Cracked magazine

[bandit957]

Anyone else remember Cracked magazine? It was sort of like Mad magazine. But I think it used more swear words, or maybe that's a different magazine I'm thinking of.

I remember Cracked having a 'Diff'rent Strokes' parody that was absolutely hilarious.

[1995hoo]

You mean Cracked Mazagine, as they spelled it on the cover of some issues (see below, which is an issue I recall having when I was a kid). I bought Cracked every month for several years until they abruptly changed most of their staff, at which point I stopped buying it because I thought it was no longer as good as it had been. I thought they had far better cartoonists than Mad did, although in retrospect I think Mad's humor was better.

I recall Diff'rent Strokes parodies appearing several times; another one they liked to spoof was the Dukes of Hazzard.

[Stephane Dumas]

Those were the days. Anyone who also remember National Lampoon?

[Concrete Bob]

National Lampoon was my "go-to" source of humor back in the 1970s and early 1980s. In my opinion, the magazine's peak was from its April 1970 inception through 1979.  It was still pretty good until the mid-1980s.  By the mid 1980s, the publication lost most of its original sense of wit and edge. 

I have a whole $#!tload of back issues stored in my garage and they are in good condition.  I also loved their 1964 Yearbook Parody (issued 1974) and their Sunday Newspaper Parody (issued 1978).  Both parodies were based in the fictional town of Dacron, Ohio.  Being a roadgeek, I especially laughed out loud at the the 2040 Dacron Expressway plan, which laid to waste much of Dacron's "undesirable" areas.   

My favorite National Lampoon article ever was an April 1977 TV Guide parody.  Absolute Genius. 

Lots of great Canadian parodies as well....Ever read the "Timberland Tales" comics?   Hilarious !!

[allniter89]

https://www.cracked.com/index.php
Yeah I remember Cracked, read it for a few yrs, I liked Mad better. I was surprised to read Cracked started in 1958.

[DandyDan]

Those were the days. Anyone who also remember National Lampoon?

I remembered getting busted by some overzealous convenience store clerk for looking at a National Lampoon magazine once when I was about 12 or so. I was told I was banned, but I was back the next week.

[triplemultiplex]

I remembered getting busted by some overzealous convenience store clerk for looking at a National Lampoon magazine once when I was about 12 or so. I was told I was banned, but I was back the next week.

"Boy, if you're not careful, you're gonna end up becoming a comedy writer if you read this stuff."

[index]

I enjoyed their photoplasty stuff and their articles a few years back (2012, 2013ish) but it kind of sucks now. That or my sense of humor changed.

[jakeroot]

I read the Cracked website for years. Tons of funny stuff on there. I think it may still be active, but I'm not visiting it anymore.

[Desert Man]

I prefer MAD, but it's not humorous anymore...it was in the 1990s or maybe that was because of my age as a teen then. Cracked is OK in my opinion, also not for anyone under age 18 (their main demographic who reads it). I was told by my Mom both magazines were inappropriate, has some vulgar/obscene/profane words (mild), sexual innuendo, politics, religion and stereotypes of every social group of people. You can thank my Dad for introduction of MAD and later Cracked, LOL. She was raised in the 1950s/60s when MAD came out and many adults back then would not be mature enough to read that. Now we have Cracked and yes, I've heard of National Lampoon.

[nexus73]

Mad, Cracked and NatLamp were part of my life when growing up.  Then came the underground comics. R. Crumb was great!  Good times indeed.

Rick