dvd on tap: Anchorman [Adam McKay]

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a side-splitting look at the macho and vain world of TV anchormen. San Diego's top dog is Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), and he's so wrapped in his own press releases that he is revered as The Man by his colleagues, specifically, his crew - Champ (David Koechner), Brian (Paul Rudd) and Brick (Steven Carell). You should watch them sing "Afternoon Delight" and banter around. Carell, in particular, is a devious scene stealer (which probably got him the nod to star in the Yankee version of The Office, playing Ricky Gervais' boss-from-hell character).

Their chauvinistic world, which includes constantly taunting their #1 competitor Wes Mantooth (Vince Vaughn), is suddenly upended when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) - gasp! a broad! - joins the news crew and instills fear in the hearts of these chest-thumping cavemen. But wait! What's this? Everyone wants to score on her just to get her out of the way, yet Ron Burgundy actually likes her! And she's attracted to him too! Sufferin' succotash! Is Ron becoming soft? The office affair becomes a battle of wills as Ron and Veronica develop a venomous rivalry and Ron's weakness of reading anything - anything - written in the teleprompter hastens his downfall.

In what I thought was movie's silliest (still funny) scene, anchormen from all of San Diego's TV stations square off in a free-for-all - giving us brilliant cameos of Tim Robbins, Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller as an over-the-top Spanish anchorman. There is only one rule: no touching of hair and face. Yep, you can decapitate someone and it'll still be legal.


Can anything be funnier than a moron bringing a grenade to a brawl?

Directed and co-written with Ferrell by SNL alumni Adam McKay, this hilarious film is a great start for his megman career. Will Ferrell is riding a hot streak with his brand of comedy. What can we say - grabe, ang kuleeet!