Panelists discuss the tragic lack of media access in Darfur and how we can help Darfurians realize how much we're helping them. More coverage at: onion.com
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@WhisperingDeath5 жыл бұрын
I swear these onion videos are 11 years old and somehow still ahead of our time.
@JackDuripper4 жыл бұрын
That ending is just perfect. 11 years later everybody knows about The Dark Knight. Nobody knows about the 300,000 people killed in Darfur. Hell I had to look that up.
@rrock20254 жыл бұрын
Your comment is ahead of our time. We need to get the word out.
@samuelrs51383 жыл бұрын
The more things change the more they stay the same. Plus, it's not like 11 years is a long time.
@antfish67612 жыл бұрын
your comment is 2 years old now. And you are still right
@andythefork2 жыл бұрын
We were spoiled with a modern golden age of comedy in 2008
@perskills1112 жыл бұрын
Man, these actors must be great poker players.
@neilrusling34384 жыл бұрын
The canons facing the wrong way....didnt it go the other way?
@cinemaparadiso54023 жыл бұрын
They probably had to tape several takes .. 3 minutes video can take hours to several days tape! ..
@theguyof3602 жыл бұрын
@@cinemaparadiso5402 nope it's all in one take only improv
@yeezuschrist4202 жыл бұрын
Go arsenal!
@christopherleckenby34942 жыл бұрын
@@neilrusling3438 I believe you're thinking of the old crest.
@adh0c4683 жыл бұрын
Good job that they started talking about something culturally relevant at the end. It’s been 12 years and who remembers Darfur? The Dark Knight, on the other hand...
@mineduck30502 жыл бұрын
It's literally true haha
@wom_Bat2 жыл бұрын
They need a Darfur movie like hotel Rwanda. Thanks to that movie title i booked a trip for my family to the famous hotel Rwanda....
@account3m Жыл бұрын
What's a Darfur?
@rubenjapp762610 ай бұрын
Yes, I don't think we'll soon forget "The Dark Night," the masterful superhero film by Nistopher Colon.
@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword5 ай бұрын
The Darfur genocide is still going on now.
@zeigbert17434 жыл бұрын
I hope celebrities finally get the recognition they deserve.
@TCt830676952 жыл бұрын
It's the least the people of Dafur can do to show their appreciation
@johnorson69072 жыл бұрын
@@TCt83067695 I’m sick of them not taking responsibility
@ifitis225 жыл бұрын
I hope clifford had a nice well deserved break
@manicabawse28674 жыл бұрын
From what the guy never shows up..a real slacker legend
@deaj84504 жыл бұрын
@@manicabawse2867 He was there once wearing a perfect latex mask of Juliana McKannis.
@Quintusblake4 жыл бұрын
That guy hasn’t done shit.
@Nutricidal16 жыл бұрын
"to keep out the cries from the starving" is PAINFULLY funny. Brutal and honest commentary TheOnion...bravo.
@goodstuff8156 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for ruining this joke, I thought no one would ruin it. I salute you.
@theexcaliburone5933 Жыл бұрын
@@goodstuff8156 ?
@ronan76958 ай бұрын
@@goodstuff8156thats what comments were like in the 2000s… People often just quoted the funny parts of the video
@Nickt12111112 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to make a playlist of video's with Nancy
@wdai034 жыл бұрын
My favorite panelist too
@SuperMoodyyy4 жыл бұрын
Alien Doge link it then
@SuperMoodyyy3 жыл бұрын
Alien Doge still waiting asshole
@thecyuber5583 жыл бұрын
@@SuperMoodyyy kzfaq.info/sun/PLaXUAscgjGCV_yjrEZbi_avv_XG9pALTW found it
@SuperMoodyyy3 жыл бұрын
TheCyuber thanks mate appreciated
@billvolk42365 жыл бұрын
Every time I research pottery in a Civilization game, since 2007, I tell myself, "I would like a clay pot!"
@Richard-jm3um5 жыл бұрын
I'll Go Research Some Pottery Right Now! XD
@TheMurrmursonbottle4 жыл бұрын
Literally playing Civ as I watch this, I will remember this forever
@Vingul3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMurrmursonbottle you must have multitasking power levels exceeding 9000
@TheMurrmursonbottle3 жыл бұрын
Vingul when i’m not in class my attention span is abysmal, so if i’m just bored sitting down i need like two things running at the same time, all the time
@Vingul3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMurrmursonbottle My attention span isn't great either, right now I was supposed to sit down and read a book (at least I told myself so earlier), but got stuck browsing random youtube vids. With civ it's a different matter though, I get sucked right into it and devote pretty much 100% of my attention to it for hours on end.
