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Copylines hall of Fame This page is a random selection of some outstanding copylines of times present and past. We'll list some of our favorites and urge you to write in with yours. These shouldn't be your own lines, unless yours are among the famous (infamous?) all-time greats. If you know the author of a line posted here, please let us know. The first line posted will be a memorial to its primary writer, the late Karen Levitt: "Just
when you thought it was safe
The image was incomprehensible but somehow threatening--an egg over a graham cracker surface. The copyline set it off perfectly: (Barbara Gips, "Alien", Fox) Decades ago a sentimental little book called "Love Story" was sold with a patently absurd line nobody seemed to question--"Love is never having to say you're sorry." Then a low-budget Vincent Price movie came out with a memorable poster image: a beautiful girl looking adoringly into the grotesque face of the half-robotic monster. The accompanying copyline was a brilliant parody of the Love Story line: ("Dr. Phibes", author & studio unknown) Here are a couple of lines from Sam Kaiser, whose movie marketing career began in the mid-1940s. Sam passed away on May 31, 2000: "Marilyn Monroe "James Cagney is red hot when she's bad." ("Jezebel") Here's a great print line suggested by copywriter-director-technology writer Chris Lanier of Los Angeles; does anyone know who wrote it?: "Half man. Half machine. All cop."
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