It’s a trick exactly as old as all those Anchorman quotes we’ll never stop beating into the ground. A news anchor is known to faithfully read whatever the teleprompter puts in front of his face, so his co-anchor conspires with the production team to slip something silly into the scroll, and the next thing you know: an “I’m Ron Burgundy?” (or worse: “Go f*ck yourself, San Diego.”) moment is born.
The meta twist to this prank: The swapped-in line comes from Anchorman itself. Surely NBC26’s Brian Niznansky is familiar with the iconic comedy that lampoons his profession, but that didn’t stop him from pulling a Ron Burgundy.
(Via FreshX, H/T The Daily Dot)
