The Onion: 20 Years Later

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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 The result was a historical document that's also quite funny.
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20 years ago, The Onion published my favorite article
"Stabble Stabble Stabble!" enters the lexicon, plus a guy's band is playing, old people and young people are fighting, Bono is Jesus and a dog is a dog.
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The Onion wrote about Siegfried & Roy right before the tiger attack
The Onion also rejoices over a 48-hour Internet outage, makes fun of public opinion, sycophants, breakups and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion talked Al-Jazeera, meeting the parents, Smurfs and Howie Long
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20 years ago, The Onion published my favorite article
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20 years ago, The Onion turned the screws on Willy Wonka
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The Onion went for easy jokes 20 years ago today
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20 years ago, Chicago was struck by a deadly 'meatwave'
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20 years ago, The Onion warned of Canada-India conflict
Also, The Onion predicted Canada and India's diplomatic row, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez break up, the U.S. divests from children and reunites church…
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20 years ago, The Onion mourned Johnny Cash and John Ritter
On Sept. 17, 2003, The Onion said goodbye to Johnny Cash and John Ritter, mocked D.C. and rock historians, and printed a fake quote that 5 years later…
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20 years ago, The Onion said, 'It's U.S. or Them'
Also, the FBI's witness-protection program goes awry, Wal-Mart targets a helpless small retailer, and Herbert Kornfeld is suspicious of daycare.
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20 years ago, The Onion profiled the Six Flags Killer
The Onion also name-checks Lennon Parham, reports on a despised 4th-grader, shares Larry Groznic's latest column, and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion anthropomorphized recyclables
We also examine Burning Man, Match.com, "soft on crime" DAs, reality shows and the 20th anniversary of "The O.C."
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20 years ago, The Onion made fun of the iPod and The Berenstain Bears
We also have the California recall, the 2003 Northeast blackout, Bob Hope, Rx from Canada, "gay TV" and tips for public speaking.
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20 years ago, The Onion discovered "internet social networks"
Let's revisit 2003's disappointing movies, prison nostalgia, the Asimo robot, Friendster, the DeVry Institute and much more.
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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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