Hello Humor-bloggers. I've broken the
Humor-blogs.com inner sanctum of editing reviews! I'm filling in for Diesel while he writes books from the roof of the house that he's building or splashing about in his fountain. Don't worry - no harm has come to him. I am in a unique position in that I am not actually a Humor-blogs.com member.
Actually, I complained to Diesel several months back, "What's the deal - some of these blogs don't seem to be solely humor, some of my posts are funny...when I feel like it(WTF?). He quickly pointed out that I could indeed join the ranks, get reviewed and possibly get kicked to the curb. It was with visions of reviewers traipsing across my lawn with blood lust heavy in the air like the angry mob in Frankenstein, that my decision to decline his invite was delivered. Anyway, my blog is
Simply Said where I go by just "G". I also do a weekend gig as "DJ Lampsha" or just Lampsha at
Central Snark while everybody is recovering from their week of snarkery by dropping by to listen to whatever artist's music I'm featuring that weekend. Very casual like.
Okay enough about me - reviews. This week we have
THE PRETZEL, TWISTED NEWS, which I have to say fared decently among the reviewers. It is a satirical blog taking aim at American "news" stories, ala The Onion, which some of the reviewers naturally likened it to, with varying viewpoints.
| Category | Score | Points |
| Content | 5.65 | 40/70 |
| Writing | 6 | 3/5 |
| Web Design | 4.47 | 2/5 |
| Intangibles | 5.24 | 3/5 |
| Read Regularly | 2.94 | 3/10 |
| Frequency | 8 | 4/5 |
| Total |
| 55 |
Percentile Rank: 47For instance:Funny stuff...very "onion-esque". The lack of being able to comment and the quick headlines with no "article" makes you think he's actually trying to either copy or try out to be an Onion Staffer.
and:
I'm adding Pretzel Twisted News to my blog roll right now. Hysterical! Reminds me of The Onion, but more consistently funny. Probably the funniest blog listed on this site.
alternately:
This blog is a crappy version of The Onion.
or:
The blog seems to want to imitate The Onion in the presentation and style. Unfortunately, it misses.
Fun, but they shouldn't start applying at The Onion just yet.
Those were just The Onion references. In general terms, people either got and enjoyed the twisted logic or salt just wasn't their preferred spice:The site needs a lot of help visually (it looks like a screen full of gravy), but it does have a laugh or two - nice job.
I rated this blog lower in the "intangibles" due to my peeve of blogs with advertisements; however, after a few minutes scrolling down reading the "nuggets," I bookmarked it for future enjoyment.
At first I wasn't sure what to think when I noticed that comments were disabled, but in the end, that did not detract from my enjoyment of this blog.
Definitely some good laughs here. I enjoyed a number of the "posts" a great deal. This blogger seems familiar to me -- and by that I mean "familiar" yet better than he was the last time I reviewed his material. Well done!
The writing is short and witty. However, updates are too sporadic, especially given the short length of the posts. I enjoy the humor, but the design of the site leaves much to be desired.
He tries so hard to be funny and he almost succeeds.
Not big in Europe:
This blog is all American, difficult for us Europeans to get a handle on.
This blog was not to my taste as I don't live in America so I don't know how "salted with the truth" the posts are.
Also, some of the breaking news links didn't lead to any content except for a repeat of the title, and there's a broken image on the front page. This blog needs some housekeeping!
ED NOTE: The breaking news links going nowhere fast are part of "The Onion-esque" quality of the big lead up to thinking you're actually going to read a legit news story. I'm thinking that this is the blog author's intent.
FINALLY:Funny stuff...I'll be back from time to time to check it out.
orJust not something I find entertaining.
All this proving, once again, that humor is in the eye of the beholder. Andrew, I think criticism, while not always easy to hear can offer some valuable input. For instance, if you want to take it to the next realm of "serious" satire, clean it up a bit, perhaps look into a nice custom template, think about ad placement, and hone those writing skills! I myself popped over and found you enjoyable and am admittedly immature enough to have found humor in the "Marco Polo" missing family piece, among others. I think also amping up the volume of posts couldn't hurt.
So good luck and thanks for being open to the whole review experience. And what have you got to lose? Submit something to The Onion already!
(Thanks, G! I think we can all agree that you put my half-assed reviews to shame. Anyone else want to make her a permanent replacement? - Diesel)