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FIrst? by Gunslinger1919	Nov 12th, 2008 04:17:30 PM
Woohoo!
Boo F-ing Hoo by Angry Mike	Nov 12th, 2008 04:18:39 PM
I mean, Who F-ing Cares.
Sadly.... by Gunslinger1919	Nov 12th, 2008 04:18:40 PM
the only good thing about SNL lately has been the sporadic appearances of Fey and Pohler...both of whom are gone. When they're not involved the skits suck like a vacuum. Someone needs to take a gun to this show and put it out of its misery or give it an overhaul.... --G
Angry Mike.... by Gunslinger1919	Nov 12th, 2008 04:19:29 PM
Getting back on topic...completely agree....I thought Mad TV went the way of the Dodo years ago....
Dooooont , Look what i can do FAIL MUTHA FUCKER FAIL by fisheater	Nov 12th, 2008 04:21:08 PM
It was racist, sexist, offensive shit Bobby Lee was a funny cunt though
MAD TV is still on? by BackRiverCatfish	Nov 12th, 2008 04:21:29 PM

SNL SUCKS!!! by Roketopunch	Nov 12th, 2008 04:21:38 PM
There was a time(2 years ago) when MAD was better than SNL. I quit watching SNL because the writing was horrible. I never went out of my way to watch MAD but when I did I laughed.
P.S. You obviously care Angry Mike... by Roketopunch	Nov 12th, 2008 04:23:07 PM
You posted twice.
About time by ChocolateJesus	Nov 12th, 2008 04:25:18 PM
Should've happened fourteen years ago.
Comedy Central Midday Syndication... by AdrianVeidt	Nov 12th, 2008 04:30:29 PM
...never speaks highly of a show. Mad TV was the white man's response to In Living Color, and somehow found humor in the white trash of this nation. It was unintelligent and overbearing in its comedy. And I know some would make the argument it WAS smart and though it definitely was on some levels, they overdid everything to the point of annoying monotony.
was good once... by Zeegloo	Nov 12th, 2008 04:32:40 PM
Before every SINGLE sketch was centered around a tired, one-note character that got an enthusiastic WOOO HOOOOO every time they got on stage... let's see... Stewie, his mother, Dot, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Rusty, Kenny Rogers... ugh. Sadly it actually was funny once. Then all the cast became to go to people for such comic masterpieces as Date Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie. I say it was bound to happen. Not like anyone on here is upset :-D
THIS RAN 14 YEARS?!? by Nasty In The Pasty	Nov 12th, 2008 04:35:21 PM
I guess that the show's cast will only have new Selter/Friedberg "spoof" movies to fall back on now...
Debra Wilson... Will Sasso... by Zeegloo	Nov 12th, 2008 04:35:53 PM
Both still hilarious.
MAD TV is still on the air???? by Varakor	Nov 12th, 2008 04:36:01 PM
holy shit I thought that show was long time cancelled. I'll be damned. Comedy Central should pick them up and give them a friday night spot, since they show them 20 times daily anyway.
I didn't even know that shit was still on. by Stuntcock Mike	Nov 12th, 2008 04:37:27 PM

YES! THANK YOU! WAY TO GO FOX! WOO HOO! by damagedinc	Nov 12th, 2008 04:38:06 PM
Man, I've always hated MadTV. When it debuted back in 1995 or so, I was a freshman in high school. I was so excited that Mad Magazine was going to have a show and I imagined the weird world of Wlliam Gaines, Al Jaffee, Sergio Aragones, Don Martin, Dave Berg, etc, coming to life. I thought it was going to be the best show on television....and it wasn't. All we got were some lame Spy vs. Spy shorts. I know there are a lot of fans of the show out there, but it did no justice to the Mad Magazine tradition. Man, I totally love Mad Magazine...
And why did you just change it from "Dumps" to "Flushes"? by AdrianVeidt	Nov 12th, 2008 04:41:27 PM

