A character in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Brick Tamland quotes from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Steve Carell

2nd most-quoted character in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004): in 35 of its 151 quotes
Most scenes with: Ron Burgundy (12), Champ Kind (9), Brian Fantana (8)

A line from Brick Tamland [opposing women in the newsroom]

I read somewhere that their periods attract bears. The bears can smell the menstruation.

More lines from Brick Tamland

20 quotes
Brick Tamland

I'm Brick Tamland. People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks. Years later, a doctor will tell me that I have an I.Q. of 48 and I am what some people call mentally ****.

Brick Tamland
[riding a bear]

Hey, Ron! I'm riding a furry tractor!

Brick Tamland
(sees Veronica in Ron's place)

.......You're not Ron.

Brick Tamland
(after drinking coffee)

Mmm, I just burnt my tongue.

Brick Tamland

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!!

Brick Tamland

Oh, sorry, Champ... I think I ate your Chocolate Squirrel

Brick Tamland

Hey! Where did you get those clothes? At the...toilet...store?

Brick Tamland

Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident!

Brick Tamland

I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.

Brick Tamland
[When Ron asks, "Where did you get that hand grenade from, Brick?"]

...I don't know.

Brick Tamland
[from the outtakes]

I drank a lava lamp. It wasn't lava.

Brick Tamland
[from the outtakes]

I ate a whole bunch of fiberglass insulation. It wasn't cotton candy like that guy said. My stomach's itchy.

Brick Tamland
[from the outtakes]

I pooped a hammer.

Brick Tamland
[from the outtakes]

I pooped a tape recorder.

Brick Tamland
[from the outtakes]

I pooped a Cornish game hen. Uh . . . [laughs] Nope.

Scenes with Brick Tamland

14 scenes

Don't get me wrong, I love the ladies. I mean they rev my engines, but they don't belong in the newsroom!

It is anchorMAN, not anchorLADY! And that is a scientific fact!

Brick Tamland

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!

You're with us, Ron, what do you think?

Shit! Sh... it's terrible! She has beautiful eyes, and her hair smells like cinnamon!

Brick Tamland

LOUD NOISES!!

What's this?

Well, well, well, Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 News Team.

Hello, Wes Mantooth, Hello, Evening News team.

Nice clothes, gentlemen! I didn't know that the Salvation Army was having a sale. Am I right? Am I right? Look at these guys!

Brick Tamland

Hey, where did you get those clothes, the...toilet...store?

What are you doing on our station's turf, Burgundy? You're about to get a serious beat down.

I will smash your face into a car windshield, and then take your mother Dorothy Mantooth out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again!

Dorothy Mantooth is a saint! You understand me? Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!

Hey, leave the mothers out of this. It's unnecessary. Besides, I'm sure Wes here is just upset about finishing second in the ratings again.

That's completely uncalled for, Burgundy. You know those rating systems are flawed. They don't take in account houses that have... uh... more than two television sets... and...other things of that nature.

I guess I have to take you at your word, No. 2. You have a great day, fellas, we'll see you around the bend.

(on the fight between local anchormen)

Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast!

It jumped up a notch.

It did, didn't it?

Brick Tamland

Yeah, I stabbed a man in the heart.

I saw that! Brick killed a guy! Did you throw a trident?

Brick Tamland

Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.

Brick, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. You should probably find yourself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder.

Last time I looked in the dictionary, my name's Ron Burgundy. What's your name?

Brian Fantana.

Champ Kind.

Brick

Brian Fantana.

No, you're Brick.

Brick

Brian.

I'm Brian.

Brick

Veronica.

Brick Tamland

I love... carpet. [pause] I love... desk.

Brick, are you just looking at things in the office and saying that you love them?

Brick Tamland

I love lamp.

Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying it because you saw it?

Brick Tamland

I love lamp! I love lamp.

From the outtakes:

Um, Brick, before I let you go, are you still having your celebrity golf tournament?

Brick Tamland

Um, no, no... too many people died last year, so we're not gonna do it.

