From the frequency of Onion links here, I’d take it there’s an adequate appreciation for the Onion’s articles. But I want to make sure everyone’s taking full advantage of the ridiculously funny video offerings – they’ve got great actors, expensive-looking production values, and spot-on parodies of CNN-style goofiness.
“A sexual arsonist.”
“More than possible.”
A few other awesome ones:
I’ve watched every single one of the videos on there. They are all hilarious.
I think my favorite has to be the little boy who killed the man who broke into his family’s house.
They really are funny as hell and very well made.
Actually, you have to watch some of them twice. Once for the story, and once to read the crawl at the bottom of the screen.
Yes, those videos are terrific. Boy Scout Breast Exams did it for me.
Agreed. I think the ‘Today Now’ segments are the best of all. High production values, pinpoint accurate satire, smart and funny writing, brilliant performances. See for yourself.
What seems to me to be the most rewarding component of each clip is the tagline and the closing graphic. Everything that follows “next we’ll see…” is at least as funny as the previous two or three minutes.
And Clifford Baines (sp?)
Yeah, I’m filling in for him while he takes himself off the grid.
My mother asked me if I thought she should use Facebook a few months ago. I sent her a ‘Today Now’ link with a tutorial on how to use Facebook to spy on her grown children. She thought it was real and couldn’t figure out how it was allowed on TV news but she didn’t even want to mention it for a couple of weeks.
I love those things. They are some of the best-made satire going.
YouTube’s “The Onion” channel is worth subscribing to.
A couple of favorites:
Tip: If they don’t bring teh funni in the first :30 (and they generally do), fire up another.
The “Something is happening in Haiti” segment or something like that was one of the funniest things I ever saw in my life.
Some of my favorites are from The Steam Room:
NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams
Baseball Superstar Accused of Performance Enhancing Genie Use
I love almost all of them. One that sticks out in my mind is the introduction of the Mac Wheel.
A corallary to the rule of thumb that the headline often tells you all you need to know about some of the longer stories, but in some cases, is only the tip of the comedy gold iceberg.
There’s too many hilarious videos to list them all, but here are a few I saw recently:
NASA Simulator Prepares Astronauts For Rigors of an Interview With Larry King
Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks
Crime Reporter: Man Had Sex With Wife Thousands of Times Before Killing Her
They must have an incredibly high budget to produce those. They could easily stand toe-to-toe with anything that CNN produces in terms of set quality, graphics and the professionalism of the reporters. The Onion scripts are WAY better though!