A highly anticipated ’70s basketball comedy.
A sizzling cross-country comedy tour.
Is it us, or is it getting hot in here?
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But the crowd thats come out on this frigid February night expects to see Ferrell bring the funny.
He shakes his head.
This is insane, he says.
I dont know how the rock bands do it.
Fairly or not, a few reviewers and moviegoers will ding the actor for plagiarizing his own shtick inSemi-Pro.
But Ferrell knows its fruitless to obsess too much over backseat career management.
Hes passed on aTootsie-like golf comedy and a beach-volleyball movie calledBronze God.
Im like, Oh, and I go up against all the short jockeys?
I was like, Ill keep it in mind.
Ive been telling people I want to do a movie about a hot-air-balloon enthusiast.
Its a little more erudite, but its still a sport or, you know, sporting.
I get a lot of blank looks.
No one laughs at that, ever.
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All the traditional ways people look at careers ascending or not going well none of it applies.
So long as the work is interesting to him, hes fine any way you cut it.
