Oscar Jokes That Got Comedians in Big-Time Trouble

Plus: 13 Disastrous Attempts at Comedy Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Jim Gaffigan, the Oscars, Neil Hamburger, Brendan Fraser comedies, and much more. [Jim Gaffigan on Doing Clean Comedy, Being a Serious Actor and Why He’ll Never Retire His ‘Inside Voice’]( In his 2013 book [Dad Is Fat]( [Jim Gaffigan]( commented on how unlikely it was that someone like him would end up being a family man. “Ten years ago, I could barely get a date,” he wrote, “and now my apartment is literally crawling with babies. … I never imagined I would get married, let alone have children. I suppose I had a romantic notion of having children someday, but, then again, I also had a romantic notion of being an astronaut, and, honestly, being an astronaut felt like a more realistic expectation.” If you want an insight into Gaffigan’s enduring appeal, that passage is as good a place to start as any. Self-deprecating and ingratiating, the 56-year-old [stand-up]( actor and author has become a household name speaking in universals. It’s hard to think of a comic more purely likable, his genial observations on marriage, parenthood and food often positioning him as the butt of the joke. [READ MORE]( [‘We’re Really Glad We Cut Out the Other 60 Minutes’: Steven Wright Recounts His Oscar Win for Best Short Film]( 1989 witnessed one of the more unlikely Oscar winners in the history of the awards — [Steven Wright]( the frizzy-haired, monotone-voiced, deadpan comic known for his offbeat brand of humor, captured the statuette for his short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which followed a man (Wright) who eventually kills his therapist ([Rowan Atkinson](. On Oscar night, when Wright and fellow producer Dean Parisot were [announced as the winners]( by [Martin Short]( and [Carrie Fisher]( Wright, in his signature delivery, joked, “This was for the short film category, and we’re really glad we cut out the other 60 minutes.” He then wiped the sweat from his brow and thanked a handful of people before walking backstage with Parisot. [READ MORE]( More Oscars Reads: - [The 10 Funniest Best Picture Nominees This Century]( - [A Comedy Only Wins Best Picture When It Follows These Rules]( - [Oscar Jokes That Got Comedians in Big-Time Trouble]( - [The Oscar-Nominated Director of ‘Tár’ Co-Starred in Conan O’Brien’s Rejected Cult Comedy Series]( - [Chris Rock's OTHER Oscars Controversy]( [30 ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Trivia Tidbits for Its 30th Anniversary]( [Morpheus and Neo Want to Make A Comedy That’s Not ‘Matrix: Resurrections’]( [4 Defunct Historical Companies Worth More Than Any Modern Megacorporation]( [13 Awe-Inspiring Places That We'll Never Get To Visit (Because They've Been Destroyed)]( ['History Of The World: Part II' Was Better When It Was Called 'Drunk History']( [13 Disastrous Attempts by Major Networks and Corporations at Comedy]( [15 Hall of Fame Groaner Jokes from Neil Hamburger]( [We Converted to ‘Dudeism’: What It’s Like to Follow ‘The Big Lebowski’ Like an Actual Religion]( [15 ‘Seinfeld’ Characters We Should Have Seen More Of]( [Brendan Fraser Comedies, Ranked]( [5 Perfectly Clear Examples of Interspecies Communication]( [The Hidden Office Comedy in ‘Friends’]( [5 People Who Impersonated the Police with Terrifying Success]( [15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘Family Guy’]( [15 Pieces of Trivia So Vital, We Fear That To Forget Them Would Be To Lose A Piece Of Ourselves]( 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