"This story is a hoax. And sadly, its believability is due more to Hollywood's utter lack of imagination than any cleverness on our part. Just let it go already."
However, just in case it's real. Deep breath. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has been a test of your emergency bad film warning system... ;)
Oh wow, I loved it to death in its prime! From the surreal ("Christopher Reeve Placed Atop Washington Monument") to the... uh... observational ("Dildo Washed," "Sperm Don't Know They're Swimming Up Large Intestine"), from the pieces where they utilize the stilted language of newspapers to great effect ("Area White Man Enjoys, Causes the Blues") to the pieces where they subvert your expectations by using mundane, everyday language ("Five Or Six Dudes Jump Out Of Nowhere And Just Start Whaling On This One Guy"), I was obsessed with The Onion for a few years!
You see, none of that ever cracked me up. The problem generally is there isn't any HUMOR there. The headlines give away the joke, which is itself rarely funny and more often than not mean-spirited and just a wee bit self-righteous.
Ironically, the founder, one David Dickers, I believe, made a really funny movie called "Spaceman".
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Date: 2007-12-28 12:08 am (UTC)Hooooooooooooooo
Date: 2007-12-28 12:28 am (UTC)Re: Hooooooooooooooo
Date: 2007-12-28 12:37 am (UTC)Re: Hooooooooooooooo
Date: 2007-12-28 04:12 am (UTC)Woulda helped if I had read that.
Thank God.
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Date: 2007-12-28 01:30 am (UTC)However, just in case it's real. Deep breath. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has been a test of your emergency bad film warning system... ;)
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Date: 2007-12-28 04:24 am (UTC)Ironically, their "serious" material, like the AV Club, is generally pretty good.
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Date: 2007-12-28 04:47 am (UTC)You make baby Jesus cry.
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Date: 2007-12-28 05:02 am (UTC)Ironically, the founder, one David Dickers, I believe, made a really funny movie called "Spaceman".
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