@Death_by_Inches9 жыл бұрын
I want a clay pot
@hotseventyfive5 жыл бұрын
Bound Dragons Clifford Banes is a conspiracy created by the government
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods4 жыл бұрын
I love Nancy.
@Cjnw3 жыл бұрын
I just want pot!
@inseki_j3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Same level as "I like lamp."
@breakingbacon6583 жыл бұрын
The dark knight makes good clay pots
@strangastrange16 жыл бұрын
"A nice card goes a long way..." "I would like a clay pot!"
@caoimhinleonhard98837 жыл бұрын
They don't understand the significance of Matt Damon worrying about them!! Hahahha, nice!!
@lordturtle87353 жыл бұрын
"They don't know the significance of the fact that Matt Damon is worried about them."
@LeviForWaifu2 жыл бұрын
MATT DAMON
@homemadecringeycontent6363 Жыл бұрын
HAIL MATT DAMON
@whitneymacdonald43963 жыл бұрын
"...and the crying from the starvation..." Too much. These people are geniuses.
@bernardomello8422 жыл бұрын
Knowing who Matt Damon is and what he is doing is just the most crucial thing people from Darfur need.
@someguitarphreak16 жыл бұрын
i love how they just randomly start talking about the dark knight at the end.
@chaoticrealm7772 жыл бұрын
Why did the Onion stop doing skits like this? This is hilarious 🤣
@maybrypascoe22553 жыл бұрын
“I would love a clay pot.” Comedy gold 🤣
@livefreest12 жыл бұрын
the onion writers are the real heroes
@Azrael__5 жыл бұрын
The Onion had me thinking that Darfur was a fictional place. I couldn't believe anyone would be this dark about a real place in turmoil, until I Googled Darfur. Still funny though.
@marksman3145 жыл бұрын
Point proven.
@jonathangiese57275 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I scrolled down to the comments, if I had not I too would have gone away from the video thinking Darfur was an invention of the Onion.
@bobobsen4 жыл бұрын
America.
@viljamtheninja3 жыл бұрын
@@jonathangiese5727 The media makes everyone stupid! Don't listen to them! People that don't read newspapers:
@johngalbicsek55673 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is I remembered Darfur going into this but forgot all about the Aurora shooting years later until they brought up the Dark Knight and the news cycle
@matthiasweiss11445 жыл бұрын
Jeezus - the timing of those people is impeccable! Respect!!
@dustinwebb77203 жыл бұрын
How does this not have more views....
@TMoney535 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a few years ago when France has those terror attacks and everybody made their Facebook profile picture the flag of France just so they could say that they’re conscientious people
@viljamtheninja3 жыл бұрын
And now, people in France are trying to make religious satire illegal. Terrorists won.
@zant21463 жыл бұрын
@@viljamtheninja Yeah no, I don't know where you get your info from but you're objectively wrong.
@zant21463 жыл бұрын
@@voidofspaceandtime4684 It's literally not but go off
@manuelsputnik3 жыл бұрын
The Onion is timeless, they can see beyond the present day.
@arizonabusinessleague9183 жыл бұрын
That's Islam for you
@billtalent13 жыл бұрын
this is easily my favorite skit they've done
@theohuioiesin65192 жыл бұрын
It is surely right up there. I am in pain laughing
@notashot16 жыл бұрын
That woman is priceless. "I want a clay pot!"
@mightyvoovoo4 жыл бұрын
They're right! The Dark Knight movie was SOOOOOOO good.
@Albert_RIP3 жыл бұрын
This seems pretty accurate to current events
@InterviewInterrogations5 ай бұрын
This is the greatest of the many great Onion News videos. Nobody is able or willing to send out anything of this quality these days.
@wesmaly3 жыл бұрын
"they don't know the significance of the fact that Matt Damon is worried about them" LMAO
@GoofyNewf16 жыл бұрын
"Music loud enough to drown out the sounds of gunfire." "And Cries of starvation." haha funny stuff
@Boobalopbop15 жыл бұрын
Me too!!! The black lady and the fat lady are my favorite.... And whatever Juliana McKannis says when introducing... "I'm Julianna McKannis filling in for Clifford Baines, who hooked up with the wrong people and got caught up in some serious shit" She's not here this time for some reason. This is a fave tho! :)
@gamerblood836413 жыл бұрын
You never really get the genius behind In the Know until you go to the Onion's channel and hit "Shows". "In the Know: Hosted by: Clifford Banes" which is hysterical since he NEVER ONCE appears in any episode.
@Bertelhauch14 жыл бұрын
You Sir, are brilliant! This puts the whole thing in a new perspective for me and clearly illuminates the most likely outcome for Europe.
