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This is the best birthday present I could have asked for. The Onion News Network has the funniest, most prescient videos online and I love going back to watch them. Even if the Onion comes back half as funny as they were it's going to be fabulous. Here are a few of my lesser-known favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdP1zK15bE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgRz3nSG7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUT8ec24anM

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I watch "The Onion's Future News From The Year 2137" regularly. You have to pause it to catch everything, it's packed with little bits of humor in the on-screen graphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKC21wDarBo

Experts Agree, Giant Bioengineered Crabs Pose No Threat

https://youtu.be/-Uq9pp586AE?si=NxdI4vwYZQr817QI

Reporters having a panel discussion on teevee. I stopped the video and read each of the supporting print stories that flashed by and they were perfect, too.

“Why not choose a cuddlier animal, like a Golden Retriever?”

Nation's Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan: "Let's move in together"

https://youtu.be/7ADncN9HIa4

Incredible, beginning to end

One of my favorite videos from that era:

“Concentric Circles Emanating from Glowing Red Dot”

https://youtu.be/8wHMaJ6AtNs?si=GMQSQDYXbTQfGEI9

New Live Poll Lets Pundits Pander To Viewers In Real Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFpK_r-jEXg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PC8Luqiws

The scrollbar at the bottom always warrants a second viewing.

"Rescue St. Bernard eats avalanche victim"

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