Will Ferrell Revives Bush Send-Up to Promote Political Group in Short Web

[Cocoa]

Interesting article, with some good stuff about their strategy for spreading this around. I'm sure the TV whores are racking their brains trying to come up with an excuse for ignoring this hilarious video.


http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=262219

He's not really the president, but he does approve of this message. While goofball comedic actor Will Ferrell may have enjoyed mimicking the commander in chief on NBC's Saturday Night Live, he evidently is not fond of the real George W. Bush. In an effort to get him out of office, Ferrell has resurrected his beloved Bush character for a short Web film intended to launch this week.

Dubbed "Straight Talk," the Dubya lampoon was created to help promote America Coming Together (ACT), a left-wing issue advocacy group that aims to register voters and elect democrats to office in the November election. The mini movie features Ferrell as the press visiting "White House West" in Crawford, Texas, the real Bush's hometown. It runs a brief 4.5 minutes long and was created to spur volunteers to register with ACT and donate funds to the organization, according to Thomas Gensemer, director of online strategy for ACT.

Unlike former SNL alumnus, Dennis Miller and Janeane Garofalo, both of whom have taken a more serious approach to political punditry of late, Ferrell figured taking a humorous tactic through an entertainment vehicle like a film short "was the best way he could do something to help," Gensemer explained. He said Ferrell was involved in some events in Los Angeles and "expressed an interest in doing something" to assist ACT in its endeavors, so he devoted a weekend to shooting the Bush parody. According to Gensemer, ACT is mentioned in the film in which Dubya's droll doppelganger suggests that viewers, "don't vote and watch Fox News."

ACT is hoping Ferrell mentions the film in upcoming media appearances. The boisterous star was featured recently on NBC's "Last Call" with Carson Daly and "The Ellen Degeneres Show" which is syndicated on NBC and Oxygen Network stations. Ferrell has been promoting the new DreamWorks Pictures comedy, "Anchorman," in which he stars as a '70s-era newscaster with an inflated ego and the hair to match.

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[RodneyCK2]

1. Here is the link to view it...

one of the best.

http://whitehousewest.com/

[justjones]

6. Bwahahahaha!

Don't listen to the liberals who are encouraging people to vote....
Every since this country was founded 1000 years ago....
Classic!
Thanks for posting this clip, and a big thanks to Will Ferrel!

[wittsend]

9. Kick....F***ing Great. Thanks for the Link!

:)

[leeman67]

2. absolute classic!

"Since I was elected, things have been pretty bad."
"CUT!!!!" :D LOL

[ixion]

5. rofl... that was one of my favs, too... awesome clip...

A big thanks to Will Ferrell! :bounce:

[oasis]

3. Bush's regime is at an end. Expect more celebrities to help in that effort

with impunity. The Dixie Chicks ans Whoopi will be vindicated.

[maxsolomon]

4. what a pick me up

thanks will

[Papa]

7. That was pretty funny.

Glad Will is on our side. Everyone should see this. I liked the part when he thought he was being attacked by a horse.

[leeman67]

8. "are you sure it's not a bear or a ...puma?"

LOL!!!!

[susanna]

10. "Someone call Dick Cheney!"

"Help!"

[Flint-oid]

13. More Will Please

Now that he is on our side, we need more video like that

[President Jesus]

11. Will donated $1000 to Dean!

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Ferrell&first=Will

:party:

[Chimpeach]

12. You caught me mending my fences

Don't we all wish?!?

Thanks, Will -- that was great!

[Lisa]

14. I believe Will saw through Bush's "charm offensive" early on ...

During the 2000 campaign, Bush's people tried to get him to appear in a photo-op. Will declined -- and they called the NBC execs to force him to go along. He still refused. He didn't want the show to be co-opted because it would undermine the satirical edge.

Thanks, Will! (I'll be buying "Elf" when it comes out on DVD later this year.)

[Demoiselle]

15. This worries me a little....

I can't make the link to the video work for me...so I'm commenting without having seen it...but I remember reading (somewhere) that Will Ferrell's comical portrayal of Dubya on SNL during the 2000 campaign might have been a small plus for the Chimp....because Will's portrayal, as oafish and idiotic as it was, made him seem LOVEABLE! Loveable and therefore harmless. Ferrell is wonderful, and like every fine actor, manages to make us like him no matter what kind of fool he plays. I actually see very little of Ferrell's loveability in the Chimp, who, imo, is a very dodgy character indeed with a trick tongue, shifty eyes and a mean heart. Any thoughts?

[TroglodyteScholar]

16. kick

:kick: