Anchorman 2 On the Horizon

Today's Non-Story: Anchorman 2

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (59)

I didn’t like Anchorman the first time I saw it. It didn’t click. I think you have to be in a particular mood (or drinking a particular beverage) to really get the absurd, non-sequitur humor in the movie. Thankfully, Anchorman gets considerably better with repeat viewings, and it’s actually a better movie on DVD than it is in theaters. It’s also a reminder of a time when Will Ferrell was still was still funny, before he started making one-trick sports movies (Semi-Pro) or stringing together a series of random profanities and showing his testicles (Step Brothers).

Anyway, word out today is that Ferrell is discussing a sequel to Anchorman. He’d previously suggested that it was a possibility, and last week, he mentioned on a radio show that he was getting together with the powers that be to discuss putting together the project, suggesting that the biggest wrinkle to work out was whether Steve Carell and Paul Rudd were willing to take a pay cut, because he sure as hell wasn’t.

Ferrell’s comments basically confirm what he said in April about the project:

“I would definitely be willing to go back to it. Whether or not it happens it still remains to be seen. I think myself and Steve [Carell], we are all in different places when we filmed it, so we’ve have to figure that out. We’ve never been huge on the sequel thing in a way and yet, I was always kind of prodding him that if we were to do a sequel on anything, ‘Anchorman’ would be the one to do it on. So, yeah, hopefully, we can actually get this going.”

So, basically, it might happen. It might not. And I’ve just wasted three minutes of your morning telling you that. You’re welcome.

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Last night was my brother's 21st birthday, and we got drunk in a fancy restaurant and basically spent about 20 minutes quoting Anchorman to each other until the manager made us leave. Yeah, we're pretty cool.

Posted by: Marra at May 27, 2009 11:00 AM

LOOOOUUUUUDD NOISES!

Posted by: admin at May 27, 2009 11:01 AM

You are absolutely correct that this movies gets better after you've watched it once. By the 3rd time I watched it, I was quoting the movie.

"I'm riding a furry tractor!!!"

Posted by: Heathen at May 27, 2009 11:02 AM

The anchor-on-anchor battle is sublime.

Posted by: twig at May 27, 2009 11:09 AM

I still frequently text a friend that she is a dirty pirate hooker, and that she should go back to her home on Whore Island. Actually, I tell a lot of people that. Friends, co-workers, random strangers in bars, people driving badly...

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at May 27, 2009 11:10 AM

So, basically, it might happen. It might not. And I’ve just wasted three minutes of your morning telling you that.

So then we'll in turn waste the comment space with nonsense and quoting. Wait, that's pretty normal for us anyways.

Isn't Pajiba a German word that means a whale's vagina?

Posted by: branded at May 27, 2009 11:10 AM

It's a lot funnier if you're a reporter and you're familiar with this kind of pompous gasbag.

I love scotch. Scotchy scotch, scotch.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 27, 2009 11:14 AM

Hey, Marra's back! Hi there!

I'm not a huge Anchorman fan, but I can heave the quotes along with the best of them. And you know what? 60% of the time, it works everytime.

Still, not hugely excited about a sequel. I expect that if it does happen, opening night at the theater's going to be backed with douchebags in bad mustaches and 70's era suits they got at Goodwill talking about Scotchy Scotch Scotch and I just don't want to be associated with that.

Posted by: Genny (also Rusty) at May 27, 2009 11:17 AM

You have a whorish mouth.

Oh wait, no, I do. :)

Posted by: Whorish Mouth at May 27, 2009 11:19 AM

And you know what? 60% of the time, it works everytime.

That's because it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

Posted by: jM at May 27, 2009 11:21 AM

I'm gonna be honest with you, this smells like pure gasoline.

Posted by: TylerDFC at May 27, 2009 11:34 AM

And now I have to watch this again tonight. Probably my favorite comedy movie of all time.

