(CNN)-- I blame Wacky Packages for making me the man I am today. At 9 years old, I became hooked on the Topps-brand sticker series of product parodies, which recast Cap'n Crunch as "Cap'n Crud" and ...

If you were a young fan of Mad Magazine's outrageous and sometimes edgy humor in the '70s, chances are you also collected Wacky Packages—the hilarious parodies of everyday products that felt like they ...

A box of the first edition of Wacky Packages sold for $79,300 this weekend at Heritage Auctions, a record for the franchise. The previous record paid for a sealed box was $63,084, set in Dec. 2022 at ...

We all know that pop culture in the ’70s and ’80s was a little less… supervised. Kind of like our time outside. I mean, “It’s 11 o’clock… do you know where your children are?” So with little parental ...

When it comes to creating parody in the post-ironic world, the tools available to us are plentiful and democratic. Spend a half hour with Photoshop and your throwaway burst of creativity can ...

Of course you remember Wacky Packages, those collectible cards that substituted "Weakies" for Wheaties, "Plastered Peanuts" for Planters and "Blunder Bread" for Wonder Bread in comic ads. They were a ...

Somewhere, in a junior high school locker, sits a faded sticker: “Weakies, the Breakfast of Chumps.” Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free ...