Cody Johnston
Cody Johnston is Cracked.com columnist, video writer, performer, editor, FX artist, music dude, animator, and professional scientist.
Guest Appearances
All The Insane News Donald Trump Stopped You From Noticing
The news: if you’ve read it since the fall of 2015, it’s been nothing but Donald Trump stories, and Opponent Of Donald Trump stories, and the sports section (which is also kind of Trump news). That’s insane, right? Isn’t there an entire…
Listen5 Ways Donald Trump's Lies Are Trying To Break Your Brain
Hey there, you awesome person you! Congratulations: you’ve survived several months of a Donald Trump presidency. And double congratulations: you’re pushing through this dark period despite having to experience it with a human brain. Our brains feel stress about everything from large…
ListenInception
In 2010, Christopher Nolan pissed off Batman fans around the world by taking a break in between Dark Knight movies to make an original film about dream thieves. Inception went on to become a genuine phenomenon, grossing only slightly less money than…
Listen2016 Year In Review In Review
2016 is almost over. Yes the endless, rotten sh*t hurricane of a year that took away Bowie, Prince and Florence Henderson and gave us Trump, Harambe and the Zika virus is finally drawing to a close. So, to give this b*tch a proper viking…
ListenWe Finally Solved the Dog vs. Cat Debate
Ever since we started letting friendly wolves and tiny tigers into our homes a few thousand years ago, society has been split into two camps: dog people and cat people. Sometimes the battle lines are drawn across gender lines; the term cat-lady…
ListenDumb Movie Tropes That Need To Die Already
Our main bread and butter at Cracked is pointing out the little things in movies that either brainwash our society as a whole, or are just simply so overused that they annoy the bloody hell out of us. We've covered in our…
ListenInsane Internet Fan Theories
As we've previously covered on the site, before JK Rowling had even finished the 'Harry Potter' books, an interesting fan theory started popping up on Potterverse fansites. The speculation went that perhaps the chosen one wasn't our boy Harry, but actually lovable…
ListenMemes and the Internet Hive Mind
Memes started out as the secret handshake of the Internet -- a way to let your peers know that you too were up-to-date on the latest cat macros and misspelled quotes from Japanese video games. But now the Internet has changed, and…
ListenUnsucking 'Star Wars'
Dan O'Brien, Michael Swaim and Cody Johnston just finished filming their own take on the 'Star Wars' universe. This week they sat down with Jack O'Brien and came up with some advice for how Disney might unfuck the series. Lightsaber shields and arrows!…
ListenMind-Blowing Alternate Endings to Famous Movies and TV Shows
In part two, Jack O'Brien invites Cracked writers Soren Bowie, Cody Johnston, Michael Swaim, and director Abe Epperson into the studio to offer their alternate endings to 'The Dark Knight Rises,' 'Wall-E,' 'Forrest Gump,' and 'Breaking Bad.'
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