Rod Burgundy is a character that actor Will Ferrell portrays in the 2004 comedic film ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’. Burgundy is a popular local anchorman for KVWN-TV Channel 4 Evening News in San Diego. His position as lead anchor gets taken over by a woman named Veronica Corningstone and Burgundy is soon fired for accidentally misreading a teleprompter and telling all of San Diego to ‘Go Fuck Themselves’ instead of his usual send off of him saying ‘Stay Classy San Diego’. Burgundy and his male buddies at the station soon help to reclaim his position and Corningstone and Burgundy become lovers for the second time and go on to become co-anchors at World News Center. Burgundy has many memorable quotes during the film. He is often portrayed as sexist towards women but also has many memorable words of wisdom which he often shares with his best friend and dog – baxter. Here is one of his many quotes towards his dog in the film…
| Ron Burgundy: [to dog] “You’re so wise. You’re like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair.” |
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