The Real Anchorman Mort Crim Is Kind Of A Big Deal

Mort Crim was Will Ferrell's inspiration for Anchorman's Ron Burgundy. Mort Crim was the co-anchor in Detroit at WDIV for 19 years. Mort discusses his search for the truth as a journalist and his new book: Anchored: A Journalist's Search for Truth. Mort and I explore his journey that began at a young age as a preacher/evangelist, his mentor Paul Harvey, working in radio, witnesses the first manned space flight, visiting Vietnam with President Johnson, Jessica Savitch, his friendship with Colonel Sanders, being Will Ferrell's Anchorman inspiration, appearing on Comedy Central's Detroiters, the search for truth, what led Mort to spend nearly two decades in Detroit, and so much more! Our Guest, Mort Crim https://mortcrimspeaks.com/ Book: https://mortcrimspeaks.com/product/anchored-a-journalists-search-for-truth-autographed/ Listen to the episode for a special code to receive $10 off the book https://www.facebook.com/mortcrimjournalist Hashtag Fun: Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured in this episode is #ChickenFilms from #FridayFondue. Tweets featured on the show are retweeted at @JeffDwoskinShow Social Media: Jeff discusses Twitter's new downvoting feature. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST! https://jeffisfunny.com/mailing-list/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JeffDwoskinShow Jeff Dwoskin Presents: Crossing the Steams: Every Wednesday at 9:30 PM ET we are LIVE discussing the best TV shows to binge-watch. I'm joined by a panel of TV-watching experts. You don't want to miss the fun! (Watch past episodes) Watch Crossing the Steams LIVE: @bigmacher on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigmacher The Jeff Dwoskin Show on YouTube Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/CTSYouTubeSubscribe Follow Hashtag Roundup to tweet along with fun hashtags daily! https://twitter.com/HashtagRoundup Download the Hashtag Roundup app at https://app.hashtagroundup.com/ Follow Jeff Dwoskin: Jeff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigmacher The Jeff Dwoskin Show: https://twitter.com/JeffDwoskinShow Podcast website: https://jeffisfunny.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/JeffDwoskinShow Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.