CRACKED Magazine
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CRACKED Magazine (also known as CRACKED) was an American humor magazine founded in 1957 by Sol Brodsky. The longest-running of MAD's imitators, CRACKED deliberately copied its more famous rival as closely as it could in terms of layout, content, and presentation -- recruiting past MAD artists as regulars (Severin, Martin) and occasional contributors (Davis, Elder, Wolverton), and hiring creators who could passably imitate MAD regulars' art styles or features. As a result, the magazine was successful, but often derided as an inferior substitute.
Ending in a similar fashion to MAD, it sustained itself in later years through continually reprinting material, suffered a decline in readership by the 2000's, and was cancelled shortly after a high-profile relaunch failed to meet expectations (though CRACKED's new format was more offensive and closer to "men's magazines" like Maxim and FHM). It is survived today by its online outlet, which now operates as an independent humor site.
Contents
- 1 Meet the Author (Cracked #4, September 1958)
- 2 Try This CRACKED 5-Day Diet (Cracked #4, September 1958)
- 3 Yoga (Cracked #9, May 1959)
- 4 Push Button War (Cracked #9, May 1959)
- 5 The Old Lady and the Laundromat (Cracked #28, February 1963)
- 6 The UGLY Campaign (Cracked #29, May 1963)
- 7 The Far Out Four (Cracked #123, March 1975)
- 8 If Real Life Operated Like TV Quiz Shows (Cracked #125, July 1975)
- 9 The Major Moose Show (Cracked #126, August 1975)
- 10 The Monster (Cracked #130, January 1976)
- 11 Celebrities' Home Movies (Cracked #136, October 1976)
- 12 The Cracked Guide to Babysitting (Cracked #145, October 1977)
- 13 If Rockey Appeared in Other Movie and TV Spots (Cracked #145, October 1977)
- 14 The Cracked Almanac (Cracked #153, September 1978)
- 15 The Adventures of the Masked Bandito (Cracked #157, January 1979)
- 16 Testimonial Ads, the Way They Should Be (Cracked #158, March 1979)
- 17 Sylvester, The Blawson of Glock (Cracked Collectors Edition #49, September 1982)
- 18 Things You Should Have Done (Cracked #203, May 1984)
- 19 Vampires Around the World (Cracked Collectors Edition #59, July 1984)
- 20 If the Whole World Turned Fat (Cracked #211, May 1985)
- 21 Hollywood Versions of Nursery Rhymes (Cracked #214, September 1985)
- 22 Rock 'n' Roll Losers!! (Cracked #220, July 1986)
- 23 Don't Even Start! (Cracked #221, August 1986)
- 24 Marvin of the Apes (Super Cracked #32, Fall 1986)
- 25 Rangey Loner (Cracked #236, July 1988)
- 26 Grossanne (Cracked #244, May 1989)
- 27 Elvis Paper Doll Pages (Cracked #244, May 1989)
- 28 The Elvis Parsley Story (Cracked #244, May 1989)
- 29 Cracked Interviews Yoko Ohno (Cracked #244, May 1989)
- 30 Japanese Entertainment Takeovers (Cracked #253, May 1990)
- 31 Ye Hang-Ups (Cracked #255, August 1990)
- 32 CRACKED Interviews Howeird Stern: The Shock Shlock Radio King! (Cracked #255, August 1990)
- 33 Vacationland, U.S.A. (Cracked #259, December 1990)
- 34 Cracked's Comparative Guide to Learning Institutions (Cracked #268, December 1991)
- 35 Roasting Mother Goose (Cracked #269, January 1992)
- 36 Roasting Mother Goose (Cracked #276, November 1992)
- 37 Jurassic Park's Dinosaur Experiments Gone Bad! (Cracked #283, September 1993)
- 38 A Visit to Jurassic Park (Cracked #283, September 1993)
- 39 Another Fine Sunday, Driving in the Country (Cracked #286, December 1993)
- 40 Truth in Adages (Cracked #304, December 1995)
- 41 What if Every Game was Like Jumanji (Cracked #306, March 1996)
- 42 Dinner for Two and Dessert (Cracked #308, July 1996)
- 43 Tired Crock Far from Fun (Cracked #309, August 1996)
- 44 When This Character Crossover Trend Gets Out of Control! (Cracked #309, August 1996)
