Dan Harmon and the ‘Rick and Morty’ Team Are Making a New Animated Series

Plus: Fozzie Bear Was Inspired by a Legendary Comedian                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 June 03, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=Dan%20Harmon%20and%20the%20%E2%80%98Rick%20and%20Morty%E2%80%99%20Team%20Are%20Making%20a%20New%20Animated%20Series%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2Fdan-harmon-rick-morty-team-making-new-animated-series) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about resurrected songs, trivia tidbits, surprising secrets, a yoked president, and much more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [Dan Harmon and the ‘Rick and Morty’ Team Are Making a New Animated Series About a Haunted Hotel]( In [Rick and MortyÂ](creator [Dan Harmon’s](next animated comedy series, most of the characters are going to have some kind of unfinished business. Hopefully the floors will hold them up this time around. The modern television landscape has been hellish for most aspiring showrunners, especially those with an interest in adult animation. The TV industry as a whole has contracted from the previous era of peak TV into a leaner, more conservative and, frankly, less creative period where profitability demands are more dire than they’ve ever been in the streaming age to the detriment of the more ambitious animation artists. However, thanks to Harmon and a handful of creatives from the Rick and Morty crew, that doesn’t mean that ingenuity in new cartoons is entirely dead — it’s more undead, as is the case with the upcoming Netflix project The Undervale. [READ MORE]( [Fozzie Bear Was Inspired by a Legendary Comedian]( This week sees the release of Jim Henson: Idea Man, a critically-acclaimed cinematic tribute to one of the 20th century’s great artists, produced by Disney — even though Henson’s characters arguably [keep getting disrespected by Disney](. Everyone has their own personal favorite Muppet. For some, it’s Kermit the Frog. For others, it’s Miss Piggy, or perhaps Gonzo if you’re willing to overlook his career-ruining chicken fetish. But we have to say that the Muppet gang just wouldn’t be the same without Fozzie Bear (originally performed by Franz Oz), the ursine stand-up comedian known for his lovably corny jokes. [READ MORE]( How Kevin from ‘The Office’ Found Himself in the Middle of the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef 22 Characters We Love on the Screen Who Would Crumble IRL 7 Songs That Movies and TV Shows Brought Back from the Dead 29 of the Most Surprising Secrets People Just Blurted Out No President Could Beat Your Ass Like Abraham Lincoln 37 of the Funniest Memes from the Week of May 27, 2024 39 Classic Movies Whose Endings Were Even Better (or Worse) Than You Remember 41 of the Funniest Burns from the Week of May 27, 2024 38 Random Bits of Trivia to Top Off Your Noggin 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