ASS VENTORO, PEST DEFECTIVE

ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE (1994)
dir:Tom Shadyac

Ace Ventura- Jim Carrey
Melissa- Courteney Cox
Lt. Einhorn- Sean Young
Emilio- Tone-Loc
Ray Finkle- Dan Zuckert
Dan Marino- Himself

ASS VENTORO, PEST DEFECTIVE
CRACKED #291, August 1994
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Walter Brogan

Lou Silverstone was a long-time MAD writer. He had been writing for Cracked for a while pseudonymously and after he stopped getting calls from MAD defected to Cracked full-time, eventually becoming editor.

Everybody knows who Jim Carrey is. This was the movie that put him on the map. He had been doing stand-up comedy and bit parts for years before this and was one of the featured players of In Living Color (MAD parody coming up when I get to the Is). This gave him a chance to do his whole mugging slapstick bit.

The mascot's name is Snowflake.

Nancy Kerrigan was an Olympic skater whose career was sabotaged when her leg was broken by her rival's boyfriend. An imitation of her was part of Jim Carrey's budget Robin Williams act.

The punchline of the actual movie is that all along Finkle has had his penis tucked between his legs and was pretending to be the female police lieutenant. A somewhat transphobic ending, but I guess in this parody Ace is bi? You decide.

MAD rarely did parodies of broad comedies like this, but Cracked aimed towards a younger audience.