Ron Goes Viral On Tik Tork

picked up on that. It was very hard not to. Yes, I picked up on it. Well good because that's exactly what I was trying to do. Oh okay, you've got a good here for broadcasting, Carolina. In truth, I'm just trying to switch things up. I was listening to some current top forty radio DJs and I thought, Wow, these guys are shot out of a cannon, and maybe I should try that style on and see if it fits. So you heard it for yourself, and I think we

can both see that it fits like a glove. The Ron Burgundy Podcast NonStop Music, The hits you want, the way you want them. Boom Wait, we will think nim ming bing ming bing. Let's let's just cool it for a second. High energy. You are, You're shot out of a cannon. We got it, You're my father. It's very powerful and cinematic. Listen, Carolina. I will not apologize for trying to be innovative with this program. I just think people want more like the real Ron Burgundy. They want

the comforting voice that they've listened to for years. I can't argue with you on that, Carolina. I just I just sometimes feel part of being a good broadcaster is learning to evolve with the times. I agree, Yeah, you have some sympathy for that viewpoint, don't you sure. I think that's very important. I'm sure there's a minority of people, and I'm talking a very small group, maybe five or six people who think Ron Burgundy isn't up to speed

with the world these days. I mean, you still say the word jugs, So yeah, I'm never gonna not say that. But you know, look, they take a look at me and assume that guy, yeah, he's on the wrong side of history. I'm aware I speak and look a certain way, and I want to distance myself from a lot of my so called peers who've shown a lot of ignorance lately. Wow, that's actually very observant and self aware. And I'm sorry to be, you know, sappy, but when you speak like that,

I'm I'm proud of you. Ron. Well, thank you, Carolina. You know, the other day I was talking to another broadcaster who shall remain nameless, but let's give him a pseudonym just for this conversation, which will be Tucker Carlson. Do you know what a pseudonym is? You might want to just go with John Doe or say Mr or Mrs X. No, everyone does that. I'm more creative than that. You know. I made up a totally fake name, Tucker Carlson. Ron,

there's actually a broadcaster named Tucker Carlson. No really, Yes, I literally just pulled that name out of thin air. Tucker Carlson. What does he do? Local weather somewhere. No, he's he's pretty famous. Unfortunately, is he a child actor who dresses as a cowboy? Anyway, for the purposes of this conversation, the person I was talking to was fellow broadcaster, not the child actor who specializes in westerns Tucker Carlson.

I never said he was a child actor. I think that's just something you assumed the point is I'm talking to Tucker Carlson end quotes on the phone, and he started going off on pronouns, saying, Oh, I can't keep track of it. These people are constantly changing the language, and I can't keep up men or men and women or women. And I said to Tucker Carlson, just hold it right there. You're being ignorant. Shame on you. If we weren't on the phone, I'd Sluggy in the face

for being so closed minded. Wow wait a second, I'm sorry. I just can't believe that sentence just came out of your mouth. It's really amazing. I mean, you've evolved so much ever since you accidentally stormed the capital. Yes, who would have known that my accidental the story of the capital would become a moment of enlightenment. You love crowds, love a crowd, but a lot of people would never

assume this about you. Well, thank you appreciate that. But let me continue, I said to Tucker Carlson, which again is a pseudonym. I said, Tucker. If a person wants to identify as a he, she, whatever you call it, that is none of your business. They are people and served to be treated with the same dignity as you and me. So that's how I put it. And with that, I'll be signing off today, folks. This is Ron Burgundy. No, Ron, I'm just getting my jacket. We've only been here for

like four minutes. We just got here. Are you serious? I could have sworn I was. I was here for three hours. Look, you haven't even had a sip of your coffee yet. Oh in that case, please the show must go on. Anyway, we were discussing how you are becoming an ally. Yes, yes, Caroline, and I know I'm I'm out of touch in a lot of ways. I admitted I have a lot to learn, and I want to. I really want to. I want to be a better

ally in the world. And and that's why on today's show, I'm going to ask you, as a young person, to help me with something very important. Okay, now, no, it's not bad. Okay, what is it? I want you to teach me how to get famous on TikTok? I'm sorry, how is you getting famous on TikTok going to help with any of those things? Like? Well, I think it's just a chance to reach out to a new young demographic. I think we've we've done some of that here on

the podcast. Also on a personal level, I finally learned a lot by listening to young people. Sure, and the young people they're they're all on TikTok. Did you just say tiktork? Wait? Is it TikTok or TikTok? Whichever one is right? That that's the one I just said, it's it's TikTok. Al right, Well, when we come back from break, a two hour break, Carolina is going to show me the ins and outs of TikTok. We have fifteen minutes, and by the end of this episode, Ron Burgundy is

going to go viral. I don't even have TikTok installed on my phone. You don't have it all ready. I don't use it. Oh. I thought you were a cool young person. You're what thirty one? Wait, you're turning thirty one in May. Yeah, my gosh, I can't believe you remembered my birthday. I saw it on your driver's license when I was going through your purse. Are you serious? And I thought, I gotta remember that. It's the nice thing to do. You need to stop going for my

purse for candy and snacks. I keep telling you there's no food in my purse. No, I was just seeing if you had a diary. What are you serious? Yes, well, I don't know why. I'm I don't know why I'm telling you so much right now? All right, let's take a break and then you can make me viral on TikTok. I don't know if this is going to be possible. I'll do my best. Back in the flash with the

