Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The Headline Game

One of the best things about working at a newspaper was to come up with stupid headlines and titles to articles.

I remember a story I did about William Hung - the terror of American Idol - and it was titled GOOD WILL HUNG-TING. I think. Or was it WHERE THERE'S A WILL...

But there were others which were not used.

Example:

1. William Hung Interview

- WELL HUNG WILLIE

- BIG WILLIE STYLE

- THIS AIN'T WILLIE NELSON MUSIC! - taken from a line in 8 Mile's freestyle battles.

2. V for Vendetta movie review

- S FOR STUPID

- V FOR VAGINA

- V FOR VERY THE STUPID

- V FOR FUCK ALAN MOORE IN THE ASS

3. A TV page about several shows, including documentaries about rich girls, zebras and baboons

- ZEBRAS! BABOONS! GIRLS!

- BITCHES, WITCHES AND RICHES

4. Anwar's latest scandal

- TURKISH DELIGHT!

- ANWAR STRIKES BACK

- BACKSTREET BOYS: UNBREAKABLE

- BABY GOT BACK

- RETURN OF THE JUBUR

- A NEW GROPE

- RAIDERS OF THE LOST ASS

- THE BACK JOB

- HANCOCK RELEASED EARLY

- ANWAR'S LOT

- ANWAR'S FIST

- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

- MALAYSIAN HISTORY A.S.S. (ANWAR'S SODOMY SCANDAL)

- STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - about Anwar's supporters

- GET ON TOP - when Anwar becomes PM

- MEMASUKKAN ZAKAR DALAM DUBUR

- EVERY ASS YOU TAKE

- ANWAR CLAIMS DOUBLE JEOPARDY

- THE REAL SLIM ANUS

- DEEP IMPACT

- THE ABYSS

- SAVING ANWAR'S PRIVATES(CY)

- FORREST HUMP

- AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

- A FEW GOOD MEN

- THE LYING KING

- DEJAVU SEORANG LELAKI

- JANGAN TONGGENG BELAKANG

- CINTA U-TURN

- TOTAL RECOIL

- CINDERELLA MAN

- MEN IN BACK

- CROUCHING SUKMA, HIDDEN SAIFUL

- DUDE, WHERE'S MY ASS? DUDE?

- ONCE YOU GO BACK...

- INTO THE BLUE

- ANWARCONDA

- DANGEROUS LIAISONS