Since making its debut at the start of the 2022-2023 NFL season, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce has quickly amassed a large and engaged fan following, as the two brothers and Super Bowl champions pull back the curtain on life in the NFL with entertaining insights from a combined 24 years in the league, as well as share personal stories from their day to day lives.
The weekly digital series continues to rank amongst the most popular podcasts, regularly reaching #1 overall on both the Apple and Spotify podcast charts. The show was also recently named Podcast of the Year at the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards.
In today’s episode, legendary comedian and actor Will Ferrell guests, and they discuss everything from Will’s recent public stunts to his favorite memories on SNL to which football position he thinks each of his different characters would play.
Plus, he gives relationship advice acting as different characters he’s played. Whether you’re a fan of sports, comedy, or both, you don’t want to miss this one!
Will Ferrell: A graduate of the University of Southern California, Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, where he made his school’s daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. He started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improvisation group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and former Saturday Night Live (1975) repertory players such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers.
It was there he met Chris Kattan and the two became good friends and both went on to Saturday Night Live (1975) later. He has also appeared on several television programs, including Strangers with Candy (1999), Grace Under Fire (1993) and Living Single (1993) during his time at The Groundlings. Will also lent his voice to the armless and legless dad of cartoon family “The Oblongs”.
In 1995 he became a feature cast member at Saturday Night Live (1975) during the show’s rapid re-casting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season.
However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest Saturday Night Live (1975) cast member ever.
During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. He has appeared in every Saturday Night Live (1975) movie since his premiere on the show in 1995.
In 2002 he left Saturday Night Live (1975) and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of the season finale show. Since leaving the show Will has pursued a career in films. In 2000, he married Viveca Paulin, and lives in L.A.
