Cracked
#178
(July 1981)
Major Publications,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, April and June
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Major Magazines
- Barcode
- 0746741425407
- Editing
- Bill Sproul (credited) (editor); Marion Sproul (credited) (associate editor); Joe Catalano (credited) (contributing editor)
We Get Hung-Up on Diff'rent Strokes!
Sylvester P. Smythe; Diff'rent Strokes / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Colors
- John Severin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Sylvester P. Smythe; Willis Jackson; Philip Drummond; Arnold Jackson
Cracked Poster #178: Cracked Automatic Digital Weather Forecaster
Cracked Poster / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
Indexer Notes
2 page text poster on inside front and back covers.
[Table of Contents]
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Writers for the magazine are listed in the Table of Contents, but not attributed to the individual stories.
Writers: George Gladir; Randy Epley; Daniel Gutman; Paul Laikin; Charles Brown; Elaine Ozimok; Harvey Sheirr; Steve Doroba; Deborah Anderson; Alex Tamborrino
[no title indexed]
Lettuce from Our Readers / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Audry Irvine, Jim Tryon, Art Pembroke, Sal Carunto, Ken Knobel, Tommy Williams, Rosalie Bedlington, Dan Dillard, Ann Ivancich, Robert Carl, Wally Maxwell, Mike Riley, Virginia Bedlington, Charlotte Hellman, Jerry Lowsky and Raymond Jansons.
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Conold; Woolies; Mr. Drummer; Dimberly Drummer
- Synopsis
- A satire of the television show DIFF'RENT STROKES.
More Believe it or Not
Believe it or Not / photo story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- 10 captioned photos.
Why Is It That...
Why Is It That... / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Orehek
- Inks
- Don Orehek
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
The Cracked World of Staying in Shape
The Cracked World / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
How You Picture a Business Operates and How It Really Does
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Whitehead (signed as S. B. Whitehead)
- Inks
- Sam Whitehead (signed as S. B. Whitehead)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
Cracked Visits a Hollywood Movie Set
Cracked Visits / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
The Cracked Movie
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Catalano (sourced)
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as Nireves)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as Nireves)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Sylvester P. Smythe; Rhoda; Nanny Dickering; Frankie; Blob; Alfred E. Neuman (in shadows)
- Synopsis
- A musical featuring the Cracked cast of characters searching for a kidnapped Nanny Dickering.
Absolutely, Unquestionably, Positively, Undeniably, the Very, Very, Last of the Cracked Lens (and we really mean it this time, for sure!) Part III
The Cracked Lens / photo story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- 15 captioned photos.
Other "No Frills" Items and Services
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Orehek
- Inks
- Don Orehek
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
Little Known Baby Pictures
Little Known Baby Pictures / photo story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- President Jimmy Carter; Fidel Castro; Henry Kissinger; Sylvester Stallone; Beatles [George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr]; Marie Osmond; Reggie Jackson; Steve Martin; Muhammad Ali; Bruce Jenner; Henry Winkler
- Synopsis
- 10 captioned photos with celebrity faces superimposed on kids bodies.
Cracked Interviews the Vacation King
Cracked Interviews / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nanny Dickering; Mr. Cy Cotic; Mr. Frumpduster; Mrs. Frumpduster; Mrs. Candorfer; Mr. Candorfer; Don Ho Ho
- Reprints
-
in Biggest Greatest Cracked (Major Publications, 1965 series) #19 (Fall 1984) - in Cracked Blockbuster (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #3 (Summer 1989)
-
Shut-Ups!
Shut-Ups! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Orehek
- Inks
- Don Orehek
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
We Get Hung-Up on Diff'rent Strokes!
Sylvester P. Smythe; Diff'rent Strokes -
1.
Cracked Poster #178: Cracked Automatic Digital Weather Forecaster
Cracked Poster -
2.
[Table of Contents]
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Lettuce from Our Readers -
4.
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes -
5.
More Believe it or Not
Believe it or Not -
6.
Why Is It That...
Why Is It That... -
7.
The Cracked World of Staying in Shape
The Cracked World -
8.
Cracked's Look at Superstitions
Cracked's Look -
9.
How You Picture a Business Operates and How It Really Does
-
10.
Cracked Visits a Hollywood Movie Set
Cracked Visits -
11.
The Cracked Movie
-
12.
Absolutely, Unquestionably, Positively, Undeniably, the Very, Very, Last of the Cracked Lens (and we really mean it this time, for sure!) Part III
The Cracked Lens -
13.
Other "No Frills" Items and Services
-
14.
Little Known Baby Pictures
Little Known Baby Pictures -
15.
If Newspapers Emphasized Good News
-
16.
Cracked Interviews the Vacation King
Cracked Interviews -
17.
Shut-Ups!
Shut-Ups! -
18.
Great Moments in Communication: Brother Horatio Invents the First Copying Machine!
Great Moments
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Morbus Iff
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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