@yodellikeyoumeanit0913 жыл бұрын
Im not surprised they still havent thanked us. Were still waiting for a big thank you from Rwanda
@bobfreddy4473 Жыл бұрын
I love the running joke of clifford banes having some weird reason for being out every time
@tesytes318 Жыл бұрын
I am wondering when it started .
@taintwasher37032 жыл бұрын
The year is 2022. A Batman movie just came out and I have no idea what a Darfur is
@bdlog6092 Жыл бұрын
Love it! Two opposite takeaways: The Cynic- Matt Damon’s talking about Darfur achieves nothing but to annoy, OR… The Bleeding Heart - Matt Damon’s talking about Darfur achieves nothing unless we take action. I’m with the hearts. In battle, do we criticize the radio operator for doing comm’s when he could be shooting instead?
@garruscuriosity97912 жыл бұрын
OMG even the new batman movie is mentioned.
@Rich-bb5gp Жыл бұрын
Best Onion sketch ever. If I'd been in it I wouldn't have been able to stop laughing. If I was a socially aware, campaigning celebrity I wouldn't have been able to watch it😂
@martinfiedler4317 Жыл бұрын
0:47 LOL. "Help Others For Profit" Seen this skid a couple of times now. One always notices new, delightful details. Thanks The Onion. You are/were the peak of satire!
@JustAdude2912 жыл бұрын
this has aged beautifully
@sovietspyguy15 жыл бұрын
Totally agreed. She just looks so legitimate, and she does deliver lines very well. Love her!
@andrewhofmann545311 ай бұрын
Yes, we need to make sure EVERYONE in Darfur knows we support them! Its like getting coffee and leaving a tip in the tip jar when the barista isn't looking..... You know you have to take the tip out and make sure you put it in when they are looking so you know you did a good thing!
@southeat9216 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. It is this kind of sarcastic hilarity that I LIVE FOR.
@Putrid_foetal_corpse2 жыл бұрын
I love how one of the tags for this video is recently uploaded lol.
@Avaricumstudios Жыл бұрын
This just became very relevant. ...with the recent conflict
@RyanTDean16 жыл бұрын
I love you onion, one of the only things I watch on youtube anymore
@Varian-Killbot3 жыл бұрын
13 years later, do you still only watch The Onion?
@JoshSlinkard16 жыл бұрын
"I would like a clay pot!" lol
@ynotsammy2 жыл бұрын
Now it's "How Can We Let Ukraine Know How Much We're Doing For Them?" did they not see the slam poem on Putin?
@stinkyham90502 жыл бұрын
The funniest part is I bet if college kids saw this video they wouldn't realize how on point this is.
@fireashes16 жыл бұрын
we need to show them the photos, billbords and show them save darfur.....love it... Onion is my new source of the news.
@samhudson88363 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this is what people in the future will see and think about how strange the news was in the past
@stephaniecarrow4898 Жыл бұрын
The way Nancy says, "I want a clay pot!" 😄😄 "Help Others For Profit" must be Duncan Birch's bestselling book so far.
@matenzo15 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the black woman! She cracks me up every time she opens her mouth haha She can deliver a line better than anyone XD
@ZombieX1316 жыл бұрын
I love these guys!
@solidaritytime36503 жыл бұрын
This might be my all time favorite
@Dreamagain112 жыл бұрын
Crazy how perfect this fits even down to a new batman movie
@okcomputer1982 Жыл бұрын
I hear it’s a much darker movie…
@TylerOakley14 жыл бұрын
I WOULD LIKE A CLAY POT.
@OwO-de4pl6 жыл бұрын
8 years ago, back when you were cute
@HACUNA896 жыл бұрын
DotTV what is he now?
@Chillinlikeavilll4 жыл бұрын
Omg
@siyacer3 жыл бұрын
You devolved.
@laurafrakinroslin3 жыл бұрын
Huh, this is the lowest amount of upvotes I’ve ever seen for a checkmarked comment
@8is2 ай бұрын
The Onion, ahead of its time yet again.
@dwightmartincampbell79733 жыл бұрын
I’m 21, so when this video came out I was 8, and my god I didn’t even know where Darfur was
@ColorfulBoxOfCrayons3 жыл бұрын
I was at the one where George Clooney showed up at the National Mall. This is too funny
@Mineav9 жыл бұрын
What is a "darfur"?
@zumis10119 жыл бұрын
Mineav a region of East Africa comprised of several countries that experiences constant hardship due to territorial disputes, genocidal attackers, drought, famine, disease... it's basically all the shitty things we here about Africa super concentrated
@thuranira94239 жыл бұрын
Eddie Parada what is this ignorant nonsense you speak of? Dafur is a region in The Sudan, a SINGLE COUNTRY in East Africa
@zumis10119 жыл бұрын
Mervin Kilima My bad, looked at a misleading map, not like it matters or I was way off. You from Africa by any chance? Because that would make sense of your attitude, since I took a shit on your country, if your are from Africa.
