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== Comic
* Used for a gag in ''[[Transmetropolitan]]
▲* Used for a gag in [[Transmetropolitan]]—the newsboy (a stubble-faced dwarf [[Rule of Funny|for some reason]]) not actually proclaiming a story, but loudly expressing his opinion of The Word's decision to fire Spider Jerusalem.
* Used by the Newsboy Legion in [[DC Comics]], back in the days when they were [[Artifact Title|actually newsboys]].
== Jokes ==
*A newsboy standing on a corner with a stack of papers:
::Newsboy: "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 52 people swindled!"
::Passer-by: (buys the paper and reads it) "Wait a minute, there's nothing in here about a swindle..."
::Newsboy: "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 53 people swindled!"
== Literature ==
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== Web Original ==
* [[Homestar Runner]] "Extrie, extrie! [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103191346/http://www.homestarrunner.com/hallowday.html Read all about it!] Halloween Night missing! Citizens mobilize to save holiday! In unrelated news, this newsboy get-up is not my Halloween costume!"
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Eggs tree, eggs tree! This get-up]] ''is'' mah get down!
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== Real Life ==
[[Image:Titanic paperboy.jpg|thumb|But I thought it was unsinkable?]]
* Evening Standard stand traders still do this though no extras. If you ever find yourself at Waterloo in London you might be interested to know that [ "Reehaallbouddit" ] translates as "Read all about it" and "Hetyorhevenstndaarhhd!" is "Get your Evening Standard".
** Manchester has similar ranters. If you're ever in the city centre and wondering why a bloke behind a yellow cart is yelling "Final!" every twenty seconds, it's because he's selling the third (and last) edition of the day's Manchester Evening News.
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