Cracked Archive - Comedy

‘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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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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Mark Hamill Thinks Lorne Michaels Is Holding An 'SNL' Grudge
Is the evil emporer of the SNL empire mad about Luke Skywalker's turn to the 'Fridays' side?
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- By Matt Solomon
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18 of the Most Brutally Hilarious Letterboxd Reviews of Bert Kreischer’s ‘The Machine’
These reviews are likely funnier than the film itself
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- By Ian Garner
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‘Babylon Bee’ Becomes Social Media Hornet’s Nest
When conservatives cancel conservatives, all hell breaks loose
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- By Matt Solomon
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Five Times Fans Read Way Too Much into a Joke
Sometimes funny is just funny and means absolutely nothing
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Viral Tweet Claims Jim Carrey Has ‘Absolutely Zero Haters,’ Many, Many Haters Quickly Arrive to Prove Otherwise
Even Mr. Rogers wasn’t safe from the hordes of haters
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- By Keegan Kelly
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The Intoxicating Comedy of TikTok’s ‘2 Girls, 1 Bottle’
They sit in silence as they mix ridiculous, Technicolor cocktails in public. But somehow, their videos still speak (hilarious) volumes
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- By Ian Garner
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All the Ways Garry Shandling Was Impossible on ‘The Larry Sanders Show'
Judd Apatow, Jeffrey Tambor and others spill ‘Larry Sanders’ tea for the finale’s 25th anniversary
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Sarah Silverman Would Do ‘Celebrity Jeopardy’ If the Winnings Didn’t Go to Stupid Charity
The alt-comedy icon would step up to the podium if the annoying ‘less fortunate’ didn’t get the fortune
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- By Keegan Kelly
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John Cleese Refuses to Cut ‘Life of Brian’ Scene from Stage Show After Asking Actors If He Should Remove It
The non-controversy over a non-cut from a Monty Python stage adaptation started with a simple question from Cleese
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Ernie Kovacs Was the Secret Father of Counterculture Comedy
Meet the guy who inspired ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Monty Python, the ‘National Lampoon’ and Dave Letterman
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