Rot Burgundy podcast podcast podcast podcasts so annoying. We're back on the Ron Burgundy Podcast with me as always as Carolina, and today on the show Carolina. This is gonna be fun. It's gonna teach me how to become famous on TikTok. I'm okay. Disclaimer, I rarely used to talk, and I don't think you actually need to do this to connect with a younger audience. There's so many other ways. But here's the thing. TikTok just seems fun, you know, it just seems like fun. And so what if Silicon Valley

wants to collect all my personal information? My life is an open book, not unlike your purse. All right, do you have the app loaded up? Yes, it's all set, So what do you want to do I want to go viral? I'm sorry, was I not clear about that yet? You can't just make something go viral. It has to be interesting or news worthy, you're cute or funny. It has to happen organically. I think all I'm gonna need to do is get on there and do a fun dance and then blam, Oh I've got millions of followers. Yeah,

but you're a journalist, You're I don't know. I mean, do you really want to reduce yourself to dancing on TikTok? My decision is vital, and this is about connecting more with young people and hearing what they have to say to make the world a better place. Right. I mean, that's part of it, because if that's something you're truly interested in doing, I can actually put you in touch with some great organizations, Mutual aid projects, nonprofit Carolina. I need you to hold the camera while I do the

fun tiktork dance. I've been practicing in my den for a week, So that's what this is really about. You've been working on this, you know, and a lot of people know this. I'm an excellent dancer, Okay, but here's the thing I'm afraid that if we do make a TikTok of you dancing, then it will go viral. Perfect, That's what I'm saying. No, but I think it could go viral and um the wrong way. Listen, if I get the clap from dancing, it won't be the first time. What I'm trying to say is you could end up

with people laughing at you, not with you. And I mean no, I don't understand what. Why would people be laughing at all? There's nothing funny about my dancing. The art of dances is not a laughing matter, because you know I'm cla sickly trained. There just might be something inherently funny to people about seeing Ron Burgundy dancing. I can do ballet, jazz, tap, modern hip hop, dancer size that. Do you remember that I went with you to your ZOOMA class at the Y. Yeah, they asked you to leave.

I've worked very hard on my craft and I don't see how anyone could find that the least bit funny. People just know you from a different contexts, and I want to show them this side of me. Do people laugh while they're watching Dancing with the Stars. No, Never, They watch people dance and the cream rises to the top. Yeah, are you trying to get on Dancing with the Stars? Wait? What are they asking? No? Right, yes, I haven't gotten the call. But but it's not like I'm waiting by

the phone. I barely even care at all. Okay, I'm just starting to add some stuff up. Add what up? I don't owe you any money. I put the wallet right back in your purse. Ron, did someone from Dancing with the Stars tell you if you got a following on TikTok, they might consider having you on the show. Is this what it's all about? If? And I'm saying, if a conversation took place along those lines, that would

be confidential dancer to producer confidentiail. But I will say I did have a conversation, and let's say someone may have said it may increase my chances of getting on DWTS, that's Dancing with the Stars. Yeah, look, are you going to film my TikTok? Dnswer? What? Because I can find someone else to do it. I just just thought you would know how to make me look flattering. I trust you, Thank you, Ron, And in the interests of that trust, I would like to talk to you off the air

about this. Well, like I said, my life is an open book. But if we have a commercial lined up, I suppose we could do that and then talk privately. If we don't have a commercial, we can just move away from the mics and whisper. Let's just talk the dancing with the stars of it all through privately. Okay, alright, fair enough, back in a moment with information on how you can see my awesome dance moves on TikTok. This

is Ron Burgundy. Bazinga. What's bazinga? It's it's a cool word I saw on a TV show to I wrote it down as soon as I heard it. I don't think you're using it in the right context. Well, it's still a cool word, bazinga. We're back here on the Ron Burgundy Podcast. Carolina and I just had a heart to heart and she really made a compelling argument. Thank

you so much for just really listening to me there. Yeah. So, and people are used to seeing Ron Burgundy behind a desk, seeing me tackle hard hitting news stories, become a trusted source of information, and in these uncertain times we're living in, personalities like myself are rare commodities. I'm so glad you've thought this through. That's why I've made the difficult decision two ignore Carolina's advice and film a really fun dance

