Will Ferrell and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers have a Drum-Off which ends in ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.Of course, since Chad Smith and Will Ferrell look exactly the same (we're not kidding — look at them, it's the same damn person) there are no practical ramifications of the drum-off, hosted Thursday on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show. As Will Ferrell once put it, "there is no Will Ferrell. Only Chad Smith".The comedy actor accepted Smith’s public challenge – promising “the greatest drum v cowbell showdown the world has ever seen” – back in February last year. And on Thursday evening during The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, it finally happened. Donning backwards caps, Kiss T-shirts and those collarless leather jackets that US musicians and actors of a certain stature tend to prefer, the battle (aided by ghost drummer Questlove who was stood to the right of Ferrell) begins neck and neck. That's until the Anchorman star brings out his cowbell and the rest of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, for a rendition of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper.After a heated back-and-forth that included an exchange of Instagram videos, the pair finally agreed to do the drum-off for charity, with Ferrell raising money for Cancer for College and Smith for Little Kids Rock, respectively.So does Ferrell, whose previous percussion experience largely consists of playing the cowbell on "SNL" while wearing a super tiny shirt, have what it takes to defeat a professional drummer?Let's just say that after this, we need more drum-offs.
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