The Mario Kart series is a magical franchise. In the decades since its inception, it has strengthened as many friendships as it has shattered. Despite being a development studio whose audience is primarily children, Nintendo sure has a knack for making the most frustratingly competitive games. Heck, the only games that top Mario Kart in terms of injecting tension into friendships are Super Smash Brothers and Mario Party. Although new entries Mario Kart franchise continue to release, we all have…

Time for some Mario

Decades of trained specialists are waiting in the wings to show their niece and nephew how it's done on Super Smash Bros– no mercy

You already know what it is, it's your boy Stephen with a relatively new show on Cracked where he absolutely skewers your favorite films. Last episode we discussed 1993's Illuminati masterpiece, Super Mario Bros. This week on the Skewer Stick is this year's controversial The Super Mario Bros. Movie . No Chris Pratts were hurt in the making of this video.

There's a fan theory that Jack Black is actually just Rick Rolling us all

Do nostalgic posts about your childhood in the 90s and early 2000s send you into a existential panic, but in a fun way? Well, then have I got the memes for you. TikTok videos exalting classroom Christmas parties from our childhoods are the most emotionally crushing of recent nostalgia posts. They feature a wistful rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in the background, featuring old images of kids watching the Poler Express, playing in the snow, and just generally celebrating t…

It feels like people have been skewering The Super Mario Bros. Movie since it was announced that Chris Pratt would be voicing everyone's second favorite Italian plumber (I'm a Luigi gal, okay?). But we need to talk about the Super Mario Bros. movie that preceded it - the aptly titled Super Mario Bros. Despite its star-studded cast (the late Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi) and strong Illuminati vibes, the movie isn't talked about enough. Until now. In this special episode of Ci…

We'll see you guys on the other side of the Rainbow Road.

What kind of meme would you like today? You don't know? Maybe one with cats? Well, have I got the meme list for you. There are so many memes circulating in the stratosphere at any given moment it's hard to really hone in on what you want. Choosing a list of memes to scroll through is almost as hard as deciding on what movie or TV show to watch. Do I want to have a nice night in with Bowfinger , King of the Hill, or a list of hilarious memes that will take me less than 3 minutes to scroll throug…

Close your eyes and take a deep breath . Be sure to breathe from your diaphragm slowly and intently. Count your breaths. Are there a lot? If so, you're doing this wrong. Tense up your body, but not too much. Now relax it. Are you feeling generally tense from me telling you what to do? If not, you're doing this right. If so, shut your piehole. Nobody cares about your opinion anyways. Try to let your thoughts float by. Do not meditate on them. Do not acknowledge their existence. They can smell yo…

Spanish singer Rosalia went viral on Twitter this week for her exaggerated expressions while performing her song "Bizcochito." Multiple videos have raised of her in different outfits doing the same movement, appearing to be miming chewing gum. The goofy videos have gotten the meme treatment so much that nobody can seem to get Rosalia off of their Twitter feed. If you'd like to consume all of your Rosalia memes in one concentrated gulp, then you've come to the right place.

We are staunchly in the summertime , which means there's no escape from the indomitable orb of the sun and the atmosphere's various strategies of humidifying. Remember, this isn't the hottest summer of your life; it's the coldest summer of the rest of your life. While summertime might be the seasonal favorite of many, I tend to prefer autumn. My favorite thing about September, October, and November is guessing what will be seasonally appropriate to wear. Every day is a different story, resultin…

Are you tired? Do you want to go back to bed? Are you a sleepy baby who doesn't want to go to your pathetic little job? Well, you don't have to! After all, you're a baby, with no responsibilities or bills or cleaning or anything to do except for consuming media. In fact, it looks like you're on the fast track to becoming an iPad baby. Do you know what an iPad baby is, you ignorant infant? An iPad baby is a gross toddler who can't look away from their filth-encrusted tablet for one second, even…

Did you know that Mario first appeared in a Japanese Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981? Though some say he was originally called "Jumpman," he was actually unnamed in the original Japanese game. Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto didn't expect one of his modest side characters to become so popular, but when the little plumber started gaining a fanbase, Miyamoto decided to call him "Mr. Video." Mario was originally intended to be a sort of recurring background character who would make cameo appeara…

Gotta love accidental memes

Put that controller down. It's time for some memes.