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Who is Gary Sanchez?

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Gary Sanchez, a former NFL football player from Paraguay, is the financial backer and "spiritual leader" of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's new production company...what? McKay has told Variety 's Chris Gardner that Sanchez "provides moral support and finances outside entertainment." Meaning what..that Sanchez conducts spiritual counselling sessions with candles and incense burning? He sends expensive prostitutes to Ferrell and McKay's homes on occasion? He makes them feel better about themselves by playing touch football with them on his back lawn? This is easily the strangest Variety production-shingle story (Sanchez Prods. is starting a first-look deal with Paramount Vantage) I've read all year.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 27, 2006 at 12:50 PM

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JoJo says ...

There is no former NFL player named Gray Sanchez. He's made up, and people are falling for it, for some reason.

Posted by JoJo at June 27, 2006 1:20 PM

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Sanfred says ...

If the humour in Anchorman is any indication of McKay's sense of humour, he's kidding. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor pulled a similar (but funnier) joke press release when their production company was announced:

http://press.foxsearchlight.com/press.php?UID=46

Posted by Sanfred at June 27, 2006 1:20 PM

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jesse says ...

I'd say that Ferrell/McKay's joke is funnier, because Payne & Taylor (as much as I love them) are clearly pulling a cutesy/smarty-pants joke in their release, whereas McKay's has a crucial "zer?!" factor. Then again, I love Anchorman.

Posted by jesse at June 27, 2006 1:42 PM

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Dixon Steele says ...

Smells like a fake.

And by the way, Ferrell is happily married and don't think hookers are coming to his house.

Posted by Dixon Steele at June 27, 2006 1:42 PM

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BL says ...

I am having problems accessing the variety site - but this press release sounds a whole lot funnier than "Anchorman"

I wish Ferrll would go back to SNL and resume doing his Geroge Bush impersonation - he was really awesome at that.

Posted by BL at June 27, 2006 2:21 PM

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Sanfred says ...

I actually really like Anchorman too and, to be fair, I haven't read the McKay/Ferrell press release. I'm just going off of Jeff's rendering of the details (which is, understandably, not very funny, as Jeff doesn't seem to get the joke).

Posted by Sanfred at June 27, 2006 3:11 PM

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