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The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume 1

The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume 1

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Industrial Strength Sarcasm
Review: "The Onion" says everything you were ever afraid to say out loud. But be warned--several times I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. This book *will* hurt you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent!
Review: A wonderful collection of some funny things. Perfect for college students or others with similar "wry" sensibilities. I can't wait for all the other volumes!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Save yourself some dough: Go to the website.
Review: As an avid reader of The Onion, I found this book, a repackaging of old articles from the Onion, nothing special. A much larger, and much better, archive of old articles can be found by going to the website.

The only purpose of this book is to provide a quick follow-up on the heels of the highly successful "Our Dumb Century". However, where "Our Dumb Century" was tremendously thought out and very well executed satire, this slapdash affair of seemingly randomly chosen past articles is best left out of your bookcase. I was lured in by the possibilities of a new book by The Onion. You, however, need not make the same mistake. When satirists become the very same money-hungry media moguls they were put on earth to poke fun at, you can be pretty sure their humor is going to come out pretty stale.

This book is good for anybody who does not have access to a computer but enjoys ripping satire. I have no idea who those people would be but, if you are reading this, you are obviously not one of them. I recommend going to a bookstore, picking it off the shelf and paging through it. It won't take long to read the articles you enjoy. However, the chapter introductions by T. Herman Zweiber aside, you've read it all before.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Save yourself some dough: Go to the website.
Review: As an avid reader of The Onion, I found this book, a repackaging of old articles from the Onion, nothing special. A much larger, and much better, archive of old articles can be found by going to the website.

The only purpose of this book is to provide a quick follow-up on the heels of the highly successful "Our Dumb Century". However, where "Our Dumb Century" was tremendously thought out and very well executed satire, this slapdash affair of seemingly randomly chosen past articles is best left out of your bookcase. I was lured in by the possibilities of a new book by The Onion. You, however, need not make the same mistake. When satirists become the very same money-hungry media moguls they were put on earth to poke fun at, you can be pretty sure their humor is going to come out pretty stale.

This book is good for anybody who does not have access to a computer but enjoys ripping satire. I have no idea who those people would be but, if you are reading this, you are obviously not one of them. I recommend going to a bookstore, picking it off the shelf and paging through it. It won't take long to read the articles you enjoy. However, the chapter introductions by T. Herman Zweiber aside, you've read it all before.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good, clean fun...
Review: By "good", I mean absolutely hilarious. And by "clean", I of course mean not at all clean. Okay, so it's not for the easily offended, but for the rest of us it's a dream come true. I only started reading the web site a year ago, so I've missed a lot of hilarious stories. The Onion is one of the funniest things going, and I hope Volume 2 comes out soon!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Putting the High in Hilarious!
Review: Don't be fooled by other imitators! I had never heard of TheOnion until someone turned me onto the Onion two months ago. I'mhooked and bought "Our Dumb Century" and just got my copy of "Finest News." Funnier than anything out there! Smarter than you think!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Taste of the Onion for Non-Onionites
Review: For new fans this book is a great read, however for people who tune in to the weekly satire online (or in print), this is simply a rehash of many old highlights. A great buy for a present or indoctrination to the Onion, but for long-time readers there is no new material, nothing like Our Dumb Century. Besides, you can get the whole thing just be reading the archives on theonion.com web site!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good for a gift, but not for a fan
Review: Here's a review that is on the average star. If you don't read the Onion, consider this a five star review. If you do read The Onion it's a three star review. Why? It's just a bunch of rehashes of stories that were funny once, but don't hold up.

Also problematic are the editorials. They are amusing but they don't hit the laugh-out loud hilarity of the rest of the articles. The only consistantly funny part of the editorial portion are the "What do you think" which always hits the maddeningly inarticulate and useless statements of the "man on the street" interviews perfectly.

So buy it for someone that you know doesn't read The Onion, but if you want to read an Onion book, buy Our Dumb Century.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great stuff, as usual
Review: Hey, it's the Onion. I laughed all day. This is incredibly funny.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great stuff, as usual
Review: Hey, it's the Onion. I laughed all day. This is incredibly funny.


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