Anyone could write a better headline than EW, so prove it
Posted Oct 9th 2009 10:26AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Celebrities, Reality-Free
That bastion of journalistic excellence,
Entertainment Weekly, unveiled their new cover and (surprise!) Letterman made the cover. It features the
Late Show host without pants, which in any other context would be the lowest selling issue of
EW since Ernest Borgnine forgot to put on underpants.
My problem isn't with the picture, although it seems it probably should be. It's the headline. Is "Oh, Dave" the best they could do? Hell, "Where the Wild Things Are" would be ten times better and save a fifth of the print space. Write a better headline in the comments section below and we'll feature the best ones in a future post.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-09-2009 @ 11:26AM
Aaron said...
I love that in an article where you call out someone for terrible headlines, you have a terrible one yourself. Go get 'em, Danny! Between this and that Swardson article, you're on fire today. Do they pay you to just crank out as many "columns" as possible to generate web hits? Cause this is ridiculous.
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10-09-2009 @ 11:31AM
A.Barrios said...
"No Off Position on the Sleazebag Switch" ~inspired by the show's actual tagline (imdb.com)
I have a sneaking suspicion that this magazine article is going to be sympathetic to Dave. He chose to have his "very, very bad week".
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10-09-2009 @ 12:04PM
stewartwallace said...
How about "Stupid Human Tricks"?
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10-09-2009 @ 12:38PM
Jason said...
WTF?
PWND
FAIL
Just to name a few.
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10-09-2009 @ 12:50PM
Tim said...
Letterman, unzipped.
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10-09-2009 @ 12:51PM
Tim Windsor said...
Late night king's ransom
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10-09-2009 @ 1:08PM
dan2ktj said...
Letterman gets caught with his World Wide Pants down!
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10-09-2009 @ 5:16PM
R-Bro said...
"Et tu, Dave?"
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10-09-2009 @ 7:15PM
Aml said...
I wouldn't give his troubles to a monkey on a rock.
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10-12-2009 @ 2:13PM
Jimmy said...
"That bastion of journalistic excellence, Entertainment Weekly ..."
Kettle, this is the the pot. You're black.
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10-13-2009 @ 12:57AM
Chris Weagel said...
"Say...Look at those Gams"
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