Watch This News Anchor Go Full Ron Burgundy, Get Tricked Into Saying A Line From ‘Anchorman’

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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)