Several Injured at America's Next Top Model Auditions

As with Dick Cheney shooting a 78-year old man in the face, this is funny because nobody died. 6 injured, according to CNN, but I prefer the account of the tabloidish New York Daily News, in verse that would do Hitchcock proud:

Screaming as they ran for their lives, hundreds of hotties in heels toppled over barricades along W. 55th St. after several people in the crowd started yelling, "There's a bomb!"

Short people may be to blame, hints to the NYDN:

The audition for the The CW show, which for the first time was open to women under 5-feet-7, was doomed from the start, several said.

A passage from the New York Post account is in similar vein:

Casting manager Lisi Alpert said the network was unprepared for the deluge of wannabes, saying "we've never had this many girls before" and attributing the big crowd to the relaxed height rules.

Randy Newman must be thrilled over this moment of validation.