerry also acted in on Broadway.
But he might be best remembered for being part of the comedy team Stiller & Meara, which he performed with his wife, Anne Meara. The pair met in 1953 at a New York casting call,...
- 5/11/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Will Ferrell knows comedy. You put him with some dinosaurs and he can make jokes. He just had to be sure that somebody else knew how to make the dinosaurs. He actually sought out Brad Silberling to direct Land of the Lost.
Will Ferrell Cracks Jokes at Land of the Lost
.I.ve known Brad in passing for a long time,. Ferrell said. .In fact I did this movie The Suburbans with Amy Brennerman, his wife, a long time ago. When we were meeting with potential directors he immediately set himself above everyone in a way, just because he was like, .You know, whether you hire me or not you should use these two stages on the Universal [lot] because they are the biggest.. He had so much knowledge about how to shoot this film, and he was so willing, .If I don.t get the job,...
Will Ferrell Cracks Jokes at Land of the Lost
.I.ve known Brad in passing for a long time,. Ferrell said. .In fact I did this movie The Suburbans with Amy Brennerman, his wife, a long time ago. When we were meeting with potential directors he immediately set himself above everyone in a way, just because he was like, .You know, whether you hire me or not you should use these two stages on the Universal [lot] because they are the biggest.. He had so much knowledge about how to shoot this film, and he was so willing, .If I don.t get the job,...
- 6/7/2009
- www.canmag.com
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