Huffington's Toast is not only far better than than The Huffington Post, it doesn't even really need The Huffington Post to continue to exist -- either as a real site or as something anyone pays any attention to. The Onion initially based its format on USA Today, but is no longer at all dependent on USA Today as a subject of mockery. Similarly, the Toast doesn't need the Post. The format accommodates satire of all sorts of bloggers, celebrities, and politicos, and they can keep going on that material long after the Post is toast. The Post was useful to get a snappy look and a flood of attention, but these guys have already run right past it and become a general humor site.
Judge for yourself, because I'm a running joke over there, so I must be biased. But which way am I biased?
May 14, 2005
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I'm not sure which of "The Toast's" mock headshots I like the best.
So far it's a tie between the fake Howard Dean and the fake Hunter S. Thompson.
I agree. The Huffington Post was good for two visits based on the novelty and the guilty humor of watching famous people make asses out of themselves. At the same time, I find myself going to Huffington's Toast a couple times everday. It's hilarious.
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