Norm Macdonald’s Pam and Tommy ‘SNL’ Sketch

Plus: 10 Bill Burr Jokes for the Hall of Fame Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Bill Burr jokes, 'The Wedding Singer,' a haunted scrotum, 'The Simpsons,' some trivia roundups, and much more. [The Best Pam and Tommy TV Show Was a ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketch With Norm Macdonald]( Pamela Anderson has been topping the Netflix charts recently — not because society has finally come around and embraced the [genius of Barb Wire]( but thanks to the new documentary Pamela: A Love Story, which allows Anderson to have some agency in the telling of her life story. The recent miniseries Pam & Tommy wasn’t exactly the most sensitive depiction of events, as evidenced by the fact that [Anderson wasn’t consulted during its production]( — and also by the fact that it co-starred a giant prosthetic dong voiced by Jason Mantzoukas. [READ MORE]( [5 Misunderstandings We Got Thanks to Explorers Being Dumbasses]( An explorer asks a native, “What do you call this place?” The native, who doesn’t speak English, responds in his own language, “I don’t know what you’re saying.” “Ah,” says the explorer. “Idontknowhatyouresaying. Lovely name. Got it.” Some version of that anecdote exists on at least five continents. Many times, the legend’s apocryphal, but even then, it’s based on a real concept: The explorer who makes only the most token attempt to understand the people whose land he’s inspecting. The story gets less goofy and more aggravating when the explorers’ friends continue using that ridiculous name after seizing Idontknowhatyouresaying and/or killing everyone who lives there. And in all such stories, the misunderstanding would have vanished with any communication whatsoever after that initial faltering one, saving us from such mistakes like... [READ MORE]( More Knowledge Nuggets: - [15 Centuries-Old Companies From Around The World That Are Still In Operation]( - [5 Disgusting Relics the Catholic Church Could Probably Chill Out With]( - [15 Parts Of The Human Body Science Succeeded In Growing In A Lab]( - [Freshwater Snails and Four Other Surprisingly Murderous Animals]( - [15 Ridiculous, True News Stories That Made Us Do A Quintuple Take]( [The Director of ‘The Wedding Singer’ on Turning Adam Sandler into a Rom-Com Star]( [‘The Simpsons’: The Top 10 Court Cases of Lionel Hutz]( [15 Actors Who Dashed Our Dreams Of TV Reboots and Revivals]( [The Best Dark Humor Jokes from Late-Night Hosts]( [40 Lonely Island Digital Shorts That Aren’t Songs, Ranked]( [Every Time Someone Played Themselves on ‘Seinfeld,’ Ranked]( [Ranking Every Time Poor Bubbles Lost His Sh*t In ‘Trailer Park Boys’]( [10 Bill Burr Jokes for the Hall of Fame]( [The Official Sequel to ‘Groundhog Day’ Is a VR Video Game]( [Why Being a Cyborg Won’t Be as Awesome As You Think]( [Chevy Chase Roast Was Worst Night of Marc Maron’s Comedy Life]( [A Very Valentine’s Day Timeline of Homer and Marge Simpsons’ Relationship]( [The Nutty Case of the Haunted Scrotum]( [Original 2000s Adult Swim Shows, Ranked]( [5 Scented Candles to Buy If You Want Out of a Relationship]( 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