The Onion used to make great videos, what happened?

1  2020-01-29 by aduketsavar

26 comments

I'm getting nostalgic just looking at these

The schizophrenic one is prime r/gangstalking

The bald guy has always been my favorite. His deadpan delivery is amazing.

Okay, so first of all, you've just made a reply to me that is in two unrelated parts. The first is unrelated to anything I said. As long as you comport yourself in this manner, you will only be met with derision. It is a nonsense method of communication.

Snapshots:

  1. The Onion used to make great videos... - archive.org, archive.today

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They learned that making two-paragraph articles is easier than making videos, sadly.

They got taken over by Bernie Bro succs

YouTube killed sketch shows.

Facebook killed them most likely just like they killed funnyordie

Click hole is superior

They stopped making videos iirc

And yet they're still superior. Really goes to show how good they are

They didnt make "videos" it was a TV show that ran for 2 seasons

All of the good writers got fired when The Onion moved to Chicago and they refused to follow. Now, their videos are agendashit all the way down.

When you continuously punch up there is no one left to punch

The old onion stuff has some all star writing. Their miniseries are good too, like porkin'

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Originally it was a small newspaper (things boomers read, for all you zoomer fucks), and I remember reading some when a friend brought them back from a trip. They were fucking great.

My two favorites:

Reporters blow up plane

There was a time when this video was scrambled and only audio was available. Thank Allah that is fixed now.

Concentric Circles

My first introduction to onion videos. Still holds up as my favorite.

Most of their catalog is golden though.