The Onion: 20 Years Later
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A weekly review by @jamesdasilva.bsky.social of The Onion from 20 years ago (print and web).
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Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005.
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
I'm looking ahead at my coverage of The Onion from 2006, and this headline feels extremely relevant in today's AI era:
"Modern-Day John Henry Dies Trying To Out-Spreadsheet Excel 11.0"
theonion.com/modern-day-j...
"Modern-Day John Henry Dies Trying To Out-Spreadsheet Excel 11.0"
theonion.com/modern-day-j...
Modern-Day John Henry Dies Trying To Out-Spreadsheet Excel 11.0
BALTIMORE—Office laborers across the nation are mourning the passing of Wallace Peters, 42, the mythic three-column accountant at Chesapeake & Ohio Consultants who pitted himself against Microsoft’s…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I'm looking ahead at my coverage of The Onion from 2006, and this headline feels extremely relevant in today's AI era:
"Modern-Day John Henry Dies Trying To Out-Spreadsheet Excel 11.0"
theonion.com/modern-day-j...
"Modern-Day John Henry Dies Trying To Out-Spreadsheet Excel 11.0"
theonion.com/modern-day-j...
Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 4-10, 2006.
Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales onion20.substack.com/p/revisiting... #theonion #satire
Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales onion20.substack.com/p/revisiting... #theonion #satire
Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 4-10, 2006
Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales
onion20.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 4-10, 2006.
Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales onion20.substack.com/p/revisiting... #theonion #satire
Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales onion20.substack.com/p/revisiting... #theonion #satire
20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com published an issue of old stories under the banner “Re-Breaking News.”
Here are a few of the pages from that print issue. #theonion
Here are a few of the pages from that print issue. #theonion
January 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com published an issue of old stories under the banner “Re-Breaking News.”
Here are a few of the pages from that print issue. #theonion
Here are a few of the pages from that print issue. #theonion
30 year ago this month, apropos of nothing:
“For a long time, we have said we don’t need another Viet-nam,” Clinton told a joint session of Congress. “But now, more than ever, America needs to be divided. We need another Vietnam.”
theonion.com/u-s-invades-...
“For a long time, we have said we don’t need another Viet-nam,” Clinton told a joint session of Congress. “But now, more than ever, America needs to be divided. We need another Vietnam.”
theonion.com/u-s-invades-...
U.S. Invades Vietnam
Clinton: ‘We need another Vietnam’
theonion.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
30 year ago this month, apropos of nothing:
“For a long time, we have said we don’t need another Viet-nam,” Clinton told a joint session of Congress. “But now, more than ever, America needs to be divided. We need another Vietnam.”
theonion.com/u-s-invades-...
“For a long time, we have said we don’t need another Viet-nam,” Clinton told a joint session of Congress. “But now, more than ever, America needs to be divided. We need another Vietnam.”
theonion.com/u-s-invades-...
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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My favorite Onion headline of all time. Happy New Year. Keepit cozy!
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM
My favorite Onion headline of all time. Happy New Year. Keepit cozy!
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This was not the question but I hear that’s what Bluesky is for! We get the physical copy of The Onion and I highly recommend. So subscribe! And here is my favorite Onion headline of all time.
theonion.com/just-take-it...
theonion.com/just-take-it...
December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This was not the question but I hear that’s what Bluesky is for! We get the physical copy of The Onion and I highly recommend. So subscribe! And here is my favorite Onion headline of all time.
theonion.com/just-take-it...
theonion.com/just-take-it...
20 years ago today, The Onion published a radio joke titled “Ketchup Not Fancy Enough For Local Man," cribbing off a 1997 article.
You can listen to the audio here or at the link.
onion20.substack.com/i/182979997/...
You can listen to the audio here or at the link.
onion20.substack.com/i/182979997/...
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
20 years ago today, The Onion published a radio joke titled “Ketchup Not Fancy Enough For Local Man," cribbing off a 1997 article.
You can listen to the audio here or at the link.
onion20.substack.com/i/182979997/...
You can listen to the audio here or at the link.
onion20.substack.com/i/182979997/...
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Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005.
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005.
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
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December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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20 years ago, @TheOnion.com ended 2005 and ushered in 2006 by ... mostly going on vacation!
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
20 years ago, @TheOnion.com ended 2005 and ushered in 2006 by ... mostly going on vacation!
