In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2008
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Panelists discuss whether Halloween candy and costumes have distracted us from placating demons to ensure a bountiful harvest.
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"42% of americans can't find earth on globe"
When did Onion stop being satirical?
+David Mobeck This is satire?
cablecrusher26 *facepalm*
Now they think the earth is flat.
Stephanie Fahey i'm really worried about the 58%
It was pretty irresponsible to speak impiously of Algol.
Or UA-cam's recommend Algol Rythym !!
I thought they said Al-ghoul.
@@dragonsforbreakfast3572 I think that's the etymology of Algol...
@@landochabod7 Ah, cool. It's Arabic apparently.
@@dragonsforbreakfast3572 Yup. Algol is an eclipsing binary star: its light changes in time, which is probably why it had creepy names in many cultures.
"I do NOT want a spate of stillborn births!"
"Duncan, be quiet! Think about our wells!"
Oh, these people are good.
No reply to yours 15 year old comment,so I just dropped 1 here 🙂😊
@@rajsouth101 raj, theyre dead
@@blissfuldj7627 no,she just commented on another video of this same channel just 5 months ago..
@@rajsouth101 raj, thats a clone, the real one is gone
@@blissfuldj7627 bro,if u click on the circle ⭕ icon beside the username in the above comment it shows the previous comments one has made in the current channel. When I did it for the @copperandbrick it showed a comment made from this account 5 months ago..
Their acting feels real. Like, they arent acting or thinking about their lines but like this is happening for real
You say it like this isn't legit news
The power of the onion
I think that's what acting is.
Well they are probably from hollywood, this is real news in the belly of the beast
Could be improv
I love how Duncan is the author of a new book (that happens to be relevant to the current topic) each time.
I've never noticed that! God, the Onion packs so much genius into each video.
I love small recurring jokes like that.
Oh God, I've never noticed. How do I go back and watch all these? UA-cam's search is shit
ua-cam.com/video/uU4q415Rkb0/v-deo.html mhm is math science?
I love that they stick to their lores and connect small details each clips 😂
Hey, I'm starting to suspect that ... there _is_ no Clifford Banes ...
Do not blaspheme! DO NOT BLASPHEME!
He exists. He hosted 1 episode wearing a Juliana McKennis mask.
awdrifter3 I think that was the one where they're debating whether to allow kids to see r-rated movies where there masturbate
I like your profile picture(:
He does actually appear in one video. Forgot which one.
“Has America lost sight of the true meaning of Halloween?”
15 years later and they still bring me to tears. Why is the Onion not a regular show? They blow SNL out of the water. We NEED them now more than ever.
My understanding is they cut all this amazing stuff when they were sold to Univision. Big corporations ruining something else
They had one for, I think, two seasons on IFC. It was brilliant.
After 2016, reality took a turn and they couldn't compete.
Ain’t that deep bruh
@@mykeljmoneyThey're definitely not what they used to be.
Poor Duncan lost this debate big time.
Post office box!
Fantastic Mister
Duncan: *rockets out of Hell*
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@@Noarcs The good ol' PO box
I like believing that this is a real news agency in an alternate universe
Negative Ramos
Much of the stuff they’ve said has come to pass in this realm.
What do you mean "alternate universe"?
W-w wait, you're telling me the onion isn't a really news source?
@@Sawdustinthemakeup Relax. The Onion IS a real news source.
They just have a slightly different approach to reality than most other news sources.
@@Tjalve70 oh thank God! For a second I was starting to think the onion isn't a really news source. Like imagine how crazy that would be finding out that the onion isn't real news!
Most people don’t even carry amulets anymore. I realize they’re cumbersome and the permits are expensive, but it’s better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
That's why we invented lanyards.
Hmm? Permits? I'm curious as to what you mean
Isn't there an amendment that gives you the right to bear amulets? 🤔
Recent innovations in alchemy and enchantments have made most amulets light weight to carry, so there really isn't any reason not to carry them to ward off the demons that seek to devour our souls on the daily basis.
@@robynalice879 did you even pay attention?!
The moment Duncan went all in on his skepticism, I knew he was done for
Such is the folly of man
Just like that other guy who talked crap about the robot overlords.
And for his eternal punishment Duncan was forced to become Google (if it was a guy)
Truly a fate worse than death!
Hahaha😂 that was him in If Google Was A Guy! I knew I recognized him, he’s in s lot of stuff but I could recall specifically which thing I was trying to remember him being in
Most recently he was in try not to laugh news on ch
that just blew my mind
omg u r right. Now I know why he looked familiar for some reasons
When they started singing I LOST IT
What did you lose?
his peanits 😢😢
This is actually genius.
