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MADtv

  • TV Series
  • 1995–2016
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
13K
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Alex Borstein, Michael McDonald, Will Sasso, and Debra Wilson in MADtv (1995)
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A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.

  • Creators
    • Fax Bahr
    • Adam Small
  • Stars
    • Michael McDonald
    • Debra Wilson
    • Aries Spears
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,834
    679
    • Creators
      • Fax Bahr
      • Adam Small
    • Stars
      • Michael McDonald
      • Debra Wilson
      • Aries Spears
    • 113User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 16 wins & 73 nominations total

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    Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald
    • Various…
    • 1998–2009
    Debra Wilson
    Debra Wilson
    • Various…
    • 1995–2016
    Aries Spears
    Aries Spears
    • Various…
    • 1997–2016
    Bobby Lee
    Bobby Lee
    • Various…
    • 2001–2016
    Mo Collins
    Mo Collins
    • Various…
    • 1998–2016
    Nicole Sullivan
    Nicole Sullivan
    • Various…
    • 1995–2016
    Alex Borstein
    Alex Borstein
    • Various…
    • 1997–2009
    Will Sasso
    Will Sasso
    • Various…
    • 1997–2016
    Stephnie Weir
    Stephnie Weir
    • Various…
    • 2000–2007
    Frank Caliendo
    Frank Caliendo
    • Various…
    • 2001–2007
    Nicole Parker
    Nicole Parker
    • Various…
    • 2003–2009
    Phil LaMarr
    Phil LaMarr
    • Various…
    • 1995–2000
    Ike Barinholtz
    Ike Barinholtz
    • Various…
    • 2002–2016
    Keegan-Michael Key
    Keegan-Michael Key
    • Various…
    • 2004–2009
    Jordan Peele
    Jordan Peele
    • Various
    • 2003–2008
    Crista Flanagan
    Crista Flanagan
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    • 2005–2009
    Arden Myrin
    Arden Myrin
    • Various…
    • 2005–2009
    Pat Kilbane
    Pat Kilbane
    • Various…
    • 1997–2009
    • Creators
      • Fax Bahr
      • Adam Small
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    User reviews113

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    fliphop

    was good & memorable

    i shall not forget the humor of this show. skit: a couple goes into a fertility counselor. after extensive conversation the fertility counselor discovers that the couple does not know about 'the birds and the bees'. she whispers it to them and they both get up and say 'Oh my God! that is disgusting!" and storm out of the room. HAH! There were lots of skits as good over the years. I'll always remember the hopped up UPS guy trying way too hard to do his job.
    gluba2000

    Made My Decision...

    I made another review on MAD TV and at the time I wasn't a big a fan as I am now.

    I love MAD TV! It's much funnier then SNL!

    SNL only gets good ratings because it's SNL, people remember that it was ONCE funny and figure that it's still funny...either that or they're brain dead!

    MAD TV has some really funny parodies and a lot of funny recurring characters, though some of them can get annoying (Kenny Rogers is a bit annoying and Marvin Tikvah is annoying) but some of the better recurring characters are Dot, Angela, Lorraine, Stuart (can get to be annoying, though.)

    The celebrity impressions are hilarious!

    They poke fun at George Bush and John Kerry (the sketches from the current season, season 10, are hilarious!)

    They've also done celebrity parodies such as Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah, Martha Stewart, Whitney Houston, Renee Zellwieger, Ashlee Simpson, O.J Simpson, and the list goes on and on!

    I think MAD TV is very underrated and just shun it out because it's not SNL!

    MAD TV has some very talented cast members and it's too bad that they're looked over just because they're not on SNL!

    MAD TV can have some misses sometimes, but mostly all the time it's hits with hilarious sketches!!!

    If you've never seen MAD TV then catch the reruns on Comedy Central or watch it on FOX, Saturdays at 11 PM!
    Smells_Like_Cheese

    Started out as one of the funniest TV shows out there, but has gradually slid down these past couple years

    The first time I saw "Mad TV" I was hooked. This show was very funny and had a lot of brilliant sketches. From "OJ Simpson Bloopers" to "N'sync: The Movie" this show had non-stop laughs. The best cast was from 1997-2001. Unfortunately, Nicole Sullivan and Will Sasso left the show and it went down. Every Saturday I looked forward to seeing a new episode, and now it's not that big of a deal anymore. It's not as funny and creative as it used to be. But I would recommend seasons 1-6 any time. Those were the great episodes. Now, it's getting a little too sexual and racist. It's also not as original anymore. I'm sure that most "Mad TV" fans would agree as well.
    7Keyan-the-Eagle144

    Started out good but got stale towards the end

    I must admit I didn't get into this show until the late 1990s, but when I did I found many of the sketches very funny. Especially the fake commercials and the Bill Clinton impersonations by Will Sasso. This show was really funny while the sex scandal was happening in Washington DC with Clinton and Lewinsky. I used to stay up late on Saturdays watching this and it seemed so funny. But in the 2000s it started going stale. The parodies seemed less funny and more stupid. Sure, there were both stupid and funny sketches during the show's heyday, but it went downhill after a while. I never got to watch Saturday Night Live, but this was the closest I could get to the late night sketch comedy shows. And even though it's probably not on the air anymore (except maybe on Comedy Central on cable), I can watch the sketches on YouTube and they're just as funny as they were in the 1990s. But don't let the fact that the last few seasons of MadTV tanked scare you off; just go on YouTube and watch some funnies. I know I did!
    Hypno-2

    Pleasent Suprise...

    Got to tell you when i first saw this tv series i thought it would be cancelled. being goofy and a little corny but they started taking more risk and its gotten hysterical sure sometimes they cross the line to ok thats it. but hey they still rule and it i think it will soon replace SNL.

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    Related interests

    Bill Pullman, John Candy, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, and Lorene Yarnell Jansson in La Folle Histoire de l'espace (1987)
    Parody
    Peter Sellers in Dr. Folamour ou : comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe (1964)
    Satire
    Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in Key and Peele (2012)
    Sketch Comedy
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    Slapstick
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    Comedy

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    • Trivia
      In his autobiography, Artie Lange says that he was fired during the second season due to drug abuse. He says that the cast and crew attempted to have an intervention for him, but he fled the studio.
    • Quotes

      Doreen Larkin: Stuart, what does mama say about little boys who eavesdrop?

      Stuart Larkin: Little boys who eavesdrop deserve to know the truth, and the truth is usually devastating.

    • Alternate versions
      Episodes of "Mad TV" when shown on TNN, are reduced to a half hour while Fox has hour long episodes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Mad Tv Theme
      Written by Heavy D and Da Boyz

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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mad TV
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Girl Group Co.
      • Bahr-Small Productions
      • David Salzman Entertainment (QDE)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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