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!
Did not realize know the Onion was in trouble! But it's really not what it used to be. I rarely visit the site nowadays, it's mostly those unreadable slideshows. I would say the only regular feature worth reading is Kelly's cartoons.
On the plus side, there is a charming talking animal article!
I'd love more of Herbert just fighting random office ninjas -- I love how even he's confused as to how the explosion happened. Then the twist ending....though I should note you forgot to actually link the column within the article: https://www.theonion.com/enter-tha-office-1819584079
Not much else for me to note aside from the other column's fake horror movie being rated "GP" -- which was in fact an actual rating used by the MPAA from 1970-72, the predecessor to the familiar PG (GP meant General audiences, Parental guidance suggested), so this film would've probably been made in 1969 but released the year after (or perhaps it was a re-issue with a new rating from earlier in the 60s?). If you need more information, ratings system creator Jack Valenti's explanation in an episode of Freakazoid should suffice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbE0wpqeKc
Haha, I really was so excited by this article I forgot to add the link. Thanks for pointing that out.
I also saw the "GP" rating and figured it was part of a real ratings system, but I didn't dig into it. Once I get to 2,500 words I feel like I need to make hard choices about the rabbit holes I go down. Thank you for the background!
Did not realize know the Onion was in trouble! But it's really not what it used to be. I rarely visit the site nowadays, it's mostly those unreadable slideshows. I would say the only regular feature worth reading is Kelly's cartoons.
On the plus side, there is a charming talking animal article!
https://www.theonion.com/duck-quacks-ass-off-all-day-to-come-home-to-this-shit-1851177872
that's pretty funny. I really like the last sentence:
"At press time, Mallard apologized for his outburst, saying it was stressful to quack hard all day and come home to so many bills."
Tha H-Dog wuz grossly missundastood in his time.
I'd love more of Herbert just fighting random office ninjas -- I love how even he's confused as to how the explosion happened. Then the twist ending....though I should note you forgot to actually link the column within the article: https://www.theonion.com/enter-tha-office-1819584079
Not much else for me to note aside from the other column's fake horror movie being rated "GP" -- which was in fact an actual rating used by the MPAA from 1970-72, the predecessor to the familiar PG (GP meant General audiences, Parental guidance suggested), so this film would've probably been made in 1969 but released the year after (or perhaps it was a re-issue with a new rating from earlier in the 60s?). If you need more information, ratings system creator Jack Valenti's explanation in an episode of Freakazoid should suffice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbE0wpqeKc
Haha, I really was so excited by this article I forgot to add the link. Thanks for pointing that out.
I also saw the "GP" rating and figured it was part of a real ratings system, but I didn't dig into it. Once I get to 2,500 words I feel like I need to make hard choices about the rabbit holes I go down. Thank you for the background!
I found this evening an oral history of the Oneida album with that 14+ minute song. https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141041-an-oral-history-of-oneida%E2%80%99s-each-one-teach-one