RIP guy who inspired "Ron Burgundy"

forever_town · Jun 30, 2008

spnited said:

I don't waste my time getting pissed of at turds like you.
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Nor do you waste time getting pissed off.

Some Guy · Jun 30, 2008

That movie was great.

slappy4428 · Jun 30, 2008

Stay Classy, sj....

Trey Beamon · Jun 30, 2008

Why don't you go back to your home on Whore Island?

dooley_womack1 · Jun 30, 2008

Having not watched that movie, I end up failing to understand about a third of the one-liners on here.

pseudo · Jul 1, 2008

Better link, from someone who worked for "The Ron Hunter Report": Ron Hunter: One of a Kind

t was with great sadness we learned that former Ch2 anchor Ron Hunter passed away in Las Vegas at the age of 70, and since Ron had a LOT to do with my decision to move from Houston to Buffalo way back in 1973, I had to take a stab at sharing some memories about a man who was certainly unique and complex, talented and an ego maniac, and above all else, great fun to work with.

What I'm about to write may sound blunt and unkind at times, but you should know the things many of us remember about Ron, and you can make your own calls about what is or isn't a positive, although I can kind of guess where you'll be on a couple of these stories.

Ron Hunter had THE biggest ego of any person male or female I've ever worked with, and it's not even close. It was actually quite incredible how much Ron valued his own opinions and appearance, and yet in a strange way, he made it seem natural; like, doesn't EVERYBODY think like I do? You want an example? Ok, for starters, when Ron began anchoring at Ch2 after moving to Buffalo from New Orleans, where he virtually owned the market, we didn't call it Ch2 News, or Action News, or even News news. We called it, "The Ron Hunter Report". Not only that, Ron had a special animated opening made up, which featured a likeness of Ron, with his big buffont hair-do, running around with a microphone as if he's out getting the scoop. The show then opens, with Ron leaning into the camera, and with a booming voice "I'm Ron Hunter, and the big story in Buffalo is....." The standing joke around the news room, of course, was that the next word would be "me".
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(Still dislike the cookie-cutter Gannett websites, but Kilgore's a good guy.)

FishHack76 · Jul 1, 2008

I wonder if he played jazz flute?

PeteyPirate · Jul 1, 2008

Zeke12 said:

spnited said:

pallister said:

Not all talkies are bad.
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But you are always as asshole.
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You're alliteration heavy. I needed an avalanche of Advil.
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That's assonance.

Armchair_QB · Jul 1, 2008

pseudo said:

Better link, from someone who worked for "The Ron Hunter Report": Ron Hunter: One of a Kind

t was with great sadness we learned that former Ch2 anchor Ron Hunter passed away in Las Vegas at the age of 70, and since Ron had a LOT to do with my decision to move from Houston to Buffalo way back in 1973, I had to take a stab at sharing some memories about a man who was certainly unique and complex, talented and an ego maniac, and above all else, great fun to work with.

What I'm about to write may sound blunt and unkind at times, but you should know the things many of us remember about Ron, and you can make your own calls about what is or isn't a positive, although I can kind of guess where you'll be on a couple of these stories.

Ron Hunter had THE biggest ego of any person male or female I've ever worked with, and it's not even close. It was actually quite incredible how much Ron valued his own opinions and appearance, and yet in a strange way, he made it seem natural; like, doesn't EVERYBODY think like I do? You want an example? Ok, for starters, when Ron began anchoring at Ch2 after moving to Buffalo from New Orleans, where he virtually owned the market, we didn't call it Ch2 News, or Action News, or even News news. We called it, "The Ron Hunter Report". Not only that, Ron had a special animated opening made up, which featured a likeness of Ron, with his big buffont hair-do, running around with a microphone as if he's out getting the scoop. The show then opens, with Ron leaning into the camera, and with a booming voice "I'm Ron Hunter, and the big story in Buffalo is....." The standing joke around the news room, of course, was that the next word would be "me".
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(Still dislike the cookie-cutter Gannett websites, but Kilgore's a good guy.)
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He's a lot kinder than I would be to a guy who convinced me it was a good idea to move from Houston to fucking Buffalo.

Dan Hickling · Jul 1, 2008

don't be hatin' on Buffalo...!

Huggy · Jul 1, 2008

I don't remember this guy from Buffalo news. He was no Irv Weinstein - or Don Postles, for that matter - that's for sure.

Armchair_QB · Dec 15, 2014

Dan Hickling said:

don't be hatin' on Buffalo...!
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This is Houston

This is Buffalo

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