I’d like to ask everyone for a moment of silence. Weekly World News, the nation’s most… uh… accurate? tabloid, is ending publication next month.
The thing was launched in 1979, and I just assumed it’d always be around. Was it terrible? Of course. But it just felt like a big parody of tabloids in general, and I applaud that. (I wonder if they ever ran diet tips….)
I think I’ll miss Bat Boy the most.
Posted in Just Plain Odd
Ryan July 24, 2007, 1:50 pm
That is sad! I remember always picking up a copy of this and a 48-pack of the worst hot dogs possible before going on boating trips in middle school. Good times, good times.
jk July 25, 2007, 6:45 pm
Ryan, you ate meat?
Loosely speaking.
Ryan July 25, 2007, 7:17 pm
jk — Indeed I did. I didn’t become vegetarian until I was 24 and back in high school it wasn’t unusual for me to down two Big Macs for dinner.
jk July 26, 2007, 3:15 am
It all adds up! Kind of like a big game hunter becoming a card-carrying member of PETA.