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The Strangest Junket Interview I’ve Ever Seen... Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, And... A Ninja?!

Published at:  Mar 29, 2007 7:53:44 AM CDT

Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.

Thanks to “Max Power” for the heads-up on this one.

I think the junket process is just plain silly, and it’s got to be even sillier when you’re the person being interviewed.

But this one takes the cake. I’ve heard of Ask A Ninja before, but I’ve never watched it. I have no idea how this happened, but I would imagine it must have woken Ferrell and Heder up a bit after being asked 10,000 times in a row, “So what was it like to work together?”

This may not be “news,” but it’s certainly worth a peek if you want to see someone pretty much fart in the face of every single Byron Allen in the business:






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  • Mar 29, 2007 8:06:40 AM CDT

    Brilliant!

    by thalya

    And first!

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  • Mar 29, 2007 8:20:40 AM CDT

    All interviews should be like that!

    by austin1378

    the one thing that sucks about watching making of films all the time is that it repeats the same info over and over again. This was nice for it gave the actors a chance to be themselves and let go. Now we just need Ask a Nija to do intrview the cast of Ocean 13 just so we can see what would happen when he is in the same room as George Clooney.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 8:22:54 AM CDT

    shows...

    by thebort

    ...that jon heder and will ferrell arent always that funny without a script.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 8:32:21 AM CDT

    Fan of Ask a ninja since first entry

    by the_maxx

    It rocks so hard!!, check out the mono one about Pirates of the Caribean 2, genius!

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  • Mar 29, 2007 8:33:35 AM CDT

    Farrell doesn't like someone being more funny then him

    by talkbacker with no name

    it seems. haha brilliant!

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  • Mar 29, 2007 9:14:17 AM CDT

    My favorite line:

    by the heathen

    "I believe that was Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo and Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights - BOTH of them sucked!"


    The way he delivered the line was awesome. I agree that Heder and Ferrell's blades looked dull compared to the razor edged wit of the Ninja! (all puns intended unfortunately)

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  • Mar 29, 2007 9:26:51 AM CDT

    Is this Will Farrell's brother? They seem like twins...

    by snake foreskin

    The Ninja is a funny guy. Puts all SNL skits from the last decade to shame.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 9:44:25 AM CDT

    "Blades on your foot?"

    by kikuchiyoboy

    That made me giggle.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 9:49:34 AM CDT

    Seriously?

    by dokkalvar

    I mean people actually laughed at that? WOW.. just wow. I could maybe see this funny in an Andy Kaufman way. Actually no, I can't.
    Lame, lame bit.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 11:16:39 AM CDT

    Gotta name each handle of a nunchuck

    by scienceman

    Effing brilliant

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  • Mar 29, 2007 11:38:40 AM CDT

    love the ask a ninja

    by spacekicker2001

    His videos are hilarious!

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  • Mar 29, 2007 11:40:55 AM CDT

    That ninja is awesome.

    by -guyinthebackrow

    John Heder: "I do NOT look forward to that."

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  • Mar 29, 2007 12:07:00 PM CDT

    Makes me want to go play ninja gaiden

    by conespinner

    I was sitting there thinking the ninja was jon heder the whole time. never seen the "ask a ninja" before

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  • Mar 29, 2007 12:15:21 PM CDT

    John Heder

    by purplemonkeydw

    I usually do not think he is funny, but I have to admit, he was pretty quick to answer on the Blade question...'No Glory'. Well done sir.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 12:31:13 PM CDT

    will ferrell

    by emeraldboy

    doesnt do interviews as himself anymore. The Jury is out on his career. Ferrell Seems to do the same thing in every film bar stranger than fiction.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 12:59:06 PM CDT

    "now when you say kill everyone does that mean...

    by datascream

    ...the entire state of Califo-" "No actually it goes a little further then that" I loled

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  • Mar 29, 2007 2:11:58 PM CDT

    Clever

    by fabulous freak

    Pacing seems to be edited to make responses quick, but thats nothing new. Anyways, ninja interviews are all the rage these days. I hear E! started providing ninja outfits to reporters, and Barbara Walters now carries shuriken to every interview.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 2:16:55 PM CDT

    black ice

    by mr. brownstone

    that made me lizaff.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 2:17:23 PM CDT

    Why this happened

    by dwarves

    Go to the askaninja website and they posted disclaimer that the interview takes place due to the advertising on their web page. Still cool as shit, the guy is one witty mother fucker...some of the best comedy writing I've seen in a while comes from ask a ninja.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 2:21:36 PM CDT

    great, great interview

    by spencertrilby

    that's qo good to see fun stuff coming out of these boring junkets.

    As for the Ocean's 13 junket, in 2001 part of the cast has been interviewed by a french comic guy named Raphael Mizrahi, while promoting Ocean's 11. The guy is notoriously unfunny, and somehow Pitt and Damon (I think Clooney wasn't there that day) managed to make it brilliant. So if that fuckin awesome ninja does the interview, it could end up as a classic!

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  • Mar 29, 2007 3:21:14 PM CDT

    Awesome

    by ewokstew

    That Ninja was funnier than Ferrell and Heder put together. Didn't learn much about the movie, but who cares.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 3:48:46 PM CDT

    HEHE

    by max_power239

    I didn't think this would actually get posted, I wasn't going to submit it but I figured what the hell. The Ninja did a review of Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest which is worth checkin out, but all in all, most of the skits are pretty damn funny.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 4:05:06 PM CDT

    NINJA'S GOTTA KILL!!!

    by screamster101

    it's true... look and see...

    http://realultimatepower.net/

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  • Mar 29, 2007 4:28:22 PM CDT

    I'll allow embedded videos on AICN

    by coursinlarry

    As long as they're as funny as that.

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  • Mar 29, 2007 5:04:03 PM CDT

    What real ninja's eat

    by max_power239

    In case you were wondering http://www.ninjaburger.com/

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  • Mar 30, 2007 5:23:13 AM CDT

    Who the hell does this ninja think he is...

    by sasquatch with a swatch watch

    Hijacking Will Ferrel's entire persona? No wonder Will looks a little flustered. I haven't seen such blatant comic thievery since Craig Kilborne became Dennis Miller with busier hair.

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  • Mar 30, 2007 12:41:52 PM CDT

    Ferrell is great but he was pissed

    by liljuniorbrown

    I think he was pissed because as Sasquatch posted this guy had to have sat down one day after watching Anchorman and said, if Ron Burgandy was a Ninja doing interviews....... I think Ferrell was trying to out him when he asked about the accent.He even sounded like Ferrell. I guess what i'm saying is this guy was hysterical but in a "I'm the funniest Will Ferrell character,Will Ferrell's never done" kind of way.

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  • Mar 30, 2007 3:01:24 PM CDT

    Ask a Ninja - $300k deal

    by trader groucho 2

    Ferrell's still making a lot more $$$ than that, as is Heder. The AAN guy has been honing that one character for a couple of years now, so of course he's quick with his shit. I'm taking nothing away from the guy; it's a funny character. The press thing is not a place where the actors normally expect to suddenly have to be doing an improvised bit with a character (as opposed to a passive-aggressive/jealous/fawning critic), and Ferrell and Heder both looked a bit zonked, like they'd just spent three mind-numbing hours with the David Sheehans and Richard Roepers of the TV journalism world.

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