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23 Jokes We Wish We Could Give ‘That Was a Good Joke’ Trophies To
Alyson Lewis
August 02, 2023
Welcome to the Cracked newsletter!
This issue is about Rogan and Gaffigan debating the ‘Deep State,’ poor product placement, trivia tidbits, villains who weren’t so bad, and much more.
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As America anxiously awaits a rumored indictment of former president Donald Trump over the January 6th Capitol Attack, comedy’s top minds are already hard at work reaching their final verdict.
Joe Rogan has long fit the descriptor of “conspiracy friendly,” and although Rogan cut his teeth on the more playful alien-adjacent plots and coverups, in recent years, the former Fear Factor host and current podcasting king’s pet theories have pretty much always aligned with the opinions of the alt-right on issues of vaccines, deep states and Bud Light cans.
Surprising absolutely no one, a reboot of a movie adaptation of a Disneyland ride is replete with embedded marketing for miscellaneous unrelated products. We’re one step away from the characters in Haunted Mansion 3 using a CVS receipt as a Ouija board.
The second installment of Disney’s most recently revived franchise premiered this past Friday as The Mouse bafflingly decided to premiere their supernatural spookfest against the surging Barbenheimer instead of, you know, in October. The original 2003 film was a minor financial success behind the performance of the impossibly popular Eddie Murphy, though the movie was trashed by critics and, much like almost every other amusement park ride adaptation, lacked the cultural permeation of Pirates of the Caribbean.
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