Craig Ferguson’s Legacy Deserves Better

Also: The Best Charlie Day Moments Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Marc Maron, Charlie Day's best moments, Chevy Chase burns, and comedy news. [Marc Maron Tries to Make Grief Funny in His New HBO Special]( About halfway through From Bleak to Dark, [Marc Maron]( new stand-up special (and his first in three years), the 59-year-old comic talks about his fans. “I love my audience ‘cause I just know it’s a room full of people that had, maybe, one good parent,” he declares. “Maybe. It’s a big room full of broken toys in here. Every day is a fucking challenge. And you’re overly sensitive, battling dread all the time, and wondering if you’re talented.” The raucous response from the crowd at New York City’s the Town Hall indicates that Maron has just hit a bunch of them where they live. I don’t want to paint with too broad a brush, but if you’re going to a Maron show, you probably also see the world as one long, infuriating insult to your intelligence and sensibility. Throughout his career, Maron has railed against the stupid, the hypocritical, the cruel, the bigoted and the conventional — all the bastards that make barely-holding-on people like himself go insane. [READ MORE]( [15 Harmless Things That The US Government Absolutely Freaked Out About]( Ah yes, the joys of living in the [United States of America,]( where the government is always looking out for our safety and well-being! From banning foreign tech, to prohibiting certain types of food and animals, to cracking down on illegal imports, the US government has a long history of protecting its citizens from harm. But, behind the scenes, there are a lot of strange and interesting stories about why certain things are [banned in the US.]( [READ MORE]( More Weird Government Reads: - [5 Ways Governments Battle The Paranormal]( - [31 Super Weird Governments Projects That Actually Happened]( - [6 Things You Won't Believe Got Banned By Modern Governments]( - [15 Dumb Ventures The Government Wasted Your Money On]( - [6 People Who Turned the Tables on Government Surveillance]( [Craig Ferguson’s Legacy is Collateral Damage in ‘The Late Late Show’ Cancellation]( [47 of the Best Charlie Day Moments on His 47th Birthday]( [Bill Maher: The ‘Woke Revolution’ Is Like Mao’s Communist Revolution]( [15 People Who Got Their 15 Minutes Of Fame (And Milked It For More Than It Was Worth)]( [The Long, Bloody Reach of ‘Catcher in the Rye’]( [A Brief History of Every Eddie Murphy Celebrity Feud]( [15 Petty Things That Made Actors, Musicians, and Athletes Throw in the Towel]( [Relatable Leslie Jones Thought Dustin Hoffman Was Al Pacino]( [Eddie Izzard Can School a Heckler with a Single Word]( [12 of the Best Chevy Chase Burns from Comedy Central’s ‘Roast of Chevy Chase’]( [30 Rock's Fake Shows Are Becoming Reality]( [15 Examples Of Ancient Advertising: From Fish Sauce Labels to Gladiators Shilling Olive Oil]( [John Cleese’s Nepo Baby Is Helping Him Bring Back ‘Fawlty Towers’]( [Harrison Ford Had All the Old Age Jokes Cut Out of Indy Five]( 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