Cracked Archive - Comedy

Adam McKay to Make Another Comedy That Tackles Sociopolitical Ills — Remember When He Just, Like, Made ‘Anchorman’?
‘Average Height, Average Build’ will be a dark comedy about how rich people abuse their power. Hilarious
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As Late-Night Shows Shut Down Due to Writers’ Strike, Tales of James Corden’s Union-Busting Are Going Viral
Rumors of Corden’s Pinkerton tendencies have resurfaced in the face of the writers’ strike
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Peyton Manning Will Finally Return to Comedy with a Sports Betting Workplace Sitcom
‘What Are the Odds?’ will be Manning's greatest comedy venture since he beaned that kid with a football on ‘SNL’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Lewis Black Reveals That ‘Daily Show’ Producers Didn’t Want to Invite Any of the Correspondents to Guest Host
Black, Roy Wood Jr., Jordan Klepper and Hasan Minhaj were all missing from the executives’ initial list of guest hosts
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- By Keegan Kelly
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13 Hall of Shame Moments When Comedians Doubled-Down and Failed Miserably
Some comedians would rather cut their nose to spite their face — and wallets
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- By Erik Barnes
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Woody Harrelson Couldn’t Care Less About the Blowback to His ‘Saturday Night Live’ Monologue
Harrelson’s conspiracy theories sparked outrage on Twitter, a website he hasn’t used in six years
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- By Keegan Kelly
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How the Hell Did ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ Lose $20M Every Year?
Massive losses on ‘The Late Late Show’ may have meant that the show was close to the ax whether or not Corden walked away
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- By Keegan Kelly
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‘Robot Chicken’ Was Way Ahead of the Curve on Barbie
Step off, Margot Robbie. ‘Robot Chicken’ was here first
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- By Matt Solomon
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The Funniest Tweets From ‘Barry’ Fans Who Really ‘Hate’ Bill Hader Right Now
Barryheads are not okay at the moment
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Dave Chappelle Is Buying Up Yellow Springs, Ohio, and Some Locals Aren’t Happy
The more Chappelle buys, the more the town does what he wants
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- By Matt Solomon
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John Mulaney Turned Down the Hosting Gig on ‘The Daily Show’ Because His Sitcom Sucked So Bad
Lorne Michaels made such a lousy sitcom that it caused Trevor Noah to host a late-night show for seven years
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Mussolini’s Granddaughter Had Beef With Jim Carrey
Carrey’s cartoon practically started an international Twitter incident
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- By Matt Solomon
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15 of the Greatest ‘Yo Mama’ Jokes in the History of the World
Everyone has a mama… and everyone wants to diss them
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- By Erik Barnes
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The Best Times Norm Macdonald Messed With Us on 'Saturday Night Live' for His Own Amusement
‘I just like doing jokes I like, and if the audience doesn’t like them, then they’re wrong, not me’
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- By Matt Solomon
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Good Grief: How Lucy Pulling the Football Away from Charlie Brown Became a Signature ‘Peanuts’ Gag
Old blockhead certainly was gullible
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- By Brian VanHooker
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