Apparently, this 1998 SNL sketch, Action News: Hard Liquor, in which Will Ferrell and Joan Allen play convincing drunk news anchors, never aired. It seems like it could have been the genesis of the idea for Anchorman:

Catchphrase note: from now on, any time Total Eclipse Of The Heart comes on, say “This song is so true!”

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Joan Allen
February 21, 2006 - Karen Allen's hard-drinking character Marion ...
... Melinda - Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, David Aaron Baker, Woody Allen
Allen Courtney
Allen Courtney ... grandchildren, Tim Farrell, Brooke (Ryan) Livingstone and Cole Courtney; stepgrandchildren, Corey, Zach and Emily McCutcheon; brother, Donald (JoAn) Courtney of St. Charles, Mo.; brothers-in-law: Keith (Elsie) Young of ...
'Groundhog' movies: Readers weigh in via Facebook
Joan Swanson: "To Kill a Mockingbird ... I feel this way about most of Woody Allen's films. Karen Miller Barrett: "Young Frankenstein"! I think this has to be the funniest movie I ever saw. I have the DVD and VHS tape. I watch anytime it's on TV!
Comments (2)
  1. So now I guess we know where the Jezebel girls are going to end up reporting?

  2. hahaha ZING

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