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005.
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Wrapping up 2025 with 73 posts and 190,261 words written about The Onion’s work in 2005.
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
More importantly, I’ve shared thousands of Onion jokes, including hundreds that you can’t easily find online — or were never on the web.
Thanks to all of you who read, follow, like and share my work!
20 years ago, @TheOnion.com ended 2005 and ushered in 2006 by ... mostly going on vacation!
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
20 years ago, @TheOnion.com ended 2005 and ushered in 2006 by ... mostly going on vacation!
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
Check out jokes about Gene Wilder, omelets, ketchup and President Bush's terrifying 2006 predictions.
onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion
The Onion's website ended 2005 by going on vacation.
The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and pain." onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire
The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and pain." onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire
The Onion's website ended 2005 with a vacation
The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and pain."
onion20.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Onion's website ended 2005 by going on vacation.
The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and pain." onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire
The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and pain." onion20.substack.com/p/the-onion-... #theonion #satire
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With the power of additional YouTube audio tracks, I have now added a COMMENTARY TRACK with behind-the-scenes secrets and details.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Our holiday special is now up on YouTube!
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
LRR’s Sketch Comedy Holiday Special – CFUT New Year's Countdown || LoadingReadyLIVE Ep119
YouTube video by LoadingReadyRun
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
With the power of additional YouTube audio tracks, I have now added a COMMENTARY TRACK with behind-the-scenes secrets and details.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Reposted by The Onion: 20 Years Later
Our holiday special is now up on YouTube!
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
LRR’s Sketch Comedy Holiday Special – CFUT New Year's Countdown || LoadingReadyLIVE Ep119
YouTube video by LoadingReadyRun
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Our holiday special is now up on YouTube!
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
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two low key heaters in an issue chock full of em @theonion.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
two low key heaters in an issue chock full of em @theonion.com
You can't find this 20-year-old infographic on The Onion's website.
But thanks to Internet Archive, you can still view it today — and marvel at how this was actually a high-water mark for Bush's 2nd term approval ratings!
Read the whole newsletter: onion20.substack.com/p/december-2...
But thanks to Internet Archive, you can still view it today — and marvel at how this was actually a high-water mark for Bush's 2nd term approval ratings!
Read the whole newsletter: onion20.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
You can't find this 20-year-old infographic on The Onion's website.
But thanks to Internet Archive, you can still view it today — and marvel at how this was actually a high-water mark for Bush's 2nd term approval ratings!
Read the whole newsletter: onion20.substack.com/p/december-2...
But thanks to Internet Archive, you can still view it today — and marvel at how this was actually a high-water mark for Bush's 2nd term approval ratings!
Read the whole newsletter: onion20.substack.com/p/december-2...
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this is my favorite onion headline in *years*. and i like the onion *a lot* lol
Commentary: Ho, Ho, Ho! I’m Regrowing My Foreskin! https://theonion.com/ho-ho-ho-im-regrowing-my-foreskin-2/
Ho, Ho, Ho! I’m Regrowing My Foreskin!
Seasons greetings from your old friend Santa! With Christmas just a few short days away, Santa is hard at work at the North Pole, making presents for all you good boys and girls. But this year, Santa ...
theonion.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
this is my favorite onion headline in *years*. and i like the onion *a lot* lol
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Some images from Vol. 41, Issue 52, of The Onion from 20 years ago today
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some images from Vol. 41, Issue 52, of The Onion from 20 years ago today
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Thank you, New York Times. I too agree that The Onion had the same level of cultural impact this year that Sabrina Carpenter did.
December 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thank you, New York Times. I too agree that The Onion had the same level of cultural impact this year that Sabrina Carpenter did.
Lol yeah. The earlier tribute to him is also a good read theonion.com/national-gon...
National Gonzo Press Club Vows To Carry On Thompson's Work
LAS VEGAS—During a Tuesday press conference at the National Gonzo Press Club, members of the nation’s foremost organization of gonzo journalists vowed to carry on the mission of its founder Hunter S. ...
theonion.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Lol yeah. The earlier tribute to him is also a good read theonion.com/national-gon...
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Bird Hunted To Near Extinction Due To Infuriating 'Fuck You' Call
December 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Bird Hunted To Near Extinction Due To Infuriating 'Fuck You' Call