This gets funnier with every watch…
If you’ve seen the film Anchorman, you’ll know that Ron Burgundy has an unfortunate habit of reading whatever appears on his teleprompter – be it the odd rogue question mark or a “go fuck yourself, San Diego” sign-off.
Until Sunday night, we weren’t aware that this kind of thing actually happened in real life. How wrong we were. Step forward NFL commentator, Dick Stockton…
The 74-year-old was on duty for the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Los Angeles Rams for Fox, when he began to provide viewers with information on the up-coming Visa Halftime Report. Sadly for Dick, this happened…
I’m Ron Burgundy??? pic.twitter.com/FErIPu1unk
— Brendan Tobin (@Brendan_Tobin) October 15, 2017
“Look on graphic for the final two bullet points,” he read out, much to the amusement of many of those watching.
Dick Stockton is Ron Burgundy? pic.twitter.com/lN4qBppmIc
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) October 16, 2017
"At the half, Tony, Howie, and Terry, read graphic for remaining two bullet points."
Ron Burgundy is announcing the Jags game, apparently.
— Yardboy (@Yardboy) October 15, 2017
Dick Stockton going full Ron Burgundy "guys will talk about the final 2 bullet points on the screen" @awfulannouncing #LARvsJAX
— Chris Byrne (@RadioByrne) October 15, 2017
Poor bloke. We suppose that when your job is to speak almost non-stop on live television for three hours straight, it’s inevitable you’re going to make the odd mistake every now and then. A brilliant bit of television regardless.
