Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[michele]

San Diego KGTV Channel 10 news anchor Jack White's photo appears on the wall in the newsroom.

[bernard]

The title 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' appears to have been inspired by the 2001 documentary, 'Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy'.

[carl]

Number 4 is featured prominently in the movie: The station is Channel 4. The Channel 4 news team originally has four members. The opposite evening news team also has four members. Burgundy mentions a bank loan being denied to the Human Torch, who is a member of the ''Fantastic 4'' (Marvel's superhero team). When Ron is talking with Fantana from a public phone, on Fantana's desk you can see a 4 x 4 version of a Rubik's Cube. Early in the movie, after the first time we see Ron delivering the news, you can see the screen divided in four, showing "San Diegans" repeating Rons ''Stay classy'' phrase. Behind Ron's desk, there is a piece of advertisement saying Ron Burgundy is #1 in San Diego, it has four pictures of him on it. Baxter is also wearing the Channel 4 "4" on his dog collar.

[claude]

Adam McKay was supposed to have a small cameo as a Network Producer named Aaron Zimmerman, who acted much like Robert Evans, but the idea was cut midway through production. The idea was reprised, however, in the feature introduction commentary to Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004).

[mathew]

Before the news rumble, as Wes Mantooth's news team rides their bikes into the alley, a graffiti tag on the wall says "Channel 9", the name of Mantooth's news team.

[clayton]

Ron Burgundy sings "Afternoon Delight". The same song was played in Starsky & Hutch (2004), which also starred Vince Vaughn.

[jamie]

Ron's dog is named after Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), WJM news anchor of Mary Tyler Moore (1970).

[steve]

Will Ferrell graduated from college with a degree in Journalism. He anchored the local news a few times before breaking into comedy.

[tom]

Will Ferrell's character, Ron Burgundy, was inspired by veteran Detroit WDIV-TV broadcaster Mort Crim (1978-1997).

[christina]

John C. Reilly was offered a role, but turned it down because he was filming The Aviator (2004). He says that he regrets the decision. He was cast in a cameo in the sequel.

[frances]

One of Brian Fantana's colognes is called Lime Prop.

[jesse]

Paul Thomas Anderson was originally a producer on the project.

[ivan]

The "battle scene" references the opening scene of West Side Story (1961). To add to this, Vince Vaughn wears a yellow jacket in the scene, which the characters of Tony and Riff wear in that film, during the pivotal dance scene (in which Tony meets Maria).

[ethel]

Some cameos include: Seth Rogan, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Danny Trejo, Tim Robbins, Judd Apatow, Luke Wilson, and Director Adam McKay.

[kenneth]

Many of the actors and actresses were good at improvisation. They would sometimes do up to 20 different versions of reaction lines, trying out the first thing that popped into their heads.

[ray]

Amy Poehler was completely cut out of the movie.

[ivan]

A sequel was pitched to Paramount Pictures, but was initially rejected. Will Ferrell later announced that "Anchorman" would get a sequel that released on December 20, 2013.

[kenneth]

Judd Apatow: When Brian Fantana hits on Veronica in the news office while wearing Panther cologne, Apatow says that the cologne smells like: "A turd covered in burnt hair".

[frances]

This film had been pitched to DreamWorks almost 20 times before, following the successes of Old School (2003) and Elf (2003). DreamWorks had little faith in the film, doubting Will Ferrell and Adam McKay could pull off an entire film based on news anchors. The film grossed $84 million domestically, and McKay had so much extra footage he was able to make a second film out of it.