And now you've thrown "Glork" on there. by AdrianVeidt	Nov 12th, 2008 04:41:58 PM
Seriously, Herc?
aries spears had his moments by mrgreentheplant	Nov 12th, 2008 04:44:39 PM
amidst the utter shit that filled the rest of the show
This reminds me to pick up a copy of by skimn	Nov 12th, 2008 04:44:44 PM
Artie Lange's Too Fat To Fish. Just to read about his doing coke in his car while made up as a pig for a Baywatch sketch....good times, good times.
Has anyone ever really watched this? by JediRob	Nov 12th, 2008 04:46:45 PM
I was always curious as to what demographic watched this show. Most younger people aren't watching TV on Saturday nights, and if they were i can;t imagine them watching this somewhat lame sketch show. It was on so long though I assume someone was watching. Those Spy vs Spy toons were awesome.
I was never that big a fan of these folks... by Lobanhaki	Nov 12th, 2008 04:47:14 PM
I mean, even at SNL's worst, it was funnier than MadTV. I mean, it's one thing to write jokes as if you're sure some people are stupid, it's another thing entirely to right them as if they are all stupid.
Will they move up Spike's Talk show to 11pm? by skimn	Nov 12th, 2008 04:47:50 PM
That show actually has had some good laughs.."Comedy For Stoners", him harassing folk as a "Fox News" reporter...
MadTV had a handful of classics by skimn	Nov 12th, 2008 04:50:44 PM
The edited-for-TV Sopranos (Will Sasso was a ringer for Gandolfini), Apocalypse Rudolph, their blaxplotation spoofs...umm, thats about it.
Didn't they do a Sex Toy Story parody? by kravmaguffin	Nov 12th, 2008 04:58:24 PM
That was funny and I thought Will Sasso as Steven Seagal was funny.
13 seasons too late!!!! by Thrillho77	Nov 12th, 2008 05:03:29 PM
Wooo!!!
show was fucking stupid anyway by Ironhelix	Nov 12th, 2008 05:03:50 PM

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy! by SilentP	Nov 12th, 2008 05:04:05 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!
MAD! YOU'RE SOOOOO...CRAAAZY! by UMAGA	Nov 12th, 2008 05:08:17 PM
I thought it was good in the 90s.
14 years? Really? by br1947	Nov 12th, 2008 05:17:15 PM
how damned sad it took them this long to kill that shit.
Really was nice to have an alternative to SNL by worldofwarcraft	Nov 12th, 2008 05:20:20 PM
Forget Saturday night tv. Whatever happened to TGIF on ABC? I use to love that stuff. Though I'd get depressed after Sabrina would be over, and I'd still be in my apartment on a Friday night. Then I'd go out and deal with some real teenage witches.
Do I still get to see them play Guitar Hero this week? by Flim Springfield	Nov 12th, 2008 05:20:32 PM
Just kidding, I won't be watching.
No looka like the book! by SanityKaos	Nov 12th, 2008 05:26:38 PM
What a crappy show based on a really great magazine! It had hardly anything in common with the book! The humor wasn't even the same!
Hadn't been funny in years... by Paul T. Ryan	Nov 12th, 2008 05:27:47 PM
Oh well, at least its finally been put out of its - and our - misery.
Thank Fucking GOD!!! by SenatorJeffersonSmith	Nov 12th, 2008 05:32:54 PM
This show has been fucking shit since about, oh, 1996 or 97. It figures that Nicole Sullivan got her own show and now this one shits the bed. She was the only halfway funny thing on the show anyway.
Will Sasso was the only one I found funny by the milf lover	Nov 12th, 2008 05:52:41 PM
and Debra Wilson was great too, she's funny enough to be making movies. But Sasso as Steven Seagal and Kenny Rogers' Jackass are classic, as is the Terminator Jesus bit someone else mentioned. "Stop killing Judas!" But MadTV must have been real cheap to produce to last so many years, considering how Fox keeps cancelling great primetime shows after barely a dozen episodes.
Re: SNL's ratings surge: No Palin to lampoon, no ratings. by CreasyBear	Nov 12th, 2008 05:55:02 PM
As the election hoopla fades, so will the ratings. Not to be a . . . what do the kids call it, a "hater", but there's no resurgence in quality, only the Fey-Palin bounce.
The iRack by Chief Joseph	Nov 12th, 2008 06:02:45 PM
That was only good recent sketch that I can remember. The show probably should've been axed after Sasso left.
To quote Michael DeLuise on Gilmore Girls... by JesusSavedIn01	Nov 12th, 2008 06:12:05 PM
HUZZAH!!!
Count good MadTV Skits on one hand by Alientoast	Nov 12th, 2008 06:22:07 PM
The Rankin Bass Rudolph parodies like Raging Rudolph were great. I also liked the Terminator/Jesus skit. "GET DOWHN!!!!" shoots the Roman legionaries
The thing that hurt it most........ by BigDogg	Nov 12th, 2008 06:28:55 PM
.....was the fact that they would tape the show weeks in advance, making topical humor more difficult and forcing them to rely on creating characters in a time when the market wants more topical material. Also, the current cast doesn't do much for me.
I know it was dumb... by 'Cholera's Ghost	Nov 12th, 2008 06:32:22 PM
But the Coach Hines sketches made me laugh hard. Also, there was this other one where there's the shark scientist and they play footage from Jaws: The Video Game that I thought was masterful (OMG Those Poor People!). Anyone see that?
THANK YOU! by zooch	Nov 12th, 2008 06:45:57 PM
Finally! Death to bad comedy!
Finally by Heckles	Nov 12th, 2008 06:53:09 PM
Other than that soon-to-be-tits-up unfunny fat ass on Stern, has anyone made a career from this show?
damn by thegimik	Nov 12th, 2008 07:02:48 PM
well i never really watched a full hour, but it did kill the time between 11 and 11:30. And WTF am i going to do without Bobby lee's naked ass running across my screen once a week?
HOT DOG!!!! by yubnubrocks	Nov 12th, 2008 07:04:06 PM