Posted by: Snath at May 27, 2009 11:37 AM

waste 3 minutes:

People
Against
Jeriatric
Idiot
Babble
Animals (and awful movies)

Okay that was 3 seconds.

Posted by: annoyingmouse at May 27, 2009 11:38 AM

Isn't Pajiba a German word that means a whale's vagina?

No, there's no way that's correct.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at May 27, 2009 11:38 AM

I love lamp.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at May 27, 2009 11:43 AM

Mmmmm... I look good. I mean really good. Hey, everyone, come see how good I look.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at May 27, 2009 11:46 AM

I did hate Anchorman the first time I saw it. Then I watched it again and realized that I was 72% sure that I loved it.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at May 27, 2009 11:46 AM

You know what? I'm not even mad, I'm just impressed.

Posted by: Wormer at May 27, 2009 11:49 AM

Baxter? Bark twice if you are in Milawaukee.

Posted by: legib at May 27, 2009 11:53 AM

What do you say if we go out on a date? Have some chicken, maybe some sex... You know, see what happens.

Posted by: legib at May 27, 2009 11:54 AM

I'm sorry Champ, I think I ate your chocolate squirrel.

Posted by: admin at May 27, 2009 11:57 AM

Yes I have a nickname for my penis, it's called The Octagon. But I also nicknamed my testes. My left one is James Westfall and my right one is Dr. Kenneth Noisewater.
You ladies play your cards right you just might get to meet the whole gang.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at May 27, 2009 11:57 AM

I forgot how much I love this movie...

Posted by: legib at May 27, 2009 11:58 AM

60% of the time...it works EVERY time.

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at May 27, 2009 11:59 AM

GAH! Someone used mine. Shit, gotta go to the reserves...

"Where'd you get those suits from? The...toilet store?"

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at May 27, 2009 12:01 PM

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal. People know me. I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Posted by: jM at May 27, 2009 12:05 PM

I'm watching this tonight!

This movie is hilarious. Tim Robbins also makes one of the best comedy cameos of all time (fuck you Tom Cruise).

Posted by: Heathen at May 27, 2009 12:08 PM

What the hell is diversity!

Posted by: "luker" the barbarian at May 27, 2009 12:15 PM

Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!!!!

Posted by: pabs at May 27, 2009 12:20 PM

I believe it's an old wooden ship.

Posted by: Wormer at May 27, 2009 12:20 PM

I'm trapped in a glass case of emotion!

Posted by: admin at May 27, 2009 12:24 PM

I'm in a glass case of emotion!

Posted by: logar at May 27, 2009 12:27 PM

Not only is the movie EMINANTLY quoteable ("WHAMMY!"), but it really DOES take me back to a pre-cable time as a boy. Back in Tulsa (yeah I'm originally from Bedhead's neck of the woods), KTUL-TV was our ABC affiliate, and Bob Howard was my Ron Burgundy. Along with Don Woods for weather and Chris...I can't think of his name...as sports guy, they formed a mighty triumverate of news that my parents and I watched every...single...night. I believed every word that came out of Howard's mouth as the unvarnished truth, and yes all three of them were local celebrities for quite a while.

Yes...they even eventually introduced a woman in the form of Susan (or was that Sharon?) Silver to their nightly lineup.

I've just got a feeling that those warm fuzzies of the pre-cable days and razorsharp lines won't be there for a second helping of Anchromanhood.

...but I'd certainly be willing to try. I've even got a plot for you; Ron and the Action Newsteam have to deal with the rise of cable in the mid 80's. GO!

Posted by: Green Lantern at May 27, 2009 12:36 PM

Their periods attract bears! They can smell the menstruation!

God I love quoting this movie. My coworker used to randomly turn to me and say 'I want to be on you.' Good times.

Posted by: Jeni at May 27, 2009 12:41 PM

Having worked with the early 90s equivalent of Ron Burgundy, I have nothing for love for this flick and welcome a second installment.

Bestest: "Dammit! Who typed a question mark on the Teleprompter?"

