anyone noticed that The Onion is a bit shit lately

(ha ha)

http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_424/bunion.html

jimmy fallon is a big dick who recently left saturday night live. don't you get the MTV music awards over thar?

NB: My first instinct now is to always type "sacrilicious" first, probably because I use it so much more often. It's a sad state.

Actually, I haven't really read any from that era. A few years ago, they released the entire MAD collection on CD-ROM, and I bought it, but I haven't gone back to read all those yet.

Maybe nowadays, but the ones from previous decades are killer. They blow the Onion out of the water, no question.

I strongly suspect context greatly helps.

I mean come on guys ;)

can the onion possibly get staler and less funny than this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/naked_woman_picture_gains

It's not their best but erm, it's still funny.

If you do not enjoy the comedy stylings of The Onion then fuck you.

meh, i think they've been at the top of their game lately. i have no idea who any of the athletes are, but the sports section cracks me up.

I'm afraid that despite the fact that this is from 11 years ago, I had to post it.

The onion fell off around eight years ago, but they still hit home runs every once in a while. I stopped checking it a long time ago mainly because I have enough funny friends (content filters) who check it regularly and I can rely on to send me the good stuff.

hen fap!

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29738

I think this was the first Onion article I ever read, and it remains one of my favorites:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30189

I mean if you have any doubts about whether the Onion *actually* used to be better, you can see it in articles like that. Every paragraph is amazing. Now it usually feels like they come up with a moderately funny headline and then stretch to actually write an article around it.

i'm so deep into loving the onion i don't think i could tell if it fell off or not. i think they're doing very well these days. i laught at it whenever i see it on the rack, out loud, routinely.

but i'll laugh at any damn thing. comcast commercials, whatever.

Even that "Black Guy Asks the Nation for Change" article was a funny idea but could have been executed a lot better.

Their sports section is far better and funnier than what else is up there.

The video news reports are getting good too. Especially the ninja parade.

the onion's full articles were never perfect

i only ever read the headline and first couple paras anyway

but the print edition this week has a hysterical one entitled "daddy put in bye-bye box"

"ITHACA, NY - After weeks of being sleepy all the time and never finishing his din-din at night, area daddy Howard Lewis was put in a bye-bye box early Monday morning so that he could go on a vacation with the birds and the clouds in the sky.

Daddy, who was tall and strong and liked going to the hospital to play with their fun machines..."

Yes! And it's actually funny all the way through

im always somewhat shocked when i see that people still read this, not for any critical reason but because as far as i know no one i know reads it (including internet ppl)

i guess thats probably just more me than anything but i hadnt checked or been sent a link to that site in maybe a year. im pretty sure in terms of popularity they are nearly what they were 6-8 years ago.

considering the onion has newspaper boxes on every corner in my neighborhood i find myself reading it everytime i know i'm going to be on the el for a while and don't have a book with me.

oh man, this one is that perfect blend of sad funny:

Daddy Put in Bye Bye Box

...

Mommy, who said that Ryan and Rebecca could have pizza for lunch today because they're so special and then started crying like the time Rebecca skinned her knee, was not able to explain how long Daddy is going to have to live inside the ground. She also said she was not sure if the bye-bye box has a night-light for when it gets dark, whether there's books inside the bye-bye box for when Daddy gets bored, or why Daddy was wearing a suit in the bye-bye box if he wasn't going to work...

The radio and most of the video falls way short of the articles.

hey Z S try reading three posts up

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/intel/07/09/14_angsty_lg.jpg

oops, sorry deej!

Then, astonished onlookers could "bearly" believe what happened next--Barry began to brutally rape zookeeper Byrne!

the black guy asks nation for change article was classic. I even liked the punchline at the end. The "oh shit what day is it" op-ed by punxsatawney phil was also lol but only because I am always late to everything. Also this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/dept_of_homeland_security_has

^^^ troof

and

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Scientist-Ask-Jump.jpg

a triumph

I read the onion pretty religiously now since there's a couple of boxes on the way home from work and the new editions are out every wedensday. the a&e coverage is way more tolerable than the other free junk around here; I don't mind the non-local bent because DC has like 0 scene anyway

and PP otm re: sports page

i think it's like saturday night live or any other comedy staple; most of it isn't that good but there are always gems and that's been true of it always. you just only remember the good ones. i mean honestly have you ever tried to watch any classic-era SNLs all the way through recently

no but I did rescreen Fletch. "John Cocktoastin" and "What kind of name is Poon?" and that's about it.

and "mooooooon river!" during the prostate exam.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32364

VALLEJO, CA—At a gala luncheon featuring Bloody Marys, steak sandwiches and steak sandwiches, area insurance salesman Marty Cutler celebrated his 14th year of quoting lines from the 1985 Chevy Chase film Fletch. "All I can say is, 'Using the whole fist, doc?'" Cutler told the many guests who have endured his quips over the years. The 31-year-old Cutler, who arrived an hour late for the luncheon, explaining that "a manure-spreader jack-knifed on the Santa Ana," has quoted Fletch an estimated 241,500 times since first dropping lines from the film into conversation in November 1985. Upon learning that the event's $100-a-portion Beluga caviar had run out, Cutler, who also goes by the name "Dr. Rosenrosen," dead-panned, "Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat and the head of Alfredo Garcia."

There's a news brief for every occasion!

I don't mind the non-local bent because DC has like 0 scene anyway

srsly?

What if your scene is excruciatingly high-priced hookers? Surely that's hopping in DC.

you should apply for a job at the onion!!

HO HO! Oh, just think of the knees that will be slapped.

Stop talking about slapping anything, Kenan.

In front of you I will. But when your mom calls me again, don't think I'm going to let you stop me.

How The Onion will sell out: http://gawker.com/5311137/the-onions-ceo-orders-more-pandering-to-advertisers
(yeah, I know it's a Gawker link)

What a flaming douchebag that exec sounds like. Irrespective of the decision I mean, just in his choice of words.

yeesh.

Any chance that this was a setup for the Yu Wan Mei issue?

It's really, really bad this week. I haven't looked in a while - is that the general trend? It reads like a college knockoff of itself.

haha wow you're right, it is pretty lame this week.

imo the general trend is that it's probably, overall, better than ever. the onion video is hit/miss, but when it's good, it's amazing. plus, even on off weeks, there's stuff like this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Goth.jpg

Jimmy Fallon Six Tantalizing Months From Disappearing Forever
(ha ha)
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:50 PM (5 years ago)

didn't turn out that way

Yeah i generally only find the magazine covers funny now.