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2009-11-06 02:19:14 AM
Area man "thrilled" to hear that The Onion is coming to Comedy Central, prays for evasive Fark "greenlight" to help spread the word , herpes

FTFY
 
2009-11-06 02:22:08 AM
That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.
 
2009-11-06 02:22:50 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

You've clearly never seen the Yankee's summer stadium video.
 
2009-11-06 02:28:13 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.


Disagrees (^)

Also, this (^) is a personal favorite.
 
2009-11-06 02:33:23 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.


Yeah, no. (^)
 
2009-11-06 02:38:01 AM
And lo, your prayers are answered.
 
2009-11-06 02:50:22 AM
They're "greenlights" because they're not technically "green."

They're technically mauvelights!!!1

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2009-11-06 03:17:47 AM
LOL!!! LETS GREEN STUPID SHIAT!!1!
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2009-11-06 03:36:34 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

doglover: LOL!!! LETS GREEN STUPID SHIAT!!1!

Surprised by all the Onion hate. I've always found the site to be solid. That article about the tenth circle of Hell being expanded still makes me snort vodka out my nose....

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2009-11-06 04:10:22 AM
adult swim had a bump the other day about losing out on a show to Comedy Central. This must have been the one.
 
2009-11-06 04:19:42 AM
The Onion videos are funny, but the Onion text stories are lame more often than not.
 
2009-11-06 05:00:58 AM
IAmNotRickMoranis: Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

doglover: LOL!!! LETS GREEN STUPID SHIAT!!1!

Surprised by all the Onion hate. I've always found the site to be solid. That article about the tenth circle of Hell being expanded still makes me snort vodka out my nose....


It's the onion. It's the opposite of fark. Fark is funny real news, the onion is unfunny fake news.
 
2009-11-06 07:16:29 AM
doglover: IAmNotRickMoranis: Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

doglover: LOL!!! LETS GREEN STUPID SHIAT!!1!

Surprised by all the Onion hate. I've always found the site to be solid. That article about the tenth circle of Hell being expanded still makes me snort vodka out my nose....

It's the onion. It's the opposite of fark. Fark is funny real news, the onion is unfunny fake news.


With the exception that the onion is funny. They have some great pieces up on their main page as of right now. They are also the best satire site the internet has ever offered.
 
2009-11-06 07:28:29 AM
I think the word subby was going for was elusive, not evasive.
 
2009-11-06 07:30:10 AM
Outshined_One: Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.

Disagrees (^)

Also, this (^) is a personal favorite.


The video movies on the website are usually pretty funny, but the full-length feature film was unwatchably bad.
 
2009-11-06 07:36:51 AM
I find mostly idiots don't like the Onion.
 
2009-11-06 08:24:20 AM
Where's the Sponsored Link tag when you need it?
 
2009-11-06 08:40:31 AM
I was happy until I read this FTFA:

The Onion is teaming with Comedy Central to produce a half-hour scripted comedy pilot based on the Onion Sports Network website.

The sports videos are the only ones from ONN I typically don't laugh at. Bleh.
 
2009-11-06 08:48:03 AM
First I was really happy, then I realized it's only going to be about sports

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
2009-11-06 08:51:59 AM
I spent Halloween night waiting for kids while watching Onion videos. Awesome. Funny and well done.
 
2009-11-06 08:59:17 AM
qualopec: The Onion videos are funny, but the Onion text stories are lame more often than not.

i37.tinypic.com
 
2009-11-06 09:03:13 AM
The print version of being bought by the Chinese was awesome.
 
2009-11-06 09:34:02 AM
The Simpsons hasn't been funny since season eight.
 
2009-11-06 09:39:09 AM
qualopec: The Onion videos are funny, but the Onion text stories are lame more often than not.

you can't win all the time...

www.theonion.com
 
2009-11-06 09:44:24 AM
I remember this. It was pretty funny WHEN IT WAS CALLED THE DAILY SHOW.
 
2009-11-06 09:48:18 AM
John Nash: adult swim had a bump the other day about losing out on a show to Comedy Central. This must have been the one.

Pretty sure that was about Futurama.
 
