Will Ferrell Wins Webby Award, Mocks Five-Word Acceptance Speech
Adam McKay and Will Ferrell
For some asinine reason, the Webby Awards limit acceptance speeches to just five words. So, it came as no surprise to see Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy mock the constraints when they won a Webby Award. The trio accepted the award for Film and Person of the Year for Funny or Die. Former SNL costar Darryl Hammond presented the award with McKay and Henchy present to discuss the award and their friend Ferrell on stage - before the official five-word acceptance speech.
Then Ferrell interrupted the proceedings via satellite (or maybe video tape) to speak further and ultimately deliver the official acceptance speech, “Thanks for this award. I will put it in my house next to my instructional poetry textbooks, thank you.”