The old Onion was the diamond standard of comedy, what happened to them and comedy in general?!
Jack of Blades theyre contents still like this i feel like 🤔
Yeah, these guys should really start a satirical channel on yT!
Actually
S H
Because now the truth is more ridiculous.
I think Duncan made some good points, and Algol reacted in a way totally obstructive to the conversation, not to mention unnecessary. ONN shouldn't invite him back, I don't care who he threatens to ghoulify.
It really is unfortunate that you can't conjure demonic entities and spirits anymore without things getting politicized. MSM has really ruined everything.
Yeah, he was totally out of line
Yeah. What a jerk.
people like you are the exact reason why algol needed to do what he did.
I dont think its the onion's fault. Its just one of the side effects of a live performance, but I think the fact that Algol blew up on national tv like this is going to hurt his public image and effect whether people choose to keep working with him moving forward
"The whole reason behind the bones is the time spent butchering with the family!"
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@@zejdland Wut
@@reformedzoomer yes?
@@reformedzoomer reported for spam
Sunwise and antisun wise.
Pfft. Sunwise and widdershins.
Deosil and widdershins.
"But when I was a child, our whole family would go down the public square, we'd get around that ceremonial mound, and we'd go sunwise and anti-sunwise - it was a _family_ thing to do." One of my fave lines here. 🤣
still one of my favorite onion pieces of all time. the amount of views is absurd, it should be 10x what it is.
Brilliant!
This clip perfectly encapsulates what I thought in church. The pastors would decry Halloween for having fun and celebratory elements while also denouncing the fun and celebratory elements of Christmas. And I'm thinking, "What if Santa Claus brings more people to Jesus than it he wasn't a tradition?" Never got to ask that in church though.
-Not everyone literally believes that phantoms will come to replace...
-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH
“That is appalling.. kids being more familiar with a fictional character than with a real ghoul...”. Pure gold lol
My family used to sacrifice a goat on the altar every year to Asmodeus and the dark Lord Satan when I was a kid. These little brats now, though, they might, MIGHT ritualistically slaughter a cat or something and maybe recite an incantation but that's usually about it. Most of them don't even know the proper sacrificial procedures. They slit the throat first, yeah, but then they wing it. It's depressing how much the reason for the season has been lost. It's a war on Halloween.
Even more sadly, at least in my area, is that the children here have moved almost entirely to firework-based methods of cat-slaughter, which clearly does nothing what-so-ever to appease Apharoohl, The Djinn of The Lost Ones.
That's nothing. People in my neighborhood thought the Cwn Annwn and Dark Lord Arawn were some of kind Chinese dish!
I talked to my 7 year old cousin yesterday, and she knew nothing! I thought my Aunt has taught her how to use Jelalji bone charms and Mandrake incense to keep Phi-Alderu, the god of pain, and his hounds of famine at bay from the burial ground. She couldn't even use Enneagram emblems to banish a Dybbuk.
This is the most useful conversation I've found on UA-cam
*HATE SPEECH* Satan is a black transexual woman. Get it right!
Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized? The Onion weighs in.
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dangers of using an old foxnews studio
Has the Onion become boring and so last year? I think so.
Did they manage to blame Republicans for something? That's what most of their skits consist of.
Lol. Overcomercialized???
I guess, being commercialized is ok.
One of their best. Nicely done!
I lost it at "Someone complained about the howling!!"
Best. Onion. Ever.
Btw, "Get out your amulets!"
This is definitely one of the best.
Yeah, easily my top 2
...and then we'd all gather around as my grandpa would read from the Necronomicon and sprinkle stags blood over those in attendance. Those were the days!
A Necronomicon? Duuude, those are rare. Hope you kept it.
Oh, for real? I didn't know it was a real thing, I've seen numerous references to it in pop-culture (Evil Dead, Simpsons, ect) but thought it was more myth than reality. My post was more meant to be a tongue-in-cheek way to mock those who see mainstream, commercial "Halloween" as somehow occult or satanic.
Alexander Pataki ....this would be the point where I let out a sigh.
No, the Necronomicon is not real.
Lol but no. Necronomicon was thought up by Lovecraft, and unsurprisingly it's yet another feature of his life's works that's taken on a life of its own. Even when he was alive he had to clarify multiple times there is no Necronomicon and he just made the thing up. Unfortunately some people REALLY need to get out in the real world more often.
it probably IS a real thing, and you guys have been duped along with the masses into thinking it's a modern literary trope, so that those who seek it's true awesome powers can revel in the godlike gifts it will confer upon them in peace, without having to deal with a bunch of rank amateurs such ahs yourselves battling them for mastery of the arcane knowledge.
