Cracked Archive - Movies & TV
How the ‘Woody Allen Font’ Has Been Reclaimed
Its return subversively spells out exactly what modern filmmakers think of him
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- By JM McNab
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10 Throwaway Jokes That Required A Lot More Work Than You'd Think
Sometimes, coming up with a good joke takes more effort than simply feeling inspired and tweeting an Updog equivalent while enjoying some me-time on the toilet.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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‘The Polar Express’: How Robert Zemeckis Turned Tom Hanks Into An Uncanny Valley Monster
In the 2004 animated film, America’s most beloved movie star looks less like a human and more like three raccoons in a trench coat
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- By Zanandi Botes
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I Supplied the Coke, Guns and Cash for ‘Scarface’
Legendary prop master John Zemansky tells us how he secured enough blow for a herd of elephants and enough weaponry for a small army while working on the 1983 classic.
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- By Brian VanHooker
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Christmas Specials from Franchises That Had No Business Having A Christmas Special
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ isn’t even close to being the weirdest one
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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The Hidden Climate Doom Lurking in ‘The Office’ Winter Episodes
Will Dunder Mifflin destroy humanity as we know it?
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- By JM McNab
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Is Daniel Craig Just Doing a Foghorn Leghorn Impersonation in the ‘Knives Out’ Movies?: An Investigation
His Benoit Blanc might sound like a giant cartoon rooster — and share the last name of the man who originally voiced that giant cartoon rooster — but does that make that giant cartoon rooster his actual inspiration?
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- By Brian VanHooker
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The Raunchy R-Rated Version of ‘Enchanted’ We Missed Out On
There was very much a world in which it could have been ‘There’s Something About Mary’ with princesses and singing woodland creatures
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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I Was Thurman Merman in ‘Bad Santa’
Brett Kelly was only eight when he auditioned for the R-rated Christmas classic. He tells ‘Cracked’ how he almost didn’t get the part — and why Thurman is smarter than you realize
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- By Tim Grierson
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The Forgotten Comedic ‘Twilight Zone’ Featuring Steve Martin, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara
It only lasted for a few months but featured a who’s who of comedy greats — both behind and in front of the camera
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- By JM McNab
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Why ‘Tower Heist’ Never Became the ‘Die Hard’ of Thanksgiving Movies
A large helping of director Brett Ratner certainly didn’t help
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- By JM McNab
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I Was the Hand for ‘Thing’ in ‘The Addams Family’
Actor and magician Christopher Hart tells us all about the helping hand he lent to the famous horror comedy
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Botched Pop-Culture Turkeys, Ranked
This Thanksgiving, don’t be Mr. Bean and be sure to keep your head out of the dead bird’s carcass
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- By JM McNab
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Why Did The World Forget All About ‘The Night Before’?
Christmas + Seth Rogen = a funny movie absolutely no one talks about.
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- By JM McNab
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Ranking Blue Characters By How Much Skin They Show
Wakanda Forever and Avatar 2 continue Hollywood's love affair with barely dressed blue characters.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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