The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Before there was the viral video, before the Internet meme, before the Tweet and ReTweet, the Huffington Post and the Colbert Bump, there was The Onion headline. (You remember headlines, right? They’re like Tweets, only way fewer than 140 characters.) The Onion headline, now shorthand for the outrageous (and steeped …
The Golden Globes may be criticized year-in and year-out for skewing nominations and awards to the hottest celebrities, but what about the Webbys? For all of the great work uploading and exploding online, the Webby Awards is a corporate entity that traditionally recognizes and honors the star-power in the Internet. …
Trick question. This is a segment from Onion SportsDome that aired on Comedy Central in 2011. As friend of the site Krister Johnson, who worked on Onion SportsDome, noted on Sunday: “It could have been produced by the CNN team covering the Steubenville rape verdict.” On Sunday, two teen-age boys who …
Did you hear the one about the satirical publication that live-Tweeted a joke on Oscars night that won hundreds of favorites and ReTweets, only to vanish an hour later after many more voices called out said publication for being tasteless, misogynist and even racist, and then prompt an extremely rare …
Amazon Studios announced six new orders for comedy pilots to head into production for 2013. Amazon.com began soliciting original pitches for comedy series for the first time earlier this year, and has a comedy development slate of 13 projects. Among them are a few from names you’ve already heard from and …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… G4 announced late Friday that it would cancel its most popular live programming, Attack of the Show, at the end of 2012. The Monday-Friday live weeknight show launched in 2005. AOTS covered pop culture, made Olivia Munn a household name, gave Chris Hardwick …
Look. I know this isn’t the actual table. But still. The Onion’s editorial staff is facing a move this spring to Chicago to meet up with HQ (and The AV Club and advertising/sales staff to cut costs), so they’ve begun putting their New York City office supplies up for bid …
One of the more fascinating features of IFC’s Onion News Network is how this fake parody of TV news relies heavily on people with real experience as anchors and reporters on local and cable news programs. Its star, Brooke Alvarez, is really Suzanne Sena — former host and reporter for E!, Extra …
If you haven’t yet heard, The Onion‘s corporate executives want to move the editorial staff from New York City to Chicago — where the executives already are based alongside the satirical paper’s nonfiction entertainment section, The A.V. Club. It’s a cost-cutting measure, to be sure. The Onion‘s editorial staff has …
The Onion‘s website, https://www.theonion.com, has begun testing a new system that charges for accessing more than five pages per month online. But wait! It doesn’t apply to you if you’re in America. Or if you visit The A.V. Club, The Onion‘s non-parody arts-and-entertainment section. Sean O’Neal tried to ease readers …
