2004 Classic: The RyanAir Extra
Why was the traveler naked? Because the airline started charging for “clothing” as a “non-essential luxury item.” Part of the 50 Travel Jokes: The 2004… Read More »2004 Classic: The RyanAir Extra
2002 Vintage: The Poet
“The glass is a tear of fire, now cold and hollow.” Part of the 73 Light Bulb Jokes: 2002 – The Heroic Glow archive. Historically… Read More »2002 Vintage: The Poet
2002 Vintage: The Norah Jones “Come Away With Me” Sweep
Why the quiet? Because in a year of loud guitars and screaming rappers, 20 million people decided they just wanted to sit in a coffee… Read More »2002 Vintage: The Norah Jones “Come Away With Me” Sweep
2002 Archive: Panic! at the Disco (Pre-fame)
Why was 2002 the year of the emo? Because we started realizing that our low-rise jeans were so tight they were starting to hurt our… Read More »2002 Archive: Panic! at the Disco (Pre-fame)
2002 Legacy: The Ring Phone Call
Why the seven days? For making an entire generation terrified of their landlines and making us realize that VHS tapes were literally trying to kill… Read More »2002 Legacy: The Ring Phone Call
2001 Archive: The “Cast Away” Snub
Why didn’t Tom Hanks win? Because the Academy felt that giving an Oscar to a man whose best friend was a volleyball might be setting… Read More »2001 Archive: The “Cast Away” Snub
2001 Classic: The Tora Bora Caves
Why were we looking for Bin Laden in a cave? Because in 2001, we still believed that the world’s most dangerous man didn’t have a… Read More »2001 Classic: The Tora Bora Caves
2000 Classic: The Rollerblade Tour
Why did the guy have a broken arm? Because he tried to “Blade” through the cobblestones of Prague while wearing a 20lb backpack. Part of… Read More »2000 Classic: The Rollerblade Tour
2000 Classic: The Millennium Bug Aftermath
Why did we feel silly? Because the only thing that actually broke on January 1st was our pride for believing that the power grid would… Read More »2000 Classic: The Millennium Bug Aftermath
2000 Classic: The “Sly” Century Award
Why the 2000s started with a snub to Stallone? To give him a head start on the next hundred years of nominations. Part of the… Read More »2000 Classic: The “Sly” Century Award