for TikTok Boo. Yah. That's right, I'm the slum Dog Millionaire. Baby. I'm sorry this you're saying the Year of the slum Dog Millionaires. That's some DJ name. Well, I just said it. I honestly don't know where that came from. It's an Academy Award winning picture from two thou Oh. I I don't know, Caroline. I'm just amped up and it came out of my mouth. Sue me. All right, let's move on and film. That's That's not the first time I've said that. Today. I also filmed Baxter's piano recital. Let's

just get this over with. Terrific, Okay. So I've worked out a little routine to a d Alipa song. Now, I don't know if we can get the rights to the du Alipa song for the podcast, so we need to cover our basis. Well, we'll do one version where we play the actual song and I dance to it, and one where you sing it and I do my awesome, mind blowing TikTok dance. Okay, I'm just gonna send an open apology to the legal team at I heart for I mean a lot of stuff that went on an HR,

but also for having to work this out last minute. Sorry, guys, let's do this, Carolina. I'm pumped up. Make sure you get my entire body and frame. So which version do you want to do first? The one with the actual do Alipa song or the one where you sing it? You know what do do? The one where you sing it first? It's it's a good warm up. Okay, I am thank you, Yeah, okay, okay, Now hit record and start singing that d Alipa song I like and watch

me blow your mind with my moves. All right, recording ready? Ready? Okay, one, don't pick up the phone. You know he's only calling because he's drunken alone to don't let him in. You have to kick him Matt again, okay, and cut? Did we get it? We get it? We got something, hammy your phone. Let me watch Blie back huh. Okay, yeah, it's good. Right, it looks great. Hot hot, hot, he's hot. Okay, that's you. Okay, now, okay, now let's do a version

with the actual song. You ready, these rights are probably really expensive. She's like in a Grammy Award winning pop star. That's that's fine. I'll pay up to one. It might be a little bit more. I'm serious. Now, now press play. Okay, Oh my god, are you okay? Whoa? Oh? Oh my god? Okay, okay, let me just oh I'm fine, I find I can continue to dance. I'll just I'll just need something to number pain. You. Do you have any feting on you? N No, that's dangerous. Let me just get you home

one second. Let me just delete this video first deleted? Are you mad? Woman? Ouch? Got it in so much pain? Upload it now? Upload the video. No, this is the one where you're dancing to do Alipa and you fall and hurt yourself. It'll go viral. Title it Ron Burgundy do Alipa fail? Oh my lower back is as hot as a Hendrix guitar lick? Does anyone to have access to any painkillers strong enough to tear? Apart of family painkillers that are so potently they wreck you financially and emotionally.

I want those. We'll be right back. Ye shooby doo b d B do you here? I go? Here? We go, here, we go again, girls, what's my weakness? Finn? Hey, he's round berger Um. Thank you so much for listening today, and thank you so much to our engineer Carl, who works with Nick, who I always suspected had a drug problem, and God bless him, I was right. I'm feeling much better now. Okay, you're not on like a chill drug. You're on fentanel, which literally destroys lives and we're suffering

from an opioid epidemic because of it. So please don't try this at home. And Carl is going to get treatment at a facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Courtesy if Carolina's Christmas bonus, I don't know. I think there's another way for us to gather the funds. Carolina, how many views are we up to on that tiki torch? You're dualipa fail that oh is at one point two million views on TikTok and also do a Leapa commented l O L fantastic. Well, I think we learned a

lot today about young people and communication. It's it's very important to listen to the youth because you never know what lessons they might have to teach you. Also, do not take addictive pain medication unless you really need it, or you Ron Burgundy, and you deserve a little break a Rooney, I guess you got what you wanted today. You went viral on TikTok. Well, you just have to understand the algorithm. I forgot to mention this earlier, but I'm I'm up for a Pulitzer prize for a story

I did on early COVID one nine. Do you think this TikTok will help her hurt? My chances is that the fentanyl that you were up for a Pulitzer That feels like it might be. If you keep this up, you're going to go to Florida with Carl. I mean, I honestly don't know. It's a crazy world. You might be nominated for a pullit, sir, Yeah, crazy world indeed, sister. Hey everybody, this is TikTok star Ron Burgundy saying goodbye to our listeners this season. Uh yeah, I did good.

I would love to see Walter crunk I get that many views online as fast as I did. I'm the gold standard of journalism now and that should wipe that grin off of his face. He actually he passed away like over ten years ago. On second thought, does anyone have any fruit cocktail? I would love some fruit cocktail Carolina. Can we get fruit cocktail when you drive me home? Just don't talk to me. Put another dime in the jukebox, baby, I'm Ron Burgundy Buzzinger w