Amanda Mannen has written for Cracked since 2013. She works from a rotation of surfaces in western Canada, where she lives with her husband and various human and plant children. You can find her on Twitter @manna_festo, but really, who still uses Twitter?"
We talked to one cast member to find out what really happens when people stop being polite, and start being completely aware that they're on television.
It turns out that making art and tricking people into buying stuff are two very different skill sets, and artistic visionaries don't make very good marketing drones.
Inspiration works in strange ways. Sometimes, our favorite characters look exactly right the first time their creators debut them, but other times ... not so much.
Why would anyone want to be the president of the United States? The pay is so-so, the job is next to impossible, and the only real perk is meeting rap stars.
