Century has sent over this brand new video of Ron Burgundy talking about his new book. ‘Let Me Off at the Top: My Classy Life and Other Musings’ is the autobiography everyone has been waiting for: a shockingly candid and raw confessional from an international treasure. The book is scheduled to hit shelves on November 19th, almost exactly a month before Burgundy returns to theaters in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Burgundy is quoted as saying of his book:
“I don’t know if it’s the greatest autobiography ever written. I’m too close to the work. I will tell you this much: the first time I sat down and read this thing… I cried like a goddamn baby, and you can take that to the bank!”
The world’s most trusted and beloved television News Anchor pulls no punches in ’Let Me Off at the Top!’ Burgundy tells the tale of his humble beginnings in a desolate Iowa coal-mining town to his years at Our Lady Queen of Chewbacca High School to his odds-defying climb to the dizzying heights of Anchordom.
In his very own words Burgundy reveals his most private thoughts, his triumphs – and his disappointments. His life reads like an adventure story complete with knock-down fights, beautiful women and double-fisted excitement on every page. He has hunted jackalopes with Bobby Kennedy and Peter Lawford, had more than his share of amorous exploits and formed the greatest on-air team in the history of televised news. Along the way, he’s hobnobbed with people you wish you knew and some you honestly wish you didn’t - celebrities, presidents, presidents’ wives, celebrities’ wives, dogs and, of course, Veronica Corningstone, the love of his life. Who didn’t Mr. Burgundy, or ‘Ron’, as he is known to his friends, rub elbows with in the course of his colourful and often criminal life?
This may well be the most thrilling book ever written, by a man of great physical, moral and spiritual strength and, not surprisingly, a great literary talent as well. We owe it to him, and to ourselves, to read it.
BIOGRAPHY: “RON BURGUNDY is an award-winning News Anchorman and poet. He lives with his wife, Veronica, and dog, Baxter, in San Diego, California. When he is not making models of eighteenth-century sailing ships, he can often be found on the deck of his own boat, The Shining M’Lady, or supervising archaeological digs in and around his backyard. This is his first ‘book.’”
‘Let Me Off at the Top: My Classy Life and Other Musings’ is published by Century on the 19th November, and is available to pre-order now via this link.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues itself finds Ron Burgundy putting the 70′s behind him as San Diego’s top rated newsman returns to the news desk. Also back for more are Ron’s co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone, weather man Brick Tamland, man on the street Brian Fantana and sports guy Champ Kind – All of whom won’t make it easy to stay classy… while taking the nation’s first 24-hour news channel by storm. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Paul Rudd, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Dylan Baker, Meagan Good, Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear, Josh Lawson, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and Drake star in the Adam McKay-helmed film.
In his time as a television broadcaster Ron Burgundy has boasted that he discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. And while he may have accomplished neither of those things, he will soon be the author of a memoir.
Though the “Anchorman” films are written by Adam McKay and Mr. Ferrell, “Let Me Off at the Top!” is attributed to Burgundy, who in some accounts of the 1970s was the anchor of San Diego’s award-winning Action 4 News Team. In a news release Crown Archetype said the book would “offer a rare glimpse behind the camera into the real life of a man many consider to be our greatest living news anchor.”
Burgundy will “share personal anecdotes about the women in his life, about his dog, Baxter, and his legendary news team,” the release added. “Along the way, he’ll also give sage advice on a variety of topics that matter most to him.”
Anchorman: The Legend Continues is scheduled to open on December 20th, 2013.
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