Brick does not have many lines in the film (you can’t blame someone who has “an IQ of 48”), but he is undoubtedly the thunder that keeps the laughs rolling in. While Anchorman 2 may not be as quotable as its predecessor and has a loose storyline that grows from crazy to what Brick’s brain must be like, it is still densely packed with classic non sequitur jokes and remains, at its core, hilarious.
But unfortunately for Ron, the faster you rise, the greater you fall-quite literally. With coverage of high-speed car chases, split-screen graphics, and sensationalist “news,” Ron Burgundy forever revolutionizes and transforms the news into the crap we see on television today. Armed with this tidbit from Pandora’s box, Ron’s meteoric rise to the top is unstoppable.
Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) is presumed dead, yet appears at his own funeral to everyone’s surprise-including his own.Īfter the team is reassembled, Ron stumbles upon the idea that news networks should give viewers what they want to hear and not what they need to hear. Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) is portrayed to be a pornography photographer but turns out to be a world famous pussycat photographer. Ron first finds Champ Kind (David Koechner), who has opened a “fried chicken” restaurant, which actually sells “chicken of the cave” (fried bats).
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Like a Shakespearean fool, Ron makes the dumb, yet exceptionally insightful statement that “this is the stupidest idea ever.” After being offered an envelope full of money, Ron takes the job under the condition that he can bring his old news team with him back to New York City.
I don’t care what anybody says.”īefore Ron could do more harm to himself, an agent from GNN (Global News Network)-a satirical amalgamation of CNN and Fox News-tries to recruit him for the world’s first 24-hour cable news network. Of course, Ron doesn’t hesitate to make a joke, even when it comes to the sensitive topic of suicide: “Suicide makes you hungry. He leaves Veronica and his son, is unable to hold any jobs due to his alcoholism and depression, and even manages to massively fail at committing suicide. Consequently, Ron spirals to rock bottom in a fashion similar to Ron’s meltdown in the first movie. Ron and Veronica are briefly both co-anchors at WBC News until Mack Tannen (Harrison Ford) promotes Veronica to be the first female nightly news anchor and fires Ron for being the worst news anchor he has ever seen. Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) are married and have a son named Walter (Judah Nelson). The sequel picks up several years after the happily-ever-after ending of the first film. How “by the beard of Zeus” could director Adam McKay and Ferrell come up with anything more absurd and hilarious than Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy? The gimmicky early marketing campaigns for Anchorman 2 ( Ben & Jerry’s “Scotchy Scotch Scotch” flavor, Ron co-anchoring a local CBS newscast, Ron’s ESPN interview with Peyton Manning) were entertaining but did not alleviate my concerns that Will Ferrell would be saying, “I immediately regret this decision” after opening weekend. I wanted to see Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and the old Channel 4 News Team back together, but I was so certain that they would ruin a classic.
When I first saw the teaser trailer last year, I was filled with mixed emotions. With unforgettable quotes like: “I love lamp,” “60% of the time, it works every time,” and “I’m in a glass case of emotion,” Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) set the bar ridiculously high for the recent sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
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