The Onion: 20 Years Later

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20 years ago, The Onion published my favorite article
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20 years ago, The Onion talked Al-Jazeera, meeting the parents, Smurfs and Howie Long
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The Onion went for easy jokes 20 years ago today
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20 years ago, The Onion turned the screws on Willy Wonka
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20 years ago, The Onion blasted voters
On April 14, 2004, Donald Rumsfeld celebrated Secretary's Day, Jim Anchower prepared for a road trip, a Catholic bishop is bored, and a baby put on the…
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20 years ago, The Onion introduced 'munchtime'
Plus, Yahoo helps you search your soul, a copy editor searches for MDMA, and Bin Laden keeps slipping away.
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20 years ago in The Onion, Bush told Americans to get a job
Let's visit America's largest strip mall, check in on a lovelorn FBI agent, and see what's on TV in 2004. Plus, Jean Teasdale quizzes us!
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20 years ago in The Onion, Coke's Mars Rover found Dasani
Plus, the Negro Leagues return, Martha Stewart's sentencing, mechanical bulls, "The Apprentice," "Tuesdays With Morrie" and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion parodied Bruce Lee's "Enter The Dragon"
Let's visit Donald Rumsfeld's Fang Island, a confused best man, Jackie Harvey's Oscar reactions and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion visited Bill Clinton's DVD library
Smoove B returns, and Kenneth Cole gives advice. We revisit the 2003 Boston Red Sox, the Comanche helicopter, Dick Cheney, automation and more.
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20 years ago, The Onion's Jesus didn't like "Passion of the Christ"
Explore the Nietzschean diet! Plus, George W. Bush's military service, CPR, Al Franken, soy flu and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion made everyone get gay married
Also, Bush solves the federal deficit! Al-Qaeda is bad at hockey, says Area Man! Good cap and bad cop are both racist! A smorgasbord of classic Onion…
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20 years ago, The Onion predicted Gillette's 5-blade razor
Also, a hungover couple doesn't know they broke up, a straight man tells you what he'd do if he were gay, and much more from American culture in 2004.
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The Onion: 20 Years Later
The Onion: 20 Years Later
A weekly review of The Onion from exactly 20 years ago to laugh, see what holds up and revisit pop culture references we forgot about.
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