The DeLuise headline referred to the obscure 1987 comedy "Going Bananas".
The intent of the "Democracy" headline (clearly, I thought) was the wrongness of everyone talking about him, never making the cognitive leap to "I guess that's actually an important thing to be involved in."
What always made me chuckle about "Temp Hides Fun, Fulfilling Life From Rest Of Office" is that the editors used an Onion admin for the photo and didn't change his name for the story. The "Ty Braxton" in the story is, in fact, Ty Braxton, whose fun, fulfilling life included a burgeoning music career:
The DeLuise headline referred to the obscure 1987 comedy "Going Bananas".
The intent of the "Democracy" headline (clearly, I thought) was the wrongness of everyone talking about him, never making the cognitive leap to "I guess that's actually an important thing to be involved in."
Thank you for the DeLuise intel. Trying to Google his name and lion got me nowhere.
I hear what you're saying on the "Democracy" headline. The story just didn't work for me, and maybe I'm being too hard on it for that reason.
What always made me chuckle about "Temp Hides Fun, Fulfilling Life From Rest Of Office" is that the editors used an Onion admin for the photo and didn't change his name for the story. The "Ty Braxton" in the story is, in fact, Ty Braxton, whose fun, fulfilling life included a burgeoning music career:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyondai_Braxton
That is amazing! And I love that the story mentions his band (and holy shit, he cofounded Battles the year that article came out!)