Gawker: 23/6

Trapped In An Elevator For Six Minutes

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:31:48 EDT

Getting stuck in an elevator could be the new path to media stardom. It did wonders for the guy from BusinessWeek who got trapped in one for 41 hours and ended up losing his job and his mental health. But he did get in the New Yorker! Now the parodies have begun, and this one, from Max Silvestri of 23/6, is actually pretty hilarious. Be warned, though: it makes light of the serious issue of elevator survival skills. Clip below.

"McCain Girls" A Prank, Mercifully

Ryan Tate — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:21:49 EDT

The three women who dubbed themselves the "McCain Girls" and made a series of YouTube videos on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate were working for 23/6, the "humor" site from IAC/Huffington Post, and their entire campaign was a joke. To hear 23/6 President Sarah Bernard tell it, the first video was supposed to be an obvious parody of the Obama Girl videos, but no one understood that. Then 23/6 decided to keep the "prank" going as long as possible, which turned out to be one month. McCain watched the video repeatedly, he told Fox News in the clip after the jump, but his description of it as "very entertaining" hints that he knew something was fishy.

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Never Forget '23/6'

Pareene — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:09:43 EST

23/6 is the political satire website from the Huffington Post and IAC. You know, sort of an Onion for the crowd that goes to College Humor for the biting wit. Now's your chance to get the sure-to-be-valuable commemorative 23/6 t-shirt! Look how excited one recipient is:

[Redacted]: we got mailed a t shirt from 23/6, that huffpo humor site. i am staring at it now! I bet it will generate "buzz."
pareene: hah
pareene: is it a "funny" shirt??
[Redacted]: on the front it has their tagline, and on the back it says "tagg romney is a stupid name"
[Redacted]: which is funny enough I guess
pareene: ha
[Redacted]: exactly the level of funny I was expecting
pareene: funny until south carolina
pareene: then billy beer
[Redacted]: i have no idea what to do with this shirt. it's fucking huge. it would be perfect for pre-slimmed down huck
[Redacted]: maybe that 500 lb policeman
pareene: it would be better if the shirt just said "more like FAG ROMNEY"
[Redacted]: ha
[Redacted]: that would be awesome
pareene: then you could wear that xtra large novelty t-shirt with pride

23/6 Is On The Internet Now

Choire — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:21:22 EST

Guess what's live today? 23/6, the IAC-Huffpo comedy site that is pretty much two years in the making! Back in August, we pretty thoroughly trashed the beta. And now... here we are. (Launching a website on a Friday!?!? Do not ever do this, by the way.) So, really, what's to say? Well: Is there anything less funny than comedy? And: It's like Newser, but with irony! But we hope it's a huge success. We wouldn't want Barry Diller and HuffPo's Ken Lerer to lose any of their magical internet credibility. Also we hope the 23/6 kids don't hate working for 23/6 as much as we hear pretty much everyone currently can't stand working at HuffPo.