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You Have to Hand it to Them

Jaze — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:10:51 EDT

I can't believe they left out the headline about Marv Albert's suspension for cross-dressing and escort maltreatment:

MARV GETS PINK SLIP

Jaze

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dado — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:56:25 EDT

The one about the gay mobster..."Fairy Godfather"

dado

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Ghostridemywhip — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:31:32 EDT

'Old Dead Bastard'

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Kakapo — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:53:24 EDT

@eatsshootsleaves:
Yes. It would have been their best ever if they'd ejected the unnecessary irony-establishing quotes.

Kakapo

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backseat_driver10023 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:48:46 EDT

@EddieTheDane: someone from Daily Show moonlighting at NY Post.

@eatsshootsleaves: sublime double entendre

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FitnessMadeSimple — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:51:08 EDT

I've long aspired to moonlight as a NY Post headline writer. This is why.

FitnessMadeSimple

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Ian Spiegelman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:55:52 EDT

@raincoaster:

@cassandra:

I'll stick around as long as I am wanted. I really like it here.

Ian Spiegelman

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cassandra — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:52:40 EDT

@Ian Spiegelman: Don't ever go away. Whatever you're doing, it's working.

Look at your page views! You are a man of the people!

cassandra

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raincoaster — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:36:36 EDT

@Ian Spiegelman: This is Gawker! Who said being easy was a bad thing?

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NinaHagen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:33:01 EDT

@veeelchop: Yes! I remember that one. Thank you for reminding me of something I want to remember!

NinaHagen

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veeelchop — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:27:27 EDT

best NY POST COVER ever: KADAFFI GOES DAFFY: Really a Transvestite! with pix of the Libyan dictator with a curly wig and earrings. the very height of trash tabloid NY news. i guess that was back in early 80s. along with LOTTO FEVER headlines.

veeelchop

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NinaHagen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:57:29 EDT

I was fond of "Frenzy: Iranians Beat Themselves with Whips & Chains." I think a Shia holiday was taken the wrong way but still...

NinaHagen

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Ian Spiegelman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:52:37 EDT

@raincoaster: Okay. From now on I will be cold and aloof. I will ignore all comments, have no fun, not join the conversation, and just be stern and editor-like. But I don't have Graydon Carter's fat, stupid head, tin ear, or ability to believe despite all evidence to the contrary that I matter enough to make some arbitrary pronouncement from on high so stupid and groundless that my own readers call bullshit on me and then just ignore it as prattle... So you see, the executive mode as it's been carved out doesn't really suit me.

Ian Spiegelman

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travelina — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:51:19 EDT

I liked "The Luv Guv."

travelina

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VoxPopuli — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:50:05 EDT

I almost forgot - When Bill Clinton's portrait was being put up in the White House the headline was "Well Hung."
More than I wanted to know, really.

VoxPopuli

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raincoaster — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:38:19 EDT

@Ian Spiegelman: It just makes you look easy, that's all.

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Ian Spiegelman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:33:50 EDT

@wretched_of_the_mirth: I've been writing forever, it feels like, but this is the first time I've ever had instant feedback. It's a whole new experience. And I don't know what kind of person can watch a conversation take place and not dive in, but it's certainly not me. The same drive that makes the commenters shoot remarks at each other is the same thing that makes me do it. And, I've been commenting here for a while. It would be crazy to stop just because I'm also posting items.

Ian Spiegelman

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wretched_of_the_mirth — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:20:30 EDT

@Ian Spiegelman: "Taboo" made me giggle. Or the idea of there being such a thing in a comment column. And hell no, I wasn't chastising! We're all too clearly overjoyed by your camaraderie! I would say you are this weekend's Ms. Dupré, but that could be taken the wrong way...

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Ian Spiegelman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:02:18 EDT

@wretched_of_the_mirth: Communicating with people, even in this fashion, is fun. Should I just post stuff and then pretend there's not a comment thread? Also, I've never blogged before, so if there's some kind taboo against the blogger commenting, I just don't know about it.

Ian Spiegelman

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wretched_of_the_mirth — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:56:19 EDT

@Ian Spiegelman: You're making things worse: Whatever you go sniffle in (whether you're familiar with handkerchieves or not), you really shouldn't "hand it to them."

What's with the blogger trying to outcomment the commenters anyways?

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digitalsmoothie — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:50:38 EDT

This isn't from The Post and it's from teh sportee pages but what the hell:

"Kansas City to get a taste of Angels' Colon"

digitalsmoothie

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Ian Spiegelman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:13:16 EDT

@wretched_of_the_mirth: ::sniffle::

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Jim (The Canuck One) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:45:27 EDT

Back in '85, weren't they the one's who were going to use "Klaus the Louse Heads for Big House" if Klaus von Bulow had been FINALLY convicted?

