I've only casually followed @TheOnion.com video resurgence over the past couple of years, but this is remarkable — hyperfocused parody of a format and two trendsetters in Chuck and GLP-1s. And clever in avoiding the most obvious jokes, to boot. youtube.com/shorts/o1WQF...

20 years ago, The Onion worried about the 6/6/06 apocalypse. Plus, jokes about Joe Rogan, President Bush, Tom Emanski, Danica Patrick, lesbian Batwoman and more onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

20 years ago, violence erupted after "Will & Grace" ended. Plus, jokes about Israel-Hamas, the year 1995, Columbia House, Guns N' Roses, Larry King, David Alan Grier and more. onion20.substack.com/p/may-2006-t... #theonion #satire

The Onion gave Barry Bonds an asterisk 20 years ago. Plus, jokes about Afghanistan, ringtones, Memorial Day, Sammy Hagar, Themistocles, Toni Morrison, Columbine and more onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

I’ve lost my appetite. @theonion.com

20 years ago, The Onion imagined Flight 93, but with Martin Lawrence. Plus, jokes about Hillary Clinton, Chinese sweatshops, Brian Williams, Don Knotts and Richard Pryor, Puerto Rico and more onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

Japanese Fishermen Catch 600-Pound Can Of Tuna https://bit.ly/4uo2pqp

20 years ago, @TheOnion.com reported on Elmo being attacked! This radio clip isn't online anymore, but I've rescued it thanks to Internet Archive. Enjoy! More of this every week in my newsletter, The Onion: 20 Years Later!

20 years ago, The Onion declared the Knicks a "quagmire". Plus, jokes about sabermetrics, David Foster Wallace, President Bush, Elmo, the Indy 500 and more onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

20 years ago, The Onion celebrated oil execs, organ harvesting. Plus, jokes about George Clooney, novelists, snakebites, gold prices, a master's thesis and impressing high-school girls onion20.substack.com/p/may-17-200... #theonion #satire

24 years ago today, @theonion.com imagined Americans helplessly displaced by a massive 18-lane highway connecting Mexico and Canada directly over U.S. territory. They also wrote about the MacArthur Foundation, top murder weapons, and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/20-years-a...

“Josh has been on the field for 20 minutes straight now—get him out of there, he’s fucking terrible,” David McKenzie said of the frail, uncoordinated 9-year-old

Best money I spend every month

Last year, I reviewed the wonderful @theonion.com joke “Repressed-Memory Therapist Recovers Rockford Files Episode," and I asked what the modern equivalent of that show/TV movies would be. Apparently the answer is rebooting the show with David Boreanaz!

20 years ago, The Onion went after Roger Clemens, fancy chairs and a Kennedy. The Onion's web-only jokes from May 10-16, 2006, cover Big Pharma, NSA surveillance, Michael Hayden, Roger Clemens, John Daly, Patrick Kennedy and more. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

“I’m so excited to bring this special night to as many people as possible,” said Taylor Swift, who has reportedly booked 300-seat country clubs in multiple cities across the nation with plans to bring her caterers, string quartet, and wedding party along in a bus to each venue. \

20 years ago, The Onion warned about RU-486 and alligators. Plus, jokes about Kofi Annan, Hormel, global warming, TV sweeps, marriage proposals, Greektown, and much more onion20.substack.com/p/may-2006-t... #theonion #satire

20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com won a Webby Award! Other winners? The MySpace founders, Thomas Friedman for “The World Is Flat,” The Gorillaz and Flickr. AOL was a title sponsor. Congratulations to The Onion for outlasting them. (cc @bencollins.bsky.social) www.webbyawards.com/press/press-...

Man’s Ironclad Grasp Of Issue Can Withstand 2 Follow-Up Questions https://theonion.com/man-s-ironclad-grasp-of-issue-can-withstand-2-follow-up-1819577460/

20 years ago, The Onion dared parents to outline their kids. From May 3-9, 2006, The Onion joked about outliving your kids, Mike Tyson's future, Scott Van Pelt, Billy Crystal, Bush's economy, mumps, Tennessee and more. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

My favorite Onion headline of all time is lost online apparently but is from Our Dumb Century "FDR's Fireside Chat Last Night Just a Stream of Curse Words."

Overambitious Man Wants To Get 2 Things Done Today

20 years ago, The Onion glorified Big Mouth Billy Bass. Plus jokes about Bill Cosby, NASA, outsourcing to Mexico, Saddam Hussein, life coaches, EpiPens, the Kentucky Derby and more onion20.substack.com/p/may-2006-t... #theonion #satire

Everyone who fights online about birth rates probably agrees with this Onion magazine cover? theonion.com/youre-not-wr...

