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The 10 Best Will Ferrell Skits of All-Time

By CRACKED Writing Staff August 2, 2006 581,271 views
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With Talladega Nights raking in big money at the box office, we decided to take a look back at the golden era, when Will Ferrell was just the hardest working cast member on SNL. Here they are, numbers 10 to 1, embedded for your viewing pleasure.

10. Get Off the Shed



Three families try to have a polite conversation at a birthday party while Ferrell screams threats of physical abuse at his children. A good place to start since it' the first SNL character he ever played, and not coincidentally the first Will Ferrell character we ever remember laughing out loud at. The character of the furious dad screaming, "Get off the shed!" was also actually one of the characters Ferrell used in his tryout.
Why Only Ferrell Could Make it Golden: To see the same material in the hands of a lesser talent, look no further than the cringe-inducing delivery by Christine Baranski, who plays his wife.
Highlight: "I will take you into a dark alley and fight you if you do not get off the shed."

9.Gus Chiggins



This skit was filmed in dress rehearsal and cut before the actual show went live, which isn't surprising because it doesn't make any sense. It' the tale of an elite fighting unit in Afghanistan that, for some reason, has an old prospector in its midst.
Why Only Ferrell Could Make it Golden: What is amazing to see is how hard Ferrell tries to make what is clearly a losing sketch work. He completely gives himself over even though it' only dress rehearsal.
Highlight: When he refuses to stop ringing his prospector bell as Chris Kattan tries to deliver his lines.

8. Dale Sturtevant - Dissing Your Dog



Ferrell stars in a fake commercial for a dog-training program that shows you how to shame your dog into doing what you want him to do, assuming of course that your dog picks up on subtle hints of sarcasm and oblique insults.
Why Only Ferrell Could Make it Golden: Ferrell is the best at playing someone who is barely able to keep his rage under control, and the dumber that rage, the better.
Highlight: When he gently lifts up the dog' ear and whispers "You're a fucking dog."


7. The H. is O.



In what might be the oddest sounding summary of any story ever told, Ben Stiller bets his friends that he can fuck Glenn Frey of the Eagles by using only three pick-up lines. The skit, actually a short film written and directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman director) for SNL, offers a nice preview of what was to come by casting Ferrell as a creepy over the hill ego-maniac long before Ron Burgundy was a household name.
Why Only Ferrell Could Make it Golden: Actually, we're pretty sure anyone could have played Frye in this skit. He just sort of wears shades and acts weird. But it' sort of like when Lebron only scores 12 and the Cavs win anyway. You just know he was contributing intangibles on the set that day.
Highlight: Of all people, Jimmy Fallon gets the highlight when he screams "That' threeee!" Ferrell must have suggested that"¦

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82 Comments

WTF is the skit where ferrell plays the devil teaching garth brooks to play guitar????

9/30/2009 4:45:49 PM
Spin

2 things, and i just looked this up and ya comments made me laugh-1.jonnyqwest-eddie murphy hasnt been funny since the f*****g 80's.2-snl was amazing when ferrell was on it, those years were great. and just to compare murphy and ferrell, murphy made like a few ok movies decades ago, now he makes p***y ass fam movies, and hasnt done anything ok since he was in a music vid with michael jackson. ferrell has already been in so many movies that are all atleast funny(oldschool, ricky bobby, on and on) but to get off of that, for f*****g viacom to not allow ppl to watch this is loosing on their end. old ass will ferrell snl s**t/other s**t by the snl ppl, limits their base, i know of all the funny s**t they did, younger ppl wont, dvd sales down the shitter viacom, smart...

7/10/2009 1:00:08 AM
boobly8000

what the f**k CRACKED!? where is the celebrity jepardy? its one of the funniest.....

3/25/2009 11:36:17 AM
pacey

well that was retared...f***ing NBC

3/14/2009 1:28:31 PM
fogle

f*****g viacom+f*****g NBC=f*****g s**t

12/29/2008 8:43:29 AM
psychodelic636

Hey, thanks for nothing Cracked.

12/10/2008 2:58:01 PM
WINGMAN

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12/9/2008 1:13:16 PM
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12/6/2008 8:20:08 PM
ryankitson

The fact that 'Celebrity Jeopardy' is missing from this list just ruins it for me, sorry.

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11/3/2008 11:26:50 AM
paul307

i went through the degradation of signing up!! for?

11/2/2008 3:26:59 AM
rockysman

The funniest ferrell skit imo is the one where he is a polititian who keeps doing negative ads against chris parnels character even after he wins.

10/28/2008 1:16:59 AM
Richard_Slarge

No disrespect to Will,but SNL hasn`t been funny since Eddie Murphy and the original cast was on.

10/25/2008 2:52:18 PM
jonnyqwest

We need more cowbell!!

10/16/2008 7:01:56 PM
thedude23

hello fellow surfing trash:
for all you vaginas complaining about the videos not working, you should have showed up two years ago when this article was relatively fresh. then you should've killed yourself for being so useless.

10/11/2008 5:52:19 AM
Gregoclock

F'ing Viacom bastards taking away the awesomeness of Will Ferrell from youtube

10/6/2008 5:43:06 PM
jonnyjesus

(even though the videos dont work)

10/3/2008 11:13:37 AM
robbiy

thank you cracked. i love you and will now gladly f**k you all

10/3/2008 11:12:40 AM
robbiy

"Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Brasky takes me to a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' We sat there for a year and a half — until sure enough, someone constructs a bar around us. Well, the day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Brasky yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found 'em!'"

where is this one?

9/23/2008 9:27:14 AM
vaginica

I'll take The rapists for 500!

9/5/2008 5:24:26 PM
Plaidrabbit

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