The real life inspiration for Anchorman's Ron Burgundy is said to be longtime LA newscaster Paul Moyer, who recently announced his retirement. Co-anchor, Veronica, was inspired by Ann Martin, who went off air last year.
Both went on to separate careers at different LA stations, but a rare video exposes how they really felt about each other during their years of smiling for the camera together at KABC (NSFW).
Cheese Factory contributor: Ken Morgan
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Was she the "bubble-headed bleach blonde" Don Henley sang about in "Dirty Laundry?'
ReplyDeleteInteresting!
ReplyDelete"We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye"
While Ann Martin came on at five, Wiki trivia says the "bubble-headed bleach-blonde" lyric was inspired by former KABC Los Angeles TV news anchor Christine Lund, who appeared at 4 & 6.
The same article says the song was a reaction to intrusive press coverage surrounding the deaths of John Belushi and Natalie Wood. I suspect coverage of his own arrest in November 1979 had something to do with it.
After a naked 16-year-old prostitute suffered a drug overdose during a party at his home in LA. Cocaine, marijuana and Quaaludes were seized. Henley was subsequently charged for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, fined and put on probation.
The "Hotel California" lifestyle Glenn Frey once described in summing up their '70s career as "got crazy, got drunk, got high, had girls, played music and made money", is a thing of the past.