Anchorman

About

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a 2004 comedy film set in the 1970s starring comedian Will Ferrell as news anchor Ron Burgundy.

History

On July 9th, 2004, the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was released in theaters, which centers around the protagonist Ron Burgundy and his relationships with his news team and his love interest Veronica Corningstone (played by Christina Applegate). On June 18th, 2013, a trailer was released for the upcoming sequel Anchorman 2 (shown below, right), scheduled for release in December of that year.

Reception

The film grossed $28.4 million on opening weekend and a total of $90.5 million worldwide, outperforming its $26 million budget. As of June 2013, the film has a 66% rating on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.^[7] The film news website Empire^[8] ranked Ron Burgundy as #26 in their list of “100 Greatest Movie Characters” and rankedAnchorman as #113 in their list of the top 500 films of all time.

Fandom

Online Presence

On February 23rd, 2006, YouTuber Sobe58 uploaded a video featuring Will Ferrell’s audition tape for the film (shown below, left), accumulating over 2.3 million views and 1,100 comments in the first eight years. On July 20th, 2008, YouTuber John Burgandy uploaded a video highlighting several memorable quotes from the film (shown below, right). In the next five years, the video garnered upwards of 1.37 million views and 1,500 comments.

On December 1st, 2011, a Meme Generator^[1] page titled “Anchorman” was created, featuring a screen capture of Ron Burgundy with captions written from the fictional character’s perspective. On March 28th, 2012, Will Ferrell appeared as a guest on the late night talk show Conan while in character as Ron Burgundy. A YouTube upload of the appearance (shown below) gained more than 5.28 million views and 5,300 comments in the following two years.

On the following day, the Internet humor site Funny or Die^[6] highlighted several notable animated GIFs featuring scenes from the film (shown below). In the first two years, the post received over 530,000 views and 6,500 Facebook shares.

As of June, 2013, over 30 pages related to the film have been created on the image macro website Quickmeme,^[5] including “Anchorman I dont know what were yelling about,”^[2]“Anchorman Milk”^[3] and “Anchorman”^[4] (shown below).

Reception

The film grossed $28.4 million on opening weekend and a total of $90.5 million worldwide, out performing its $26 million budget. As of June 2013, the film has a 66% rating on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.^[7] The film news website Empire^[8] ranked Ron Burgundy as #26 in their list of “100 Greatest Movie Characters” and ranked Anchorman as #113 in their list of the top 500 films of all time.

Related Memes

That Escalated Quickly

“That Escalated Quickly” is a memorable quote uttered by Ron Burgundy often used in online discussions and comments as a response to a situation that has quickly gotten out of hand.

Stay Classy

“Stay Classy” is another quote from Burgundy in the film, which is often used as a sarcastic response to an undesirable action.

I’m Kind of a Big Deal

“I’m Kind of a Big Deal” is an expression taken from Burgundy’s pickup line to Corningstone uttered during the film’s opening sequence (shown below).

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