Billy Eichner resurrecting his Billy on the Street series with Will Ferrell in the final days of Kamala Harris‘ 2024 presidential campaign has drawn over 12 million social media views in 24 hours.
The three minute-plus Billy on the Street with Will Ferrell: Loud White Men for Kamala video bowed on Oct. 29 on Eichner’s social media feeds. The segment features Eichner and Ferrell talking to passersby on the streets of New York City in a bid to drive up voting for Harris and running mate Tim Walz ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.
The two comic actors with raised voices encourage New York pedestrians to vote and volunteer for the Harris campaign — or, per a note from Eichner’s publicist, to “do everything we possibly can to protect Americans from Donald Trump in these crucial final days of Early Voting and exactly one week before Election Day.”
The early response to the viral street quiz show revival isn’t surprising given Ferrell’s previous appearances on Billy on the Street earned over 100 million views across social media. The new episode was made possible in a partnership with Vote Save America and Swing Left, among other contributors.
The Billy on the Street revival follows the series airing for five seasons on cable TV — three on Fuse and a final two on TruTV. The series elevated Eichner’s profile and led to Bros., the 2022 gay romantic comedy from Universal and director Nicholas Stoller. It’s been over two years since Eichner resurrected his man-on-the-street franchise in a one-off bid to promote his film Bros. “Will there be more? Maybe on special occasions,” he said at the time. “I’m never going to do it as much as I used to. … But you never know. One might pop up here and there when the time is right.”
Ferrell has not been quiet this election cycle, either. Earlier, the Harris-Walz campaign posted a video of Ferrell imploring one apathetic voter, “Gary,” to remember to vote.
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