--- description: The funnyman squares off against the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer in the battle of the century (or week or whatever). title: This Is the Will Ferrell, Chad Smith Drumoff You've Been Waiting For image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Will Ferrell vs. Chad Smith Drumoff You've Been Looking For  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 1:02 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 1:02 PM CUT Actor/comedian Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith apparently have more in common than looking weirdly similar (especially when dressed in identical clothes): they’re both pretty good percussionists. The two squared off against one another on _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ Thursday for a Fallon-sponsored drum-off. The ensuing antics are pretty great, but what this drum-off really needs…is more cowbell. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/110236/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-chad-smith-drumoff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/110236/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-chad-smith-drumoff/"},"headline":"This Is the Will Ferrell vs. Chad Smith Drumoff You've Been Looking For","datePublished":"2014-05-23T13:02:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:57.469Z","description":"The funnyman squares off against the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer in the battle of the century (or week or whatever)","url":"https://time.com/110236/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-chad-smith-drumoff/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","tonight show","late show","Will Ferrell"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/110236/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-chad-smith-drumoff/","name":"This Is the Will Ferrell vs. Chad Smith Drumoff You've Been Looking For"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Late-Night Highlight: Ferrell And Smith Finally Throw Down","description":"On ‘The Tonight Show,’ Will Ferrell and his celebrity twin, Chad Smith, finally gave us the drum-off/cowbell-of they promised.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/H1SGTlOA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-23T11:41:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/H1SGTlOA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/110236/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-chad-smith-drumoff/","duration":"PT55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/110236/will-ferrell-jimmy-fallon-chad-smith-drumoff/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```