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Viv Groskop gathers some of the best Soviet satire and proletariat punchlines ... Maybe there’s something about old jokes that makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Maybe those were the ...

Was it goofy humor? Like ... DETROW: That is Christine Wenc, author of "Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern News Satire." Christine, I feel like I should tell you before we ...

Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire; By Christine Wenc Running ... Wenc describes the “standard varieties” of Onion jokes, including what writer ...