15 Devilishly Clever Movie Secrets You Probably Missed

By Oren Soffer /

7. Anchorman Characters Make Questionable Dining Choices

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Sometimes, directors get so clever with their humor they hide jokes in foreign languages that only a small portion of the audience will understand.

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This Easter egg is not a very high brow one, but it's pretty funny all the same. In the modern classic comedy Anchorman, we see Christina Applegate's character Veronica Corningstone is seen eating in a Mexican restaurant. In the establishing shot we see that the name of the restaurant is "Escupimos en su Alimento," which from Spanish translates simply and directly to: "we spit in your food."

But sometimes, movies hide more than just jokes in foreign languages...

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