Brick Tamland

*cough!* *look over here!* Excuse me, Veronica

Yes what is it Brick?

Brick Tamland

I would like to extend to you, an invitation to the Pants Party.

Brick Tamland

...The party ...the pants ...party with the pants?

Brick are you saying that there is a party in your pants and that i'm invited.

Brick Tamland

That's it.

Did Brian tell you to say this Brick?

Brick Tamland

No...YES

Okay. No I don't want to go to a party in your pants...

Brick Tamland

Very well. IAN! Would you like to go to a party in my pants?

Ed

Listen up. The ratings just came in for last month. We are number one. We just grabbed every key demographic.

[Everyone cheers.]

Yeah! Yeah!

Ron

Super duper, gang! Super duper! That's nice! Way to go! Neat-o, gang.

Brick

Yes!

Ron

Boy, Ed, that is good news. I gotta be honest.

Ed
[Ron and Ed shake hands and hug.]

Congrats, congrats.

Ron

That is good news!

All right!

Ed
[Garth lights Ed's cigar.] [to Garth]

Stick around. Make sure these guys don't party too much.

Garth

Uh, they don't ever really listen to me, Ed.

Ed

Just get it done.

Garth

Okay.

[on Veronica Corningstone]

I'm telling you, she is a real ball-buster.

[Brian laughs.]

A real ice queen.

Brick
[Brick drinks some coffee.]

Mm. I just burned my tongue.

Ron

The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show.

Ron
[He holds up his arms and kisses each one.]

Let's see if she likes the goods.

Ron

Veronica Corningstone and I had sex, and we are now in love! Did I say that loud?

Yeah, you pretty much yelled it.

Ron

Well, I don't care. It's fantastic!

What's it like, Ron?

Ron

The intimate times? Outta sight, my man!

No, the other thing. Love.

Brick

Yeah. What is that?

Ron

You really want to know what love is?

[Champ nods his head.]

Yeah.

Yes! Tell us!

Brick

More than anything in the world, Ron!

Ron

Well, it's really quite simple. It's kinda like...

Ron
[He starts singing "Afternoon Delight".]

"Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight, gonna grab some afternoon delight. My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right', why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?"

Everyone
[Champ, Brian, and Brick join in.]

"When everything's a little clearer in the light of day. And, we know the night is always gonna be here anyway!"

Brick and Brian

"Thinking of you's workin' up my appetite, looking forward to a little afternoon delight. Rubbing sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite, and the thought of loving you is getting so exciting, sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight."

Ron
[Ron stops singing.]

You guys have it.

Everyone
[Everyone sings.]

"Afternoon delight!"

[Champ, Brian, and Brick stop singing.]

I dunno, Ron. That sounds kinda crazy.

Sounds like you have mental problems, man.

Brick

Yeah, you got mental problems, man.

Yeah, it really does.

Brick

Man.

Everyone
[Everyone sings.]

"Afternoon delight!"

[voiceover]

Yes, redemption was sweet for Ron Burgundy.

Yes! Ron!

[voiceover]

As for the news team . . .

Stop it! Ron!

[voiceover]

Champ Kind went on to become a commentator for the NFL but was later fired after being accused of sexual harassment by Terry Bradshaw.

Woman
[to Brian Fantana]

Excuse me. Is that Sex Panther you're wearing?

[Brian howls happily.] [voiceover]

Brian Fantana went on to have great success as the host of the hit reality TV show Intercourse Island on the Fox Network.

Anyone seen Brick? Brick?

Brick
[Brick is still in the bear pen and is cuddling with a bear.]

Don't! That tickles! No, that tickles me!

Brick
[Brick laughs.]

Come on!

[voiceover]

Brick Tamland is married with 11 children and is one of the top political advisors to the Bush White House.

Brick

I'm gonna get you! I'm gonna get you!

Baxter
[Ron and Veronica are still kissing.] [to Ron, about Veronica]

Hey! Is she going to live with us? Because I am not cool with that.

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