Will Ferrell shows up as Ron Burgundy to co-anchor real newscast in North Dakota

Ron Burgundy, a fictional news anchor played by Will Ferrell, showed up behind the anchor desk on a North Dakota newscast Saturday night.

Love this! "@AntDeRosa: Ron Burgundy co-anchors local Bismarck, North Dakota news broadcast http://t.co/jrFjwI3uct pic.twitter.com/DpyfmqhgfI"

— Nikki DeLeon (@iamnikkideleon) December 1, 2013

https://twitter.com/JHALCH/status/407245537901953024

Viewers of the station outside of Bismarck were taken by surprise.

https://twitter.com/lohanuschrist/status/406970386178244608

Ron Burgundy is honestly co-anchoring my local news tonight. Like, not joking at all. Will Ferrell is in the building.

— Tommy Schmidt (@Tommy_Schmidt) December 1, 2013

Ron Burgundy on local news in Bismarck, ND. Kept it classy pic.twitter.com/Rit1Zkwd5l

— Stewy (@jstew34) December 1, 2013

According to twitter and Instagram Ron burgundy is on minots local news hahahah what!!!

— Sammy J (@sJandrisch) December 1, 2013

https://twitter.com/rikkileej/status/406955122929831936

https://twitter.com/dominiquemikula/status/406949601418018816

https://twitter.com/Tyjones97/status/406949399059644416

Will Ferrell is on our local news channel!

— Megan Reis (@MeganLReis) December 1, 2013

Here’s video from his appearance.

I love Will Ferrell. And yes I did watch all 30 minutes of this local news broadcast.https://t.co/Fve8WFKdfy

— T (@ImprudentTub) December 1, 2013

In the words of Mr. Burgundy, stay classy, North Dakota.