2009-11-06 09:50:55 AM
When they announced they'd be doing video news I thought it was going to be lame... but those things are stunningly well-done.
 
2009-11-06 09:54:51 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.


Bullshiat. The Onion videos are freaking awesome. The anti-skullfarking amendment? The Macbook Wheel? Sony's new stupid farking piece of shiat?
 
2009-11-06 09:55:00 AM
I've found that the people who complain about the Onion not being funny are generally humorless dicktards.

The Onion is still funny. If you don't think so, you've likely lost your sense of humor. It happens.
 
2009-11-06 09:55:19 AM
Looks like FarkTV has a new friend
 
2009-11-06 10:20:40 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.


The dead babies would have been funnier.
 
2009-11-06 10:42:31 AM
The Onion videos show a lot of creativity and a gift for dead-on parodies of the banality of TV news banter. But the typical Onion text story these days is some lazy rehash of the basic "Area man realizes his life is pointless" template. Whoo ha, stop me, I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt.
 
2009-11-06 10:47:39 AM
 
2009-11-06 11:21:54 AM
Asa Phelps: That'd be great if the Onion videos weren't profoundly, painfully, hauntingly un-funny.

That movie they made may as well be about dead babies.


This is why no one invites you to parties.

Do you have your "H*R isn't funny" post stored on your clipboard for easy pasting?
 
2009-11-06 11:46:05 AM
Great...they gave Lewis Black a crappy show...they gave Jeff Dunham a crappy show...let's screw up yet another of my favorite places for jokes.
 
2009-11-06 11:58:04 AM
Oh I think the onion website is a riot. In text.

It's their videos and radio spots that i can never find a reason to laugh at.
 
2009-11-06 11:59:17 AM
IXI Jim IXI: Great...they gave Lewis Black a crappy show...they gave Jeff Dunham a crappy show...let's screw up yet another of my favorite places for jokes.

I have never seen Lewis Black be funny - feel free to post examples to the contrary. He's angry and liberal, which I like, but he's not funny. Dunham jumped the shark long, long before they gave him a show.

The Onion is actually funny.
 
2009-11-06 12:05:15 PM
Asa Phelps: It's their videos and radio spots that i can never find a reason to laugh at.

No. Just No.

Live from Congress

Revolutionary new Macbook

Good costumes for your son

Obama visits Denny's
 
2009-11-06 12:29:52 PM
I like the Onion.

The movie, with the exception of maybe two skits, was horrendously stupid.
 
2009-11-06 12:54:28 PM
I'll bet they chose the sports network because it's probably easier to parody all of it day in and day out. Also, I love the steam room! All those steam puns crack me up!

Also, the onion sports network does some pretty funny things that aren't really about sports at all, like this: Bad Boy fencing star implicated in yet another daring jewel heist (new window)

Also this one, about an MLB player using a performance enhancing genie: Link (new window)

My favorite Onion video lately is this one tho: Ex pedophile shares tips on how to make kids less attractive (new window)

"If you put a little girl in a sun dress and french braids in front of the average pedophile, he will get an erection so hard that it will rip his bike shorts"
 
2009-11-06 01:22:52 PM
WHOA WHOA WHOA

anyone who thinks their videos aren't funny hasn't seen this :

Link
 
2009-11-06 01:54:32 PM
Not a video but some of their finest work:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31041
 
2009-11-06 02:03:47 PM
Epiphany: I'll bet they chose the sports network because it's probably easier to parody all of it day in and day out. Also, I love the steam room! All those steam puns crack me up!

That actually is what they're doing.

Does that sound like a clone of Sports Night (which Comedy Central used to air) to anyone else?
 
2009-11-06 03:03:29 PM
www.theonion.com
Amanda Lipscombe, Parking Attendant
"It must be an honor being amongst great programming like The Variety Show and Lil' Bush."
 
2009-11-06 07:06:57 PM
The Onion movie is the funniest movie I've seen in years. Weak ending, but the first 2/3s is gold.

Also, Melissa Cherry earned me a couple bruises after I popped a couple woodies whilst watching the movie with my lady.

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