Cracked Archive

Gwyneth Paltrow Flat-Out Bombed Her Audition for This Bill Murray Classic
‘She wasn’t funny’
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- By Matt Solomon
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A Casting Director Once Told Charlie Day That He’ll Never Work in Comedy
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- By Keegan Kelly
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President Eisenhower Tried to Hook Up With This ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Star
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- By Matt Solomon
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The Missed Cue That Probably Cost This ‘SNL’ Cast Member His Job
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- By Matt Solomon
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Jena Friedman Says U.S. Customs Is Asking Comedians If They Make Fun of Politicians
American humorists returning from abroad must declare any denigrating jokes about our dear leaders
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- By Keegan Kelly
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‘The Conners’ Wasn’t Allowed to Use Clips of Roseanne Barr in the Finale
Her grave did make an appearance
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- By JM McNab
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Nelson Muntz’s Creepy Poster Was Totally Real, According to ‘Simpsons’ Writer
Gotta nuke something
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- By JM McNab
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The 14 Most Successful Contestants in American Game Show History
‘Cracked’ writer Ken Jennings is on this list, obviously, but perhaps not where you’d expect
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- By Jesse
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How A Broken Back Left ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson Worried She Would ‘Ruin the Whole Show'
‘It sucked’
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- By Carly Tennes
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Mel Brooks Was Proudest of A Scene From One of His Least Popular Comedies
‘It’s one of the biggest laughs I’ve ever gotten in any movie’
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- By Matt Solomon
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Cindy Brady Nearly Died While Filming First Episode of ‘The Brady Bunch’
That’s no way to launch a family sitcom
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- By Matt Solomon
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5 Real Disasters That Sound Like Preachy Hollywood Movies
Sometimes, it really is as simple as ‘bad man did this’
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Tina Fey Claims That Lorne Michaels Has A Bug Named After Him
Fey made a surprise appearance on tonight’s ‘Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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John Mulaney Just Dropped A Weirdly Personal But Perfectly Accurate Roast of Neil deGrasse Tyson
Mulaney justified the attack by claiming that the celebrity scientist ‘was rude to me once on a podcast’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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‘The Conners’ Bittersweet Finale Proves One Last Time That No Franchise Ever Portrayed Struggle Better
Pour one out for TV’s last proudly working-class sitcom
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- By Tara Ariano
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