"Frightening away the demons is reason for the season."
every one of these late 2000s skits are amazing. but every time i see duncan (or whoever plays him) i know it's gold
He's been a bit actor in lots of stuff. Recently , he was a main actor on "People of Earth" on TBS.
This and the schizophrenia one are the best. Not because of the rad subject matter or whatever; I honestly think the writing and performances here are their absolute best.
This never fails to get a laugh out of me.
“The situation in Nigeria seems pretty complex.” Is my absolute favorite. They so perfectly capture the mannerisms of a class of highschoolers who didn’t do the reading.
THINK ABOUT OUR WELLS
tugboat2030 i died
XD
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I thought she said whales lol
Playing in the blood puddles was my favorite thing about Halloween as a child.
“Get out your amulets” gets me every time
"The reason for the season" 😂 the way she said that made me laugh so hard!!
This would be good to show a child, they’d think adults did this as kids.
What? You didn't?
@@mittenstherealest We didn't.
We sacrificed to the NORSE gods. Not this new fashined culturally imported Halloween stuff.
Yeah except we did actually do this stuff.
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i just love the transition between the satanic summoning and the headline on the tv
The onion's news anchors and panelists absolutely nail their roles. Way better than any "news report" in a typical movie. Even the chyrons and intro/outros are amazingly well done.
lol, I was thinking, "hm, this one is alright.."
then I got to the ENDING.. lmao
"LET GO OF HIM" "IT'S TOO LATE!"
This is the best video the onion has ever produced. The tradition Halloween song made my sides launch into orbit.
...Hap tu naaaa!
Didn't even acknowledge how insensitive "Happy Halloween" is. My beliefs are based on the New Scriptures. Performing rituals to ward off the Eldritch gods of the cosmic beyond like Nyarlathotep with the screeching of sacrificed sea animals. A "Happy Holidays" will do just fine, thank you very much.
Youev lost your popularity m8 rip
fuck you Skeleton Bones Ghoulie
THIS IS A WAR ON HALLOWEEN!! IN MY DAY WE SAID HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND WORE MASKS TO SCARE OFF DEMONS!!
EXACTLY!
ITS NOT EVEN CALL HOLLOWEEN!
IT’S “HÅLLOW’S DARK EVE OF THE FEASTING SPIRITS”
The war on Halloween
I watch this every Halloween, though it better reflects every "controversy" about Christmas.
Yes there making fun of the war on Christmas with Halloween.
@@peachlover8572 *they're
Hi Simon :)
Clifford Banes is a smart man. He's still holding out until things cool down. things got even worse in 2020
Frightening away demons is the reason for the season.... Why do I love this sentence so much?
Because it rhymes! 😍
“That is appalling, more kid are familiar with a fictional cartoon than a real goul”
Best and most underrated line in this entire video
Reminds me on how we ruined Black Friday as well. Stephen Colbert once said, that Black Friday was becoming too commercialized.
"What happened to trampling people for the love of the game? Or just the pure joy of throat-punching an old lady over that last $20 Dirt
Devil?"
@Tatsujiro Kurogane Their bodies are compensating for their greed! They can't give up too much bottom!
I always come here every Halloween to remember what we lost.
"Think about our wells!" Hilarious.
It's been eleven long years and this comment has only gotten 3 likes. You have probably forgotten about this account by now, and this comment, and maybe even the onion, but I think that's poetic in a way.
Whales
“frightening away demons is the reason for the season”
"Someone complained about the howling!"
"Complained about the howling? Well how are you supposed to drive the evil spirits away?"
"im not saying i'm not afraid of ghouls, I'm terrified of them"
lmao I think that's my favorite bit
"Everybody, get out your amulets!!!"
best line ever
"Donning animals skins and dancing around a fire pit is the MOST important event of the whole holiday" omfg I'm dying
I know I've said this a few times during my stint on the Internet, but this is, without a doubt,
THE.
BEST.
VIDEO.
EVER.
I love the mashup of cable news arguments and "Cabin in the Woods".
Frightening away demons is the reason for the season 😂 That delivery killed me
The tragedy is that, 10+ years on, things are still the same, if not worse. Thanks to COVID, there are drive-through bonfires where people through their supermarket-bought, pre-cut bones through their car windows as they drive by. The Onion continues to be uncannily relevant across time! (Their amulets must be working overtime!)
^
Ahahaha, this is still my favorite The Onion skit. Watch it every year and it never fails to bring a (traditional halloween chant) song in my heart.
I hope things clear up for Clifford banes soon
I so love that this is factual about the origins of Halloween so many centuries ago!
I must say, this is one of the best Onion videos, especially the ending! xD
Indeed!
"It's appalling, kids being more familiar with a fictional character than a real ghoul."