This newly insane, unprecedented legal stalling does nothing but delay our deal with the receiver to take control of InfoWars. We now expect new traps in Alex Jones' amoral war to deny paying the Sandy Hook families, but we're freshly surprised by the U.S. legal system's appetite to put up with it.

20 years ago this week, The Onion wrote about LeBron James in the playoffs while comparing him to MJ. We're still in this era.

Perhaps relevant re: the debate about AI on Substack. I'm not a bestseller, but I am somehow #38 in History among free subscribers (per sidestack.io). And rest assured, it's me being a psycho and writing 5,000–6,000 words per week on The Onion's past. open.substack.com/pub/taylorlo...

Flyers Fans Not Sure  Whether Gritty  Supposed To Be Eating Live Bird https://theonion.com/flyers-fans-not-sure-whether-gritty-supposed-to-be-eating-live-bird/

An immediately forgotten, but still relevant, @theonion.com joke from 20 years ago this week is “Stephen A. Smith Spontaneously Combusts After Being Asked Who Will Win NBA Championship." It was a scrolling sports page headline, never archived. View at this link: web.archive.org/web/20060427...

Reviewing The Onion's web-only jokes: April 26-May 2, 2006. This week, jokes about Bill Nye's addiction, immigration, plagiarism, LeBron James, Stephen A. Smith, Tony Snow and more onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

i think this is my favorite onion headline of the last 5 years lol

The print Onion this month is excellent as always. This one is my favorite:

You got to take a moment to appreciate the little jokes in @theonion.com

21 years ago in @TheOnion.com, the great Herbert Kornfeld gave a "Motivation Seminizar." A good starting point for this insane character. RIP H-Dog. Also, jokes about Katie Couric, Tom DeLay, Chris Kattan, "Family Feud," the food pyramid, beavers and more. onion20.substack.com/p/20-years-a...

What do George W. Bush, Pedro Martinez and Mel Kiper have in common? They were all mocked by @theonion.com website 20 years ago this week. So much to talk about, including Bush's famous "I'm the decider" quote. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-...

20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com honored Samuel Beckett’s centennial with a fake blank play. Plus, a grease fire joke based on a real butter(!) fire! Here's my review of The Onion from April 26, 2006!

20 years ago, a grease fire captivated The Onion. The Onion predicts Jessica Alba's future! Jean Teasdale returns! And jokes about Samuel Beckett, Enron and more onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

Baseball superstitions! 20 years ago this week, The Onion made fun of them via Pedro Martinez, who *in real life* had a little person as a personal mascot. All that and much more in my recap. open.substack.com/pub/onion20/...

The Onion mocked Bush's "I'm the decider" statement 20 years ago. Plus, accidentally predicting meme stocks, and jokes about Pedro Martinez, Mel Kiper, Siri Cruise, TV co-hosts, and more onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

@TheOnion.com captured the grim reality of post-invasion Iraq on this date in 2004: "Our enemy has always been each other. It took an American invasion to teach my people that, but I do not think it is a lesson we will soon forget." onion20.substack.com/p/20-years-a...

I actually think this might be my favorite Onion headline. Mainly because one year in Little League they asked me to pitch and I often got fucking shelled. I was their best player, which was a very bad sign. We went winless.

@TheOnion.com has a new deal to acquire InfoWars, but like the previous deal rejected by the courts, this one also requires court approval. We’ll see. As I said in 2024 (below and linked), I’m skeptical of this gambit. I hope I'm wrong! substack.com/@jamescooper...

In honor of the QVC bankruptcy filing, this 2006 @theonion.com article that grows more dated by the year, even if it's still funny. theonion.com/white-house-...

20 years ago, "Beaver Overthinking Dam" published in The Onion. Plus, iTunes reselling your likeness, and jokes about angry drunks, Pope Benedict, MySpace, World of Warcraft, childbirth and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o... #theonion #satire

My newsletter was born to write about Onion headlines like this one. In tomorrow's newsletter. theonion.com/beaver-overt...

My favorite Onion article is just a headline.

Celebrating the Onion by posting our favorite pieces?? Mine is from the Our Dumb Century book--it's legendary:

Quite old but my favorite onion headline ever

My favorite Onion headline. theonion.com/song-about-h...

My personal favorite Onion headline, and timely to share!