Will Ferrell Takes Over a Plane to Announce PayPal’s $10M Checkout Sweeps

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Will Ferrell Takes Over a Plane to Announce PayPal’s $10M Checkout Sweeps

Will Ferrell has a very important announcement. At least, that’s what the comedian tells a flight of travelers in a new ad campaign with PayPal, during which he steals the phone from a flight attendant to alert the crowd to The Great PayPal Checkout. “Use PayPal Checkout online and you could get paid back,” Ferrell, 57, declares in the new ad, which Us Weekly can exclusively debut. “One thousand winners every day… for 100 days.” He continues: “$…

LOL! Will Ferrell Takes Over Airplane Announcements in Funny New PayPal Ad

Will Ferrell is bringing the funny in a new ad campaign for PayPal! In a video that dropped on Thursday, Will is getting the word out about the company’s new sweepstakes, the Great PayPal Checkout. The commercial takes place on an airplane. As a flight attendant makes the usual announcements, Will jumps up and grabs the PA system to let passengers know how they can win money by checking out online with PayPal. Afterward, he suffers an awkward mo…

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