Between Two Ferns valiantly attempts to branch out beyond its iconic interview segments, but ultimately the best parts are still Zach Galifianakis vs. the A-List.
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis launched on the sketch comedy website Funny or Die back in 2008. The premise is pretty simple: the show uses public access production values while comedian Zach Galifianakis plays a deadpan, cutting interviewer talking to celebrities. A typical interaction will be something like Galifianakis asking Ben Stiller if he ever thought about going into comedy like his parents, and Stiller quietly stewing. The premise works because not only does Galifianakis have great comic delivery and timing, but because it works as a surreal, inverse take on the fawning celebrity interview. It lets us indulge …
Between Two Ferns: The Movie hits Netflix on September 20th, and director Scott Aukerman is joined by star Lauren Lapkus to preview all the jokes.
Between Two Ferns: The Movie hits Netflix on September 20th, and director Scott Aukerman is joined by star Lauren Lapkus to preview all the jokes.
Netflix has released the trailer for Between Two Ferns: The Movie. Based on the long-running Funny or Die sketch series where Zach Galifianakis dryly insults his famous guests and asks them humiliating questions, the feature-length film will see Galifianakis and his “crew” (fellow comic actors Lauren Lapkus, Ryan Gaul, and Jiavani Linayo) hitting the road to regain his “reputation” after almost killing Matthew McConaughey during an interview. This means interviewing other famous people and more embarrassing questions. On the one hand, this looks like just a series of Between Two Ferns sketches stitched together by a loose road-…
Over a decade since the comedic improvisational interview series Between Two Ferns first began, Zach Galifianakis returns with a feature film.