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Plus: 12 Hall of Shame Moments from ‘SNL’ Cast Members Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about the Three Stooges, media that was surprisingly inspired by real life, 'SNL' Hall of Shame moments, and much more. [How the World Came to Believe That the Three Stooges Were on Hitler’s Death List]( Adolph Hitler’s infamous “Death List” wasn’t without star power. Included among it was Winston Churchill, [Franklin Roosevelt]( [H.G. Wells, Virginia Woolf]( and at least according to sources like [Mental Floss]( and [Empire]( Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine, aka [The Three Stooges](. The oft-repeated story says that, because of the 1940 short You Nazty Spy! — where Moe dressed as [Hitler]( and the Nazis were lampooned — [Hitler]( placed The Three Stooges on his list of high-profile targets. In reality, it seems that the rumor was the product of a rather notorious supermarket tabloid. But that doesn’t mean You Nazty Spy! wasn’t a brave, landmark piece of satire that was surprisingly layered for the proudly lowbrow Sultans of Slapstick. [READ MORE]( [Comedies That Were Inspired By Depressing Real-Life Stories]( If the 10,000 Transformers sequels didn't tip you off, coming up with fresh new movie ideas can be a pretty tough job. So, occasionally, Hollywood screenwriters have taken inspiration from/cheated off of real-world events. Oddly, it turns out that some flat-out comedies began as true stories that really weren't funny at all. Thanks to a little movie magic, these depressing incidents were transformed into comedic gold, to the enjoyment of audiences everywhere who didn't bother to Google the grisly details after the credits rolled. [READ MORE]( More Real Life Reads: - [15 Movies We Didn’t Know Were Inspired By The Creator’s Real Life]( - [Spider-Man Inspired Real-Life Ankle Monitors]( - [15 Real-Life Inspirations for Horror Movies]( - [12 Fictional Things That Impacted Real Life]( - [14 Fictional Settings Inspired By Real Places]( [‘That ‘90s Show’ Continues ‘That ‘70s Show’s Trend of Not Hitting for the People Who Lived Through It]( [15 Comedies to Catch on Streaming Before They Disappear at the End of the Month]( [Sarah Squirm on Her Grossest Gross-Out Comedy Moments]( [5 Eulogies That Were Hilarious]( [An A.I. Turned ‘Family Guy’ into A Live-Action 1980s Sitcom That’s More Freaky Than Funny]( [15 Hollywood Bigwigs Who Are Sick of Marvel, Too]( [That Time Judd Apatow and Mark Brazill Got Into an Email Flame War Over ‘That ‘70s Show’]( [5 of the World’s Most Legitimately Dangerous Artifacts]( [If ‘Velma’ Is for an Adult Audience, Why Is It So Dumbed Down?]( [5 Petty Things That Science Has Actually Made It a Point to Study]( [12 Hall of Shame Moments from ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Members]( [Being a Curmudgeon Makes You a Lot More Productive]( [15 Awful Ways Companies Saved a Buck by Short-Changing Customers, Partners, and Employees]( 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