Posted by: SugarKane at May 27, 2009 1:06 PM

Competing anchor man battle to the death....
Best. Scene. Evah.

I'm gonna punch you in the ovary, that's what I'm gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker.

Posted by: dammitjanet at May 27, 2009 1:23 PM

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Posted by: henchman for hire at May 27, 2009 1:28 PM

I swear I am gonna buy my fiance some SEX PANTHER!!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at May 27, 2009 1:34 PM

MARRA! Yay! Marra's back! woo!

*ahem*

Carrell was hands-down the best thing about that movie.

"There were horses and a man on fire and I stabbed someone with a trident!"

Posted by: figgy at May 27, 2009 1:36 PM

No, there's no way that's correct.

I'm sorry, I was trying to impress you, AvB. I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what Pajiba means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago when the Dept of Homeland Security took those servers.

Posted by: branded at May 27, 2009 1:50 PM

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE SCREAMING FOR!

Posted by: figgy at May 27, 2009 2:06 PM

My boyfriend has this really ridiculously annoying close friend who I can't stand and who I would love to just tell off in the worst possible way. The only thing keeping me from doing that? He is the only one of the boyfriend's friends who will laugh when I throw out an Anchorman quote and will then throw one back.

(So, basically, deep down in my stomach, with every inch of me, I pure, straight, hate him. But, God dammit, do I respect him! Is what I'm trying to say here.)

Posted by: Bethany at May 27, 2009 2:20 PM

So what I'm getting out of that, Bethany, is that you really need a new boyfriend. You have to rely on his friends to throw Anchorman quotes around? DTMFA!

Posted by: Snath at May 27, 2009 2:22 PM

Best line from the showdown: "We're taking a break from our pledge drive to kick some ass. No commercials, NO MERCY!"

Also, occasionally used by persons in my apartment during arguments: "I'm a man that built the Eiffel Tower out of steel and brawn, that's the kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a smaller brain. A brain a third the size of ours. It's SCIENCE"

I'm going to watch this tonight.

Posted by: battgirl at May 27, 2009 2:23 PM

Back in action, Figgy. Get pumped!

Posted by: Marra at May 27, 2009 2:25 PM

You're so wise. You're like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair.

Posted by: figgy at May 27, 2009 2:29 PM

They already made a sequel...Wake Up, Ron Burgundy. It's actually an alternate movie. On the DVD...check it, it rocks.

Posted by: Riles at May 27, 2009 2:30 PM

This burrito is good but it is filling.

Posted by: Rachel at May 27, 2009 2:37 PM

So hot! Milk was a bad choice.

Posted by: Claire at May 27, 2009 2:54 PM

Great story. Compelling and rich.

Posted by: Big Daddy Bacchus at May 27, 2009 3:03 PM

I have a dog named Baxter (we named him pre-Anchorman I swear) and whenever he looks at us like he wants something, we just tell him "Oh, Baxter, you know I don't speak Spanish."

And then he says to himself, "Man I wish I had funnier owners."

Posted by: messyhead at May 27, 2009 3:14 PM

Heh. Whenever someone asks me something I don't know, I usually say, "What? Were you saying something? Look, I don't speak Spanish." (Which is what he says to the bartender.)

Posted by: Big Daddy Bacchus at May 27, 2009 3:17 PM

Brick, where'd you get a hand grenade?

I don't know.

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at May 27, 2009 3:48 PM

I wanna say something. I'm gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don't, send it right back. I want to be on you.

It's true, I do.

Posted by: admin at May 27, 2009 4:14 PM

I pooped a Cornish gamehen.

Posted by: Shane at May 27, 2009 5:41 PM

Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!

Posted by: scorzi at May 27, 2009 5:52 PM

*looks at comments*

Boy, that escalated quickly.

Posted by: ohgrl at May 27, 2009 7:20 PM

heh. Nice one ohgrl.

Posted by: Rachel at May 27, 2009 8:27 PM

I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.

Posted by: Melissa at May 27, 2009 9:53 PM

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