20 Great Movies That No One Remembers

Plus: 40 Random Bits of Trivia, Free to a Good Home                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 April 12, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=20%20Great%20Movies%20That%20No%20One%20Remembers%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2F20-great-movies-no-one-remembers) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about O.J. Simpson, trivia, funny tweets, woke Mel Brooks, and much more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [The Reason They Kept Dick Van Dyke Far Away From ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’]( If John and Jackie Kennedy were the dream couple who represented the early 1960s’ American ideal, their television doppelgangers were [The Dick Van Dyke Show]([’s]( Rob and Laura Petrie. “Everyone loved [Mary (Tyler Moore)](. What wasn’t to love?” wondered [Van Dyke]( in his memoir, [My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business](. “I adored her from the moment we were introduced. I think both of us had each other at hello.” “You two are perfectly suited,” [Carl Reiner]( told Van Dyke in his book, [Why and When the Dick Van Dyke Show Was Born](. Even though there was an 11-year age gap between the real-life actors, Reiner was confident that “the audience will accept you as a couple.” [READ MORE]( [Mel Brooks Was Baffled When Alex Edelman Told Him He Was Woke]( The success of [Alex Edelman’sÂ](shows like the current HBO special [Just for UsÂ](has allowed him to meet many of his comedy heroes. Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld and Billy Crystal have all weighed in with encouragement and helpful advice. [In a conversation onÂ]([The Last Laugh]([podcast](, Edelman shared a story about meeting another one of his biggest comic idols, [Mel Brooks](. A few years ago, Edelman went to a screening of [Blazing Saddles](, with Brooks on hand for a question and answer session. During the Q&A, someone asked Brooks why [Richard Pryor]( co-wrote the film comedy with him. “Well, I didn’t know anything about being Black in the United States,” said Brooks. “And Richie knew everything so I went, ‘Richie, why don’t you co-write this movie with me?” Edelman met up with Brooks after the session and told the director, “Mel, that’s very woke of you.” [READ MORE]( 12 Funny Tweets About Probable Wife-Murderer O.J. Simpson’s Death 17 Dumb Pieces of Advice Millennials Have Gotten from Boomers 5 Oddities of Old Houses That Actually Used to Made Sense 39 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, April 11, 2024 14 Times O.J. Simpson Got No Mercy From ‘SNL’s Norm Macdonald The Eight Greatest One-Note Recurring Characters in ‘Simpsons’ History 40 Random Bits of Trivia, Free to a Good Home 20 Great Movies That No One Remembers TWEET OF THE DAY [ARTICLES | PICTOFACTS | VIDEOS]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2024 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2023 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. 190 West St. Brooklyn, New York 11222, United States of America