UPDATE: Everything I wrote below? Bullsh*t. This movie is awesome and among the most quotable in comedy history. Forget that crap below.

Comedy’s a funny thing. Sometimes it hits you right away, other times the movie sinks in. Austin Powers was that way, at least the first time, because it was such cute, quirky humor that upon the second, third, fourth, et al, viewings, it got more and more hilarious.

I hate to write that I hoped Anchorman would be funnier, because I get a kick out of Will Ferrell and so wanted to put this movie into the pantheon of great comedies.

	In the golden age of television, male anchors could report the news without wearing pants and not be sued for sexual harassment.

Simply enough, though, the movie should have been funnier, even more gut-busting.

Now, don’t get me wrong; I laughed throughout the entire movie at Ferrell and his news team’s tomfoolery. I just didn’t laugh at everything because of several misses along the way. I really need to see it again, make sure the second time around if the one-liners start to stick, and make their way into my daily repertoire of silly movie quotes. You, however, don’t get to wait for my second viewing.

Too many times I could feel the writers poking me in the ribs trying to get me to laugh. Filmmakers need to remember that comedy can be just as heavy-handed as tearjerkers. I recognize that comedy may be more difficult to translate to the audience than drama; why do you think it's taken me a week to write this?

Where I really looked forward to Anchorman was as a television news employee. I've worked at a local affiliate before CNN Headline News and it is just as cutthroat as the movie spoofs. Well, I mean, if my former colleagues at WMC in Memphis came across the news team from WREG Ch. 3 in a dark alley, especially that weasel Andy "on your side" Wise, a scrum would ensue. Okay, it wouldn't be near as funny or deadly as Anchorman, but cameras and blackberries would fly. Trust me, Dave Brown is a big guy, and could crush that rotund weather guy, Austin what's-his-name.

That scene was the funniest for me, not just because it featured cameos by Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Tim Robbins as competing anchors. That’s also one of the problems. Most of the funny comes from the periphery, such as Ferrell’s dog, Daily Show ‘correspondent’ Steve Carell’s dunce weatherman and off-the-wall one-liners that make no sense whatsoever but are hilarious.

I think I’m convincing myself to see Anchorman again now that I remember all the quotes and silly moments. Maybe it’s that I saw it with three women who didn’t have the expectations I did going in, because once they all left the theater and shrugged, I fell in line with the group think.

Yep, I’m talking myself into this, Anchorman is awesome! Put Will Ferrell in the late 70s with a funny mustache, tell him to play Ron Burgundy as if his crap don’t stink and you are guaranteed comedy gold! Can’t miss!

I’m sorry, Will, for doubting you. I’m an idiot. Admitting it is the first step toward recovery.

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