Images are allover the Internet hyping Nike SBs “Ron Burgundy” Dunk Low, a sneaker that is hitting retail this month. The sneaker takes inspiration from Will Ferrell’s character from Anchorman (which we voted as the funniest movie of all time), and it looks quite nice. Unfortunately for those holding down a pair of super limited Nike SB Dunk Low Shanghais, these are almost the same thing. Does this drop the value of your kicks? Probably, but you should have skated them anyway, so file that under a “Y.P.”.
Nike SB prides itself on never repeating colorways, so the “Ron Burgundys” are kind of a way around re-creating the Shanghais. Hit the jump for our favorite repeats, ’cause keeping the O.G.s isn’t only difficult, it’s retarded.
TITLE: Eastbound & Down: The Complete First Season
GENRE: Comedy/Sports
STARS: Danny McBride, Katy Mixon, Will Ferrell, Craig Robinson
FUN FACT: Fans speculate that Kenny Powers is based on MLB bad boys like John Rocker, John Kruk, and Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams, but McBride says that he’s simply a “greatest hits of all of the shamed ballplayers.”
WHY COMPLEX IS CO-SIGNING IT: We’re on Danny McBride’s jock—his horny, arrogant, racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, foul-mouthed, drugged-out, washed-up jock, Kenny Powers, that is. McBride, who stood out in The Foot Fist Way, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder, is pitch perfect as the disgraced and penniless former Major League Baseball star flame-thrower who’s forced to live amongst the little people and teach physical education at his middle school while he tries to make a comeback. Eastbound has filthy humor on the reg, Katy Mixon’s super twos on the reg, Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson guest appearances on the reg, and all sorts of other cool shit on the reg. The first season of this HBO gem—six half-hour episodes—leaves us wanting more, but when a pitcher who throws “faster than fuck” hurls a perfect game, they don’t dick around about it, they just bring the heat, get in and get out. If you’re not going to bat for this series, quite simply, you’re fuckin’ out!
Is the jig up for Will Ferrell? Seems like yesterday that Silly Willie was on top of the box-office world, but it appears his reign might be coming to an end. With his latest, Land of the Lost, flopping harder than Pau Gasol this past weekend, it may be time for Mr. Ferrell to reassess his film career. Dude’s already made a hundred thousand trillion playing the same role over and over again (even on our cover!), so there’s no reason he can’t parlay that character into other potential jobs. Here, then, are six new careers for Will Ferrell…
Our homieWill Ferrell’s in town this weekend to host Saturday Night Live for the second time. Dude was a castmember on the show for seven years (1995-2002) and has to be considered alongside Jim Belushi, Bill Murray and Chris Farley when you talk about its all-time greats. In honor of Will’s return to the Big Apple, we dug deep in the vaults to present a few of his Funniest SNL Sketches…
George W. Bush is the gift that keeps on giving. For most of the world, that gift is like herpes'it’s gonna be around forever, but with the right medicine, we can treat the symptoms and it’ll definitely make us think twice about going around fucking anything we see.
But for Will Ferrell, Dubya’s more like a money tree. Ferrell’s one-man play You’re Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush opened last week to packed houses, and has pulled in a strong $837,353 so far. Look, we’re not blaming dude for cashing in on the rest of the world’s misery; in fact, look out for Complex’s ensemble piece Skull Gang: On the Road with the Khmer Rouge later this year (it kills). But until then, check out the best of Ferrell’s run as our nation’s 43rd president.
Complex cover dude Will Ferrell stars in Old Spice’s latest batch of commercials as his Semi-Pro character Jackie Moon. Here are all eight spots, one funnier than the next. 98, 99, 100.
Far from amateurs, and always professional, that’s how we get down at Complex. Our cover subjects have been known to deliver the seasons’ best comedies (We see you Seth Rogen). So we kept it consistent for our Feb/March issue, pairing Semi-Pro stars Will Ferrell and Andre Benjamin on our cover. They had plenty to say about their new ABA-inspired comedy, groupies and haters. And when it came to the photo shoot they left it all on the court. This quote from Ferrell's publicist should give you some insight as to what went down: “Will doesn't think it's violent enough. Can he slam himself face-first through the hoop?” Click on the pic below to see for yourself. Till you see the rest of the issue, enough said.
Besides the cover story, our stomach-knot inducing N-Word Matrix, the L Word's Sapphic siren Sarah Shahi, and interviews with Jordan design O.G Tinker Hatfield, round out our lifestyle side of the book. As always this cover is one of two. Want to check the heat on the cover of our always progressive, never behind-product guide? Stay tuned for that tomorrow. ‘08 has arrived. We're here for the championship rings.
