There may be a few people who are still unaware of this, but Ron Burgundy is kind of a big deal. People know him.
Burgundy is the iconic news anchor whose dedication to broadcast television is surpassed only by his love for his dog Baxter. And Scotch.
His handsome moustache and thick mat of chest hair identify him as a man, cut from the same cloth as those who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn.
He owns many leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Will Ferrell, who played the title role in the 2004 biopic Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, appeared on late-night television this week to announce an upcoming sequel.
Burgundy has had his share of on-air mishaps, from hitting on coworkers while cameras were rolling live, to a fight in a pit of bears, to his unfortunate reading of TelePrompTer script mistakes.
In honour of Burgundy's return to broadcast television, here are a few other television news mishaps.
Fun with TelePrompTer
Ron Burgundy's well-known Achilles heel is his love and devotion to the TelePrompTer, and the glorious words that scroll across its steely face. An errant question mark can change a simple remark into a complicated question and one missed beat can have disastrous effects.
A similar lesson was learned by Jonathan Charles on the BBC World News, who combined his introduction with the headline of the day's top story.
"I'm Jonathan Charles, kept hidden for almost two decades and forced to bear children…," he read, in part.
