Will Ferrell's newsroom comedy Anchorman may not have been a runaway box office hit on its initial release back in 2004, but it's one of those movies - packed with gut-busting one-liners and insanely funny set pieces - that gathered more fans with each new DVD/Blu-ray release and TV showing, and quickly ascended to comedy classic status.

For fans of Ron Burgundy and his dimwitted Channel 4 news comrades, the wait for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has been a long one - especially when you consider that at one point it looked like it wouldn't happen at all. One thing you may not know about Anchorman, however, is that it already has a sequel. Well, sort of.

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Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie first surfaced on the DVD release of Anchorman in 2004 and presents an entirely new feature-length adventure for Ron, Brick Tamland, Champ Kind and Brian Fantana. The film is comprised of alternate takes and deleted scenes from Anchorman fashioned together by director Adam McKay, who replicates the vague story trajectory of the original but with the addition of a bank-robbing revolutionary group called The Alarm Clock.

Though they operate without a manifesto and a clear understanding of what they're fighting for, the group still manage to kidnap Veronica and pull Ron into their live TV broadcast.

In this incarnation Ron and Veronica are already together, but their rivalry for the coveted lead anchor spot still provides the dramatic tension in-between the laughs. It also gives the opportunity the showcase some of the comic talent who didn't make the finished Anchorman cut - Maya Rudolph channels Pam Grier as a member of Alarm Clock, Amy Poehler is a bank clerk with a lot of questions and Justin Long is the previously unseen son of Fred Willard's TV station chief.

So how does Wake Up, Ron Burgundy stack up as a stand-alone feature? In truth, not too well. Its cobbled-together nature means it doesn't quite have the rhythm and flow of a great comedy. However it's far more than a glorified DVD extra, with enough funny individual scenes to make it a worthwhile watch for the Anchorman completest.

Digital Spy rounds up some of the best Wake Up, Ron Burgundy moments below:

The Alarm Clark Robbery

Amy Poehler gives as good as she gets in this bank heist featuring Kevin Corrigan, Tara Subkoff, Chuck D and Maya Rudolph. Presidential masks and manifesto uncertainty are very much the order of the day here...

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Champ loves Ron

Champ's affection for Ron has always been something of a bubbling undercurrent, but it boils over with intensity in the below car scene. Funny and ever-so-slightly excruciating, it's something we're sure will be revisited again and again by McKay and co.

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Brick's falafal hot dog

Brick famously ate a big red candle, and he finds a new tasty treat at lunch as the news team plot to oust Veronica. Falafel hot dog with cinnamon and bacon on top? Not even close...

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Jess Moondragon

Did you know that Ron Burgundy has a mentor, and he's even more ridiculous that the man he inspired? Chad Everett takes on the role of Jess Moondragon, whose fondness for shedding his clothes unsettles even Burgundy's nerves of steel.

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Rip the Lid off of It!

Ron and the Channel 4 team attempt to reinvent themselves as hard-hitting journalists in a segment dubbed 'Rip the Lid off of It'. Jeremy Paxman need not worry, because Ron lacks the ability to correctly identify his subjects or formulate any kind of killer questioning technique.

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Cannibalism

Ron and his cohorts find themselves adrift in the wilderness (or north west Hollywood) on their way to foil The Alarm Clock and rescue Veronica from the Griffith Observatory. A loss of direction prompts them to panic and consider going Alive on Brian in a bid for survival.

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"Looks like the Captain's back..."

Here's a scene that illuminates a bit of back story between Ron and pals. Did the quartet all serve together in Vietnam, and could Brick actually not be dim and just suffering from PTSD?

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues will open in cinemas on December 18.

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