15 Headlines That Recalibrated Our Sense Of Reality

Also: ‘Half Baked’ Turns 25 Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Jim Carrey, 'Half Baked,' mind-boggling trivia, innovations with surprising origins, and much more. [The Five Absolutely Essential Jim Carrey Movies]( Is [Jim Carrey]( serious about retiring? He sure sounded like it: While promoting last year’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2, he [said]( “I might continue down the road, but I’m taking a break. I really like my quiet life and I really love putting paint on canvas and I really love my spiritual life. I feel like, and this is something you might never hear another celebrity say as long as time exists, I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.” If it’s true that Carrey is walking away from acting, the comic (who turns 61 on Tuesday) has left behind an impressive body of work. Starting with [In Living Color]( and then quickly jumping to hit films like [Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]( and The Mask, Carrey brought a rubber-faced absurdity to mainstream film comedy, going big and getting weird, coming across like a real-life cartoon character, his body endlessly bendable and electric. But few comedic superstars have been as restless, constantly pushing himself into different, riskier terrain, challenging himself as much as he challenged his audience. [READ MORE]( [‘Half Baked’ Turns 25: A Highly Official Account of the Stoner Comedy Classic from Director Tamra Davis]( The 1990s saw [the stoner comedy]( return with a vengeance. To start, there was Dazed and Confused (1993) and [Friday]( (1995). But the genre hit a new high (pun unavoidable) in 1998, when [The Big Lebowski]( Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Half Baked all hit the mainstream. Half Baked led the way, at least temporally speaking, as it was released first on January 16th. In the quarter century since, it’s become a classic in both the stoner genre and comedies in general — with highly memorable/quotable moments like [“the guy on the couch”]( and an unparalleled number of [amazing cameos](. [READ MORE]( More Stoner Reads: - [16 Facts About Our Favorite Celebrity Stoners]( - [6 Animals That Get High More Than Humanity's Biggest Stoners]( - [Hollywood Myths, Cracked: What Movies And Shows Get Wrong About Weed Culture]( - [6 Movies That Are Shockingly Different When You're Not High]( - [15 Incorrect Origins Of The Term 420]( [All 48 Seasons of ‘SNL,’ Ranked]( [5 Bits of Pop Psychology That Make Absolutely No Sense]( [How Will the New ‘Night Court’ Address That the Old ‘Night Court’ Concluded with an Alien Abduction?]( [The Five Best Comedies on Paramount+ to Watch Right Now]( [‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Movie Talks Are Happening, Claims Bryan Cranston]( [The 25 Greatest Kenny Deaths for South Park’s 25 Seasons]( [5 Things Faster Than the Ridiculous Amount of Time It Took to Edit Top Gun: Maverick’s First Dogfight Sequence]( [‘Wednesday’ Has Goth Girls Flocking to Romania]( [15 Actors Who Went Hard For Forgettable Movies]( [The Most Pathetic Jerry Moments in ‘Rick and Morty’]( [15 Toys, Tools, and Medical Innovations with Surprising Original Uses]( [Every Monty Python Member’s Best Character]( [15 Bonkers Facts About The Favorite Orville Brother, Birds Who BBQ, And George Washington’s Disgusting Final Moments]( [Funniest Portrayals of Real People On-Screen]( [5 Ways Your Routine Surgery Can Go Horrifically Wrong]( [15 Headlines That Recalibrated Our Sense Of Reality]( TWEET OF THE DAY [fb]( [tw]( [yt]( [Logomark_DIGITAL_Red_50X50-px]( [insta png]( [tiktok png]( [ARTICLES]( | [PICTOFACTS]( | [Videos]( Literally media Ltd. 190 West St, Suite 17B, Brooklyn NY 11222 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2022 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Literally Media · 190 West St Ste 17B · Brooklyn, NY 11222-3855 · USA