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The Onion's 9/11 issue, 20 years later
The Onion was just trying to figure out how to acknowledge a tragedy. The result was a historical document that's also quite funny.
Sep 26, 2021
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20 years ago, The Onion published my favorite article
Mar 6, 2022
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion talked Al-Jazeera, meeting the parents, Smurfs and Howie Long
Jan 23, 2022
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James daSilva
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The Onion went for easy jokes 20 years ago today
Feb 6, 2022
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion turned the screws on Willy Wonka
Jan 29, 2023
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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.
Mar 24
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James daSilva
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20 years ago in The Onion, Coke's Mars Rover found Dasani
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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.
Mar 17
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion parodied Bruce Lee's "Enter The Dragon"
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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.
Mar 10
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion visited Bill Clinton's DVD library
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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.
Mar 3
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion's Jesus didn't like "Passion of the Christ"
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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…
Feb 25
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion made everyone get gay married
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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.
Feb 18
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion predicted Gillette's 5-blade razor
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20 years ago, The Onion refused to accept your apology
Let's revisit Saddam Hussein, Iran's elections, gay marriage in Massachusetts, the FCC investigating Janet Jackson, and Jean Teasdale's Valentine's Day…
Feb 11
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion refused to accept your apology
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20 years ago, an Area Man stayed up all night procrastinating
Also, the Democrats lose the Democratic primaries and Michael Jackson hires a giraffe lawyer.
Feb 4
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion mocked Alicia Silverstone
We've got jokes about Bush's 2004 campaign, coin flips, ruined concerts, Donald Rumsfeld and the Atkins diet. Plus, a new column from Herbert Kornfeld!
Jan 28
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion mocked Alicia Silverstone
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