20 years ago today, @theonion.com quoted old friend Alan Greenspan in an effort to get America couponing again. onion20.substack.com/p/december-2...

20 years ago, Cheney was the Voice of God all along. Plus, The Onion senses a recession, the non-Bono members of U2, the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and why machines can't replace humans. onion20.substack.com/p/december-2... #theonion #satire

Last call on this in a few hours!

An article in the next print issue of Harvard Business Review(!) opens with a link to an Onion story from 2017: “CEO Unveils Bold New Plan To Undo Damage From Last Year’s Bold New Plan.” theonion.com/ceo-unveils-...

Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan. “Relations between the two countries grew stale in 1994, when Fritolaysian rufflelutionaries crossed zestablished borders and forced Snakistan to dispatch cheesekeeping forces.” [theonion.com]

Spent the first night of The Needling Real Fake Newsroom Workshop this week talking about the Fritolaysia headline quite a bit -- a classic!

Reviewing The Onion's website: Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2005. A free recipe from President Bush! A MacGuffin joke! Plus, Jennifer Garner, Annika Sorenstam, John Daly, Michael Irvin and more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

This joke is great on its own, but that it’s in the Travel section makes it that much better.

This week's Onion issue from 20 years ago contains one of my all-time favorite headlines: "Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan." I love all the wordplay: "rufflelutionaries," "cheesekeeping forces," "funyunmentalists," and more. onion20.substack.com/p/2005-frito...

Reviewing The Onion's website: Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2005. A free recipe from President Bush! A MacGuffin joke! Plus, Jennifer Garner, Annika Sorenstam, John Daly, Michael Irvin and more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

Crying Sounds Coming From Inside Suit Of Armor

Fine vintage copies of America’s Finest News Source are hard to come by, often because treasure-hungry museums hoard them all. Now a piece of The Onion history can belong to you. VISIT THE ONION STORE. https://store.theonion.com/products/time-capsule-newspaper-package

Whole chapter on Our Dumb Century (including how the Onion's design staff made those incredible pages! as well as how their original publisher tried to censor them) in my recent book Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire (also, Our Dumb Century is a masterpiece)

I love how dramatic this suggested social sharing image is. Anyways, I reviewed one of @theonion.com's best issues of 2005 today. Check it out! onion20.substack.com/p/2005-frito...

20 years ago, Fritolaysia cut off chiplomatic relations with Snakistan. The CIA apologizes for black highlighters, plus jokes about plutonium, Walmart, C-sections, unnoticed irony and much more onion20.substack.com/p/2005-frito... #theonion #satire

Looking to buy one of @TheOnion.com's old books? Want to read the 2 very good histories of The Onion that published in 2025? I’ve collected the best of the bunch here. onion20.substack.com/p/how-to-buy...

How to buy books by and about The Onion. Not a gift guide! onion20.substack.com/p/how-to-buy... #theonion #satire

I revisit The Onion's past each week in two newsletters covering the print and web-only archives. Please support my work by subscribing at onion20.substack.com or at ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jamesdasilva. Thank you!

20 years ago, The Onion freed Johnny Depp from Tim Burton. Plus, the new "Harry Potter" film, Bush visits China, pea farmers, State Farm, Telly Savalas, the NFL, Sheryl Swoopes and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

21 years ago, The Onion reported on the Bush administration's unlawful detention — of the Thanksgiving turkey 🦃 Plus, John Kerry can't escape the Swift Boaters! open.substack.com/pub/onion20/...

20 years ago in The Onion, Satan wrote a column. Plus, the FCC, Bush's hope-based plan, parking lot attendants, cats and mice, the Xbox 360, "glitter lung" and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/november-2... #theonion #satire

Last week, I reviewed a 20-year-old issue of @TheOnion.com with the article “133 Dead As Delta Cancels Flight In Midair” — as I was boarding two Delta flights. I’m pleased to report the article is funny and my flights landed successfully. onion20.substack.com/p/2005-onion...

Revisiting The Onion's website: Nov. 16-22, 2005. The Onion remembers WWE wrestler Eddie Guerrero and debates the world's best dictator. Plus, AOL's TV downloads service, injured athletes and more. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire

20 years ago, an Area Baby had no friends. Plus, beers with President Bush, Delta Airlines cancels flights, Animal Planet's reality show, Navy recruiting commercials, and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/2005-onion... #theonion #satire

I haven't written about @theonion.com's new print issues much this year, but it's a good read each month. And I enjoyed the latest cover illustration. Clearly an SNL TV Funhouse homage, right? But that's not a bad thing!

20 years ago this week, @TheOnion.com mentioned Tim Duncan for the 1st time! Plus, topical jokes you probably forgot about, like the 2005 NYC Marathon, the Panthers cheerleaders scandal, White House ethics classes and more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-...

Reviewing The Onion's website, Nov. 9-15, 2005. Remembering Tim Duncan's 1st Onion mention, Anderson Cooper, the 2005 NYC Marathon, the Panthers cheerleaders scandal, and more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

From 2002! theonion.com/democrats-in...

