Cracked Archive - Comedy
‘So Go Get Somebody You Like’: Matthew Broderick Remembers His Clashes with John Hughes on the ‘Ferris Bueller’ Set
Working with the famed director wasn’t always a walk in Highland Park
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4 Mike Birbiglia Is Committed to Showing Us How the Comedy Sausage Is Made
On his current stand-up tour, Birbiglia reveals the secrets behind comedy magic
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- By Matt Solomon
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Patton Oswalt Has Three Words for Grads: You Poor Bastards
Oswalt offers positivity, despite grads ‘about to enter a hellscape where you will have to fight for every scrap of your humanity and dignity’
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- By Matt Solomon
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CBS Didn’t Want Carol Burnett’s Birthday Special, Just Like They Didn’t Want Her Show in the First Place
More people watched ‘Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love’ than currently live in Arizona, but CBS thought we’d rather see another rerun of ‘FBI’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Aubrey Plaza’s Promotional Push for Big Milk Has Turned Completely Sour
April Ludgate soured on plant milk, but the vegans are punching back
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Dana Carvey Refused to Let Robin Williams Anywhere Near the Church Lady
Carvey worried that Enid Strict would need a stretcher once Williams was done with her
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Elon Musk Says ‘The Essence of Comedy Is to Reveal the Truth’ While Twitter Helps Authoritarian Governments Conceal the Truth
Musk blasts liberals for being untruthful while he helps despots silence detractors
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- By Keegan Kelly
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The Downcycled Art That Turns Peter Griffin into Jesus Christ
Texas-based artist and tattooer Tyler Turnbull is painting ‘silly things into unloved art’
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- By Ian Garner
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13 Dark Humor Jokes from Samantha Bee
Few navigate the darkness of the modern news cycle as sharply as Bee
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- By Erik Barnes
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‘Simpsons’-Inspired Steamed Hams Lager Goes Great with Burgers
A former ‘Simpsons’ writer teamed up with a Portland brewery to make the perfect pairing for a patented Skinner burger
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- By Keegan Kelly
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‘The State’ and 7 Other ’90s Sketch Comedy Shows You Forgot You Loved
The 1990s were the golden age of sketch comedy, with seemingly every improv or sketch troupe in the country getting a shot at the spotlight
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- By Matt Solomon
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Taika Waititi Believes Comedy Is a Great Way to Say ‘You’re Racist’
But we’re still allowed to laugh at the jokes in ‘Jojo Rabbit’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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This Indian Knockoff of ‘Ted’ Looks Like ‘Squid Game’ Meets ‘Snowpiercer’ Meets ‘Ted’
The trailer for the upcoming Telugu action-comedy ‘Buddy’ is absolutely bonkers — and Seth MacFarlane deserves a cut
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- By Keegan Kelly
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15th-Century Monty Python-Esque Comedy Scripts Discovered, Complete with Jousting Bears and Party Pigs
Medieval comics were doing Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit bit in the 1480s
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- By Matt Solomon
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Greg Gutfeld Declares War on Gamers
A clip of Gutfeld giving gamers a metaphorical swirlie went viral, much to the gamers’ chagrin
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- By Keegan Kelly
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