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TO A MAN A BIG DEAL TO
"ANCHORMAN" FANS.
>> WHEN I WAS A TYPICAL 1972
MALE CHAUVENIST ANCHOR AND I
LIKED WOMEN BUT I WASN'T SURE
THAT THEIR PLACE WAS NECESSARILY
SITTING BESIDE ME --
>> THAT'S MORT CRIMM IN A
LIFETIME DOCUMENTARY ABOUT
PIONEERING ANCHOR WOMAN JESSICA
SAVITHC.
>> HE SAID BACK THEN I WAS A
REAL MALE CHAUVENIST PIG.
I DID NOT LIKE WOMEN, AND THAT'S
KIND OF THE GENESIS OF US
SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: WE SAT DOWN WITH
THE ACTOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN
AN EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO THE
FILM.
THIS MUST BE TRIPPING, A MUSEUM
EXHIBIT IN AN ACTUAL MUSEUM
DEDICATED FOR YOU AND THIS FILM.
>> BIZARRE.
THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB
OF OR DIVING, YOU KNOW, THE OLD
NEWS STATIONS AND THE NEWS
TEAMS, AND WE WERE -- WE WEREN'T
FAR OFF THE MARK WITHOUT EVEN
KNOWING IT.
>> YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN
REALIZE, FIRST OF ALL, HOW MUCH
PAUL RODD'S CHARACTER, HIS
ENTIRE WARDROBE IS GERALDA
RIVERA.
>> EXACTLY.
>> I HAPPEN TO REGARD THIS AS
THE BEST COMEDY OF THE LAST
DECADE.
>> WELL, YOU'RE WRONG.
>> WHICH ONE?
>> I THINK IT'S "*** CALL."
>> I THINK THAT ACTUALLY CAME
OUT TOP FIVE.
>> THAT WAS MORE THAN TEN YEARS
AGO.
>> OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, NEVER MIND.
>> I THINK IT WAS LATE '90s.
>> I THINK IT'S TIMELESS SO I
THROW IT INTO MANY DIFFERENT
TIME PERIODS.
>> I LOVE SCOTCH.
THAT IS GOOD.
>> YOU'RE ON.
>> "ANCHORMAN."
>> IT WASN'T INITIALLY RECEIVED
AS WHAT IT HAS BECOME.
>> NO.
IT WAS -- IT WAS A MODEST HIT IN
THE THEATERS WHEN IT FIRST CAME
OUT.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY
DIVISIVE IN A WEIRD WAY.
HI FRIENDS WHO WOULD SAY THAT IS
THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE EVER
SEEN, AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE LIKE
I DON'T GET IT, AND I -- I HAD A
REALLY GOOD FRIEND WHO WENT ON A
DOUBLE DATE, AND THE OTHER
COUPLE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
MOVIE.
>> THEY LEFT?
>> THEY ACTUALLY LEFT AND WALKED
OUT AND SAID THIS IS TOO WEIRD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE'S A GANG FIGHT WITH NEWS
PEOPLE, AND IT GOES INTO
ANIMATION, LIKE, COME ON.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO FUN.
IT KIND OF NOW HAS A LEGENDARY
STATUS, BUT IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T
START THAT WAY.
>> 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
TO COMPETE WITH -- WITH WHAT IS
NOW PRETTY MUCH MODERN DAY NEWS.
AND IS THERE ANYBODY THAT RON
BURGUNDY IS SPECIFICALLY
MODELLED AFTER?
>> JUST AN AMALGAMATION OF ALL
THE LOCAL NEWS GUYS I WATCHED
GROWING UP.
EVEN THOUGH WE -- YOU RUN INTO
PEOPLE IN LOCAL NEWS, AND THEY
SAY I BET I KNOW WHO THAT IS
BASED ON.
>> THAT'S WHY I ASK.
>> EVERYBODY OWNS IT.
A GUY IN L.A., LOCAL GUY, HAROLD
GREEN, WHO WAS IN SAN DIEGO.
HE WENT TO L.A.
USED TO HAVE A MUSTACHE, AND I
RANDOMLY RAN INTO HIM IN THE
STREET ONE DAY, AND HE WAS LIKE
THAT MOVIE IS BASED ON ME, ISN'T
IT?
I GO, NO.
AND HE GOES THERE'S AN OLD
SAYING IN THE NEWS GAME, YEAH,
RIGHT, AND HE WALKED AWAY SO HE
WAS CONVINCED THAT IT'S BASED ON
HIM.
>> THAT'S A GOOD LINE.
>> YEAH.
>> I THINK WE USE IT IN THE
SEQUEL.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT MY
PROFESSION THAT IS INHERENTLY
AMUSING?
>> I THINK ON-AIR JOURNALISTS
ARE -- TRY TO BE MORE HUMAN AND
HAVE A FEW MORE LAUGHS, DO
THE -- DO THE SPECIAL INTEREST
STORE AS I LITTLE MORE, AND WHEN
IT'S TIME TO DELIVER HARD NEWS,
YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, ARE SERIOUS,
BUT I THINK IT'S A PROFESSION
THAT'S BASED ON BEING SERIOUS,
HAVING GOOD HAIR.
YOUR HAIR LOOKS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE IN MY
PROMOS.
>> AND THAT'S A FUN WORLD TO
MAKE FUN OF.
>> YEAH.