Sentences with phrase «when anchorman»

Such gags result when anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and pals get their flares in a flap about ambitious new employee Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate).

When anchorman Dan Harris had a panic attack in the middle of delivering the news on live television, he knew something needed to change.

Not exact matches

Anchormen Jim Nantz and Ken Venturi were talking about David Duval's many second - place finishes and his failure to win when Feherty's Irish brogue came floating over the airwaves.

When I gave up what ITV called its «flagship political programme», Jonathan Dimbleby, in 2006 to travel 10,000 miles across Russia for BBC2, I effectively surrendered the lease which I had been granted in 1997, 2001 and 2005 as ITV's anchorman on the big night - confronting Big Brother on the other side.

At one time Anchorman 2 was a musical, but that was years ago when Paramount didn't believe it was worth spending money on a sequel to a film that grossed $ 85 million (though it has only grown in popularity since its 2004 release).

When America's number one NASCAR speed - demon is issued a direct challenge from a gay, French Formula One racer with a hunger for the top spot and a mean talent for tight - cornering, the race is on to become the number one man in all of NASCAR in a full throttle comedy starring Will Ferrell and directed by Anchorman cohort Adam McKay.

Anchorman 2, which was written by Ferrell and McKay, is better when it gives in to absolute absurdity: A sight gag involving a slo - mo RV crash is totally, dismissively dumb, but the fact that it's set to Captain and Tennille's «Muskrat Love» makes it inexplicably hilarious.

It was depressing enough when they took a beloved, hilarious cult comedy, 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and made a weak sequel out of it — an aging Gen - X reunion whose only purpose was to mint money.

What You Need To Know: Perhaps it was the deafening protest when Paramount originally turned down another «Anchorman.»

But when Ron butts heads with star anchorman Jack Lime (James Marsden) upon his arrival, he makes a bet with him that he'll get bigger ratings, despite the fact that his news team has been saddled with the graveyard shift.

Though plenty of the film's scenes possess an honed improv feel much like the extemporaneous riffing of Anchorman, they are also usually more focused — in terms of plotting, there's so little time to waste when the end is nigh.

When the local anchorman reigned supreme.

Discontented wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate, «Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues») and children, James (Skyler Gisondo, «The Amazing Spider - Man 2») and the little brother from Hell, Kevin (Steele Stebbins, «A Haunted House 2») are excited about going somewhere on vacation other than the same old cabin rental in Michigan, but when pop suggests a trip to Los Angeles and a theme park, their enthusiasm is cooled, especially after Russ rents an Albanian SUV complete with two gas tanks, a pair of electric charger cords and a control with confusing and nonsensical symbols.

Fortunately, however, we've got «Knocked Up» to help turn the tide; the team of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen have a completely empty column when it comes to comedic failures... and if you doubt it, consider that the four times they've worked together have been on «Freaks and Geeks,» «Undeclared,» «Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,» and «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin.»

When I first heard that the film was co-written and directed by Adam McKay — who gave us Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, The Other Guys and Anchorman 2, all films marked by outrageous comedy, subtlety be damned — I feared the movie would make a mockery of its theme and devolve into caricature and pastiche.

Though a fairly big comedy sequel announcement was made a couple days ago on Conan, when Will Ferrell dressed up as Ron Burgundy and announced Anchorman 2, The Hollywood Reporter brings us even better sequel news today: Twins, the 1988 movie featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as the titular twins, will be getting a sequel.

ANCHORMAN's Adam McKay has been rumored as a third contender, which makes sense when you consider his work - history with Paul Rudd.

What happens when the best anchorman in the world is asked to... Read On

When they're on form, the Frat Pack produce cracking films such as Dodgeball, Anchorman and Zoolander.

When: December 20th Why: It's hard to believe that it's been almost 10 years since the release of the original «Anchorman,» and in that time, Paul Rudd and Steve Carell's careers have eclipsed that of Will Ferrell, who isn't quite the bankable comedy star that he used to be.

Like a lot of films that have come to viewed as classics, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy didn't make a lot of waves when it was released in July of 2004.

When it's Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

Ferrell plays Ron Burgundy, the # 1 anchorman in San Diego in the late 70s, when the news room was ruled by men in almost all the positions except reporter.

So when I saw the previews for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, I sighed and said, «Here we go again.»

If the trailers and talk of copious celebrity cameos are any indication, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues should give its target audience a massive laugh, when it comes out December 20th, 2013.

«Anchorman 2,» to take a «frat pack» example, received a middling reception when it was released.

Together, these four performers have the charged improvisational energy of the actors in John Cassavetes» films (a touchstone for McKay and others in the orbit of «Anchorman's» producer, Judd Apatow), and when they try to one - up each other, or carry a gag past its presumed breaking point, it can be a thing of beauty.

The prospects of a second outing for Ron, Brick, Brian and Champ seemed bleak when Paramount Pictures decided against making a sequel in 2011, but a deal was finally brokered last year to make Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues a reality.

This is McKay's first dramatic turn after directing broad comedies like Anchorman, and The Other Guys, and he handles the change well, infusing the film with much needed levity when needed.

«Anchorman» didn't become a breakout hit when it was first released — it was only after it came out on DVD that fans began rewatching it and the movie's lines started being endlessly quoted.

Unfortunately for Ron, when the head anchorman decides to retire, they name Veronica the new lead and fire him.

David Koechner has been appearing in comedic roles since the mid-1990s, when he was part of the «Saturday Night Live» ensemble, but it's arguable that his real breakout role didn't occur'til 2004, when he played Champ Kind in «Anchorman» and made the word «whammy» into a catchphrase.

What happens when the best anchorman in the world is asked to jump start the first ever 24 hour news station?

In fact, when asked by ABC anchorman Peter Jennings which one living person he would most like to meet, former president Bill Clinton told a prime - time television audience that it was President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, «Because he has abolished school fees,» which «would affect more lives than any president had done or would ever do by the end of this year.»

Like Dakota, a 12 - year - old who wants to be a TV anchorman or concert pianist when he grows up.

When Tim Cook says «It replicates leather - bound books and smells of rich mahogany» everyone thinks Ron Burgundy should go back to being anchorman.

When I was coming of age in the mid-twentieth century, there was usually some authority doing the work for you, whether a silver - haired anchorman on the nightly news or the printed front page of a newspaper.