{"product_id":"funny-because-its-true","title":"Funny Because It's True","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780762484430\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Running Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\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":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859146580101,"sku":"PR432132","price":68.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG3890WBDVH.jpg?v=1789095281","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/funny-because-its-true","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}