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Oct. 4, 2011
Scenes from Behind the Scenes of The Onion News Network I walk over to Suzanne Sena, the star of satirical news program Onion News Network, which premieres tonight at 10 p.m. for its second season on […]
Sept. 30, 2011
Next Media Animation Puts The Onion in a Dunk Tank
For your viewing and head-scratching pleasure, here’s the Taiwanese interpretation of yesterday’s Onion scandal, from Next Media Animation. […]
Sept. 29, 2011
Yet Again, The Onion Makes a Joke, and Humorless Idiots Complain This morning, The Onion tweeted this: “BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building.” There was no context, […]
Sept. 22, 2011
The Onion Could Make The Move To Chicago
Noooooooooo! According to The Huffington Post, apparently The Onion may relocate to Chicago as soon as next summer. Onion staffers confirm […]
Aug. 25, 2011
The Onion Handles Steve Jobs Resignation As Perfectly As You’d Expect Here’s The Onion on the resignation of Steve Jobs and his replacement at Apple by new CEO Tim Cook: “Following the resignation of Apple founder […]
Aug. 16, 2011
‘Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam’ The Onion, perfect yet again: “In coordinated raids Monday at locations in Delaware, South Dakota, and California, federal agents apprehended […]
Aug. 11, 2011
The Road Less Travelled: Eight Comedy Stars Who Took Different Paths to […] Oh fame, you are fickle temptress! While the Bill Hickses of the world receive your clammy embrace only after death, you mount yourself on a […]
Aug. 9, 2011
The Onion Tests Out Paid Content System This is not a hilarious bit of faux news people! The Onion’s paid content system, which will require readers to pay once they read more than […]
Aug. 2, 2011
ONN Writers Unionize Under WGAE, Keep The Fake Headlines Coming
We got a hot, throbbing anonymous tip that the writers of the Onion News Network joined WGA-East as of today, thus staving off the need for […]
July 26, 2011
‘Mom And Dad, I’m Gay And Also Stronger Than Both Of You, So Don’t Try Any […] The Onion is perfect: “Look, I’m not naïve. I know how you feel about homosexuality, because you’ve been very clear on that subject in the […]
June 28, 2011
Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit
Here’s the latest from the Onion News Network, “In The Know: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit.” I had no idea what we were […]
June 23, 2011
Ricky Gervais Stands Behind The Onion, Several Feet Away From Strangers on […]
Move over, Mark Mahoney of the Post-Star and Joseph Rago of the Wall Street Journal, Ricky Gervais is in a dimly-lit room with a clipboard and […]
June 21, 2011
Joad Cressbeckler Should Have the Final Word on the Gay Marriage Debate
There are few things better than The Onion’s Joad Cressbeckler, so I was of course excited to see today’s new installment of The Cressbeckler […]
June 20, 2011
The Onion Demands Pulitzer Prize It So Richly Decided It Wants
In celebration of what might or may not be their 1,000th issue (Says head writer Seth Reiss, “Since we say it is, it is.”), The Onion’s […]
June 15, 2011
Area Man Interested to See What Shows The Onion Will Develop for CBS Under […] The Onion is branching out: “The Onion, best known for its fake-news newspaper and Web site, has signed a one-year first-look development deal […]
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June 15, 2011
Watch The Onion ’s Highly Informed Green Lantern Review “Suddenly, boom, he’s the Green Lantern, and he’s forced to…deal with something, I’m not really sure.”
June 7, 2011
Save Money By Taking A Vacation Entirely In Your Mind
Here’s a new one from The Onion News Network, in which their morning show encourages thrifty travelers to save money by taking vacations […]
June 1, 2011
Planet Earth Doesn’t Know How To Make It Any Clearer It Wants Everyone To […] From today’s Onion: “‘I know your species has developed the technology to leave me, I’ve seen you use it before, so I’m asking you now, please, […]
May 27, 2011
I Weep For Humanity: Gathering Up the Outraged Responses of People Who […] Want to feel like a smart person? Head on over to the new blog Literally Unbelievable, which gathers up screenshots of people posting links to […]
May 25, 2011
500-Foot-Tall Bin Laden Wreaks Havoc on US Cities A pretty great story is being reported on today at The Onion: “Giant Bin Laden Destroys New York, Washington,” complete with amazing imagery. […]
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May 25, 2011
Watch The Onion ’s Exclusive Report on Harry Potter: Part 2: Part 2 Warner Bros. will turn the last four minutes into seven separate films.
