Jesus, talk about a Web 2.0 media firestorm. Every blog and it's mother is talking about this video right now.
Genius move on Ferrell's part. There are so many video sites popping up these days, guaranteeing cool new features and ways to share video. Problem is, most of the content is fucking terrible. So, if you're already a famous comedic actor, you can easily trump all the programmers and computer geeks out there by simply being funny.
The site Ferrell and Adam McKay (writer of Talladega and Anchorman) created is called Funny or Die, and frankly, as sites go, it's a piece of shit. No functionality, slow as hell, and the rest of videos are pretty damn bad. Still though, they've already received funding from Seqouia Ventures (Google, YouTube, Yahoo, whatevs), and I can pretty much guarantee that your mom will have seen this clip by next week. Ferrell! Gold!
The one annoying thing I've noticed already popping up on a lot of comments I've read is the indignation of many that they used this kid in the video. A two-year old cursing and holding a beer. Oh my God! First of all, Pearl (her real name) is Adam McKay's daughter. Second, two year olds never remember anything they say. And third, McKay is LOADED! I'm sure he gives his daughter a pretty nice life.
Can I have four beers?