Dive into the archives.
- #9322
Publisher, to ad director about making the layout dummy for next day: “It is just like driving under the influence. You probably shouldn’t dummy while fighting the flu.”
- #9321
Layout editor after reporter asks where her article will run in the paper: “Well, you’re above the old lady who got knocked over and robbed, so that’s pretty impressive.”
- #9320
Web editor 1: “The Sun just tweeted out, ‘Stabbing, drive-by shooting and homicide part of overnight violence in Baltimore’.” Web editor 2: “Yeah, but they could tweet that every morning.”
- #9319
Editor: “Where are all the good writers, man? We’ve got to smoke them out. Like badgers.”
- #9318
Photog: “Why weren’t you in the meeting.” Assignment Editor: “Because I was with the intern.” Photog: “That’s what Bill Clinton said.”
- #9317
Editor, after finding typos: “Pay no attention to the editor behind the computer.”
- #9316
Producer to reporter: “Your script looks good. One thing though, I don’t think anyone in our viewing area knows what a consortium is.”
- #9314
Managing editor: “I screwed up. The intern doesn’t turn 21 until a couple days after the election. You have to make the liquor run on election night.” Reporter: “So why did we hire an intern?”
- #9312
Editor: “[Designer] thinks if she keeps sending me emails, I’m going to read them.”
- #9309
Reporter: “I’m on E. I need to go to the creativity juice gas station.” Editor: “It’s called the liquor store.”
- #9308
Reporter: “It’s not Bourbon. It’s just coffee and water, I swear.”
- #9306
Editor: “There’s a reception for the outgoing president today.” Reporter: “It’s just going to be a bunch of people jacking each other off and I don’t want to be in the splash zone.”
- #9305
Reporter looking at footage: “We finally figured out a way to shoot a stand up so I don’t look like a fat sack of shit.”
- #9304
Reporter, eating Cheetos: “Ahh, I feel rejuvenated.”
- #9302
Editor composing message to designer: “To make the kerning more uniform, we should…” Copy editor: “Just tell her I say it looks like shit — fix it.”
- #9301
Male photographer, returning from shooting a fire: “I smell like a man.”
- #9300
Reporter: “Are we good now?” Editor: “No. This is a fucking mess. What else is new?”
- #9299
Producer: “Breaking news makes me hungry.”
- #9298
“TMZ, man. How do they always know? I feel like they’re bugging everybody’s houses.”
- #9297
Online editor: “I follow @SesameStreet because you’ve gotta mix the murder and mayhem with muppets.”