20 years ago today, The Onion anticipated a fact-free future and everyone feeling vindicated that their theories are, in fact, the good ones. onion20.substack.com/i/178304587/...

20 years ago, The Onion buried Rosa Parks — and civil rights. Plus, jokes about NYT reporter Judith Miller, metal legends, Iraq, Cameron Crowe, and people who love half-baked theories onion20.substack.com/p/november-2... #theonion #satire

Californians Approve Measure To Redraw ‘Garfield’ https://theonion.com/californians-approve-measure-to-redraw-garfield/

20 years ago this week, @TheOnion.com recorded a faux Bush eulogy at Rosa Parks’ funeral in which he vowed to arrest anyone who aided and abedded the crime. The twist? It never published on The Onion website, only on a long-forgotten fake White House website. open.substack.com/pub/onion20/...

Reviewing The Onion's website for Nov. 2-8, 2005. The Onion jokes about Michael Bay, Bush eulogizing Rosa Parks, weather-related gambling, Samuel Alito's nomination and much more onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire

21 year ago, The Onion reviewed the 2004 elections onion20.substack.com/p/20-years-a...

20 years ago, The Onion burned Iraq's constitution. Plus, bird flu, TV weathermen, a nude sheriff in town, "Scooter" Libby, Howie Mandel, and a night on the town onion20.substack.com/p/2005-the-o... #theonion #satire

In honor of the People’s Sexiest Man Alive announcement, here’s what Jackie Harvey of The Onion had to say 20 years ago. It's maybe the strangest insult of JFK Jr. I've ever seen. web.archive.org/web/20061227...

"There's A Nude Sheriff In Town" is one of my favorite Onion columns in a while -- and it's 20 years today. theonion.com/theres-a-nud...

20 years ago, The Onion burned Iraq's constitution. Plus, bird flu, TV weathermen, a nude sheriff in town, "Scooter" Libby, Howie Mandel, and a night on the town onion20.substack.com/p/2005-the-o... #theonion #satire

Interesting to see The Onion change up their website for Halloween. On my monitor, at least, this took up the entire screen.

Congrats to Scott Dikkers on his book about @TheOnion.com, which publishes today! Excited to read his recollections about The Onion, and eternally grateful for the support, big and small, he's offered me on my own Onion history adventures here. amzn.to/46kvc5T

@TheOnion.com website 20 years ago published a whole bunch of jokes, including a Donald Trump mention, Jackie Harvey's thoughts, the guy from the "Rubberband Man" commercials, Bush's changes to Halloween and a gritty Pixar movie. Check out my recap! onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-...

20 years ago, The Onion warned of zombie attacks in Pittsburgh! Also, a local woman becomes America's trusted news source, plus Saddam Hussein, Harriet Miers, Pamela Anderson and the Ten Commandments. onion20.substack.com/p/2005-the-o...

Loved revisiting the following in this look at The Onion’s website: • Jackie Harvey’s bewilderment at the Firefly movie • Angela Merkel and Harriet Miers -- contemporaries? • A sly reference to GTA: San Andreas • A deep cut about the 1996 Baltimore Orioles onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-...

20 years ago, The Onion's website featured Jackie Harvey trying to sell used CDs, plus lots of jokes about baseball, new Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Bush, Chicago's love of Mike Ditka and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-...

21 years ago today, The Onion wrote a brilliant satire of "camera-phones" based (loosely) on a real-life Jules Verne story. A quote worth noting: “The infuriated victims of the camera-phone-dominated society eventually put all of Europe to the torch.” onion20.substack.com/p/20-years-a...

20 years ago in @TheOnion.com, Jim Anchower got a girlfriend! Plus, President Bush seeks a Secretary of the Nation, afterlife drug sentencing, marriage counseling, friends with cancer and much more. Revisit the Oct. 12, 2005, issue with me! onion20.substack.com/p/2005-the-o...

20 years ago this week, @TheOnion.com website marveled at portable DVD players! Plus, Jackie Harvey has baby fever, and jokes about Anna Nicole Smith, gay animal weddings, checking your email and much more. onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-...

20 years ago, The Onion resurrected Bob Marley to save the frat bros. Plus, @TheOnion.com jokes about Hollywood, obesity, Cosmopolitan, Jimmy Kimmel, Halliburton and the CEO with the best handshake. Revisit the Oct. 5, 2005, print issue of The Onion! onion20.substack.com/p/2005-the-o...

Wild as it seems, the only reference by @TheOnion.com to Jane Goodall before 2017 (at least, that's still online) is this 2000 story about the fictional "cable comedy Monkey Honeymoon, starring Carrot Top and Jennifer Tilly." theonion.com/majestic-low...

What did @TheOnion.com publish online 20 years ago? • ESPN programming for women • Dick Cheney's health • Mickey Rooney simply being alive! • President Bush's weekly radio address And much, much more! Take a look at The Onion's website from 2005! onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-...