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Steve Martin Wrote the Most Hilarious Novelty Song of the Year
‘Angel in Flip-Flops’ did everything a parody should do, which is to be both really funny and really catchy
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The Year’s Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ Joke Was Actually in ‘Nope’
Chris Goddamn Kattan got an unexpected shout-out in Jordan Peele’s great film about scary UFOs and killer chimps
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Judd Apatow Made the Worst Comedy of 2022
The ‘Funny People’ filmmaker wanted to satirize Hollywood blockbusters and pandemic life. Unfortunately, the result was the stunningly terrible ‘The Bubble’
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The Most Hilariously Disgusting Scene of 2022
Is seemingly endless puking funny? When it happens in a caustic satire about how awful the rich are, absolutely
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The 10 Funniest Movies of 2022
Nicolas Cage played himself. Beavis and Butt-Head returned. And the ‘Jackass’ crew were up to their old tricks. Here are the films that kept us in stitches this year
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The Five Absolutely Essential Steve Martin Movies
Absurdist goofs. Heartwarming holiday flicks. Sharp, funny love stories. The stand-up legend became a Hollywood institution by doing a little bit of everything
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Jack Nicholson’s Last Great Performance Was in the Very Sad Comedy ‘About Schmidt’
On its 20th anniversary, we look back at the Oscar-winner’s brilliantly stripped-down turn as a Midwestern nobody, which provided the actor an opportunity to be as funny as he’s ever been on screen
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‘48 Hrs.’ at 40: How Eddie Murphy’s First Movie Birthed the Buddy-Cop Comedy
The 1982 hit inspired everything from ‘Lethal Weapon’ to ‘Rush Hour.’ But on its 40th anniversary, we pay tribute to a movie that’s actually very different from the films that copied its formula
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How Nicolas Cage’s ‘Adaptation’ Character Got His Brilliantly Bad Hair
On the film’s 20th anniversary, hairstylist Larry Waggoner reveals the secrets to making the fictional Charlie Kaufman look comically terrible
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The Five Absolutely Essential Will Ferrell Movies
From sexist newscasters to thoroughly mediocre family men, the former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star has explored masculinity by playing alpha dogs, beta males and guys who think they’re elves
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10 Years Later, It’s Still Crazy That ‘21 Jump Street’ Actually Worked
Channing Tatum trying to be funny? The guys who made ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ doing an R-rated buddy-cop movie? It seemed like a dumb idea, but this big-screen redo of a cheesy 1980s TV show isn’t just hysterical — it helped change the careers of everyone involved
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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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Body Shame: How ‘Chippendales Audition’ Became One of the Most Controversial ‘SNL’ Sketches
With the Hulu series ‘Welcome to Chippendales’ about to be released, it's hard not to think of the ‘SNL’ segment that made Chris Farley a star — and many believe was nothing more than one long fat joke
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Sisters Act: How 'Bob's Burgers' Writers Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and Wendy Molyneux Make Their Comedy Partnership Work
The siblings and ‘Great North’ showrunners talk about growing up in a big family, dealing with men in the entertainment industry and finally getting to have their characters swear in their new film ‘The People We Hate at the Wedding’
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Brotherly Love: How DeVito and Schwarzenegger Turned ‘Twins’ into the Ultimate 1980s High-Concept Comedy
The ‘Taxi’ legend had never gotten the girl on screen. Nobody believed Arnold was funny. The 1988 hit’s writers, with an assist from actress Chloe Webb, remember their ‘one-joke’ movie, which became an unlikely classic
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The Bully Pulpit of Zack Ward, aka Scut Farkus from ‘A Christmas Story’
The actor-director grew up having to deal with mean kids picking on him. But along the way, he ended up having compassion for his tormentors — and the iconic character he reprises in ‘A Christmas Story Christmas’
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With His Comedic Misfire ‘1941,’ the Joke Was on Steven Spielberg
The acclaimed director tried to pull off a zany period war movie early in his celebrated career. The experience taught him that, for all his talent, he just isn’t a naturally funny filmmaker
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The Silly Sitcom Jennifer Lawrence Did Before She Was an Acclaimed Dramatic Actress
The Oscar-winning superstar has been part of searing indies and serious blockbusters. But she got her start on ‘The Bill Engvall Show’
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David S. Pumpkins’ Continued Popularity Proves We’ll Always Love Zany Tom Hanks the Most
The surreal ‘SNL’ character made his triumphant return last night, reminding us that no matter how acclaimed the Oscar-winning actor is, audiences will always have a soft spot for his bygone 1980s silliness
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‘The Shinning’ Is the Greatest Stanley Kubrick Parody Ever
With Halloween around the corner, let’s salute a classic ‘Treehouse of Horror’ segment that remains as fresh as the movie it’s lovingly paying homage to
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