Jim (The Canuck One)

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wretched_of_the_mirth — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:43:38 EDT

I can't shake the feeling that "You Have to Hand It to Them" won't make the list.

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Yank — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:34:15 EDT

BAD LAY, Enron's Kenny Boy Guilty, Faces 165 Years

Yank

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fileunder — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:04:55 EDT

Something tells me KERRY'S CHOICE from July 2004 won't be included.

fileunder

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BrianVan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:54:57 EDT

"Oh What A Feeling"
Re: execs from Toyota caught in sexual harassment/fondling scandal

Runner up:
"Curse of the Bimbino"
Re: A-Rod plays his first game at Fenway after getting caught cheating with a blonde, Red Sox fans come out in droves wearing blondie masks (Yanks won anyway)

BrianVan

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cassandra — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:19:52 EDT

@4_Chan!!!!!11!one: Once the Post had a story about Bob Iger waiting for Mike Eisner's career to croak. They headlined it "Crouching Iger, Hidden Dragon."

cassandra

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bess marvin, girl detective — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:16:23 EDT

@EddieTheDane: that is really good. at least the post recognizes that people buy the newspapers for the headlines rather than the news itself. that's something i would be celebrating if i were rupert

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eatsshootsleaves — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:08:08 EDT

Ike Beats Tina To Death.

eatsshootsleaves

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Mike_Jahn — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:58:28 EDT

I wish I could stick around for this, but the sun has gone over the yardarm here in Sodom-by-the-Sea and I must attend. Bai.

Mike_Jahn

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Buzz Killington — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:56:40 EDT

"Dippy Hippy Bang Bang" which was of course about the murder at that sex commune on Staten Island a couple of years ago. I laughed at that for days.

Also, while not technically a headline, back when North Korea was threatening to test their missile, the Post ran it on the front page... but instead of using an actual picture of Kim Jong Il, they rather brilliantly used a picture of his puppet character from 'Team America'. It was just too funny for words.

Buzz Killington

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:53:39 EDT

panda eats, shoots and leaves

if_i_only_had_a_heart

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:52:13 EDT

@cassandra: lol. thnx. newsday used 2 b more inneresting 2

if_i_only_had_a_heart

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Mike_Jahn — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:50:55 EDT

Still, no one has equalled the majesty of Sticks Nix Hicks Flix.

Mike_Jahn

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TedSez — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:45:27 EDT

or, Headline Oddities in Newsless Tab

TedSez

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TedSez — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:43:40 EDT

Gross Post Coasts on Headline Boasts

TedSez

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VoxPopuli — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:42:31 EDT

@MrInBetween: I think the Brits came up with that one, but I don't know specifics.

VoxPopuli

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EddieTheDane — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:42:06 EDT

Best Post Headline of all time occured after a patient at Bellvue sexually assaulted a nurse before escaping. next day's headline; 'Nut Screws and Bolts'

EddieTheDane

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donmiguel — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:41:10 EDT

Yeah, let's focus on the witty headlines and not on the news itself -- that's way more boring...

donmiguel

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EddieTheDane — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:40:58 EDT

'Ford to City; Drop Dead'= Daily News

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Mike_Jahn — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:36:53 EDT

@Dickdogfood: Yeah, really. Our stuff was much better. Some of it was even safe for regular audiences.

Mike_Jahn

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cassandra — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:34:19 EDT

@VoxPopuli: everyone loves the classics!

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: but you were in the right spirit. I think it was back when the daily news was actually more interesting than the post and less like what it is now, which is basically Newsday for urban-bound cops, Catholics and civil servants.

cassandra

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MrInBetween — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:32:05 EDT

The editor who coined the brilliant nickname, "Jacko," should get a $1 million bonus.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:27:46 EDT

@cassandra: woops, wrong tab

if_i_only_had_a_heart

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Dickdogfood — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:25:55 EDT

I gotta say: they TOOOTALLY dropped the ball on the Spitzer thing. Headline-wise, anyway.

Dickdogfood

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edisdead — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:24:59 EDT

now THAT'S what i call SYNERGY

edisdead

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VoxPopuli — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:18:22 EDT

@cassandra: Jinx!

VoxPopuli

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aisatsana — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:18:08 EDT

what about stab baby?

aisatsana

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VoxPopuli — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:17:56 EDT

What about the "Axis of Weasels" for the U.N. - that involved Photoshop.

VoxPopuli

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cassandra — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:16:57 EDT

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: I think that was the Daily News?

Axis of Weasel got some attention. Though Bimbo Summit was probably the funniest one.

cassandra

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:10:59 EDT

ford to city: drop dead

if_i_only_had_a_heart