25 Offensive ‘SNL’ Characters Lorne Michaels Wishes You’d Completely Forget

Plus: 34 Weird Myths We Should All Stop Believing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 July 24, 2023 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=25%20Offensive%20%E2%80%98SNL%E2%80%99%20Characters%20Lorne%20Michaels%20Wishes%20You%E2%80%99d%20Completely%20Forget%20%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2F25-offensive-snl-characters-lorne-michaels-wishes-youd-completely-forget) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Ryan Gosling singing ‘Push,’ Fox’s ‘Simpsons’ tricks, ‘Futurama’ jokes, trivia, bad TV shows, and much more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [We’re having our first live stand-up show at The Sultan Room on 7/31! Buy your ticket here.]( [How ‘Barbie’ Skewered the Sensitive-Bro Silliness of Matchbox Twenty’s ‘Push’]( When hip filmmakers include unhip music in their movies, the assumption is that they’re making fun of it. For instance, a key emotional moment in Lady Bird is underscored by Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) and her best friend Julie (Beanie Feldstein) crying and singing along to Dave Matthews Band’s ultra-sensitive ballad “Crash Into Me.” The audience is primed to laugh, but Lady Bird writer-director Greta Gerwig always insisted it wasn’t a joke — and she told Dave Matthews as much when she wrote him a letter asking permission to use his song. [READ MORE]( [All the Bait-and-Switch Tactics Fox Has Used to Trick ‘Simpsons’ Viewers into Watching the Show]( When the still brand-new Fox network spun off The Simpsons from The Tracey Ullman Show in December 1989, promoting the show was a critical task. Granted, there was already a lot of buzz around The Simpsons, but all that buzz also carried with it a greater risk that Fox would lose control of the messaging. So, in the beginning at least, the network had to be fully in tune with what people were talking about regarding the show — from [“Bart is a troublemaker!”]( to “Even though they’re cartoons, the Simpson family is so relatable!” [READ MORE]( More Tactics: - [4 Brainwashing Tactics IKEA Uses From the Cult Handbook]( - [7 Insane Police Tactics That'd Be Funny If They Weren't Real]( - [14 Underhanded Marketing Tactics That Are Too Common]( - [6 Sleazy Tactics Tech Companies Use To Get Ahead]( - [5 Common Argument Tactics That Need to Die]( 13 Hall of Fame Jokes and Moments from ‘Futurama’ 31 of the Funniest Tweets from the Week of July 17th 13 of the Best One-Time ‘SNL’ Hosts, According to Reddit 27 Famous Faces Who Voice Our Favorite Cartoon Characters 5 Foolproof Ways to End a Sitcom 40 TV Shows That Were Failures Before They Even Began 15 Set Pieces of Trivia That Broke Our Backs This Week 31 Good Moments Hidden Deep in Not-So-Good Movies 12 Failed Restaurants Started by Celebrities Who Bit Off More Than They Can Chew 25 Offensive ‘SNL’ Characters Lorne Michaels Wishes You’d Completely Forget About 13 Movies That Were Sued into Oblivion 34 Weird Myths We Should All Stop Believing TWEET OF THE DAY [ARTICLES | PICTOFACTS | VIDEOS]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © COPYRIGHT © 2005-2022 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. 190 West St., Unit 17B Brooklyn, NY 11222, United States [[beehiiv logo]Powered by beehiiv](