YAY! Those faces are like my best friends from WAAAAAY back! That's fantastic.
I miss the original set.
Woah, you're like pre-1996 hardcore Onion reader.
When the Onion first started, it was only available on three or four Midwestern college campuses, and mine was one of them. I started reading it in 1991 or 1992.
I worked at a bookstore for years and got to read it for free, but it still cost $1.25. THen my friend took me home for Easter vacation and we visited the campus in Madison and it was like a dream...they were giving away the onion for FREE in street boxes, it was like their LA Weekly, except funny. I was so awe-struck by that.
Yeah, it was free in little stands all over campus. I used to get it at my favorite coffee shop. I think it came out on Thursdays. Our favorite was the cultural idiocy quiz.