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he's had a rough year, a rough couple of year, so it's kind of a redemption story, getting to see what's been behind the scenes going on in his life and how he's overcome a lot of bad press. >> we have to take a look at this film. "anchorman 2." take a look and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> mr. burgundy, we're starting a 24-hour news channel, first of its kind, gnn. >> that is without a doubt the dumbest thing i've ever heard. you mean news going 24 hours around the clock? >> yeah. >> a channel that's never off, in other words. >> yeah. yeah. just 24 hours. it's -- >> no offense, but you are stupid. >> hey, we can relate to that here. 24 hours of news. unfortunately there have been some mixed reviews with this sequel. >> i interviewed the cast of this film. will ferrell talked about how there was so much pressure for this movie, almost a decade in the making. there have been mixed reviews.
>> we left the channel 4 team in good shape at the end of the first movie. how have they been since? >> ron is down and out of the game announcing at dolphin sea world. he's drunk and chastising dolphins in front of children. a producer comes to him with the idea -- >> we're starting a 24 hour news channel, first of its kind, gnn. >> that is without a doubt the dumbest thing i've ever heard. >> so the gang is back together. >> fan tana, what has he been doing. >> the years have been good to him. right there that makes no sense because there's no way that could possibly happen. i'm photographing cats. >> why do you leave that behind? >> logic has never been one of our strong suits. >> things got dark. >> he had a good business going. >> a business with intermittent bouts of homelessness. >> what's veronica see in ron burgundy. >> there's such a vulnerability
>> it was the beginning of the 24-hour channels, and we kind of find ron and his team and what they are doing, and they are kind of give an second chance to get back into the news game by going on the brand-new 24-hour news channel. >> welcome to gnn. >> it's called gnn. >> so it's -- >> completely different. >> completely different. >> right. >> yeah, it's cnn -- isk. >> i don't have any legs, ron. >> what better back group to see ron and his incompetent fellow news team try to compete with what is now pretty much modern day news. >> is there anybody that ron burgundy is modelled after? >> all the local news guys i watched growing up, even though you run into people in local
it has a legendary status, but it definitely didn't start that way. >> we're starting a 24-hour news channel and we want you. >> it was the beginning of the 24-hour channels, and we kind of find ron and his team and what they are doing, and they are kind of given second chance to get back into the news game by going on the brand-new 24-hour news channel. >> welcome to gnn. >> it's called gnn. >> so it's -- >> completely different. >> completely different. >> right. >> i don't have any legs, ron.
>> we're starting a 24-hour news channel, and we want you. >> i'm going to do the thing that god put ron burgundy on this earth to do. have salon quality hair and read the news. >> this film is roughly ten years later. it's 1980 which was the -- the first year for cnn and for espn. it was the beginning of the 24-hour channels, and we kind of find ron and his team and what they are doing, and they are kind of given a second chance to get back into the news game by going on the brand new 24-hour news channel. >> welcome to gnn. >> the global news network. >> like cnn. cnn-esque. >> it's called gnn. >> so it's -- >> completely different. >> completely different. >> right. yeah, it's cnn-esque. >> i don't have any legs, ron. aghh! >> you know what, better backdrop to see ron and his incompetent fellow news team try
>> i'm ready. >> good evening, i'm ron burgandy. >> he just may be the most famous anchorman in america. okay, maybe the second most famous. >> i don't know how to put this, but i'm kind of a big deal. >> will ferrell, and his alter ego, ron burgandy. that lothario of local news first cannon balled his way into television journalism nine years ago in the cult classic "anchorman." >> cap on ball. >> this week he's back in a new sequel. >> i'm a man. i'm an anchorman. >> in the sequel, "anchorman 2," you are no longer in local news. >> no. >> you work for a 24/7 cable news network, is that correct? >> that's exactly correct. we work for gnn. >> no relation to cnn. >> no relation, no relation. to cnn.
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you. frank is the world east most foremost photographer. and then we attend bricks funeral. >> i will not rest until i find his killer. >> which, of course we find out he's not dead. >> why? why did you take him from us? >> you are not dead. >> i'm alive? >> yes. >> ron collects the team and they go back to new york city to begin the launch of gnn. we are starting a 24-hour news channel. first of its kind, gnn. >> that is without a doubt, the dumbest thing i have heard. >> everyone has been against it. no one thinks the concept is going to work. i think the news team will prove they end up kind of mistakingly and through their own