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Of all of the videos I post on this site, it seems like the most commonly featured act is Will Ferrell. Maybe I should call the site Will Ferrell Search! Well, I guess I would never really do that, but you have to give the guy credit for always being “out there.”  He’s a rare talent.

In this clip, he’s crashing the set of a CNBC show called Power Lunch as they are making closing announcements.  It’s live television, and the male host is NOT impressed.  The hostess (Sue Herrera) does a pretty good job of laughing it off, and she even gets a little hot and bothered when he starts kissing her on the set!

I couldn’t stop watching this clip… it’s the perfect combination of embarassing, funny, spontaneous and just all around great!  I don’t think anyone else could pull this off.  I love how half way through the clip, John McEnroe interrupts and tries to reign Will in (I think Will was on John’s show later that evening).  Once Will sees McEnroe, he breaks into an impression of the famous Tennis Star known for his rants on the court every time the umpire made a bad call.  “YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS!”

I also like how the male newscaster really had no idea who Will was at first, and then suddenly realized it was Ferrell and tried to dig into his pop culture knowledge base and spit out “Ladies and gentlemen, Roy Burgundy” – referring to Will’s character RON Burgundy in Anchorman.

My favorite lines (there are many):

“This is live Television”  “This is Live?… well, this just in, GE is bankrupt”

“Sue Herrera… Are we going to make hot Spanish love now? “

“Did you hear the announcement? Dick Gephardt is Vice President.”

“I just wet my pants”

“This is getting spicy”

“John McEnroe and ‘Sting’ ladies and gentlemen!”

“I’m Sting’s Brother”

“The Legendary Roy Burgundy ladies and gentlemen”

“This computer is fake!  All of your computers are fake everybody”

Funny Celebrity Videos, Funny TV Show Clips, Will Ferrell
CNBC, Hot Spanish Love, John McEnroe, Power Lunch, Sue Herrera, Will Ferrell

I try to avoid political and financial talk at all costs in my personal life and on this site whenever possible, but this is just too good. John Stewart goes on an amazingly long and targeted rant about CNBC, and their poor financial predictions over the past few years. I have seen a few clips on YouTube showcasing the so called Wall Street “experts” saying that the market would be just fine as stocks were going down. Through the magic of video and the Internet, they look foolish now! (not that I should talk… I never really thought it would sink this low… but that’s why I don’t go on TV and talk about it).

The premise behind this video is that a CNBC correspondent, Rick Santelli, was supposed to go onto the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and explain his position. He must have canceled at the last minute, because Stewart was very angry, and went off on an 8+ minute rant about the topic. Lots of good lines and clips here, including predictions that many failed/plummeting banks (Bear Stearns, Bank of America, AIG, etc.).

I know that hindsight is 20/20, and it’s easy to judge people based on their opinions when they seemed like sound advice 1-2 years ago. However, these CNBC pundits say their predictions with so much conviction that I think that they deserve to be ridiculed posthumously. When you have a money show on TV, scream into the camera to get attention, and thousands of Americans listen to your advice, you deserve to be ridiculed on a much larger stage than Comedy Central. You should be forced to publicly apologize for being wrong.

Thanks to Tyler for sending in this clip.

Funny Bailout Videos, Funny Celebrity Videos, Jon Stewart
AIG, Bank of America, Bear Sterns, CNBC, Daily Show, Funny Bailout Videos, Jon Stewart