Cracked Archive - Comedy

How 'Rick And Morty' Succeeds With Sponsors (And Why 'The Dana Carvey Show' Didn't)
Taco Bell was not amused. Wendy's is very amused.
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- By Matt Solomon
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The 15 Kinds of Funny, Explained
There are fifteen kinds of funny. Not fourteen. Not sixteen. We counted.
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- By Matt Solomon
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'The Aristocrats': Who 'Won' The Movie?
Which comedian filled their joke with the worst things imaginable?
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- By Andrew Wheat
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Is The Comedy Store Haunted? (We Asked A Regular)
"Shaggy, did you just see the eyes on that painting move?"
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- By JD Roberson
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'Scary Movie': Did It Kill The Spoof?
We keep killing it, but it keeps coming back!
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- By Matt Solomon
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Can We Get More Comedy-Horror Musicals Already?
Why aren’t we belting songs like 'Hey, Big Slender!' and 'Tears on My Chainsaw' all the livelong day?
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Inside Rififi: The Obscure Comedy Show That Launched Everyone
It was where comedians unveiled their darkest, weirdest bits.
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- By Chris Karwowski
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Comedy Horror Do's And Don'ts
The little genre-that-could has come a long way, and with it, many a trope that sometimes delights and sometimes makes us groan harder than when we first heard the logline for "The Hunt."
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Arizona: The Funniest People And Pop Culture In The State
It's not the heat, it's the humor.
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- By Matt Solomon
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5 'Saturday Night Live' Halloween Sketches For The Ages
Your one-stop shop for fried eggs and beer.
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- By Matt Solomon
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Most 'Modern' Humor Dates Back To A 1,800-Year-Old Book
The world collectively owns about infinity dollars to Hierocles and Philagrius in joke royalties.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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Why Ventriloquists Are Here To Stay (Whether We Like It Or Not)
It's time to address the age-old question of who's the dummy?
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- By Dan Fritschie
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'The Simpsons' Treehouse Of Horror History And Scariest Episodes
And you thought Itchy and Scratchy were metal?
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- By Matt Solomon
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'This Is My Boomstick' - The Evolution Of One-Liners In Horror-Comedy
We think it’s safe to say that the subgenre has evolved into a more witty, deadpan, and comically sincere kind of humor.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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The Problem With Swole Comedians
Is it possible to be yoked and tell jokes?
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- By Matt Solomon
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