CRACKED Top Laughs 60-41

More one-pagers from this issue of Cracked Collectors' Edition with the theme TOP 100 LAUGHS, #78 to be exact, in April 1989.

By Jerry Kirschen, from issue #18, February 1961 From #86, August 1970 The page after that was this by John Severin, from #82

Then there was this piece by Vic Martin in #52, June 1966 From #78, August 1969 Then a one-pager I printed before, also from #82

By Bob Taylor in #84, May 1970 Charles Rodrigues, issue #109, July 1973 #63, September 1967 Bill Ward in #48, December 1965 From #44, July 1965 From #113, November 1973 From #109, July 1973 From #83, April 1970 Don Orehek gag cartoons from issue #109, July 1973 Oskar Blotta in #84, May 1970 From #11, October 1959. Originally called Bop Shut-Ups. From #109 again, July 1973 From #85, July 1970 From #209, January 1985 Next week: Cracked Laughs 40-21

Cracked's Top 100 Laughs

When Michael Delle-Femine a/k/a Mort Todd took over as editor of Cracked in the mid 80's, he brought in a lot of cartoonists he knew like Daniel Clowes, Peter Bagge, Bob Fingerman, among many others, and even lured Don Martin from Mad. He also took advantage of their vast inventory from the beginning of the magazine, and with his knowledge of comics history used a lot of material for special editions that had never been reprinted before.

This issue of Cracked Collectors' Edition #78 from April 1989 reprints their “Top 100 Laughs”, a collection of their best one-pagers, or articles that could be condensed into one page. Cover by John Severin, taken from a famous Charles Addams gag, was the cover of Cracked #67 in March 1968.

By Howard Nostrand, from back cover of #167, March 1980. From #114, January 1974.

Jerry DeFuccio was a long-time editor of Mad. By Jack Davis from #11, October 1959 This was initially in King-Sized Cracked #5, 1971. This next page by Bill Ward from Cracked #36 can be found here.

This comic byVic Martin was in #77, July 1969. From #20, July 1961. Hunt's parody from #49, January 1966. Reprinted from #12, January 1960. Partial reprint from #17, December 1960. From #105, November 1972, by Don Orehek. From #20. From #84, May 1970. From #104, October 1972. LePoer is John Severin's francising of his middle name “Powers”. Reprinted from #4, September 1958 By Jerry Kirschen in #16, October 1960. The puckered mouth has taken the place of the traditional “Plop” of one falling over backwards upon hearing the punchline. From #71, September 1968 From #55, September 1966. From #70, August 1968

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This cover by John Severin from the August 1960 issue predates the cover of Mad #69 by two years. Like the issue showcased last week, this was written entirely by Paul Laikin, who told the author of If You're Cracked, You're Happy:

If I came into the office, [publisher Bill Sproul] trusted me that I wrote the best the material that I could do, but he handled Severin. The only thing that Severin did in those days was the big movie spoof. I used to write the entire issue.

After Hollywood Life Stories Throughout History by John Severin and an ad parody reprint by Bill Elder, there was another one of the many articles Cracked did about the reversal of sex roles. Then a piece called If Literature Were Written for the Gossip Columns

The Banana Man by Jerry Kirschen The first Sports Oddities by Jack Davis There was a Viceroy ad parody reprint by John Severin, then Jerry Kirschen again. Two pieces by John Severin The centerfold was Sylvester P. Smythe's ancestors as portrayed by Jack Davis.

There was The Cracked Intelligence Test, a piece called When It All Started about blood pressure by Jack Davis, Cracked Headlines, How Some of Our Customs Began by John Severin, then this piece by Jack Davis again. This, by John Severin, was a one-pager. Illustrated Limericks by Jack Davis, another Sports Odditiespage, and Nursery Rhymes by Russ Heath. There was a New York Times ad parody by John Severin, and he also did something about new kinds of cinema called Smell-O-Rama Another installment of When It All Started by Jack Davis about Ponce deLeon, real ads for their mail-order company Horror House, a solicitation for subscriptions, the back cover was another fake ad, spoofing ads for many ads for cruises by John Severin.