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Will: Okay, well, let me go to my truck.
Will: We'll get this... Seth: Well, hopefully we'll get this sorted out.
Will: We'll get this sorted out. Seth: ...I don't want to say that your job is on the line here, but your job is on the line.
Seth: I don't know, what do you need? Will: What do you need?
Seth: You know what? You asked me if we had... Will: Okay, hold on.
Will: I'll be- Give me fifteen. I'll be right back.
Mike: So, if you guys are wondering how much Will Ferrell is still is-
involved in Funny or Die, you can see we- he's been diminished to the role of just tech supervision.
Mike: That he does sometimes well and sometimes not so well as today as...
Seth: That's not- Elbows, that is not gonna...
Will: This got- Yeah, this got discontinued.
Seth: No, I didn't know. Chris: This is a Michigan crowd.
Mike: It's fitting that Elbow is suggesting using a now
irrelevant video game apparatus to save the day here.
Seth: Yup. You know what? He's all- I gave him a lot of guff, but he's really a lovable lunk.
Mike: Can- Can Elbow sit for a few minutes so we can ask him about his non-computer advisory role?
Seth: I- Well, we'll see. I mean, work with Elbow, you just never know.
Will: Hey, look. Look what I found.
WIll: Have you seen those before?
Seth: We got a loose ball here.
Seth: Wait, here. I'm gonna shake my balls.
Mike: So- So, Elbow, has brought in some Espys Funny or Die did not win to- to try and solve things.
Thanks for joining us, Will/Elbows.
I know you don't have tons of time, but
I'm curious that if you could kinda talk about if you,
you know, now Funny or Die is going on four years since you guys released The Landlord
and really that video existed before the rest of this site did.
If you could talk a little bit about, you know, where-
Are you surprised at what Funny or Die has grown into now four years later
where we have offices all across the country and,
you know, these students here at Michigan have been talking to them the last few days, they're-
they seem really excited about the things that we're doing.
Are you surprised that it's kind of unfolded this way?
Will: Well, unfortunately, Funny or Die has been a huge disappointment to us.
We- We thought it'd be bigger.
Yeah, we thought, you know- we thought we'd have more inroads into China.
Yeah, we thought, you know- we thought we'd have more inroads into China.
Seth: Didn't it- Doesn't your mission statement use the word World Domination?
Seth: And in parentheses say We're Not Kidding? Will: We're Not Kidding.
Will: No, it's actually- it's kind of hard to believe how quickly it's grown.
And four years is a long time, but it kinda- we were-
We're basically shooting a video at my house with Adam McKay's daughter
and taking about an hour to do it on an afternoon because we need content for the site. And then
To now be chatting via Skype to people at Michigan, that was really the goal.
Seth: Like, you've all ready- you've said if we can reach forty kids in Michigan...
Will: It's all about the Upper Peninsula.
Will: So, no. It's pretty remarkable what's gotta happen.
Mike: You guys have any questions for Will while he's here?
Chris: I- You'll have to repeat the question. We can't hear very well.
Mike: He was asking if- if some of the distribution methods that we've kind of
honed over the last four years are going to kind of speed to larger, macro
movements amongst our distribution, you know, with online content and probably more traditional content as well.
Seth: You've just hit Will's favorite topic.
Will: I love talking about methods of distribution.
Seth: Will's got... Multiplatform tattooed on his back.
Will: Are you talking about drug distribution?
Mike: ...on the principles are the same.