Comments on: Appear Better Informed About Darfur in 3 Minutes: The Onion Makes Me Cry

By: jischinger

jischinger — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:44:30 +0000

The Onion has really gotten lame, it used to bring me to tears now it’s more of a heh!

The videos are pretty good though, the Diebold [click] was one of their best.

By: DahliaK

DahliaK — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:45:50 +0000

I’m very, very proud to say that The Onion got its start as a print production in Madison, Wisconsin, before moving to NYC and the bigtime. A number of “The Daily Show” writers started out at The Onion.

I didn’t know there was a video site, so I’m checking that out next. But yes. The Onion makes me laugh out loud, regularly.

By: Peter Coffin

Peter Coffin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:40:42 +0000

There is a good example of what I was getting at in the South Park post – The Onion = professional and kickass. If that was the perception the average tv/yt viewer had of online video, we’d have an easier time making this into something bigger.

By: Nalts

Nalts — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:32:48 +0000

OMG that 72 virgins line was brilliant. That was funny at a time when it was hard to do anything funny that mentioned 9/11.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:09:46 +0000

I am an Onion subscribe and have been for many years. I remember when they first came out with the videos. I can’t wait to get home to watch this video; it sounds great. Damn this school blocking software!! (Yes, I know I can unblock the site, but the videos don’t work anyway, so why bother?)

By: sukatra

sukatra — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:35:30 +0000

My favorite onion post will always be the one they did shortly after 9/11 depicting the hijackers whining in hell about not getting their 72 virgins. It reflected the mood of the country at the time in a savagely vengeful, yet also hilarious, way.

By: TheMightyThor

TheMightyThor — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:57:36 +0000

I’d kill to see the outtakes. Classic lines, “Make the concert so loud it drowns out the sounds of gun fire” “I love clay pots!” pricesless! i have been watching them on and off for the past couple of months!

By: J

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:18:16 +0000

Hey Nalts

Thanks for this post, I had heard of The Onion but hadn’t got around to watching it, very good.

Check out a show called Newstopia – it’s an Australian tv show but the episodes can be found on youtube – here’s part 1 episode 1: watch?v=6J_xKebCT20

It’s got a fair bit of local Australian news but you may enjoy it anyway. Start from episode 1, it gets better through the series.

By: Slater

Slater — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:06:24 +0000

By the way, the best part is the scrolling headlines at the bottom of the screen… “More than 100 bar-fight victories in question: Winners may have used performance-enhancing alcohol…”

By: Slater

Slater — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:59:25 +0000

Man… Those are ridiculously good videos…

Always a big fan of the Onion, I saw your post here, and subscribed immediately… This is way better than what’s on TV. Except Sox games and Family Guy.

Let them be a source of inspiration to us all to make BETTER videos. Seriously. I mean, what are we gonna aspire to as creators? “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

Come on.