Gareth's Top Ten Comedies of the 21st Century (So Far)
#1 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
It would take something spectacularly funny to pip In the Loop to the top spot of this list but for me Anchorman is just that. Ron Burgundy is one of the finest comedy creations in the history of, well, comedy. Nothing Will Ferrell has done since has even held a candle to Anchorman and as much as part of me wants to see it, I can only hope that they dont actually press on with the rumoured sequel. Any film where the outtakes and deleted scenes can be spliced together to make another companion film obviously has something going for it even if Wake up, Ron Burgundy is an incoherent mess, much like Ron after he is fired from Channel 4. Anchorman has to be the most quoted film of the last ten years and boasts the sort of surreal humour that made Ferrell famous during his SNL stint. The supporting players are all brilliantly conceived characters brought to life by some truly great performances; Messrs Koechner, Carrell and Rudd all deserve a mention for their roles as Rons news team and there are some decent cameos throughout by a collective whos who of Hollywoods comedy A-List and, rather oddly, Tim Robbins. Anchorman may not have set the box office alight but has found a mass cult following on DVD the DVD release boasts one of the laziest, strangest yet most laugh-your-ass-off funny commentaries Ive ever experienced and is worth the price of the DVD alone. Ferrell isnt everyones cup of tea and I dare say the same goes for Anchorman, but for my money this is ninety minutes of juvenile, stupid, fucking brilliant comedy and is my number one 21st Century Comedy.What do you think?
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