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Ron Burgundy
From the Anchorman movies
San Diego's top-rated anchorman, jazz flute dabbler, and Baxter's best friend.
🔟 Top 10 Favorite Things — Ron Burgundy
Good evening, San Diego. I am, by all accounts, a very important man in local news. Tonight I share ten of my favorite things, and I do it in a perfectly pressed suit.
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Baxter
My loyal little dog, and the best listener I know.
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Veronica Corningstone
My co-anchor, my wife, and a news professional of the highest order.
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My son, Walter
He wrote a piano piece just for his father.
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Jazz flute
I don't like to brag, but I dabble.
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The Channel 4 News Team
Brick, Brian, and Champ. Brothers in news.
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The six o'clock news
When the clock strikes six, it's go time.
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My leather-bound books
A well-read man has a well-stocked shelf.
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A fine suit
Every anchor's armor, if you ask me.
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My Emmy awards
Five of them, but who's counting? I am.
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San Diego
My city, and home of Channel 4 News.
🔟 Top 10 Moments with the Channel 4 News Team — Ron Burgundy
A great anchor is nothing without a great team. These are the moments that made us the finest news team in San Diego, and later, in all of New York. Gather round.
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Go time at six o'clock
Brick, Brian, Champ, and me, on air together.
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Meeting Veronica Corningstone
The newsroom was never the same.
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The rare panda watch at the San Diego Zoo
The biggest story of the year.
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Playing jazz flute for a packed room
They asked; I obliged.
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Becoming co-anchors with Veronica
A tough pill, but she earned it.
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Baxter's surprise return
He found his way back just when I needed him most.
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Getting the band back together for GNN
The world's first 24-hour news channel needed us.
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Rescuing a baby shark with Walter
I named him Doby.
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Making it to Walter's piano recital
Some stories are bigger than the news.
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Station boss Ed Harken
Patient, mostly, with all of us.
🎁 Top 10 Gift Ideas for Ron Burgundy Fans
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🛍️ Official merch for Ron Burgundy fans (picked by TopTen)
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DVD)
Me at my finest in San Diego. Required viewing for anyone who loves news.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Blu-ray, 2023)
My legend in high definition, so you can see the luster of my hair.
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Anchorman 2-Disc Extended Cut Blu-ray
Two discs of extended Ron Burgundy. The world needed more.
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (DVD)
The Channel 4 News Team rides again, this time in New York.
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Anchorman 2 (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD)
The sequel in every format. Television history, preserved.
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Let Me Off at the Top! (hardcover, Crown Archetype 2013)
My memoir. A glass of scotch is the recommended companion.
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Let Me Off at the Top! (Kindle edition)
My memoir on your fancy reading machine. Still a classic.
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Anchorman Channel 4 News Team Logo T-Shirt (officially licensed)
Channel 4 News Team pride. Wear it with a fine mustache.
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Anchorman San Diego Channel 4 News Team Logo T-Shirt (officially licensed)
San Diego's number one news team, on a shirt.
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