34 Blunders and Debacles for the Hall of Shame

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34 Blunders and Debacles for the Hall of Shame

Somebody call HGTV because we’re remodeling the heck out of the Cracked Hall of Shame today. This must-watch reno has it all. A little bit of demolition, some charismatic hosts (us), and a whole bunch of hilarious fails and face-plants in a newly extended corridor.

If we keep adding fails at this rate, this could be an entire series. Look out, Property Brothers!

Vanity Fair

Media blunders NUAL RS! ONE VERY MOMENTOUS YEAR Photograph by ANNIE LEIBOVITZ 2018 VANITY FAIR REESE ... and one retiring editor WITHERSPOON HAS THREE LEGS The 2018 Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair had a cover photo of Oprah and Reese Witherspoon, but it showed them with extra limbs. Witherspoon had three legs, and somehow nobody noticed this before publication time. CRACKED

Errant Prescriptions

kickgong . 11y Doctor wrote prescription for 80mg of blood pressure meds instead of 20mg. Lady came into the pharmacy because her husband couldnt get out of bed and his blood pressure monitor wasn't giving a reading. Called an ambulance right away and thankfully he was ok.

#PowergenItalia

CRACKED #powergenitalia Powergen (UK's leading gas and electricity company) chose an unfortunate domain name for their Italian subsidiary. Powergen Italia really could've used some capitalisation. POWERGEN

The New York Times

Media blunders 1903 The New York Times WE'LL GET PLANES IN 10 MILLION YEARS The New York Times made a huge miscalculation in 1903 when they said it would take 10 million years for airplanes to be developed. Just nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers proved them wrong by achieving the first successful manned flight. CRACKED

Newsweek

Media blunders W http:/ 1995 Newsweek THE INTERNET IS A FLASH IN THE PAN Fa In 1995, Newsweek ran an article saying that computers and networks can make us feel isolated from each other, and that the internet can be full of useless information, which is why it won't take off. Well... that was spectacularly right and wrong. CRACKED

Order Mistakes

PoppaTater1 . ! 5y Not paying attention and ordering 40 10lb containers of a product instead of 4 X 10 lbs. $9000 error. We can't return it. ... 58

#McDStories

CRACKED #McDStories To improve their image, McDonald's asked people to share McDonald's related stories. Pouncing on the opportunity, the Twittersphere shared thousands of stories involving slaughterhouses, food poisoning, and diabetes. CO. m The Saweetie Meal GANGY M Sweetie BBQ CREW .

Pepsi Number Fever

Public votes that backfired big time PEPSI NUMBER pepd FEVER A Pepsi contest in the Philippines had a grand prize of 1 million pesos, but an error at the bottling plant led to 600,000 winning bottles. Riots and even grenade attacks injured dozens and killed 5 people in the deadliest marketing disaster in history. CRACKED

ZARA

The clothing brand ZARA put out children's 'Sheriff' pajamas, saying they were inspired by Old West culture. Jude However, the stripes and the yellow star reminded many CRACKED.COM people of the uniforms worn by the Jews in the extermination camps during the Holocaust.

The Battleship That Flooded Its Own City

JAPAN BUILDS BATTLESHIP, FLOODS THEIR OWN CITY 1940 CRACKED.COM Japan was determined to outgun us on N every front, even before their war with the U.S. began. This led to them building a battleship, Musashi, twice the size of our formidable lowa. When they finally launched this behemoth, the water displacement was so massive that a 4-foot-high tidal wave flooded Nagasaki.

The British Vessel That Sunk Its Own Warship

BRITISH SINK THEIR OWN WARSHIP DURING A SHOWCASE 1892 CRACKED COM In an attempt to show off the aquatic / mastery of the British fleet, Vice Admiral George Tryon concocted a plan to have two fleets of warships synchronize a turnabout in the water; this wasn't a complicated maneuver, but Tryon got his math wrong and the two lead ships, the Victoria and the Camperdown, collided, causing the Victoria to sink.

Australia’s War on Emus

AUSTRALIA LOSES THE WAR ON EMUS 1932 CRACKED.COM In post-WWI Australia, 20,000 emus were Z flattening and eating wheat crops grown on the land of former soldiers. The Australian military was called in to help eradicate the birds, with fully automatic machine guns. In 6 days the army went through a quarter of their allotted ammunition to kill only 200 birds, and the war was cancelled by the end of the month. Right now 700,000 emus are running around Australia.

