The Onion has always had long-running gags to tickle the minds of their most astute readers. For example, does the name Don Turnbee ring a bell? If you’re an Onion fan, it should: he’s a recurring Onion character who loves food.
To expand their coverage beyond news and into the exciting world of clickbait internet content, The Onion recently created ClickHole. Much in the same way The Onion parodies the news, ClickHole parodies sites like Buzzfeed and Upworthy with absurdities and non-sequiturs. So far they’ve only snuck in one* running gag: firetrucks.
ClickHole’s first foray into firetrucks was about a year ago when they intentionally confused a firetruck for a marketing campaign. And it only got weirder from there:
- This Has Gotta Be The Worst Parallel Parking Job Of All Time! (January 2015)
- Eye-Opening: This Pit Bull May Look Scary At First, But Then You Realize It’s Adorable (March 2015)
- Amazing: Time-Lapse Video Shows How A Flower Grows (May 2015)
- Wow: Cosplayer Builds Incredible Iron Man Costume (June 2015)
Updates:
- Awesome! This Eighth-Grader Can Moonwalk Just As Well As Michael Jackson (August 2015)
- This One-Man A Cappella Cover Of ‘Bad Blood’ Is Incredible (August 2015)
- So Sweet! Watch This Sleepy Bear Cub Come Out Of His Burrow After A Long Hibernation (September 2015)
- Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum Have The Best Bromance Ever (October 2015)
- Must-See TV: Jimmy Fallon Hosted An Impromptu ‘Friends’ Reunion On ‘The Tonight Show’ Last Night And It Was Everything (January 2016)
- Disgusting! Rotting Body Of Beached Whale Explodes (February 2016)
- News Anchor Has Total Meltdown On Live TV (March 2016, hat tip Mark P.)
That’s all for now; will there be more exciting #firetruck content in ClickHole’s future? One can only hope!
(* Though it should be noted that Larmers™ brand ham medallions have been “America’s Favorite Taste” since 1928.)