In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

[@cromanticheer]

I love how Duncan is the author of a new book (that happens to be relevant to the current topic) each time.

[@joshs.5384]

I've never noticed that! God, the Onion packs so much genius into each video.

[@pvshka]

I love small recurring jokes like that.

[@LeoStaley]

Oh God, I've never noticed. How do I go back and watch all these? KZbin's search is shit

[@zejdland]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aXomdnareemJI mhm is math science?

[@RoroRoseD]

I love that they stick to their lores and connect small details each clips 😂

[@petesmith9475]

Poor Duncan lost this debate big time.

[@Noarcs]

Post office box!

[@TheMamaluigi300]

Fantastic Mister Duncan: *rockets out of Hell*

[@zejdland]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aXomdnareemJI mhm is math science?

[@JN-ug5ky]

​@@Noarcs The good ol' PO box

[@copperandbrick]

"I do NOT want a spate of stillborn births!" "Duncan, be quiet! Think about our wells!" Oh, these people are good.

[@rajsouth101]

No reply to yours 15 year old comment,so I just dropped 1 here 🙂😊

[@blissfuldj7627]

​@@rajsouth101 raj, theyre dead

[@rajsouth101]

@@blissfuldj7627 no,she just commented on another video of this same channel just 5 months ago..

[@blissfuldj7627]

@@rajsouth101 raj, thats a clone, the real one is gone

[@rajsouth101]

@@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..

[@BobGymlan]

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.

[@starcrafter13terran]

That's why we invented lanyards.

[@robynalice879]

Hmm? Permits? I'm curious as to what you mean

[@schattentaenzerin]

Isn't there an amendment that gives you the right to bear amulets? 🤔

[@HettesKvek]

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.

[@ElDuderinoh]

@@robynalice879 did you even pay attention?!

[@abduljah9355]

It was pretty irresponsible to speak impiously of Algol.

[@Cjnw]

Or KZbin's recommend Algol Rythym !!

[@dragonsforbreakfast3572]

I thought they said Al-ghoul.

[@landochabod7]

@@dragonsforbreakfast3572 I think that's the etymology of Algol...

[@dragonsforbreakfast3572]

@@landochabod7 Ah, cool. It's Arabic apparently.

[@landochabod7]

@@dragonsforbreakfast3572 Yup. Algol is an eclipsing binary star: its light changes in time, which is probably why it had creepy names in many cultures.

[@kellyzing9951]

“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.

[@mykeljmoney]

My understanding is they cut all this amazing stuff when they were sold to Univision. Big corporations ruining something else

[@GSBarlev]

They had one for, I think, two seasons on IFC. It was brilliant.

[@alphabetsoup6681]

After 2016, reality took a turn and they couldn't compete.

[@uis8174]

Ain’t that deep bruh

[@woody5476]

@@mykeljmoneyThey're definitely not what they used to be.

[@KZ-hu9uj]

The moment Duncan went all in on his skepticism, I knew he was done for

[@coalkingryan881]

Such is the folly of man

[@jkta97]

Just like that other guy who talked crap about the robot overlords.

[@osibald2342]

Their acting feels real. Like, they arent acting or thinking about their lines but like this is happening for real

[@tomlxyz]

You say it like this isn't legit news

[@enbybunny9940]

The power of the onion

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

I think that's what acting is.

[@elijahmendez4107]

Well they are probably from hollywood, this is real news in the belly of the beast

[@aidinwitiak1630]

Could be improv

[@evanracer9]

I like believing that this is a real news agency in an alternate universe

[@matthew8153]

Negative Ramos Much of the stuff they’ve said has come to pass in this realm.

[@Tjalve70]

What do you mean "alternate universe"?

[@Sawdustinthemakeup]

W-w wait, you're telling me the onion isn't a really news source?

[@Tjalve70]

@@Sawdustinthemakeup Relax. The Onion IS a real news source. They just have a slightly different approach to reality than most other news sources.

[@Sawdustinthemakeup]

@@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!

[@stephfahey1101]

"42% of americans can't find earth on globe"

[@damobeck1]

When did Onion stop being satirical?

[@cablecrusher26]

+David Mobeck This is satire?

[@stephfahey1101]

cablecrusher26 *facepalm*

[@TheGoodContent37]

Now they think the earth is flat.

