Plus: The U.S. Government Is Obsessed With Poop Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Jack Nicholson, things the TSA has confiscated recently, the first 'SNL' movie, and more. [Jack Nicholsonâs Last Great Performance Was in the Very Sad Comedy âAbout Schmidtâ]( It used to seem like Jack Nicholson was everywhere. Courtside to watch the Los Angeles Lakers. Front row of the Oscars. A star in hit movies. Always larger than life, always flashing that smile, always our Jack. But nothing lasts forever, and at 85, the three-time Oscar-winner is now mostly away from the spotlight. He never officially retired, but he hasnât been in a film since 2010, playing a small, forgettable role in the underwhelming How Do You Know. Of all of Nicholsonâs onscreen talents, disappearing was never one of them. Although he brought nuance and subtlety, he also had no problem going big, turning his characters into amped-up expressions of swaggering sex appeal, anguished longing or (in the case of something like The Shining) utter madness. [READ MORE]( [Jetpacks, Felonies And Other 'Jingle All The Way' Questions Cleared Up By The Director]( It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street â not one of these movies features a single second of Arnold Schwarzenegger punching a reindeer square in the jaw. Luckily in 1996, this cultural chasm was filled by Jingle All the Way, the now-beloved holiday film about one father's agonizing Christmas Eve quest to buy his son the season's big-ticket toy, a Turbo Man doll. Although loads of people went to see it in 1996, Jingle All the Way had a surprisingly massive budget to recoup, was savaged by critics at the time, and ultimately became regarded as a flop. But these days, Jingle All the Way has been reconsidered to some extent by movie fans, as evidenced by countless revival screenings, a straight-to-video sequel, and even the production of real-life Turbo Man toys for parents to casually brutalize each other over. [READ MORE]( More Santa Reads: -
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