# Who is this Onion News Network "anchorman"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919 "2010-05-27T04:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/1 "2010-05-27T04:16:46Z")
[This guy](http://www.theonion.com/video/christian-groups-biblical-armageddon-must-be-taugh,17491/). 😃 He’s so damn good! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/2 "2010-05-27T12:23:51Z")
[Brandon Armstrong](http://www.theonion.com/onn/bios/) ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/3 "2010-05-27T15:41:04Z")
GD: [http://www.theonion.com/video/mean-automakers-dash-nations-hope-for-flying-cars,14182/](http://www.theonion.com/video/mean-automakers-dash-nations-hope-for-flying-cars,14182/) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/4 "2010-05-27T15:45:12Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > GD: > > [http://www.theonion.com/video/mean-automakers-dash-nations-hope-for-flying-cars,14182/](http://www.theonion.com/video/mean-automakers-dash-nations-hope-for-flying-cars,14182/) Cloning Chris Matthews! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/5 "2010-05-27T15:49:15Z")
I hadn’t seen him (and the astounding amount of work and budget put into those Onion news clips), because I get my Onion fix with the audio podcasts. Where “Doyle Redlund” is the man. And a neighbor of ours. And a New Yorker cartoonist you may have heard of. But I’ll keep his anonymity (pssst! If you went to an art opening of silverpoint works last weekend, you may have stood right next to him… ). ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/6 "2010-05-27T16:47:02Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > [Brandon Armstrong](http://www.theonion.com/onn/bios/) Oh, come on! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/7 "2010-05-27T16:50:09Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Oh, come on! What? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/8 "2010-05-27T16:59:20Z")
It’s a fictional name, with a fictional Onion bio. I know “Brandon Armstrong” is his character name. It’s on the bottom of the screen in my linked video. I want to know the actor’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/9 "2010-05-27T17:02:32Z")
> **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/10 "2010-05-27T17:05:39Z")
[Brandon Armstrong (II)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3287061/) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/11 "2010-05-27T17:34:50Z")
From [Get ready for the Radio-TV Correspondents’ Dinner](http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0609/Get_ready_for_the_RadioTV_Correpsondents_Dinner.html) there’s > [@](#): > > -The Onion News Network’s Brandon Armstrong will host an exclusive Onion Special Report looking at the media’s contributions to American society. I have little doubt that the name is fictional, but finding the real name of the actor may pose some problems. The closest to believable I’ve located (by way of a Yahoo! search on “onion” “brandon armstrong” “real name” – and variations) is [theonion.com - The New York Times](http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/theonioncom/) and some person going by “Carey.” I suspect finding “Carey’s” real name may be just as hard. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/12 "2010-05-27T17:41:31Z")
Huh. Thanks for the effort. It’s kind of a shame. The guy is really convincing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-onion-news-network-anchorman/540919/13 "2010-05-27T17:43:52Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Huh. Thanks for the effort. It’s kind of a shame. The guy is really convincing. Agreed. Wikipedia is no help. There has to be some reliable source, but I haven’t found it. It’s intriguing enough that I may keep trying.