Election spoiler...

This is funny, imho anyway.

YMMV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrDzZCOQtI

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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Omelet wrote:

> This is funny, imho anyway.
>
> YMMV:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrDzZCOQtI

It is! I'm really impressed by The Onion, i have to say. The went through
a rough patch a couple of years ago, but they're doing good stuff now, and
their videos are pure genius.

Have you ever seen The Day Today? It was a British spoof news show which
was similarly scarily accurate in tone and appearance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_Today

My favourite episode was the one where the show engineered a war between
Australia and Hong Kong just so they could cover it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gvyX-CwHpAQ

Their 'bombdogs' story is a classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nvfQw8UCDE

There's a hidden extra on the DVD where Chris Morris interviews the
foreign correspondent Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (the name is a reference to
real correspondent Brian Hanrahan) on the day of the 9/11 attacks; the
running joke with O'Hanraha-hanrahan is that he makes up his reports,
badly, and Chris Morris always catches him out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPWgodul_E

Much as it pains me to say this, i think the Onion News Network does it
better.

tom

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"Omelet" <ompomelet@g_mail.com> wrote in message
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> This is funny, imho anyway.
>
> YMMV:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrDzZCOQtI
>
Well written and very well produced.

"Tom Anderson" <


Tom,
I stopped reading the onion a year or so ago because of the bull.
I'll try it again.

Burr

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Burr wrote:

> I stopped reading the onion a year or so ago because of the bull. I'll
> try it again.

It might not be to your taste - it's very variable, and it can be pretty
left-wing a lot of the time. But the ONN video segments are pure genius,
you should check those out.

tom

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In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803011652450.1721@urchin.earth.li> ,
Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Omelet wrote:
>
> > This is funny, imho anyway.
> >
> > YMMV:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrDzZCOQtI
>
> It is! I'm really impressed by The Onion, i have to say. The went through
> a rough patch a couple of years ago, but they're doing good stuff now, and
> their videos are pure genius.
>
> Have you ever seen The Day Today? It was a British spoof news show which
> was similarly scarily accurate in tone and appearance:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_Today
>
> My favourite episode was the one where the show engineered a war between
> Australia and Hong Kong just so they could cover it:
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=gvyX-CwHpAQ
>
> Their 'bombdogs' story is a classic:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nvfQw8UCDE
>
> There's a hidden extra on the DVD where Chris Morris interviews the
> foreign correspondent Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (the name is a reference to
> real correspondent Brian Hanrahan) on the day of the 9/11 attacks; the
> running joke with O'Hanraha-hanrahan is that he makes up his reports,
> badly, and Chris Morris always catches him out:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPWgodul_E
>
> Much as it pains me to say this, i think the Onion News Network does it
> better.
>
> tom

It will be fun to see of their predictions come true... ;-)
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