Mad

It's basically Robot Chicken for kids though more hit or miss. Some people like it some people don't. I'm more in the middle. I feel like the first season was hilarious and as the show progressed it got less and less funny. One thing that stayed great were the Spy vs Spy segments. They were so inventive. Interestingly they were claymated in later seasons. A lot of the gags parodying ads and infomercials were funny and clever. If you like parody then i'd say check it out. If not you can probably skip this.

I remember on Cartoon Network back in the late 90s that TV-Y7 was the norm. Sometimes PG, but only movies. Why does CN feel the need to shove out so many TV-PG shows out recently, especially if THIS is what happens?

Well, I watched an episode. Actually, I TRIED to watch MOST of the episode. Didn't happen. Maybe kids who appreciate the fact that they get to watch big boy stuff will enjoy the crudeness, but how this aired more than one episode is beyond me. Seriously, I bet the worst Teletubbies episode can outdo the best Mad episode.

Because of this, I'm going to rip off other shows like Robot Chicken and try to make it suitable enough for kids. Then, I'm going to replace any possible profound comedy with shock value actions like puking or turds blowing up or whatever the hell happens on a regular basis. Sounds lame? Because it is lame.

Just when you thought Cartoon Network, oh excuse me, CN couldn't get any worse, they air this pile of monkey feces. You wouldn't believe how awful this show is unless you watched it yourself, I watched a couple of them and my brain felt numb after seeing just one.

The parodies consist of mashing up two or more pieces of pop culture with an idiotic, lazily thought up puns for titles like Mouse MD or Naru210 or Jersey Thor. Barely any of these made me laugh, truthfully the scenarios and jokes could work if it was done by people who had an actual sense of humor. These skits are reminiscent of the disastrous travesties made by Seltzer & Friedberg; same lazily inspired parodies where they barely know nothing about what they're parodying, we're expected to laugh simply because they're there and because they mash these references together. Actual jokes? References to the subject being satirized? Who needs that when you could just come up with lame, nonsensical drivel and pass it off as satire.

Perhaps the worst thing about this show is the animation, Oh my Lord this makes Adventure Time look like Paprika. If you watched these you'd swear it was one of those awful youtube animations. How did these people even get into the animation industry? The designs for celebrity live action characters look like Saddam & Mel Gibson from South Park, only badly done and unfunny.

Here's my proposal to those in charge of CN because obviously they're gonna read this review, hire people who actually have a brain, a sense of humor and respect for the audience. Stop hiring fresh out of college rookies to be in charge of shows and please do not hire stoners. Watch some of your classic programming that put your channel on the map, see what they did and try to follow their example by coming up with creative concepts, lovable characters and material that people of all ages can enjoy. While Adventure Time & Regular Show are mediocre, they're a step in the right direction, but MAD is ten steps back.

Although I am not familiar with the "Mad Magazine", I know that this show is hilarious. All it is, is a lot of juvenile humor mixed in with topical stories and poking fun at celebrities and movies. Some of my favorite episodes are "Star Blech" and "Mouse MD". I urge everyone to watch those to get a feel of the show. However I do I have one issue. The 15 min runtime is somewhat upsetting. Imagine the hilarity that could come from a half hour or even a full hour (but that is just wishful thinking). Many of the older generations will find this show rude, crude and sometimes inappropriate, but remember this show is not aimed for you, and if you don't know who the celebrities are or have seen the movies, well then you can get lost and miss out on the jokes. All in all, it is a silly show that will keep you laughing. (At least for 15 min).

Jesus,and i thought Supernoobs was horrible, but this makes Supernoobs look like a well made anime. MADtv was a good show that had a successful run, but cartoon networks incarnation of MAD,is just,horrible.If you hate cartoon characters, than MAD understands you,which is why i hate it, it generally portrays cartoons characters as prissy wimps or annoying gays, although some cartoon characters are classified as normal, they betray Spongebob as a 1 dimensional laugher,and betray the Backpack from Dora as a Pokemon Tool and a Mr men character as a tool only for getting killed,and they usually use DC,Marvel,Star wars,and live action movies/shows that were stupid if not horrendous. What Robot Chicken Did to win my heart is making the characters of any sort normal as if they were doing a scenario in their franchise along with ruining your child hood, but MAD likes to make a parody with other licensed characters to make it a bootleg ripoff of the actual movie, like imagine if Bugs Bunny and Pinkie pie were in a spy movie parody, do you want to see that, no one wants to see characters crossover with characters that don't mix well, and even if it is a pony lover's fantasy, it wouldn't work, like in Rainbow Dash and Bernstein, it mixes a hit/miss Disney show with a horrible fan fiction and the make the puppet a mind slave, what they could've done is make them meet the Muppet. You know what bugs me, the animation is to tacky that some of the parodies look horrible. I you have an encounter with this show, then you'll get mad easily.