Zoo Weekly goes out in a blaze of glory – and a raised middle finger to its critics
Bauer Media’s now defunct lads mag Zoo Weekly has gone out with a bang, a fortnight after the publisher announced the closure of the struggling title.
The cover features a raised middle finger. Inside, editor Shayne Bugden tells readers: “It’s for all the shouty killjoys who’ve spent years telling us – and you – that we’re horrible people because we like beautiful women and taking the piss out of just about anything.”
In the note, headlined “From the bloke who ruined Zoo”, he added: “I feel like the Tony Abbott of magazine publishing: a bloke who got a top job and f**ked it up before so much as three years had gone by.”
Indeed, taking the piss out of everything, even their own unemployment is what the Zoo Weekly team proceeded to do in the final edition.
The mag had a quick look back at its favourite photo shoots….
And continued to offend people with its joke section…
Sample: “Q: How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: That’s not funny!”
It offered advice on how to become unemployed the right way…
And celebrated the people glad the magazine has been closed, including the likes of Shane Warne and Paul Rudd.
For those missing the Zoo magazine it’s time to head to the pub.
True to its mission to offend, the title kept it up in the final issue, referring to a male model it had mistaken for a women as “shim”.
And it concludes with a made up philosophy quote. Of course.
R.I.P.
A great Aussie mag ripped to shreds by censorious wowsers.
Mumbrella must be pretty happy too. This site heaped sh#t on them every week.
Good on ’em!
I’ve never bought an issue of Zoo in my life, but I’ll buy this one.
Finally I can read my Cosmo without having to see a lingerie model.
*LOL*’ Didn’t expect anything less from Zoo.
It is a shame it has taken Zoo’s closure for Mumbrella to showcase the talents of Shayne Bugden – red headed raconteur, funny bastard and one Bauer’s most talented and hard working editors.
So, who do we lynch next? Is Humphrey B Bear wearing pants yet?
Not quite as good as the Burke’s Backyard final issue cover, but still good value. http://www.news.com.au/lifesty.....6581153615
it seems only yesterday it was being hatched in a secret location somewhere in Chinatown, back when lads mags was a competitive sector. askmen seem to have got in there while no-one was looking
All the best to you now former Zoo employees! Cheers for the laughs and stories over the past 10 years. My number 2 toilet time will never be the same again, hopefully you can now all find a job supporting the porn industry some how, just out of spite to stick it up the cotton wool society that Australia has become, lets see the haters try bring you down when the pants are actually down! again cheers and best of luck.
Well thank god, it’s time to grow up.
we didn’t kill it – Zoo killed itself. Out of step with modern times and perpetuating out of date “Married with Children” -like myths. Goodnight grandpa. Your racist and sexist jokes will not be missed.
http://mobile.news.com.au/life.....7534496798
Eve, could you tell us when Zoo was racist? I know the editor has always attacked racism in person, so I’m surprised if he let it run in the magazine. Or are you just being narrow minded?
The prudes didn’t kill Zoo. It killed itself. I used to buy this mag all the time, but it’s just the same old rubbish every week, over and over. Nothing interesting or new. You can find better stuff and hotter girls than what’s in this mag on the net for free.
I just can’t help feeling sorry for people like Gary and Eve.
Where will they direct their pompous, meddling, narcissistic sanctimony now?!
Another article by a hypocrite. Wants to censor everything, yet calls discrimination when censored.
never knew any thing about it finishing up will have to get to the newsagent to get lst copy
have never bought one but looks too good not to buy. good on them for going out ‘in character’
Sadly missed
Now I have too read Cosmo.
They offer sex stories, best positions,halve nude woman ,and latest tech news
like every other publication….everyone killed Zoo.
For goodness sake, this is not about prudes, or feminists, its about progress.
All your, tit, ass, and sexism needs are just a mouse click away.
i say light that shit, pass that shit