Paul McCartney Crashes Will Ferrell's SNL Monologue as Chad Smith Revives 10-Year Lookalike Joke
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Updated · Billboard · May 17
Paul McCartney Crashes Will Ferrell's SNL Monologue as Chad Smith Revives 10-Year Lookalike Joke
11 articles · Updated · Billboard · May 17
Paul McCartney took over the back half of Will Ferrell’s May 16 SNL monologue, stepping in from the audience and insisting the host was actually Chad Smith.
Chad Smith had already opened the season-finale monologue by posing as Ferrell, reviving the pair’s long-running celebrity lookalike bit before the real host interrupted him.
Ferrell tried to reset by taking audience questions, but McCartney extended the joke onstage, basking in applause for his catalog and telling Ferrell to get behind the drums.
McCartney later performed a three-song set — “Days We Left Behind,” “Band on the Run” and “Coming Up” — with Smith appearing again on drums.
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