[@TCt83067695]

Stephanie Fahey i'm really worried about the 58%

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

Hey, I'm starting to suspect that ... there _is_ no Clifford Banes ...

[@romantistcaveman]

Do not blaspheme! DO NOT BLASPHEME!

[@awdrifter3394]

He exists. He hosted 1 episode wearing a Juliana McKennis mask.

[@stanislausklim7794]

awdrifter3 I think that was the one where they're debating whether to allow kids to see r-rated movies where there masturbate

[@---nobody---]

I like your profile picture(:

[@Myne1001]

He does actually appear in one video. Forgot which one.

[@boccs9925]

And for his eternal punishment Duncan was forced to become Google (if it was a guy)

[@romantistcaveman]

Truly a fate worse than death!

[@---nobody---]

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

[@Ondulado.]

Most recently he was in try not to laugh news on ch

[@MeesterTweester]

that just blew my mind

[@choibtc6121]

omg u r right. Now I know why he looked familiar for some reasons

[@dominateeye]

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.

[@michealwilliams472]

It really is unfortunate that you can't conjure demonic entities and spirits anymore without things getting politicized. MSM has really ruined everything.

[@kimgkomg]

Yeah, he was totally out of line

[@AppleOfThineEye]

Yeah. What a jerk.

[@ysf-d9i]

people like you are the exact reason why algol needed to do what he did.

[@mtrebtreboschi5722]

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

[@jzplayinggame]

When they started singing I LOST IT

[@PauliReinert]

What did you lose?

[@yaioru]

his peanits 😢😢

[@PMelol]

This is actually genius.

[@SH19922x]

The old Onion was the diamond standard of comedy, what happened to them and comedy in general?!

[@mikemike7326]

Jack of Blades theyre contents still like this i feel like 🤔

[@RheeasMedInsights]

Yeah, these guys should really start a satirical channel on yT!

[@micahnewman]

Actually

[@matthew8153]

S H Because now the truth is more ridiculous.

[@rogerrogers6753]

still one of my favorite onion pieces of all time. the amount of views is absurd, it should be 10x what it is. Brilliant!

[@tugboat2030]

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.

[@MrStevemur]

Every year I dress up as Clifford Banes. No one ever guesses my costume.

[@meowistforlife]

How is anyone supposed to guess when they don’t know what he looks like

[@revnede]

"The whole reason behind the bones is the time spent butchering with the family!"

[@zejdland]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aXomdnareemJI mhm is math science?

[@reformedzoomer]

@@zejdland Wut

[@zejdland]

@@reformedzoomer yes?

[@alsocupcakes8885]

@@reformedzoomer reported for spam

[@Sacchidanand]

Sunwise and antisun wise.

[@simpleminded1uk]

Pfft. Sunwise and widdershins.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Deosil and widdershins.

[@GreenGretel]

"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. 🤣

[@STeeLfighterz]

“That is appalling.. kids being more familiar with a fictional character than with a real ghoul...”. Pure gold lol

[@joeedangerously4295]

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.

[@alexanderpataki5567]

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.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

That's nothing. People in my neighborhood thought the Cwn Annwn and Dark Lord Arawn were some of kind Chinese dish!

[@malamindulo]

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.

[@kennykeating5243]

This is the most useful conversation I've found on KZbin

[@itsKaceMusic]

*HATE SPEECH* Satan is a black transexual woman. Get it right!

[@LuisCalderon_HN]

-Not everyone literally believes that phantoms will come to replace... -OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH

[@TheOnion]

Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized? The Onion weighs in. Subscribe to The Onion's KZbin Channel: bit.ly/xzrBUA

[@Phil.Grainger]

dangers of using an old foxnews studio

[@sgiff]

Has the Onion become boring and so last year? I think so.

[@walterjnr]

Did they manage to blame Republicans for something? That's what most of their skits consist of.

[@TheLuisMiranda]

Lol. Overcomercialized??? I guess, being commercialized is ok.

[@AaronSherman]

One of their best. Nicely done!

[@sandrsofias]

Best. Onion. Ever. Btw, "Get out your amulets!"

[@drabberfrog]

This is definitely one of the best.

[@cowsquidman5679]

Yeah, easily my top 2

[@turtleanton6539]

😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@FromTheRoomOfLittleEase]

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.

[@PhantasmalBlast]

“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.

