A conversation about The Onion

with Will Graham, Carol Kolb and Joe Randazzo
in Current Affairs
on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 * * * * *

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A conversation about The Onion with Joe Randazzo Editor-In-Chief, Will Graham Executive Producer / Director of the Onion News Network and Carol Kolb Head Writer of the Onion News Network.

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election 2008
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The Onion
satire

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    1. Fortitude  11/09/2008 03:19 PM Report

      I love the Onion!!!

      Never sure what's real and it always makes me think and laugh!

      If this is your thing, you must see the amazing new mockumentary, entitled COMING SOON, described by Peter Singer as "Hilarious and disturbing, entertains while raising deep questions."

      You can see it for free at http://www.comingsoon.cz.

      Amazing flick!!!

    2. TABS  11/03/2008 12:15 PM Report

      The Onion is typical of the Liberal media. Why do they soft peddle Obama and give him a pass. They should have been on top of the story that Mr Obama while attending Harvard took classes in psychology and was mentored by MD Hannibal Lector. It is inexcusable that such information is not reported by the media. Why does one think that Mr Obama is so fond of Pork ribs?

    3. tosi, li  10/31/2008 02:03 AM Report

      whooa, lost in NYC, moroned in Manhattan..betcha OBA, OPRA won't tiptoe in! how about michelle ordering caviat and expensive wine at Astoria...OBAMA danced so badly on SNL..a lot of missteps that nobody dared look at..yo..emperor with no clothes..pic those up.

    4. sock puppet  10/30/2008 09:42 PM Report

      Hannibal Lector - Obama? Is Obama eating conservatives to help his regularity?

    5. Captain Jirk  10/30/2008 07:56 PM Report

      The Vulcan death grip... Must resist... Must... Must... Must! Spock! Get a hold of yourself! Snap out of it!

    6. TABS  10/30/2008 06:56 PM Report

      I am done with these people, what are they IOWAians or sumthin? Did they at least leave a trail of bread crumbs so that they wouldn't get lost in NYC and could find their way home. They won't even report on the Hannible Lector, Obama connection for Gods sake. Typical Liberals from Madison.

    7. MotherLodeBeth  10/30/2008 03:35 PM Report

      It will be interesting to see how The Onion, SNL, Colbert, The Daily Show handle Obama if he is President. Lets face it his friends, race, name, and other elements could make for cutting edge humor but I wonder if those who call themselves progressive or liberal will have the nerve to actually be as mean with the humor as they have been with Palin as an example.

    8. ALICE. Coh  10/30/2008 04:43 AM Report

      To: Carol Kolb, Joe Randazzo and Will Graham-- You know your feeling about sitting down for a dinner and can't be laughing! OMG. Enjoy Charlie Rose Show, super super question: what if we are all sitting down to a dinner, will you guys laugh as much? (paraphrase). They all said out loud, NO! Kolb's answer was not clever at all. She said she is not a performer, she's the writer. Why? You make it your job to laugh at other people with the Onion. A writer sounds hypocrite already. Or, 'it hurts when i laugh'. A pinch of salt for ya all: You are striving in your budding career. Get a life, your satire will be more successful. when it comes to comparing apples with oranges, the New Yorkers' Cartoons come to mind!! Is it not inferior and immature that you only enjoy laughing at others!

      Hey, kiddo, Palin is a lot wholesome and smarter looking than Tina Fey, or Carol Klob. I don't read Onion, and i sure know 'Obama made no misstep' is a soundbite! At the start of the unfolding financial crisis, he called McCain's action 'erratic'; yeah, the whole world would stop for Sen. Obama until their team came up with the word 'erratic'! Wake up, Obama was toooo slow. He did not take any step.

    9. sock puppet  10/30/2008 01:18 AM Report

      Tied it: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/precocious_youngster_sells?utm_source=videomrss_89074

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      Extreme counter-pointing I guess is what you would call it. It's too surreal for me. Might draw a smile if accidently were exposed. Deliberately going there, I found that I felt like I got it - more or less intantly - the remainder then was a waste of time. A little goes a long way for me. Repetitive SNL skits have the same effect.