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.
and when you re you have to lug your own camera around. you have to do your own sound. you have to do your own editing. and it was beyond my skill level. someone put this in all capital letters and i thought i was supposed to yell it. did you ever say to yourself maybe i should have pursued that journalistic career? never. but you like to play it? i like to make fun of it. which made me wonder what if our roles had been reversed. if this news thing doesn t work out for me, what do you think? do you think i have some potential on the big screen? it s a great interview with you. great to meet you. if you were ron burgandy right now interviewing wolf blitzer, what would you ask? what would you say? first of all, ron would be ron would be a little nervous to be in your presence because he s been out of the news game for a while and he he would probably be like, well, i m here now with of course the
makeup, they never touch the hair. you know that. don t touch the hair. don t touch the hair ever. or you re fired. very sensitive. yep. an while ron burgandy may not be my look-alike, ferrell said he was modelled after another news anchor he saw in a documentary. you know, this all started from a special that i had seen on jessica savage. i get asked all the time if local newscasters are just blown dry news readers, and i say that s not true. she was the first female to be paired with a guy in local news. good evening, i m mort grimm with jessica savage. he had been ten years out of the business and he still talked like this. he still used his newscaster voice. he was saying how you have to remember back then i was not very nice to jessica. i was a male chauvinist pig. i liked women but i didn t know that their place was necessarily sitting beside me on
and so we find ron and his loveable team of misfits thrust into the sophisticated world of 24-hour news. so the whole concept of ron burgandy, people now associate you with ron burgandy. with the channel 4 news team, i m ron burgandy. you stay classy, san diego. ron is getting more famous than i am, which that s okay. i can live with that. ron s thrilled. he s finally getting his due. he s got that red jacket, very impressive jacket. the mustache. the mustache. did you ever go with a fuller mustache? do you see any ron burgandy here? any similarities? i do have the little mustache. you have that but you d really have to give it let it go. i was going to wear a red sportcoat. but you have your established look. do you notice the red tie? i do. a very nice touch. a little ron burgandy, i m assuming. and your hair looks great. your hair looks great. that s the most important factor. and you know what, when i get my makeup, we all have to get