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I managed to catch Anchorman twice this past weekend. I saw it for
the first time with Abbey, Jennifer and Jonathan on Friday; I liked it so
well I caught it again with the Sepatown Film Society of Greater Detroit
the next day.

Immediately following the second time, I was washing my hands in
a theater restroom and one of the movie theater employees asked me what
I’d seen. I told him “Anchorman,” and he said “that’s dumb, I’m not
going to see it.” “It was very dumb,” I replied, “and that’s probably
why I liked it so much.” I tried to persuade him that this was a very
smart kind of dumb, but the john-mopper insisted that it was no different
than any of the dozens of shitty teenage gross-out films available on any
given day, and therefore beneath his time.

I can accept our friend the AMCustodian’s closed-mindedness — in
fact, I applaud him for having standards and admired his candor, even if
insulting your customers’ viewing habits isn’t the best way to endear
yourself to them — but it’s kind of nice to see someone from the mainstream media express my views.
[It should probably be noted that a number of the actors that are named in this article appear in "Starsky & Hutch," a Warner Brothers picture, which I would certainly include curiously enough is now available on DVD today. Warner Brothers is, of course, a sister company of CNN.]

In case you’re still curious about Anchorman, here is a clip [QuickTime, 16.8 megs, about a minute-and-a-half to two minutes] that reveals little of the plot but manages to accurately and succinctly portray the film’s absurd fun. [File from official website, thank plasticbag.org for direct link]

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