The Painful Demise of Cracked

#Cracked

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[DabbyDom]

Because of Cracked, I believed I could make money writing on the internet. Because of Cracked, I know that I should keep my day job.

[dyanasbdoriginalchannel]

I loved "Honest ads." From Roger.

[joecastro]

Best was OPCD with Daniel "the maniel" O'brian.

[-RTC-]

Man I read a lot of Cracked from 2011-2014. Some of those articles were actually really interesting. But at some point the articles got weaker and weaker

[khiclark]

They let go of Honest Commercials. I loved that show

[BELCAN]

"That Old Guy" is Roger, by the

[deemjeffrey]

I loved After Hours. All four of the actors were so hilarious. Everything on After Hours was poignant, interesting, and really compelling. Daniel O’Brien is one of the hottest guys on the entire internet.

[annme_]

The Cracked video team are some of the loveliest humans I've ever met. I met them at a con and had them sign the After Hours poster they used to sell in their merch store. And they were the same engaging, friendly geeks that they are in their videos in real life. Jack even made special arrangements for me to meet up with them because DOB hadn't been able to stay for the meet and greet.

I didn't expect them to show up, but they did and they talked with my friend and I in a nearly empty auditorium for almost an hour.

They were at the same convention the next year and not only did they remember me, but Soren paid for my lemonade when we all wound up in line at the same drink stand. (I waved at them, but gave them space because I didn't want to be a weird stalker fan girl) Katie initiated conversation with me and said they remembered me from the year before. Just super nice people.

[stormcrowlegendary]

I didn't know it died. I thought YouTube just stopped throwing it my way.

[ninjajagyr]

Company: "wow this (fill in the blank) is pretty popular/making money. Let's buy it, put money into it, and then change it a bunch to the point where its no longer the same, because we obviously know how to make money better than this already successful (fill in the blank)."
*(fill in the blank) dies*
Company: "what went wrong?"

[glorygloryholeallelujah]

*Obsessive Pop-culture Disorder* and *honest ads* are STILL some of my favorite YouTube videos.

[DarkcIoud]

I remember on day I noticed I hadn't watched a Cracked video in awhile and thought maybe Youtube unsubscribed me or something. When I checked their page, I saw they hadn't released anything in about 3 months and when I looked into it I read the video department was fired: sad really.

[mophead_xu]

amazing. i stumbled upon cracked just this year and binged their series of recapping movie series (final destination, saw, etc). whenever i take a look at the comment section i always get the sense that there's a long and shared known history of the channel that i've never known about, but also wasn't too curious to find out meself. it wasn't until today when i saw cracked made a community post about one of their hosts contacting the channel about ideas on how to revive it. finally got curious enough, and found this video. thanks, mate.

[ichiyamamoto]

I'll always miss After Hours. That group was my surrogate family/friends. I'd look forward to every month when they release a new video. They got me through many long years.

[noaboahQR]

I loved after hours and more news. Thank god cody made a youtube channel called even more news that shit is great

[JOman]

I know what turned me away from the website was the overwhelming ads. The mobile site was unusable due to ads constantly redirecting the web page.

[shellsnbees]

Absolutely loved cracked and the writers that worked for them so much. Daniel O’Brien is my fav! Missed the laughs and facts and live chats a lot! Thank you for this subject I’m very interested In this one

[siennahartle]

I still rewatch after hours. Hope they bring it back or something like it now that the channel is active again.

[jamesanthony]

Season 2 of People Watching was crowdfunded. The campaign finished just before they laid off the video department, which is why they are (or were) still coming out.
Also, you should totally have hired the Honest Commercials guy to do a 30 second ad at the end of your video.

[CarbonKnights]

I used to love Cracked, I'd read at least an article a day and even put in a few myself (they weren't accepted, but they were really nice about it) but every time I go there now, it's just sad...