The Onion Does Travel
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.22.05 | 12:58 PM ET
Over the years, we’ve pointed out a number of hilarious travel-related stories from “America’s Finest News Source.” Now, The Onion has published a special section devoted entirely to travel. It features the lead story, “United Nations Condemns American Tourist Traps as Inhumane” and a host of other articles, including “Woman Who ‘Loves Brazil’ Has Only Seen Four Square Miles of It.” I agree with Erik Olsen at Gadling, who found the stories “funny. Not gut-busting funny.” But of course, it’s always good to see The Onion have some fun with travel.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Ron Mader 07.23.05 | 10:11 AM ET
Great to see the travel section! Onion published “Woman who loves Brazil” years ago and it was lost in the archives. Great to see this back online. I recommend it in all my ecotourism seminars.
Jim Benning 07.23.05 | 2:03 PM ET
Ron,
I thought some of those stories looked familiar, but I wasn’t sure. Thanks for setting the record straight.
There’s got to be some sort of Onion-esque headline in here:
“Humor Newspaper Repurposes Old Jokes, Hoping Media-Saturated Readers Won’t Notice.”