Tim Kazurinsky: [ laughs ] You know. I thought I could trust The New York Post. Under the leadership of Rupert Murdoch, the Post has given us such memorable headlines as.. [ holds up newspaper ] "THE SHIEKS HIT THE FAN!" And.. "KHOMEINI'S KAMIKAZES." And, my personal favorite: "GRANDMOTHER DIES OF AIDS." So, yesterday, when the Post came out with the headline.. "ANDROPOV DEAD".. I was shocked! It's clear, it's concise, it's factual. In every way, it's a departure from what I've come to expect from The Post. They even spelled his name right.
What happened? Why didn't they report Yuri's death like this: [ holds up fake headlines ] "RUSSIA GOES TOPLESS". "IRON CURTAIN CALL". "YURI STIFFS RUSSIA". Or.. LENIN GETS ROOMMATE". Where, I ask you, are the bad puns? [ holds up more fake headlines ] Like: "FLU 1, YURI 0". "VODKAPUT". "ANDRO-POOF". Don't tell me that the Post fired the lousy poet who wrote headlines like: "HOW-NOW-MOS-COW".. "BURY YURI IN A HURRY".. "REDSKY DEDSKY".. or "STINKO PINKO SINKO".
[ holds up the real "Andropov Dead" headline again ]
Is this the new New York Post? What can I say? The thrill is gone.