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Trivia for the website:

Creator Backlash: 6 Classics Despised by the People Who Created Them
Fake American: Despite being "America's Only Humor & Video Site," quite a few of their writers aren't American but will sometimes try to pretend they are--usually with Eagle Land type 2 results.
Life Imitates Art: The photoshop contest If Video Games Were Realistic included a photoshop of a Guitar Hero guitar with 18 frets (each with six sub-buttons) and six strum bars, mocking the fact that playing Guitar Hero is much simpler than playing a real guitar. Not a year later, Harmonix announces that Rock Band 3 will include a "Pro Mode" for instrument, which will use special controllers designed to perfectly simulate playing the actual instrument. Now take a look at their Pro Mode guitar.
Mean Character, Nice Actor: Dan O'Brien's writing persona does things that would terrify Charles Manson; Dan O'Brien himself is a somewhat awkward nerd who has a talent for beatboxin' Team Plasma and Kyurem, the last of the regular reader commentators uses the name A.E.Neuman.
No Export for You: 6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West.
Old Shame: 10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See and 5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See.

Trivia for the magazine:

Executive Meddling: What brought the mag down. Tabloid owner Dick Kulpa bought the mag, and as a cost-cutting measure, turned most artists' and writers' pays to flat-rate instead of by page. As a result, many veteran writers/artists left, such as Walter Brogan and John Severin. Kulpa was literally running the mag from his kitchen table, plastering it with tabloid-like covers, constantly delaying releases, and overall ruining the mag through his lack of experience.
Hey It's That Guy: Mad stalwart Don Martin crossed over in the 1990s after leaving Mad over a salary dispute, with Cracked making a big deal about stealing away one of their rival's most iconic cartoonists. He is hardly the only artist or writer to have worked at both magazines; long-standing Cracked artist John Severin also worked with Mad in its comic days. Also, one of the last new talents to join Cracked in the 1990s was Tom Richmond, who now draws a large amount of the Mad movie and TV parodies. Other Mad personnel who once worked with the rival include Jack Davis and Al Jaffee.

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 * [[Fake American]]: Despite being "America's Only Humor & Video Site," quite a few of their writers aren't American but will sometimes try to pretend they are--usually with [[Eagle Land]] type 2 results.
 * [[Life Imitates Art]]: The photoshop contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_85_if-video-games-were-realistic/ If Video Games Were Realistic] included [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_85_if-video-games-were-realistic_p27#25 a photoshop] of a [[Guitar Hero]] guitar with 18 frets (each with six sub-buttons) and six strum bars, [[Don't Explain the Joke|mocking the fact that playing Guitar Hero is much simpler than playing a real guitar]]. Not a year later, Harmonix announces that [[Rock Band]] 3 will include a "Pro Mode" for instrument, which will use special controllers designed to perfectly simulate playing the actual instrument. Now take a look at their [http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/06/rb3-pro-guitar-awesome-rm-eng.jpg Pro Mode guitar].
-* [[Mean Character Nice Actor]]: Dan O'Brien's writing persona does things that would terrify Charles Manson; Dan O'Brien himself is a somewhat awkward nerd who has a talent for beatboxin' Team Plasma and Kyurem, the last of the regular reader commentators uses the name [[Mad Magazine|A.E.Neuman]].
+* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Dan O'Brien's writing persona does things that would terrify Charles Manson; Dan O'Brien himself is a somewhat awkward nerd who has a talent for beatboxin' Team Plasma and Kyurem, the last of the regular reader commentators uses the name [[Mad Magazine|A.E.Neuman]].
 * [[No Export for You]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19447_6-arcade-games-too-awesome-to-get-released-in-west.html 6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West].
 * [[Old Shame]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19287_10-movies-that-famous-people-dont-want-you-to-see.html 10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_16959_5-classic-cartoons-they-dont-want-you-to-see.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See].
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 === Trivia for the magazine: ===
 * [[Executive Meddling]]: What brought the mag down. Tabloid owner [[Meaningful Name|Dick]] Kulpa bought the mag, and as a cost-cutting measure, turned most artists' and writers' pays to flat-rate instead of by page. As a result, many veteran writers/artists left, such as Walter Brogan and John Severin. Kulpa was literally running the mag from his kitchen table, plastering it with tabloid-like covers, constantly delaying releases, and overall ruining the mag through his lack of experience.
-* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: ''Mad'' stalwart Don Martin crossed over in the 1990s after leaving ''Mad'' over a salary dispute, with ''Cracked'' making a big deal about stealing away one of their rival's most iconic cartoonists. He is hardly the only artist or writer to have worked at both magazines; long-standing ''Cracked'' artist John Severin also worked with ''Mad'' in its comic days. Also, one of the last new talents to join ''Cracked'' in the 1990s was Tom Richmond, who now draws a large amount of the ''Mad'' movie and TV parodies. Other ''Mad'' personnel who once worked with the rival include Jack Davis and Al Jaffee.
+* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: ''Mad'' stalwart Don Martin crossed over in the 1990s after leaving ''Mad'' over a salary dispute, with ''Cracked'' making a big deal about stealing away one of their rival's most iconic cartoonists. He is hardly the only artist or writer to have worked at both magazines; long-standing ''Cracked'' artist John Severin also worked with ''Mad'' in its comic days. Also, one of the last new talents to join ''Cracked'' in the 1990s was Tom Richmond, who now draws a large amount of the ''Mad'' movie and TV parodies. Other ''Mad'' personnel who once worked with the rival include Jack Davis and Al Jaffee.
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