A couple of nights ago Marcia and I rented “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”. It stars Will Farrell in one of his biggest roles since leaving Saturday Night Live.

Farrell co-wrote the movie and it is easy to see. That is if you had seen SNL when he was part of the cast. Essentially it is set sometime in the 70’s, before women anchored the news. The crew is happy and share a brotherhood; being Burgundy, Brian Fantana the at-the-scene guy, sports reporter Champ Kind, and weatherman Brick Tamland. Brick is played by Steve Carell, who played soon-to-be anchor Evan Baxter in “Bruce Almighty”. Carell is hilarious as Tamland...
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