The Onion: 20 Years Later

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Enter a portal to the year 2000 with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Altman, "Survivor" and photography tips that tend to involve actual film.

Sep 13

20 years ago, what did our nation laugh about? Find out!

Sep 6

20 years ago, The Onion introduced us to dolphins with opposable thumbs, a man asking for Grey Poupon, Gatorade's philanthropy, and questionable weddin…

Aug 30

Read on for The Onion's takes on marriage, fanny packs, dangerous cell phones, italics, gambling and nursing homes

Aug 23

Also, learn more about sales meetings, breakups, haikus, and a lot of what The Onion calls "raunch"

Aug 16

Plus, Gore and Bush, Napster, Alec Baldwin and a look at the unheralded world of stoner architecture.

Aug 9

A poorly attended virus event. Kathie Lee leaves Regis. The Concorde crashes. Grandma's car radio needs fixing. So much going on in August 2000.

Aug 2

Also, a look at URLs you can register, 2 math stories, and more than you ever thought you'd read about print advertising

Jul 26

Let's read about Target's employee of the month, dot-com failures, God-fearing tumors and more as The Onion published its first issue of July 2000

Jul 19

You can't review The Onion from 20 years ago if there wasn't one. Both of us will be back July 19.

Jun 28

After a week off, The Onion returns to talk pre-breakup sex, local roommates and celebrities, "Survivor" and ... Jose Canseco and Burundi?

Jun 21

With the staff taking a week off, The Onion reprinted some 1990s stories about Bill Clinton, pro wrestlers, God and more — do they hold up?

Jun 14

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