[@hemipemi]

I lost it at "Someone complained about the howling!!"

[@Speak4Yourself2]

"Frightening away the demons is reason for the season."

[@VizIchi23]

every one of these late 2000s skits are amazing. but every time i see duncan (or whoever plays him) i know it's gold

[@adgato75]

He's been a bit actor in lots of stuff. Recently , he was a main actor on "People of Earth" on TBS.

[@alexanderpataki5567]

...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!

[@Lucifronz]

A Necronomicon? Duuude, those are rare. Hope you kept it.

[@alexanderpataki5567]

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.

[@Lucifronz]

Alexander Pataki ....this would be the point where I let out a sigh. No, the Necronomicon is not real.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

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.

[@alexanderpataki5567]

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.

[@declanjames5604]

“Get out your amulets” gets me every time

[@tugboat2030]

THINK ABOUT OUR WELLS

[@TCt83067695]

tugboat2030 i died

[@Frogkhan915]

XD

[@zejdland]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aXomdnareemJI mhm is math science?

[@lindsay4659]

I thought she said whales lol

[@HansDester]

"LET GO OF HIM" "IT'S TOO LATE!"

[@bookadmirer.3699]

Playing in the blood puddles was my favorite thing about Halloween as a child.

[@delattacobell8948]

They said hawk tuah during the song

[@UnintelligibleCourtneyM]

This is the best video the onion has ever produced. The tradition Halloween song made my sides launch into orbit.

[@georgewang2947]

...Hap tu naaaa!

[@harktischris]

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.

[@psychologicalsuccess3476]

This would be good to show a child, they’d think adults did this as kids.

[@mittenstherealest]

What? You didn't?

[@Tjalve70]

@@mittenstherealest We didn't. We sacrificed to the NORSE gods. Not this new fashined culturally imported Halloween stuff.

[@dillbill7152]

Yeah except we did actually do this stuff.

[@zejdland]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aXomdnareemJI mhm is math science?

[@radicalfishstickstm8563]

I mean this is meant to satirize the war on Christmas sooo

[@iamrobbyd]

“frightening away demons is the reason for the season”

[@josephsolis6109]

"The reason for the season" 😂 the way she said that made me laugh so hard!!

[@DocDocGoose15]

It's not often that an Onion video ends in an insane, over the top way, but it's gold every time it does

[@PlasticNationStrangr]

Every Halloween I come back to this sketch. Every single line is just pure gold.

[@xPythox]

"Someone complained about the howling!" "Complained about the howling? Well how are you supposed to drive the evil spirits away?"

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

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.

[@Vladimir66616]

Youev lost your popularity m8 rip

[@Lordecai]

fuck you Skeleton Bones Ghoulie

[@Adelei42069]

THIS IS A WAR ON HALLOWEEN!! IN MY DAY WE SAID HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND WORE MASKS TO SCARE OFF DEMONS!!

[@artthenecromancer404]

EXACTLY! ITS NOT EVEN CALL HOLLOWEEN! IT’S “HÅLLOW’S DARK EVE OF THE FEASTING SPIRITS”

[@Nana-wi4gi]

The war on Halloween

[@wongdor]

lol, I was thinking, "hm, this one is alright.." then I got to the ENDING.. lmao

[@jasonmartz4965]

I always come here every Halloween to remember what we lost.

[@thesimonjadis]

I watch this every Halloween, though it better reflects every "controversy" about Christmas.

[@peachlover8572]

Yes there making fun of the war on Christmas with Halloween.

[@BNK2442]

@@peachlover8572 *they're

[@coffe4meplz]

Hi Simon :)

[@rockdanger]

Yup.. thats the main point most are missing... when Christians bemoan lack of adherence to archaic superstitious beliefs.

[@bobbobby632]

“That is appalling, more kid are familiar with a fictional cartoon than a real goul” Best and most underrated line in this entire video

[@TheSeptet]

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.

[@Runny117]

Clifford Banes is a smart man. He's still holding out until things cool down. things got even worse in 2020

[@Coratlan]

15 years later and this exact conversation is happening about Day of the Dead in Mex/Central American circles. Its become less about honoring and remembering the dead and just halloween 2 with a latino flair.

[@sandrabaron1703]

Frightening away demons is the reason for the season.... Why do I love this sentence so much?