@dannya18549 жыл бұрын
Mineav you could've saved yourself a lot of embarrassment by just googling "Darfur"
@Mineav9 жыл бұрын
Comrade Danny What's a "google"?
@babysingstheblues16 жыл бұрын
The actors are so good at keeping straight faces. They play their roles quite convincingly. A benefit concert to drown out the gunfire ... priceless.
@izaks1414 жыл бұрын
omg this video is one of my favorite out of the onion
@rabidfish0216 жыл бұрын
I could give a flying shit about celebrities and their needs. Emotional or tangible. The closest I have ever come to caring when a famous person died was when Steve Irwin was killed. That was actully sad. But then again, he was a real person.
@doobtribe16 жыл бұрын
Excelent work!
@TimeForTimer16 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTE! CLASSIC!
@Boobalopbop14 жыл бұрын
"Tell them what Matt Damon has been doing... The man works hard!" :)
@jfuite16 жыл бұрын
Why don't most of these Onion videos get more views - this is funny stuff.
@RonaldMoD3 жыл бұрын
OMG this is one of the best
@Statsy10 Жыл бұрын
I remember Ali G interviewing someone and asking the question "What is the NEXT Darfur? What is Darfive?" 😂
@garycrowder4 жыл бұрын
I hope they watched this video in Darfur.
@soccrsnipe16 жыл бұрын
I wanted to let you know - I love you The Onion.
@dustinwebb77203 жыл бұрын
Awesome !!
@user-vp1pd5yo3v2 ай бұрын
Gaza Israel college protests in 2024. The Onion never misses.
@colonelmatterson15 жыл бұрын
I love the suggestion about aid organizations entering Darfur only to put up billboards that say "SAVE DARFUR"
@jazznjava16 жыл бұрын
Genius. Talking about subtext in the media today.
@biofusion16 жыл бұрын
That was ridiciously hilarious. Excellent job.
@chickydoe77284 жыл бұрын
Whats really amusing is they are very much informed about the facts of real life and its walk in the park for them making fun about literally anything.
@Blixamix7 ай бұрын
"Well they have the ones that have the music on it when you open it up. It might as well be that kind" HAHAHA comedy gold
@DIAMONDBACKBANDCT16 жыл бұрын
"I would like a clay pot" I luv these guys !!!!
@jefgain16 жыл бұрын
This is better than Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show'. Very funny. I am subscribing.
@sarahc35712 жыл бұрын
I love, love, love the black lady. She makes me laugh every single time!
@oofoof487511 ай бұрын
who else stumbled upon this after fighting erupted in darfur again
@buccos23243 жыл бұрын
This aged extremely well
@thedailyenglishshow16 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@hotdogbottom16 жыл бұрын
love the Onion! :D
@stray-wolf3 жыл бұрын
"Oh, I would like a clay pot!"
@helmsplinter15 жыл бұрын
LOL love the ending
@animal2455332 жыл бұрын
With a new batman out who even remembers covid, this one is even darker!
@appended112 жыл бұрын
People who try to argue the subject matter should realize they've been preemptively pwned by The Onion.
@kandy13994 жыл бұрын
Most of the comments on onion's videos that are more that 10 years old or 10 years old are verified channels
@Boobalopbop14 жыл бұрын
@Freenetnow The man works hard!
@tinyspeaker4 жыл бұрын
Don't know they know how important 'raising awareness' is?
@zanebrant12 жыл бұрын
I love the black lady haha
@r0b0t80516 жыл бұрын
wow. brilliant.
@fokii98802 жыл бұрын
If you just switch out Darfur for Ukraine this could’ve been written today
@lberghaus Жыл бұрын
We’re sending Ukraine weapons and vehicles and providing intelligence and rallying all of NATO for additional resources to help fight the Russians. We also put sanctions on them. I think that’s not just raising awareness.
@FireEverLiving4 ай бұрын
"Before long, I'm not sure anyone's going to know what a Ukraine even is."
@dev195316 жыл бұрын
Bless The Onion for making fun of celebrities that use other people's suffering only for more face-time in front of the camera.
@TheRoland191114 жыл бұрын
worst part is that the big celebrities ARE doing more than the rest of the world to help Darfur
@soapropos16 жыл бұрын
this is a blessed video lol
@yassie_j14 жыл бұрын
@kkmkys Maybe the video was filmed on his day off, and uploaded on his day in or whatever. But remember, Banes is still missing circa 17 Jan 2007
@e.s.l586111 ай бұрын
“I would love a clay pot” Hahaha that old lady makes these skits