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Mike & Jilly

Toronto , ON

Male, 27

Michael MacDonald and Jilly Gagnon edit and write for Canada's Pre-Eminent News Source, The Smew (smew.com), a Canadian satirical website. Michael contributes weekly to The Onion while Jilly contributes to McSweeney's. Of course we work other jobs to actually make rent.

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Last Answer on May 17, 2012

Have either of you ever written material for a stand-up? Is writing humor for spoken word significantly different than for the written word?

Asked by GK over 14 years ago

Do you think having The Onion move its headquarters in NYC was ultimately a good or bad thing? There's something kind of cool in having something so interesting/irreverent NOT coming from a big city.

Asked by slowride over 14 years ago

I think my brother has a knack for writing Onion-type headlines. Yet the Onion claims not to accept submissions. How would you suggest he go about getting his material in front of an Onion editor?

Asked by Jake about 13 years ago

If the Onion is all about the headlines, why do they even bother writing articles?

Asked by Belle Weather almost 14 years ago

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Have either of you ever written material for a stand-up? Is writing humor for spoken word significantly different than for the written word?

Do you think having The Onion move its headquarters in NYC was ultimately a good or bad thing? There's something kind of cool in having something so interesting/irreverent NOT coming from a big city.

I think my brother has a knack for writing Onion-type headlines. Yet the Onion claims not to accept submissions. How would you suggest he go about getting his material in front of an Onion editor?

If the Onion is all about the headlines, why do they even bother writing articles?

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