Comic genius: Will Ferrell is not just a funny guy.Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Flattery Adams, Jack toady to his employer. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] Amaziah fawningly complains of Amos to King Jeroboam. [O.T.: Amos 7:10] bolton one who flatters by pretending humility. [Br. Hist. , and Will Ferrell John William "Will" Ferrell (born July 16, 1967[1]) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, impressionist, writer and actor who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, is a master of imitation (think of his Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL impersonations of George W. Bush and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (born as Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek [1] on July 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American television personality and game show host, best known as the host of the game show Jeopardy! since September 10, 1984. ). But now it's his comedy video Web site FunnyOrDie.com that's being imitated. Started in 2007 by Ferrell and Saturday Night Live writer Adam McKay, FunnyOrDie has been so successful, its parent company, Or Die Networks, has spun off other sites using the same business model. These include skateboarder-entrepreneur Tony Hawk's ShredOrDie.com and a celebrity chefs' site called EatDrinkOrDie.com. While there are tons of funny sites and videos on the Web, there aren't many with the number of viewers or celebrity content of FunnyOrDie.com. Ferrell's site averages more than 6 million viewers a month and streams over 100 million top comedian and celebrity videos a month. The first video on the site, The Landlord, had 60 million viewers and featured McKay's 2-year-old daughter. Pearl, playing Ferrell's angry landlord. FunnyOrDie also is a place where aspiring comedians can submit their own videos and viewers vote on them--the funniest videos remain, while the rest, well, die. Beyond being the funny guy we see in movies like the summer hit Land of the Lost and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard scheduled for release in early fall, Ferrell is also a savvy businessman. As a board member of Or Die Networks, he provides daily creative input and weighs in on company initiatives. FunnyOrDie's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dick Glover credits the site's success to Ferrell's active participation. Ferrell doesn't believe in bootstrapping Bootstrapping A procedure used to calculate the zero coupon yield curve from market figures. Notes: Since the T-bills offered by the government are not available for every time period, the bootstrapping method is used to fill in the missing figures in order to derive the to his name or having a vanity site, Glover says. What does he believe in? Providing a quality product. Oh, and being funny. |
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