Via Metafilter comes the sad, sad news that the venerable publication, the Weekly World News, has closed down.
Those of you not from the States may not be familiar with the WWN, it was something special; not just another weekly news magazine you'd glance at for a minute at the check-out line and then forget, but a shout-out from another world - an injection of the strange and surreal - a vital dose of manic, can-you-believe-it hyperbole; a gutterised mini-Burroughs screaming at you in your narcotised state that all was not as it seems.
The WWN made a big impact on me growing up - so much so that a News T-shirt was what I wore at my first wedding, (in Las Vegas of course - Elvis, who is still alive as any News reader will know, would approve). This morning, on hearing the sad news, I rummaged through old suitcases, not opened for years, and found the shirt; presented above to give some flavour of what we've lost.
P.S. I'm really glad the Alien saw through Bush and Perot - it's a shame he won't be around to see this Bush out.
Is this the same newspaper that gave us the "Bat Boy"?
Either way, who will we know who to vote for in 08? Perhaps the alien will do an Op-Ed piece or something for another paper.
Posted by: Phil | July 23, 2007 at 09:51 AM
You ever wonder why that marriage didn't last?
I shouldn't jest. Mine was screwed after 12-months. I've had cell phones longer...
Posted by: Aaron | July 23, 2007 at 09:56 AM
Bat Boy...ahhh yes.
And hey, the marriage lasted as long as it needed to. Now the second marriage...that's another story.
Posted by: Jett Loe | July 23, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Yep. Confirmed it.
Posted by: Phil | July 23, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Just how many wives have you had?!?
Posted by: cageyk | July 23, 2007 at 12:42 PM
You probably have to be a long-time listener to know the answer to that one.
Posted by: Jett Loe | July 23, 2007 at 01:00 PM
Yes, well, I'm new to these here parts. (Nice redirection though, very subtle.) Will do my very best to catch up....
Posted by: cageyk | July 23, 2007 at 01:16 PM
Cageyk - you will not be disappointed with your findings.
Posted by: Phil | July 23, 2007 at 03:49 PM
just to get it out of the way, jett has had exactly 3.14 wives.
2ndly, my favorite all time WWN headline:
"Alien Vampires Ate My Cows!"
accompanied by the appropriate composite picture of dead cows and Greys with little pointy teeth. it has to be true, you couldn't make that up.
Posted by: wcbhoy | July 23, 2007 at 07:00 PM
Thanks for blabbing, wcbhoy. Personally, I think anything more than 2 wives is a wee bit greedy. Although I see he didn't espouse all of no. 4, just nabbed a boob or something. Och well, each to their own.
Posted by: cageyk | July 23, 2007 at 08:20 PM