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Here’s some very creative content from our friends at iHeartmedia. Newscaster Ron Burgundy, played by funnyman Will Ferrell in the 2004 movie Anchorman, and iHeart, are launching “The Ron Burgundy Podcast,” in early 2019. Both iHeart and “Burgundy” had a lot of fun with the Monday night press release and on Twitter.
“The Ron Burgundy Podcast” will be co-produced by Funny Or Die and is an iHeartRadio Original podcast. Burgundy has signed on for two 12-episode seasons. Excerpts of the audio series will also be distributed across iHeartRadio broadcast radio stations and via social media channels. The official trailer will be released in the coming months on iHeartRadio and everywhere else podcasts are heard.
In the press release Burgundy is quoted saying, “Listen, I don’t know what a podcast is, but I currently have a lot of time on my hands and a lot to talk about. I am also broke. Therefore, I am very excited to do this podcast. It is literally saving my life.”
iHeartPodcast Network President Conal Byrne said, “To be honest, we don’t want to do this podcast and we just want to get this announcement over with as soon as possible. Ron quite literally forced us into making this podcast with him, first calling us more than one hundred times in a single day and then proceeding to actually show up at our doorstep and physically force himself into our studios. We do hope the podcast is well-received, but in the meantime, we hope by agreeing to do the announcement he will stay away.”
“By the way, if iHeartRadio says that I harassed them into making a podcast, it is a lie!! A boldface lie!!” said Burgundy. “Did I call them one hundred times in one day? Yes! But that’s called persistence! I have filed suit against iHeartRadio for these salacious claims. I will be representing myself legally, since I currently do not have enough money to hire an attorney.”
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