{"id":33,"date":"2012-05-24T09:43:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T16:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jeremylott\/?p=33"},"modified":"2012-05-24T09:43:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T16:43:04","slug":"will-farrell-doesnt-stand-a-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jeremylott\/2012\/05\/will-farrell-doesnt-stand-a-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Farrell Doesn&#8217;t Stand a Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A lot of folks are buzzing about next year\u2019s <em>Anchorman 2<\/em>, in which Will Farrell will reprise the role of Ron Burgundy almost a decade after he first had conversations with dogs, displayed his mad skillz as a jazz flautist, and gave us that unique translation of \u201cSan Diego.\u201d Me? I\u2019m not so sure he\u2019ll be up to it.<\/p>\n<p>No, this prediction has nothing to do with the fact that he single-handedly managed to make my previous ride uncool. (\u201cYou must respect me! I drive a Dodge Stratus!\u201d) Best to pursue that vendetta some other time. \u201cWe\u201d will also ignore, for the moment, that many of his comic movies lo this last decade have not done so well. Some comic vehicles work, others don\u2019t. It happens.<\/p>\n<p>The real threat to Ron Burgundy is competition. Life has left his satire in the dust, making it that much harder to top the first <em>Anchorman<\/em> flick. What am I talking about? Meet Ken Bastida, real life, <em>bona fide<\/em>, actual California news anchor who won an Emmy, according to his suspiciously bland <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Bastida\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia page<\/a>. The way he opened his newscast one night accidentally made for one of the funniest short videos I have ever watched. Let\u2019s see if San Diego\u2019s finest can top this:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Insane News Man\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pG4UMxP3HsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of folks are buzzing about next year\u2019s Anchorman 2, in which Will Farrell will reprise the role of Ron Burgundy almost a decade after he first had conversations with dogs, displayed his mad skillz as a jazz flautist, and gave us that unique translation of \u201cSan Diego.\u201d Me? 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