Headline News (song) Yankovic noted that "without giving you the actual number", he could have "recorded two albums, probably, for what it cost to do that one video." The video features several celebrity cameos, including an appearance by Doug Llewelyn of People's Court fame, and long time radio show host Dr. Demento. Comedian Judy Tenuta also appears as Lorena Bobbitt. "Headline News" was released on September 26, 1994, as the lead-off single for "Permanent Record: Al in the Box", which was also released a day later. Yankovic also insisted that the song be commercially available as a CD single so that his fans
William Headline Navy prior to his career in journalism. He worked for Louis Harris and Associates in New York gathering polling information. CBS News in New York hired him to work on coverage of the 1964 presidential election. Headline was promoted to senior vice president and later moved to Washington in 1974 as the network's assistant bureau chief. In his years at CBS News, Headline supervised the network's coverage of political conventions, overseas presidential trips and papal visits, and was the network pool producer during President Richard Nixon's resignation. Headline was hired by CNN in 1983, and was appointed as the network's