Onion SportsDome (2011) User Reviews

The right and wrong of sports humour

[napierslogs · 7/10 · 22 March 2011]

Like the headlines out of the sports pages of The Onion, Onion SportsDome tackles all sports, athletes, and most notably sports shows, such as SportsCenter.

Some stories aren't all that funny, some drag on way too long (but hey, even Saturday Night Live can't get that right), and some are missing the punch-line, but when they get it right, they get it right, and I'll be laughing for the full half-hour. If they get it right at the beginning, I'll be laughing through the ones they get wrong and won't even notice!

I do recommend Onion SportsDome, but with a caveat, you have to be pretty well versed in current and past world of sports, and you have to forgive them when they're not funny, because it is just so worth it when they are funny.

What are we gonna talk about...

[fleedermouse · 8/10 · 29 January 2023]

Football football football football and football! What else are we gonna talk about? College basketball? Come on. My favorite intro. It pretty much says it all about the wide world of sports as focused by the media in the USA. I don't even like basketball but the gameplay and overall entertainment value of college basketball is quite clearly superior to NFL albeit less neat for the gambling industry I guess. Anyway the folks at The Onion skewer ESPN and the like and do a damned good job. The show was great. I wish I had it downloaded. Hard to see how it could be a continuing show though. A full season was too much. It should have just been an occasional special. It still should be. The Onion is the peak of commercial satire. I think that the year this came out I bought all of my Christmas gifts on their website. My stocking stuffers were Lance Armstrong bracelets that said 'Cheat To Win'.