an anchor set. >> and ron is kind of based on that. >> you know, it was more watching -- remembering from a nostalgic sense of how big the local news anchor used to be. >> with five-time emmy award-winning anchor, ron burgandy. >> are you surprised that it's caused such a sensation? >> i think we had ten -- we were rejected by ten studios in one day. it took three years to get made because we had to convince -- we had to convince these studio heads that, no, this is going to be a funny movie. >> well, that's going to do it for all of us here at channel 4 news. you stay classy, san diego. i'm ron burgandy. dammit, who typed a question mark on the teleprompter? >> there's some funny things but it's not very realistic. >> i thought it was hysterical.