Tales of James Corden’s Union-Busting Are Going Viral

Plus: 13 Criminals You Kinda Gotta Hand It To Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Mick Ferguson, strikes, 'The Conners,' clever criminals, art rip-offs, and more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [An Oral History of Mick Ferguson’s Bulletproof Legs from ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’]( There are lots of reasons to get cosmetic surgery. Some people opt for a smaller nose or bigger calves, but in the case of Mick Ferguson, all he wanted was bulletproof legs. Whatever peril befell Ferguson before feeling the need to get bulletproof legs remains a mystery, but what is known is that in 1998, Mick Ferguson was so proud of his enhancement that he burst onto the set of [Late Night with Conan O’Brien]( in tiny gym shorts to dance a can-can and gleefully sing about his upgrade: Oh I’ve got bulletproof legs I’ve got bulletproof legs Oh you can’t hurt me ‘Cuz I have bulletproof legs! [READ MORE]( [As Late-Night Shows Shut Down Due to Writers’ Strike, Tales of James Corden’s Union-Busting Are Going Viral]( The writers are officially on strike. [Jimmy Fallon]( is out of jokes. Following historic precedent, the first TV casualty of the WGA’s war on the gig economy of modern screenwriting has been late-night comedy shows. Shortly before contract negotiations between WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers stuttered to a halt, [Fallon]( expressed [vague support]( the writers who make his career possible at last night’s Met Gala, saying, “I’ll do whatever I can to support (the writers). … I need my writers. I need them real bad. I got no show without my writers.” [READ MORE]( Related Reads: - [Here’s How Late-Night Shows Killed Time During Previous Writers’ Strikes]( - [Animators Once Threatened Walt Disney With A Guillotine]( - [The Ugly Side Of Strikes In The Modern World]( - [How a Writer’s Strike Birthed Saturday Night Live’s Famous ‘Da Bears’ Sketch]( - [The Comedy Store Strike of 1979: Comics On the Picket Line]( [5 Questions You’d Never Think to Ask That Autopsies Answered]( [The Mystery of the Machine-Gun Doppelgangers]( [13 Hall of Shame Moments When Comedians Doubled-Down and Failed Miserably]( [The Giant Life and Tragic Death of Mary, the Infamous Baseball-Playing Circus Elephant]( [4 Very Important Ideas That Started as Jokes]( [The Very Mid ‘Goldbergs’ Was the Last Heaving Gasp of the Network Sitcom]( [4 Gross Historical Drinks That Show How Good Modern Drinkers Have It]( [In a World of Sadcoms, ‘The Conners’ Is the Saddest]( [17 of the Funniest Viral Videos to Help You Fight the Blues]( [Lewis Black Reveals That ‘Daily Show’ Producers Didn’t Want to Invite Any of the Correspondents to Guest Host]( [13 Kids Who Pulled Off Incredible Professional Achievements]( [Colleges Can See Right Through All Those Extracurricular Activities We Think They Like So Much]( [13 Criminals You Kinda Gotta Hand It To]( [13 Iconic Works Of Art That Are Actually Total Ripoffs]( 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