Judd Apatow says that if it wasn't for one iconic director, then "Anchorman" probably wouldn't be what it is today.

The legendary comedian explained how it happened on the Nov. 2 episode of “Sunday Sitdown." He said the first draft of "Anchorman," written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, told an entirely different story.

He said the plot was about a group of anchorpeople who survive a plane crash on their way to an anchor convention.

Will Ferrell in "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." Alamy

"So they crash into a mountain, and it becomes about them trying to survive, and slowly they wonder if they need to eat each other," he laughed. "And they brought me in at some point and they wrote a new script, which was what became 'Anchorman.'"

Once they started pitching the new script,

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