Anchorman: Commentary
 

Does anyone have the normal (Rated) version of Anchorman? If so, what's the commentary like? On the "unrated" version Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay talk with totally random guests about pretty much anything but the movie. That's kinda frustrating for me because I actually thought the film was clever and wanted to hear more about it's creation.

So what's the normal commentary like?

Don't know about the Rated version, but I thought the Unrated commentary was just plain awful... They were trying way too hard to be funny.

Yea the commentary was so bad that I stopped listening to it after an hour. It's too bad one of the funniest movies ever made doesn't have better commentary.

The commentary on the Rated version is nearly entirely different. The discs feature two different commentary tracks.

However if you're looking for insight into the film you won't get it from that track either. I think both are hilarious, however.

Are you sure they are completely different?

The unrated commentary has Adam and Will using "unrated" language for the first 30 minutes or so. But both both tracks have Andy Richtor et al and Lou Rawls as guests. Those spots sounded identical to me. It is doubtful the guests recorded more than once. So I think the unrated is edited/spliced from the rated commentary (or vice versa).

Re: Anchorman: Commentary
 

I thought it was random when Lou Rawls showed up. And Dick Salad is one of the funniest things I've ever heard explained.

Re: Anchorman: Commentary
 

Six year old thread bumps are also pretty random.