May 20, 2011
Very Smart People Think The Onion’s Article on Planned Parenthood’s […] Today, The Onion as a wonderful piece of satire about Planned Parenthood’s new $8 billion Abortionplex, which promises to make abortions easy, […]
Apr. 28, 2011
Bill Maher Accuses The Onion of Stealing a Joke They Did Six Months Before […] .bbpBox63689711780237312 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/181047096/Twitter_3.jpg) #1A1B1F;padding:20px;} […]
Apr. 26, 2011
It’s Funny Because It’s Awwww: The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Behind Fast Five
In a video conceived by Chris Kelly, the kindergartner who wrote Fast Five chats with The Onion’s Today Now! about his new action-packed film. […]
Apr. 15, 2011
On My Time Working at The Onion News Network Hi there. My name is Chris Kelly. I’m a comedian, writer, actor and public street-crier in New York City. For the last four and a half years, […]
Apr. 12, 2011
Dating Advice From The Onion: ‘Men Love Blowing Their Load Into a […]
We’ve all been there: you and a guy are bringing each other to screaming orgasm, but for whatever reason you just can’t seem to catch his eye. […]
Apr. 4, 2011
The Onion’s American Voices Respond to the Elephant-Killing GoDaddy CEO Today on The Onion’s American Voices: the video of the GoDaddy CEO killing an elephant in Africa that is upsetting pretty much everyone. One […]
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Mar. 31, 2011
See 34 Katherine Heigl Films Released At Once: An Onion Report Sony Pictures is working to secure the Heigl vault as quickly as possible.
Mar. 28, 2011
NYTimes.com’s Plan To Charge People Money For Consuming Goods, Services […] Today is the day that the New York Times paywall goes up. As usual, The Onion sums it up perfectly: “‘The whole idea of an American business […]
Mar. 22, 2011
IFC Renews The Onion News Network for a Second Season Good news for fans of fake news: IFC has given the green light to a second season of The Onion News Network. That makes IFC three for three in […]
Mar. 18, 2011
In Praise of The Onion’s American Voices For all the attention their stories receive and how often their news headlines get reposted, The Onion’s American Voices column has a way of […]
Feb. 22, 2011
Onion SportsDome Moving to 8pm Just an FYI, Onion SportsDome fans: Comedy Central has moved the show to 8pm Tuesdays, starting with tonight’s new episode, so adjust your […]
Feb. 17, 2011
Report Finds Troubling Rise In Teen Uranium Enrichment
Here’s a new clip from the Onion News Network in which they report on the new teen craze: enriching uranium and selling it to rouge states. Be […]
Feb. 16, 2011
The Onion Zings The New York Times Real Good Aw, shit New York Times! Ya burnt! From The Onion: New York Times Moves All Content You Won’t Give A Shit About Unless You Make At Least $200K […]
Feb. 2, 2011
Republicans Vote To Repeal Obama-Backed Bill That Would Destroy Asteroid […] A pitch-perfect one from today’s Onion, Republicans Vote To Repeal Obama-Backed Bill That Would Destroy Asteroid Headed For Earth: “‘The voters […]
Jan. 28, 2011
Joe Biden on The Onion’s Pieces on Him: ‘I think it’s hilarious.’ Joe Biden, along with pretty much everybody else, loves The Onion’s take on him: “I saw the one of me washing a Trans-Am automobile in the […]
Jan. 25, 2011
Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World Today’s wonderful thing from The Onion is Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World: “The vast chasm of wealth, which stretches […]
Jan. 24, 2011
The Onion News Network’s Spot-On Evisceration of Cable News Most people tuning into Friday’s premiere of The Onion News Network on IFC probably knew what to expect. For over 20 years, The Onion’s brand […]
Jan. 12, 2011
The Onion Breaks the ‘Making Jokes About the Arizona Shooting’ Seal The Onion proved that it was able to deftly make jokes remarkably soon after national tragedies with their 9/11 issue, and their first take on […]
Jan. 11, 2011
You Probably Want to See The Onion’s Depiction of John Boehner in Lingerie Thank you, Onion photo department, for this masterpiece: “Lingerie-Wearing Boehner: ‘We Still Have A Very Pretty Speaker Of The House’”
Jan. 10, 2011
The Advantage the Onion News Network Has Over The Daily Show and Colbert USA Today has a nice, long profile of The Onion in advance of the premiere of the first of its two new TV shows tomorrow night, including […]
Jan. 6, 2011
A Fully-Validated Kanye Moves to Iowa, and The Onion Photoshop Department […] Today’s Onion story, Fully Validated Kanye West Retires To Quiet Farm In Iowa, is excellent, as usual:”My goal all along was to be praised and […]
Dec. 22, 2010
The Onion Nails the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was just repealed (huzzah!), and The Onion was ready for it with this classic masterwork: “Repeal Of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t […]
Dec. 14, 2010
I Am Pretty Damned Excited About Onion SportsDome Onion SportsDome
Here’s the first trailer for Onion SportsDome, one of two Onion shows coming to TV next month. This one is headed to Comedy […]
Dec. 9, 2010
Crashing and Burning on a Roundtable Show, Both on TV and In Your Head
Today on the Onion News Network we’ve got an especially out-there episode of “In the Know”:Is Pundit Duncan Birch A Worthless Idiot? Featuring […]
Dec. 7, 2010
Excitement Growing Among Beatles Fans For Paul McCartney’s Funeral
A particularly dark one from The Onion News Network this week: “Excitement Growing Among Beatles Fans For Paul McCartney’s Funeral.” But as […]
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