Other mistake: In the article about Ron finishing 2nd in the hot dog contest, it says he's "now dubbed the Michael Jordan of wiener wolfing." Jordan didn't even start college until 1981. Not to mention Jordan was only playing JV high school basketball in 1978 in North Carolina.
Factual error: The cologne scene shows a 90's era Corvette cologne. (00:14:15)
Answer: They're messing around. Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay are great friends. They wrote the screenplay for Anchorman together and are currently working together again on an as of yet untitled comedy about NASCAR which is due in 2006.