Headline Hall of Fame

[gordon edes]

A standing O to the copy editor who wrote this hed on a A-1 profile of Hugh Hefner in Saturday's NY Times:
The Loin in Winter: Hefner Reflects, and Grins

 

[Mighty_Wingman]

I'm ashamed to say I read clear over that when I read the story this morning. But that's outstanding.

 

[Clerk Typist]

Best ever: Headless body in topless bar (NY Post, c. 1977)

 

[Mystery Meat II]

in b4 ROASTED NUTS, HORSE WINS RACE and THE TRUTH (UK version)

 

[reformedhack]

PELL GETS HEAD JOB AT FLORIDA

-- major Florida newspaper, circa 1979

 

[Songbird]

Prosecutor's **** causes wreck

 

[fishwrapper]

 

[gordon edes]

fish wrapper, i'd never seen that one. Classic. I wonder if the layout guy laid out the page to fit the hed, not the other way around.

 

[fishwrapper]

fish wrapper, i'd never seen that one. Classic. I wonder if the layout guy laid out the page to fit the hed, not the other way around.

I don't know. But, good Lord, I love it.
(Hey, and tell Morgan the fans at the track always complain when he lights up those damn Gurkhas).

 

[Liut]

Tar Heels trim Beavers

 

[Steak Snabler]

Waterproof Negro Drowns, Houma (La.) Gazette, 1960s


(Waterproof, La., is a small town on the Mississippi River)

 

[SanitizedSamolean]

after a ND win over USC with Navy next on the slate: Irish rip Trojans, Seamen Coming

 

[accguy]

One of my all-time favorites was in the Chicago Tribune the morning after the Bartman game:

"The mitt hits the fan"

 

[Steak Snabler]

The NY Post when Manuel compared Mets fans to fertilizer:

"S#%t hits the fans"

 

[Shaggy]

I think "Ford to City: Drop Dead" is a Hall of Famer, for sure.

After Ike Turner died, the NY Post hit one out of the park "Ike beats Tina to death"

 

[Hambone]

From the Northern Arizona student paper about the Lumberjack women's basketball team playing well at the beginning of the season:

"Lady Jacks off to good start"

 

[Mystery Meat II]

http://www.guppylake.com/nsb/headjob.html

 

[BTExpress]

I believe Philly Daily News had a "Life's a Mitch" head after one of Williams' meltdowns cost the team a game in the early 90s.

 

[mustangj17]

http://www.guppylake.com/nsb/headjob.html

Nice photo next to the headline too. The two work nicely together.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

http://www.guppylake.com/nsb/headjob.html

Nice photo next to the headline too. The two work nicely together.

Am I the only one who thought she looked like Linda Cardinelli, circa Freaks and Geeks?