Oh, smack!
Masters of satire.
Keep the Howling in Howloween.
happy halloween world heritage post
"Frightin' away demons is the reason for the season"
That's my favorite part of the whole video.
0:56
"GET OUT YOUR AMULETS" lol
“sunwise and anti-sunwise”
and some people say the Onion is satirical, smh my head
I come back to this every Halloween, legendary!
I miss classic onion. They need to bring it back!
It's impossible. The world has been plunged head first so far into absurdity that the classic kind of satire just isn't possible right now.
My goodness the ending had me laughing myself to tears (but not conjuring my deepest fears (I hope...))
That turn at the ending though.
God, this was one of the best ones, I swear
Ok, who tf is Clifford Baynes, and how is he always absent????
This show has the same energy as "Welcome to Nightvale"
most amazing commentary ive seen on holidays
That Clifford Bane must live an exciting life.
"Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?"
Huh, that's actually a good point, why is this an Onion video?
Oh, I see..
How is it a good point?
@@mcmb8254 Because basically any holiday nowadays (like many other aspects of life) have become overcommercialized?
@@leofreaking dude, halloween is a commercial holiday at its core
DimIsHigh it was a cultural holiday and a religious holiday long before it was a commercial one
Seamus yeah no shit, 2000 years ago
"Demon is the reason for the season"
that rhyme *chef's kiss
As a family who uses artificial bones, it’s simply unfair to say that we must go out of our way to harvest our one bones, and we can easily celebrate the season in more way than we could if we had to butcher and harvest our own bones. Don’t knock it until you try it.
Good time for a recommendation! Happy Halloween! 🎃
The most action-packed Onion bit yet! I love these guys, especially Duncan Birch.
2 minutes of any Onion show is better than ALL the episodes of SNL that exist. And better actors than 95% of Hollywood movies.
How they just vanished is beyond me
Ikr
They vanished because Duncan had summoned the evil spirits.
@@SushiCombo if only Duncan had heeded their warning
Vanished? They've been going for like 300 years now, I don't think they're gonna vanish anytime soon
I hope everyone has their amulets ready for the dark lords arrival. Please prepare at least a month in advance. No half ass sacrifices.
How did i miss, all these years, the best onion video ever?
oh my god i've never seen something this intense on a legitimate and reputable news show. i need to renew my cable subscription
The holloween they described sounds a lot more fun the tricker treating.
These actors are too good at this
I do miss the animal sacrifices, now it's outlawed by our giant crab overlords.
BRO
I swear im just watchings vids and pressinf newest on comments XD
@@poisonousbadge126 lol 😆 I've been watching for like 7 years if you find a video I've not commented on it's because it got reported lol.
@@ignis_gehennalis_ov_God Damn you love the onion
@@poisonousbadge126 the onion is love the onion is life lol.
As a certified Boomer myself i feel like Duncan so often when i talk to other boomers it blows my mind, iam proud of you kids, you guys really do be kickin ass, you guys are more united then my Generation and my parents generation combined, you guys are politicaly not that interested because it isnt intressting to see old people making choices that fuck over your own generation, your music is weird but its more varity then ever its more creative on the broad spectrum then ever before and you guys actually express yourself, iam watching a lot of young artists on twitch and TikTok, some of that Art is so beautiful, you are more honest then we while still trying to be as nice about it as ever before.
You guys dont buy houses because my Parents and my Generation fucked the Market economy your money isnt getting you the same stuff as our money once did i saw the "my Parents at 20 VS. me at 20" and yes our rackless behaviour back in the day made this possible on the cost of you guys. And some of yall are depressed because this World can be depressing it may not be the worst time in history to be alive but definitly one thats not in favor of the youth at all. You guys arent a shame to the people that fought wars for our free world, you guys are using the freedoms our grandfathers fought for and they would be proud of yall trust me.
Cool story, bro.
I'm glad not all boomers are like the bad stories I've heard - super glad to see some positivity.
appreciate you saying this! 🥺
This is so sweet. Idk what it has to do with the video, but as an 18 year old it was nice to hear. My grandpa has said similar things. I bet you have grandchildren and you’re their favorite grandparent.
@@Madison_r_2004 iam not that old yet got a son though, so maybe iam who knows. :)
I wish real news was as honest as this
I come back every year to watch this. Still cracks me up.
This will always be my favorite episode.
Happy Halloween!
That's the price to pay for not having your amulet with you at all times.
I will always love The Onion for going there.
Since 1894, it’s the first time I caught that
Every year I come back and rewatch this and every time it's just as fun
I link to this video once every year.
I love how all these examples in the videos are real things about what halloween used to be
This never gets old.
Happy Halloween to you too! Hope you survived the year.