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The Onion's 9/11 issue, 20 years later
The Onion was just trying to figure out how to acknowledge a tragedy. The result was a historical document that's also quite funny.
Sep 26, 2021
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The Onion in 2056: A dystopian world of Flash animation
In 2005, The Onion imagined the world 51 years later. Get ready for endless sci-fi tropes and Flash animations.
Jun 22, 2025
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Jesus refused to save a guy 20 years ago in The Onion
Plus, jokes about dirty bombs, cuckolding, McCain-Feingold, Alan Colmes, Kinko's, Bill Gates, climate-change hypocrisy and more.
Jun 28
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20 years ago, The Onion had Bush play hide and seek
Web-only jokes from June 21-27, 2006: Bush plays hide-and-seek, "The Shark Whisperer," the U.S. Open and more
Jun 24
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32 times The Onion mentioned Alan Greenspan
The late Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was larger than life — especially when The Onion wrote about him
Jun 23
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20 years ago, The Onion glorified Big Mouth Billy Bass
May 3
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20 years ago today, The Onion goofed up
May 10
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20 years ago, The Onion imagined Flight 93, but with Martin Lawrence
May 24
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20 years ago, violence erupted after "Will & Grace" ended
May 31
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20 years ago, The Onion said the U.S. was abused by Britain
Plus, jokes about Toby Keith, health clubs, blooper reels, disciplining your children, doctors, unions and more
Jun 21
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20 years ago in The Onion, Bush 41 disowned Bush 43
Also, The Onion makes a website change, and jokes about AIDS, whaling, Nicole Ritchie, Phil Mickelson and more.
Jun 17
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20 years ago in The Onion, the Pope went to Six Flags
One of 2006's best Onion issues. Samuel Morse, secondhand smoke, Jon Lovitz, Sony, Iran, Daily Kos, spam emails and more
Jun 14
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20 years ago, The Onion joked about Will Ferrell, Shaq and Al-Zarqawi
Plus, Hotels.com gets hacked, a dead umpire is mocked, Bush gives a terror update and more from June 7-13, 2006
Jun 10
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20 years ago, The Onion made fun of Africa ... again
Plus, Aziz Ansari's headshot, a rogue scientist, long-distance phone plans, blimps, Paul McCartney, Kim Jong-Il, and much more.
Jun 7
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