The 10 Best Will Ferrell Skits of All-Time

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"¦

44 Comments

bono212

Even if all the skits are gone, since I'd already seen then, it was nice to laugh at the memories

Posted on 4/27/2008 4:49:01 PM

johnvince

Yeah this golden age was before he played the same character in every movie he ever made. John C Reilly just proved with Dewey Cox that it can be done better with real talent. Whoo hoo Wil Ferrel is an idiot in this movie, how FRESH!

Posted on 4/23/2008 11:41:17 AM

blake18

And this is why Youtube sucks a big fat cock. They take down all the good clips. Fuckers.

Posted on 4/18/2008 9:30:13 PM

iheartkeys

i know darell hammond stole celebrity jeopardy, i think it should still be on here.

Posted on 4/7/2008 4:41:06 PM

Diane

Can anyone PLEASE tell me where I can find the fake ad that Will Ferrell did running for senator. He referenced to having his genitals burned off in a fire and having phantom pains where his genital used to be! ANYONE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

Posted on 4/3/2008 7:30:29 PM

yahitsucks

youtube always removes the best videos, they should just screw the copyright and give people what they want to see

Posted on 3/15/2008 6:34:19 PM

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Posted on 3/5/2008 1:53:55 PM

kodak123

Everyone here is very right. Simply put, remove this page from your site. Ive seen his SNL DVD and its unreal(sorry to say volume 2 wasn't nearly as strong), but the point here is. . remove the page, its basically irrelevant if the links dont work. to everyone else. . rent, or better yet own the DVD. genius.

Posted on 3/4/2008 11:11:35 PM

Peepee

Yo man u can't see any of those videos u posted..pssht!?!*sighs*

Posted on 3/3/2008 3:15:16 AM

tessa

all his best skits are on best of snl go rent the dvd btw Harry Carey is the best....

Posted on 2/20/2008 9:53:59 AM

anonymous

NBC took all the youtube vids down cause of copyright

Posted on 2/17/2008 7:23:29 AM

James

Why in the hell do ya bother offering the videos if they're never available.

Posted on 2/17/2008 4:36:22 AM

john

nice list but bad doctor 2 should have been on here somewhere.

Posted on 2/4/2008 8:57:51 PM

crazymufu

where are the fucking skits at you fucking assholes?

Posted on 1/30/2008 5:24:15 PM

JasonF

Ferrel doesn't own those skits. SNL (or rather whoever produced it) does.

Posted on 1/30/2008 11:28:12 AM

Accoch63

What the heck? All the vids have been removed from youtube. This gives rise to the conclusion that Ferrell is a dick who doesn't want his skits seen.

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Posted on 1/17/2008 6:08:31 AM

thischarming man

I think a better version of "Get Off The Shed" was The "Stay On The Bag" which had Ferrel as a dad watching his son in a little league game and berating him to STAY ON THE BAG. It's almost as if they worked out the kinks to the "Shed" sketch and no Christine Baranski to ruin it.

Posted on 1/15/2008 11:26:16 PM

Courtney

I'll read this when I don't have to go searching for these videos.

Posted on 1/5/2008 12:01:42 AM

trid666

all links are broken

Posted on 1/4/2008 10:15:50 PM

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The 10 Best Will Ferrell Skits of All-Time

10. Get Off the Shed

9.Gus Chiggins

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7. The H. is O.

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