The Battle of Kiska Island

AMERICA FIGHTS NO ONE, STILL LOSES 1943 CRACKED. COM When a Japanese force took control of the island of Kiska, Alaska, with 500 men, the U.S. decided to send in 35,000 to reclaim it. Despite all evidence that the Japanese had left the island abandoned for weeks, U.S. troops swooped in and managed to lose 122 men by friendly fire, mines, and just straight up vanishing into the forest.

Gladiator

GLADIATOR Apparently, gladiatorial combats used to be transmitted live to all ancient Rome. CRACKED.COM

Pulp Fiction

CRACKED BULLET HOLES BEFORE THE BULLETS. PULP FICTION We're sure this wasn't Tarantino's nonlinear storytelling. Before the guy fires at Jules & Vincent in the apartment, we already see the bullet holes in the wall behind them.

Quantum of Solace

34 Blunders and Debacles for the Hall of Shame

Pirates

CRACKED VISIBLE CREW MEMBER. THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL On the Black Pearl, while Jack Sparrow yells, On deck, you scabrous dogs!, a crew member in a rolled up T-shirt, a cowboy hat, and sunglasses is just staring out to sea.

Braveheart

34 Blunders and Debacles for the Hall of Shame

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

CRACKED THE CAR JUST BEYOND THE SHIRE. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING They must be really far from home, since after Sam says, If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been, we see a car driving in the background (kicking up a lot of dust).

Skunks

icantcook02 . 1y ago My dad told me he would distract a skunk we caught in a trap while I flipped the trap to the side. (Easier to shoot it that way) I got sprayed and I wasn't allowed back in the truck and walked home 56 ...

Stapler Testing

1y ago When I was around 7 I wanted to see if a staple came out of the stapler fast or slow so I put my finger under it to find out. They come out fast. 52 ...

Agent Orange

CRACKED ARTHUR GALSTON: AGENT ORANGE Arthur Galston discovered a way to make soybeans grow faster, but it ended up killing the plants. His discovery was then used to create Agent Orange, a dangerous herbicide used in the Vietnam War, which caused a lot of destruction.

Radar

CRACKED ROBERT WATSON-WATT: RADAR Robert Watson-Watt is famous for inventing radar, which helped win WWII. Ironically, he was caught speeding in 1956 by a cop using a radar gun, and said My God, if I'd known what they were going to do with it, I'd have never have invented it!

The Cubicle

CRACKED ROBERT PROPST: THE CUBICLE Robert Propst, the creator of the cubicle, was really unhappy with how it was used in the end. Не felt like it had become a symbol of a terrible work environment because it allowed companies to fit a lot of people into a small space.

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler is sorry for his terrible attempt at an Irish accent on screen. Не tried to do an Irish accent in PS I Love You, which went terribly. The way I see it, I made a terrible botch of the accent once, so it can't get any worse as a leprechaun, he said when he talked about Movie 43 (in which he plays a leprechaun). CRACKED.COM

Stephen King

Stephen King really regrets directing Maximum Overdrive, which he calls a moron movie. hn F. Kenned 77 Maximum Overdrive star Emilio Estevez says, The few times that I've connected with him over the years, he's like, Can you forgive me for that? CRACKED.COM

The Creator of Pop-Up Ads

The creator of pop-up ads is very sorry he came up with them. ERSONAL EMOCRACY M 2010 I have come to believe that advertising is the original sin of the web, said Ethan Zuckerman, who came up with the first pop-up ad in 1997. As he put it, I wrote the code to launch the window and run an ad in it. I'm sorry. Our intentions were good. CRACKED.COM

Batman & Robin

The guy who wrote Batman & Robin said I think we're all sorry. Akiva Goldsman's exact words were There was a reel that was put together halfway through where it actually looked dark in an interesting way. It just is what it is and I'm sorry. I think we're all sorry. CRACKED.COM

Jackie Gleason

Comedian Jackie Gleason spent half an hour apologizing for an episode of his show. The show was You're in the Picture, and instead of its usual format with celebrity guests, Gleason just sat in a chair for half an hour and spoke to viewers, apologizing for last week's show. CRACKED.COM

Taking Selfies in a Movie Theater

We were asked to leave the movie theater because my date kept taking selfie's with the flash on. I remember the walk of shame, with people booing at u

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