Lorne Michaels Was Almost the Original Host of ‘SNL’s Weekend Update
I’m Lorne Michaels, and you’re not
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- By Matt Solomon
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24 of the Best Video Game Storylines of All Time
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- By Amanda Mannen
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When Exactly Was the Joker Funny?
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- By Tim Grierson
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5 Mythical Warriors Felled By Incredibly Stupid Loopholes
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Fascinating History of the ‘Just Stamp the Ticket Man’ on ‘The Simpsons’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Dom DeLuise Had to Shame Burt Reynolds into Not Ruining a Beloved Cartoon
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- By JM McNab
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The Five Funniest FBI Investigations
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- By Amanda Mannen
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28 of the Most Blatant Cases of Favoritism People Have Ever Seen
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- By Ian Garner
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36 Rickety Bits of Trivia About ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
Your brain is about to gain 50 pounds
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, Cracked Writers
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30 Random Bits of Trivia the Trivia Fairy Left Under Our Pillow After We Wrenched Out Our Teeth With Pliers
We just couldn’t wait for these facts!
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, Cracked Writers
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41 Random Bits of Trivia to Comb Over Your Brain’s Bald Spot
Your brain isn’t fooling anyone with that ‘side part’
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay Wells L'Ecuyer
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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert’s Catty Outtakes Are Pure Comedy Gold
Forty seconds of Siskel and Ebert fighting is funnier than most comedies
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- By Keegan Kelly
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The One Thing Gary Larson Wasn’t Allowed to Draw in the Early Days of ‘The Far Side’
He got away with full frontal animal nudity all the time
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- By JM McNab
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31 Trivia Tidbits About Movies and TV Shows
Wait!!! James Bond is based on some Canadian dude?
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay Wells L'Ecuyer
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An ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’/‘Abbott Elementary’ Crossover Is Finally in the Works
Rob McElhenney confirmed the long-awaited crosstown comedy collaboration on Twitter earlier today
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Is Larry David the First Sitcom Antihero?
‘The Wrap’s Joel Stein makes the argument that ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ invented the comedy of the asshole
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- By Keegan Kelly
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12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, October 3, 2024
The U.S. Navy lost one ship like three different times
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- By Jesse
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The ‘Community’ Movie Script Is Constantly Changing
Dan Harmon loves rewrites
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- By JM McNab
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5 Times ‘SNL’ Cast Members Sang Along With Musical Guests
Was ‘You’re So Vain’ about Chevy Chase?
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- By Matt Solomon
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36 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, October 3, 2024
You can practically hear a flushing sound
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- By Ian Garner
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Kevin Smith’s Daughter Turned Down Role in His New Movie: ‘I’ve Got Enough Nepo Baby Shit to Deal With Online’
But don’t worry — Smith kept casting in the family
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- By Matt Solomon
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40 Random Bits of Trivia That the Cat Dragged In
These facts are mangled and bloodied, but they’re true and that’s all that matters!
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, Cracked Writers
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Chevy Chase Says Animosity ‘Ruined My Performance’ When He Returned to ‘SNL’
‘I wanted to kick the living daylights out of a few of the people there’
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- By Matt Solomon
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Nobody Knows Real Americans Better Than Tim Dillon
Dillon speaks to Cracked about his new Netflix special ‘This Is Your Country’ and running a Jerry Springer experiment in the nihilistic casino that is America
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- By Keegan Kelly
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25 Times Someone Saw a Room Full of Happy People Quickly Turn Ugly
‘He decided to liven things up with a few 9/11 jokes’
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- By Ian Garner
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Napoleon Once Lost A Battle Against A Bunch of Bunnies
Sir, they’re reproducing faster than we can fight them off
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- By Eli Yudin
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20 Fun Ways Humanity Might Actually Go Extinct
‘Heat death of the universe’
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- By Amanda Mannen
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In the Interest of Poor Taste, Here’s 9 Times Human Skeletons Were Used in Architecture
If they can hold up a body, surely they can hold up a ceiling
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- By Eli Yudin
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