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The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume 1 (平装)
by Scott Dikkers, Robert Siegel, The Onion
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Parody, American politics, Comedy, Humor |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
An excellent introduction to The Onion and a companion to Our Dumb Century. |
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Esquire (MSL quote), USa
<2007-01-08 00:00>
Genius... the most consistently hilarious spot on the flogged dead horse of American comedy. |
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Washington Post (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
Makes its readers teary-eyed with laughter - The Onion gleefully offends, armed with a powerful combination of puerility and intelligence... What the National Lampoon was to the '70s, The Onion may be for the new millennium. |
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The New Yorker (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
...the funniest publication in the United States... |
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Barbara Bolek (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
My, my... perhaps I should have pursued my journalism career - I would love to write for The Onion - but only The Onion - because their sarcastic wit is just what the nation needs.
This is a very satirical look at news, newspapers, and publishers. The stories cover with, irreverent insensitivity, some subjects sure to anger some, while at the same time, make others laugh until they cry.
The story about Mother Teresa going to hell due to a "clerical error", or the one where Jon Benet Ramsey, tells people not to cry about her brutal death, because she is happy with the angels now, are just a couple examples of what I am talking about.
Just about no political/social group escapes the watchful eye of The Onion. The homosexual humor is extremely outrageous. I especially enjoyed how they "covered" a story regarding a homosexual man who saved a family from a fire. Even though the story should have been focusing on the brave rescue, the reporter kept mentioning the man's homosexuality every chance he got, showing a bit extremely, how news gets sensationalized.
If you loved Our Dumb Century as much as I did and can handle some very extreme, and at times, sexually explicit humor and can take a joke, you will love this latest compilation from the Onion. It is highly hysterical reading. |
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Fred Beukema (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
The Onion's writers have a rare gift for satire. Their eye for detail allows them to intricately parody not only current events, but the style of newspaper writing itself, particularly the watered-down news of USA Today. Their attention to form gives rise to headlines such as "Hero Firefighter: 'I'm a Hero,'" and "Life Unfair." The targets of their satire are wide-ranging, and their humor biting enough that the overly-sensitive and childrens' gift-givers may wish to steer clear. But those with a pragmatic sense of political correctness will be treated to laugh-out-loud content. This book serves as a nicely representative chunk of the Onion's recent years of publication, so both the uninitiated and the longtime fans will find something to appreciate.
I have been privileged over the past few years to write a handful of headlines for the Onion (careful - they don't accept unsolicited stuff!), and althuogh none of my work is in this volume, I am proud to be associated with the body of work represented here.
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Brian Acebedo (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
Whee! Great fun! With gut busting stories like "Mr. T topity fool" and "Christopher Reeve placed atop Washington Monument" the writers of the Onion continue the fine tradition started with Our Dumb Century. I keep my copy of The Onion's Finest News Reporting in the john, where I can assure you that it stands the test of multiple reading. This is the funniest stuff in the world, period. The Onion is Coke and National Lampoon is RC cola. Great stuff! It's a pity it is entirely made up of stories that were previously published on the net, but what are you gonna do? I'm an American consumer, baby! I consume! Why on earth are you still reading this review, when you could be reading the glorious truths of The Onion's Finest News Reporting? Go, buy it now! I said go, you fool! |
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Mike (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
I stumbled upon the Onion while in New York where I came upon a bunch of free copies. It was hilarious. This was the first book from the Onion that I got. The articles aren't in chronological order but are instead bits and pieces from many different issues; a "best of" collection I guess. Anyway, as for The Onion, there's nothing really like it in the world today. It is a satirical newspaper that has humorous headlines such as "Richard Simmons Fighting for Life in Estrogen Tent" as well as community voices with titles like "Those Motherf*cking Robins are on Thin Ice" in which an old man tells about how robins have caused him so much trouble (It's funnier if you read the article I guess). Some other funny stories include how Civil War enthusiasts march on Atlanta and emancipate the NFL Falcons team as well as an article entitled "Tibet Freedom Fighters Seize Yak. 'Whatever' say Chinese." Like I said, if you appreciate political humor and satire, this is definitely for you. There is some bad language, but if you can handle this, you will be crying by time you are finished because it is so funny. |
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Miles Moore (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
If you loved the old National Lampoon, but felt it never got quite nasty enough, then The Onion is for you. Its parodies of news stories and newspaper columns are always good for a laugh, but sometimes can get savage in the style of Jonathan Swift in his "Modest Proposal" period. Good cases in point are Jon Benet Ramsey's letter from Heaven and the op-ed piece, "It's Not a Crack House, It's a Crack Home." But if those are not to your taste, you can always read about Bill Gates patenting ones and zeroes, or researchers' conclusion that babies are "incredibly stupid," or inimitable advice columns such as "Ask a Faulknerian Idiot Man-Child." I take personal umbrage that a few favorites of mine from theonion.com didn't make it into this book, such as Jesse Helms and Tristan Tzara joining to fight the National Endowment for the Arts, or Wal-Mart opening a store in Winesburg, Ohio. But that's the way the ball bounces, and all I can do is repeat the headline quote from former President Reagan (as it appeared in The Onion, of course!). |
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Mark Hasty (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-08 00:00>
If you're familiar with The Onion, you know what sort of mind-blowing, biting humor is in this book, and you know whether you like it or don't like it. If you're among the many who were given a copy of Our Dumb Century last holiday season, you have a pretty good idea of the absurdist social/ cultural satire you can find in this book, and you might be interested in reading their take on more contemporary events. If you're looking for something that will make you laugh your head off, this book *might* be it.
I say "might be" because this book is not for the easily offended - there's course language and graphic sexual content that some may find objectionable. If that's not you, buy this book and, when you get it, go someplace where you can laugh out loud, because you certainly will, and I mean repeatedly.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not criticizing the content of the book. It's just not for the faint of heart, that's all.
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