{"product_id":"9780762484430","title":"Funny Because It's True","description":"Author: Christine Wenc\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780762484430\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Running Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe real truth behind the original fake news with this in-depth history of beloved humor publication, \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1988, a band of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergrads set out to publish a free weekly newspaper with no editorial stance other than \"You Are Dumb,\" and-over the course of twenty years-changed the way we consume both our comedy and our news. \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e served as a hilarious and brutally perceptive satire of the absurdity and horrors of late twentieth century American life and grew into a global phenomenon. Now, for the first time, the full history of the publication is told by one of its original staffers, author and historian Christine Wenc. Wenc charts \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e's rise, its position as one of the first online humor sites on the internet, and the way it influenced television programs like \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/i\u003e through dozens of interviews. \u003ci\u003eFunny Because It's True \u003c\/i\u003epeels back the layers to reveal how a group of young misfits from flyover country unintentionally created a cultural phenomenon.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697790275742,"sku":"ADS-9780762484430","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780762484430.jpg?v=1775719456","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780762484430","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}