20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com imagined a federal Department of Corruption. Plus, we learn about the dangers of network-TV violence invading our real lives, black boxes for balloons, BlackBerry’s legal troubles, and much more from Feb. 1, 2006! onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o...

20 years ago, The Onion created a Department of Corruption. Plus, jokes about TV causing violence, Michael J. Fox, Al-Qaeda No. 2s, BlackBerry, rival "dead kid foundations" and the idea of a wife. onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o... #theonion #satire

20 years ago, The Onion redesigned its sports section. Let's look at the web-only jokes from Jan. 25-31, 2006! onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

20 years ago in The Onion, snowmen protested global warming. Plus, jokes about never retiring, Bush's ag secretary, Ariel Sharon, Fidel Castro, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, zombies and more. onion20.substack.com/p/january-20... #theonion #satire

As many of us await this apparently massive winter storm, it's funny to see that this Onion article turns 20 years old on Sunday. We'll cover it in the next newsletter. theonion.com/nations-snow...

Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 18-24, 2006. We say goodbye to Jackie Harvey's blog! Plus, jokes about President Bush, the New England Patriots, Eminem, God and more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

Welcome to 2006 in The Onion! 20 years ago in @TheOnion.com, Sean Penn was enraged because he couldn't register his name with Gmail. Plus, jokes about the federal budget deficit, "Call of Duty," "The Most Dangerous Game," Brangelina and more. onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o...

20 years ago in The Onion, Sean Penn raged at Gmail. Plus, the U.S. holds "going-out-of-business" sale and jokes about "Call of Duty," "The Most Dangerous Game," Brangelina and more. onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o... #theonion #satire

Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 11-17, 2006. Here's what The Onion published on its website from Jan. 11-17, 2006, including many sports jokes and a message from President George W. Bush. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

20 years ago this week, @TheOnion.com was still on holiday vacation. So they published this review of 2005 in Sports. I’ve included a few images from this issue. Plus, @avclub.com interviewed Fred Armisen.

DOJ Releases Jerome Powell Deepfake Nudes https://theonion.com/doj-releases-jerome-powell-deepfake-nudes/

What was 2006 like? I'm sharing 50 great jokes that @TheOnion.com published in 2006 Plus, I preview The Onion's redesigned print newspaper and reflect on how American politics, culture and life have changed over the past 20 years. #theonion onion20.substack.com/p/preview-50...

One of my favorite things about my print subscription to @theonion.com is that they mail me a copy in a big white envelope & the only thing inside it is the paper. No promo cards. No free trial offers. No bullshit. Just the paper I pay for. Big thanks @bencollins.bsky.social for keeping it real.

What was 2006 like? I'm sharing 50 great jokes that @TheOnion.com published in 2006 Plus, I preview The Onion's redesigned print newspaper and reflect on how American politics, culture and life have changed over the past 20 years. #theonion onion20.substack.com/p/preview-50...

Preview: 50 great jokes The Onion published in 2006. The Onion redesigns its print edition! Plus, 2006 kind of sucked? Let's explore what I'll be covering from a year where seemingly everything got worse. onion20.substack.com/p/preview-50... #theonion #satire

I'm looking ahead at my coverage of The Onion from 2006, and this headline feels extremely relevant in today's AI era: "Modern-Day John Henry Dies Trying To Out-Spreadsheet Excel 11.0" theonion.com/modern-day-j...

Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 4-10, 2006. Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales onion20.substack.com/p/revisiting... #theonion #satire

20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com published an issue of old stories under the banner “Re-Breaking News.” Here are a few of the pages from that print issue. #theonion

30 year ago this month, apropos of nothing: “For a long time, we have said we don’t need another Viet-nam,” Clinton told a joint session of Congress. “But now, more than ever, America needs to be divided. We need another Vietnam.” theonion.com/u-s-invades-...

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

My favorite Onion headline of all time. Happy New Year. Keepit cozy!

This was not the question but I hear that’s what Bluesky is for! We get the physical copy of The Onion and I highly recommend. So subscribe! And here is my favorite Onion headline of all time. theonion.com/just-take-it...

20 years ago today, The Onion published a radio joke titled “Ketchup Not Fancy Enough For Local Man," cribbing off a 1997 article. You can listen to the audio here or at the link. onion20.substack.com/i/182979997/...

Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005. More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web. Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!

Lots of favorites this year… these two come to mind theonion.com/state-depart...

20 years ago, @TheOnion.com ended 2005 and ushered in 2006 by ... mostly going on vacation! Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion

Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005. More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web. Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!

20 years ago, @TheOnion.com ended 2005 and ushered in 2006 by ... mostly going on vacation! Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion

The Onion's website ended 2005 by going on vacation. The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and pain." onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

With the power of additional YouTube audio tracks, I have now added a COMMENTARY TRACK with behind-the-scenes secrets and details. Enjoy!

Our holiday special is now up on YouTube! Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it. youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY

two low key heaters in an issue chock full of em @theonion.com

You can't find this 20-year-old infographic on The Onion's website. But thanks to Internet Archive, you can still view it today — and marvel at how this was actually a high-water mark for Bush's 2nd term approval ratings! Read the whole newsletter: onion20.substack.com/p/december-2...

this is my favorite onion headline in *years*. and i like the onion *a lot* lol

Some images from Vol. 41, Issue 52, of The Onion from 20 years ago today

Thank you, New York Times. I too agree that The Onion had the same level of cultural impact this year that Sabrina Carpenter did.

Bird Hunted To Near Extinction Due To Infuriating 'Fuck You' Call

20 years ago, The Onion published its 2005 Top 10 list. Don't remember what happened in 2005? The Onion offers a surprisingly comprehensive guide to real-life news! onion20.substack.com/p/december-2... #theonion #satire

I’m truly heartened by the array of people who got The Onion as a present this year. We got teens, we got dads, and this year we cracked the coveted Wacky Girlfriend demo. Thank you to everyone who gifted a paper today. We really are gonna have more print subscribers than the Washington Post, huh?

20 years ago, @TheOnion.com shared President Bush's Christmas message for kids: Beware of Osama Bin Claus!

Old headline of mine:

20 years ago, @TheOnion.com shared President Bush's Christmas message for kids: Beware of Osama Bin Claus!

This image is from a completely different joke but I love the idea of this turtleneck guy discussing Bin Laden somberly. open.substack.com/pub/onion20/...

20 years ago, The Onion warned of Osama Bin Claus. Plus, a Christmas message from President George W. Bush about the legend of Osama Bin Claus. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

This remains my favorite headline

This is my favorite onion headline

This is my all time favorite Onion headline (complete with picture to make the joke work), which is apropos today given the passing of architect Frank Gehry. theonion.com/frank-gehry-...

Quite possibly my favorite Onion story I have ever read. Don't settle for the headline. Click through and read the entire thing.