Black and White Wednesday: "As the General, Young and Restless Hospital Turns" by Bill Ward

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Back during the Groovy Age, daytime dramas, aka Soap Operas, ruled daytime TV, the choices of shows numbering in the teens. Today, only four remain...and two of them can be found in this post's title: The Young and the Restless and General Hospital (45 and 55 years old, respectively!). Not sure who the writer is--according to the contents page of Cracked #137 (cover dated November 1976)--it could be Joe Catalano, George Gladir, or Epstein's Mother (if you don't get that reference, you weren't around in the Groovy Age, but we're sure glad to have ya here), but the artist is most definitely the great Bill Ward. Now, yers trooly was never a fan of soaps, but Dear Ol' Mom was, so they were always on. I did dig Cracked and Bill Ward, and I can still dig "As the General, Young and Restless Hospital Turns!"  Bet you'll dig it, too!

Black and White Wednesday: "Silver Streaked" with John Severin Art

Whoo-whoot, Groove-ophiles! Like a lot of 70s kids, Ol' Groove digs the Gene Wilder romp, Silver Streak. (Ol' Groove digs about any Gene Wilder flick, in fact). Not only was it a different type of character for Mr. Wilder, but it also teamed him for the first time with another comic genius--one who'd be Wilder's movie partner for even more classic comedies, of course I'm talkin' about, Richard Pryor. We're not watching the movie here (although you should if you get the chance), but we are looking at the Cracked parody of it from Cracked #143 (cover-dated August 1977). While, as usual with most Cracked parodies, "Silver Streaked" isn't nearly as funny as the actual flick it's poking fun at, but it does sport some far-out John Severin art!

Black and White Wednesday: "Small Is Beautiful" and "Cracked Looks At the T-Shirt Craze"

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Today Ol' Groove's gonna crack open a copy of Cracked (see why I liked Cracked better than Mad? You can't mad open a copy of Mad!)--issue 143 (cover dated August 1977) to be exact! The writers and artists (not sure about the writers, but John Langton and Howard Nostrand art the artists) had their crystal balls polished up big-time, baby! The first article, "Small Is Beautiful" takes miniaturizing everyday things to an extreme--but it kinda/sorta predicted where we'd go with things like computers, airline seats, and even houses (the Tiny House Movement)...

The second article, "Cracked Looks At the T-Shirt Craze" takes a twisted look at the very thing I'm wearing right now (and on every summer day, and a lot of fall, winter, and spring days)! Too bad they didn't predict the "tagless" part!