Burgundy Clueless About New Podcast
• Legendary imaginary newscaster Ron Burgundy is back… and its kind of a big deal. Burgundy has teamed up with iHeartMedia to produce the cleverly named Ron Burgundy Podcast, set to launch on the iHeartRadio Podcast Network in early 2019. The Ron Burgundy Podcast will be co-produced by Funny Or Die and is an iHeartRadio Original podcast. Burgundy has signed on for two 12-episode seasons, with Season One expected to launch in the first quarter of 2019 and the second season expected to air mid-2019. Excerpts of the series will also be distributed across iHeartRadio broadcast radio stations and social media channels.
“Listen, I don’t know what a podcast is, but I currently have a lot of time on my hands and a lot to talk about,” said Burgundy. “I am also broke. Therefore, I am very excited to do this podcast. It is literally saving my life.”
Conal Byrne, President of the iHeart Podcast Network (left) was uncharacteristically blunt in his assessment of the partnership, commenting, “To be honest, we don’t want to do this podcast and we just want to get this announcement over with as soon as possible. Ron quite literally forced us into making this podcast with him, first calling us more than one hundred times in a single day and then proceeding to actually show up at our doorstep and physically force himself into our studios. We do hope the podcast is well-received, but in the meantime, we hope by agreeing to do the announcement he will stay away.”
Burgundy retorted, “By the way, if iHeartRadio says that I harassed them into making a podcast, it is a lie!! A boldface lie! Did I call them one hundred times in one day? Yes! But that’s called persistence!I have filed suit against iHeartRadio for these salacious claims. I will be representing myself legally, since I currently do not have enough money to hire an attorney.”
Burgundy is still represented by his long-time agent Buzzy Chanterelle of Let’s Make Magic Entertainment, a San Diego-based agency whose roster includes mostly stunt men, magicians and animal handlers. And let’s not forget Lance Alworth, who he represented for six months… and Chuck Muncie! Burgundy is threatening to release an official trailer in the coming months on iHeartRadio and everywhere else where podcasts might be heard. When you have a moment, check out Burgundy’s Twitter shout-out to CNN’s Don Lemon.