[@jeanblaaa]

Because it rhymes! 😍

[@flamesabrethedark]

"Everybody, get out your amulets!!!" best line ever

[@quietcorner293]

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?"

[@nathangamble125]

​@Tatsujiro Kurogane Their bodies are compensating for their greed! They can't give up too much bottom!

[@ShadesOfFall]

"Think about our wells!" Hilarious.

[@AntonDiwa]

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.

[@jude_dadude]

Whales

[@nedludd7622]

"42% of Americans unable to locate Earth on the Globe". That is surely an underestimate.

[@lovelysan]

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.

[@cynosure516]

I'm back for my yearly Halloween rewatch of this masterpiece

[@kromo770]

I watch this every Halloween...so good...

[@sherrihaight2724]

Every year I share this again! So well done in do many ways. ❤❤❤

[@IYAMNI]

"It's appalling, kids being more familiar with a fictional character than a real ghoul." Oh, smack! Masters of satire.

[@Jamesgames62522]

I come back to this every Halloween, legendary!

[@thecyuber558]

i just love the transition between the satanic summoning and the headline on the tv

[@tl7988]

“You’re gonna anger the spirits.” I’ll be using this going forward in any political or cultural conversation

[@SarahHachey]

I must say, this is one of the best Onion videos, especially the ending! xD

[@adams13245]

Indeed!

[@fostardust8284]

"im not saying i'm not afraid of ghouls, I'm terrified of them"

[@yugen]

lmao I think that's my favorite bit

[@AxelQC]

I love the mashup of cable news arguments and "Cabin in the Woods".

[@akorn1]

"Donning animals skins and dancing around a fire pit is the MOST important event of the whole holiday" omfg I'm dying

[@joemama2499]

DUNCAN, BE QUIET, THINK ABOUT OUR WELLS !!

[@anonymoussecret5948]

Frightening away demons is the reason for the season 😂 That delivery killed me

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

That turn at the ending though.

[@Jrockten]

2:10 “because someone complained about the howling” her delivery sounds so real, lmao

[@starcrafter13terran]

3:14 Who knew this would become a reality?

[@pythag123]

I like how he is a heckler for the whole thing, then gets al-ghouled at the end.

[@avocadomonkey4892]

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!)

[@ACDBunnie]

^

[@UrBigBruv]

THEY PREDICTED HAWK TUAH?!?! 1:40

[@wildfallz]

1:40 i think i have lost my mind

[@nah-y4e]

I wish real news was as honest as this

[@trrt2719]

I so love that this is factual about the origins of Halloween so many centuries ago!

[@blubberingbuffoons]

most amazing commentary ive seen on holidays

[@Hollandhallock]

I hope things clear up for Clifford banes soon

[@FinnWuzHere]

aside from the public radio station, this is Nightvale’s primary news outlet

[@cabinjackalope]

God, this was one of the best ones, I swear

[@jasonmartz4965]

I hope everyone has their amulets ready for the dark lords arrival. Please prepare at least a month in advance. No half ass sacrifices.

[@redskull2006]

"GET OUT YOUR AMULETS" lol

[@GoofRebelMusic]

How did i miss, all these years, the best onion video ever?

[@AdamThomas28]

These actors are too good at this

[@ThomasMcdonagh-d1r]

Amazing sketch a truly talented team behind this whole show

[@InsertName125]

Keep the Howling in Howloween.

[@almicc]

oh my god i've never seen something this intense on a legitimate and reputable news show. i need to renew my cable subscription

[@Aegorraasreturned]

“sunwise and anti-sunwise”

[@The1Dragonprincess]

Good time for a recommendation! Happy Halloween! 🎃

[@ratking6133]

"Frightin' away demons is the reason for the season"

[@drabberfrog]

That's my favorite part of the whole video.

[@drabberfrog]

0:56

[@nickre96988]

I love when they just all start shouting at each other

[@ampisbad]

and some people say the Onion is satirical, smh my head

[@Matt_Larrick_29]

16 years later and still funny

[@pedroxing5646]

not lying, their version of the halloween seems more fun

[@nelsonta00]

That Clifford Bane must live an exciting life.

[@jadegrace1312]

This is it, this is the best Onion video.

[@rubenjapp7626]

I recently came across a car with license plate ALGHOUL (in the ACT, Australia). Found it hilarious.