Will Ferrell Announces Starting Lineups At Hornets-Bulls Game, Adds Ridiculous Trivia (VIDEO)

He's played plenty of ridiculous sports figures in his movies, but after Wednesday night's Hornets-Bulls game in New Orleans, Will Ferrell can now add real-life NBA announcer to his resume.

Ferrell offered his services introducing the starting lineups of both teams before the game, and it went about as well as you could expect. See, Ferrell is so busy working on his new political comedy "Dog Fight" with Zach Galifianakis that he just didn't have the time to research every basketball player's alma mater, hobbies and highlights. So instead, he just made some stuff.

Classic Ferrell.

"He doesn't speak a lick of English" and "After retirement he wants to be rodeo clown" are just a couple of the outlandish "facts" the "Blades Of Glory" star rattles off in the clip above. Watch him introduce the Hornets' starting five in his signature bravado there and click here to watch him do his full announcement.

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Comments

[gorgol]

05:52 AM on 02/12/2012

LAME....and TOO TAME....I thought he was going to come out with outlandish comments about the players...

[blurredmolly]

07:08 PM on 02/10/2012

I can't believe he did it with his pants on.

[tqcobb]

04:57 PM on 02/10/2012

great stuff...how many other teams/arenas will be calling for him to do their intro...LMAO

[orcinous]

03:27 AM on 02/10/2012

My favorite Will moment goes way back to SNL when he was an announcer and the teleprompter crashed. He wound up chopping the head off his buddy and had torches lit up on set. Laughed out loud at that one.

[lisakaz2]

11:32 PM on 02/09/2012

Will ought to do a tour of all arenas where he does that.

[Mister President]

09:18 PM on 02/09/2012

Someone had to bring some levity to that train wreck of a team.

[MChile124]

07:01 PM on 02/09/2012

That was funny! I love his recent series of on-the-spot comedy events, it's almost like Andy Kaufman, performance art rather than traditional comedy. But this was like his Jackie Moon character! Bad movie, good character.

[M Smoove]

05:30 PM on 02/09/2012

I've always liked the comedy of Will Ferrell. I think he's one of the most funniest person I've ever seen. He was ridiculously funny lastnight. I would love to seem him bring that act to Madison Square Garden one night. It would be a instant success.

[BobLobblaw]

03:39 PM on 02/09/2012

Oops I've stumbled into the critics section---none of whom are funny. Buh-bye.

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

03:20 PM on 02/09/2012

Exactly as funny as I thought it would be. Will Ferrell is to comedy what root canal is to dentistry.

[fidelcashflo44]

03:50 PM on 02/09/2012

In that he is and was critically important in restoring comedy to its highest potential?

[schneider360]

08:17 PM on 02/09/2012

since going to the dentist is awful and a root canal is the height of awful: will farrel is a comedian and is at the heigh of comedy?

agreed.

[bmwracer]

03:05 PM on 02/09/2012

Hilarious?

Gross exaggeration.

[dmm1047]

02:43 PM on 02/09/2012

Ferrell is not the least bit funny.

[WendellPerrySociety]

05:23 PM on 02/09/2012

at all

[NoWayMan]

02:21 PM on 02/09/2012

mildly funny.
I like will ferrell but IMO he is at his best when he's part of an ensemble.
like mugatu in zoolander.

[roninkai]

02:35 PM on 02/09/2012

His voice over work in Mega Mind was outstanding.

[GraphicMatt]

01:49 PM on 02/09/2012

They were playing this on the radio this morning as I was driving into work. Fortunately it was before I got onto I-95, as I surely would have gotten inot an accident from all the laughing I was doing.

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

03:21 PM on 02/09/2012

That makes one of us.

[GraphicMatt]

03:27 PM on 02/09/2012

Wow! That was SOOO witty. You should be a comedy writer.

[nortipper]

01:37 PM on 02/09/2012

Not "hilarious"--only marginally funny. used to love Will's work, but he's just not that funny anymore-

-bring back the laughs, Will, cuz you are one of the best

[Son of Sensi]

03:41 PM on 02/09/2012

have you seen his one man show, "Bush". amazing