Has The Onion jumped the shark?

Base your opinion on this sample.

IMHO, captions 3-6 are Onion standard. The top two are just bad jokes.

[Edited on Nov 12, 2003 by Jeff_Fries]

Ever since the editor in chief of The Onion Rob Siegel has left and someone newer took over. this happened abotu 6 weeks ago i think the onion has defintiely changed

I mean, this bit is funny. I don't think it makes up for the other one though.

Nah...the Onion still kills me

once they sold out and moved from Madison to NYC it was all over...

Maybe I'm just easy to please, but it's still funny as fuck.

Wow, your dad _gets_ the Onion? I showed an article to my dad once, big mistake. It took me a 1/2 an hour to explain to him why it was funny.

Man, people are starting to get a little itchy with their "jump the shark" trigger finger. Do you know how hard it is to be 100% hilarious every fucking week? Do you?! I give them a hilarity curve just out of respect and common sense. They still have a ways to go before they truly whip out the dirt bikes, ramps, and salt water tanks.

Word- being consistently funny is tough. More people need to realize that before they start looking for the motherfucking Fonz.

Name a funnier paper. That's right. You can't.

It's always been hit or miss. Sometimes an entire issue is funny. Sometimes only one or two bits. I don't think it's changed at all.
Like Saturday Night Live. Many people say it was much funnier in the 70's. That's because all you see anymore are the good skits. If you watch a few old episodes in their entirety, you'll find that it was just as hit or miss back then as it is now.

It feels like it's been on a decline, beyond this one bit. People were defending The Simpsons wholesale right up until the evil jockeys.

[Edited on Nov 12, 2003 by Jeff_Fries]

EXACTLY.

The evil jockeys were hilarious, are you crazy. ANd that was based in fact. Jockers are EVIL and definatly not human

Meh...I never thought it was all that funny.

I think it is pretty consistent with how the Onion has been for me over the last 2 years. That's when I moved to Boulder where you can pick up a copy on the street. I read it almost every week. Every week there are things in it that bore me. But every week there things that I find hilarious.

What are these "evil jockeys" you speak of? I quit watching that shitty show years ago! Seriously though, I don't think they've changed much. It probably has more to do with you getting tired of the same style of humor. I completely agree that The Simpsons fell hard, in fact I felt like I was one of the first to think this. It's usually a case of the old guard getting tired of making unappreciative fans laugh, followed by a new crew that are too over the top in trying to make things like they use to be. I just don't agree that this has happened to The Onion yet.

my favorite onion column is point - counter point. who else could have given us:

sexual harassment in the workplace must stop vs. i love the way your tits bounce when you type.

my computer totally hates me! vs. God do i hate that bitch.

European Men Are So Much More Romantic Than American Men vs. American Women Studying In Europe Are Unbelievably Easy...

While I have noticed a change in the past few weeks, it is totaly explained by the fact that they are under new management. This is just a period of transition. We all remember when the Daily Show swtiched from Killboring to John (My Personal Hero) Stewart. There was a period of transition that it took the show a while to recover from, but the show eventually became funnier than ever.

Personally, I think the magazine is doing fine. I think this article is the funniest thing they've had in a while.

I think my dad can beat up your dad.

I think it was less than a year ago that the Chinese media picked up the Onion article "Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built " and touted it as a factual example of crazy Westerners and their unreasonable policymakers.