20 Greatest Insults in Film History

12. Anchorman

"Where'd you get your clothes, from the... toilet store?" - Brick Tamland
This is a great moment in Anchorman precisely because of how truly terrible a comeback it is. The Channel 4 news team is on their way to go shopping when they run into their arch rivals, the Channel 9 crew. They trade insults in a strange parody of two 1950s gangs facing off against each other and getting ready for a rumble. Even Brick Tamland gets involved, whose intellectual capabilities are very much in question, as he lands this little beauty. Surprisingly, it has an effect on their enemies as Wes Mantooth becomes visibly frustrated when they leave and berates his news team for not sticking up for him. "Even the guy who can't think says something!"
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Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.