Yes! by DeadPanWalking	Nov 12th, 2008 07:12:34 PM
This is the best news since Obama was elected. Finally, this country is turning things around. A sane president here ... a cancellation of Mad TV there ... and bingo! I don't have to move to Costa Rica anymore!
But seriously, by Chief Joseph	Nov 12th, 2008 07:46:41 PM
The show was good at one time. I agree it has sucked for the past 4 or 5 years, though.
didn't they have decent musical guests from time to time? by Loosejerk	Nov 12th, 2008 07:54:00 PM
Didn't The Cure play on there?
Great sketch comedy by robertplant	Nov 12th, 2008 07:59:48 PM
can be found at LMPcomedy.com Really funny stuff and they have huge stuff on the way.
COPY CORRECTION: by alice 13	Nov 12th, 2008 08:11:19 PM
TINA FEY is pulling SNL'S best ratings in 14 years.
About 13 Years Too Late by ZooTrain	Nov 12th, 2008 08:17:47 PM
They cancel "The Ben Stiller Show" after 13 episodes, let Mad TV run for fourteen years. In those fourteen years, I laughed once. Once. "The Sopranos on PAX" amused me. That's it. Awful, awful show.
It peaked at Crimes, Misdemeanors & Payback by tangcameo	Nov 12th, 2008 08:22:11 PM
and that Drunken President who trades Aerosmith for Saskatchewan sketch. Artie Lange MUST have been on coke to have pronounced Saskatchewan correctly.
How may castmembers will join SNL? by EyeofPolyphemus	Nov 12th, 2008 08:42:31 PM
One or two, I would imagine, no?
This was still on? by jimmy rabbitte	Nov 12th, 2008 09:09:12 PM

FRANK CALIENDO by Zeegloo	Nov 12th, 2008 09:09:51 PM
Who can forget his John Madden popcorn popper skit? That was hilarious. Not to mention, his Robin Williams and George Bush were spot on. He was their last hope though.
Kenny Roger's Jackass was awesome! by Juemad	Nov 12th, 2008 09:24:23 PM
As was Kenny Roger's Punk'd.
This show was pretty funny its first season... by Juemad	Nov 12th, 2008 09:31:12 PM
Mad TV - The Complete First Season on DVD. I'll add this and The Best of Will Sasso (should they release it) to my collection.
SNL's ratings to tank now... by GeorgieBoy	Nov 12th, 2008 09:46:59 PM
Since Obama won. They won't dare lampoon the Messiah!
Time For A Late Night Sitcom by mjgtexas	Nov 12th, 2008 10:00:06 PM
It should have happened long ago.
hopefully comedey central will follow suit by Timahh	Nov 12th, 2008 10:07:51 PM
and replace it with sports night/mr.show/golden snl years or any of the other much better stuff they used to syndicate.
should have let it die after season 2 or 3 by MurderMostFowl	Nov 12th, 2008 10:11:36 PM
Nicole Sullivan, Debra Wilson and Phil LaMarr have all gotten their recognition, but Dave Herman, Bryan Callen, and Orlando Jones have never gotten the props they deserve. They rocked. I still laugh from the sketch where Orlando Jones goes to see a sex therapist with his wife and we find out he and his wife don't know what sex is. No one else in the world could have pulled that off.
I always found Nicole Sullivan weirdly hot by terry1978	Nov 12th, 2008 10:58:50 PM
She's been a straight butterface since 1995, which is when I was a junior in high school(shit this show is long in the tooth), but she was one of the reasons I watched, because she was one of the few seriously funny females.
They Should Put It On HBO Or Showtime!!! by Media Messiah	Nov 12th, 2008 11:41:35 PM
Yes, HBO or Showtime is the best option, that way they can get very adult in terms of material, including introducing vulgar language, sex scenes and nudity. This would be ort of SCTV or Saturday Night Live gone adult entertainment. PS--Add in a little Def Comedy Jam stand-up like segment to the proceedings, and you'll have a big cable hit here!!!
you and me both terry by wash	Nov 13th, 2008 12:42:11 AM
The show declined rapidly after Nicole left. And it was never as good as it's first few years anyway.
It sort of took a dive when the fat guy left by chien_sale	Nov 13th, 2008 03:20:59 AM
then again SNL has been awful for years too
MAD TV is the FOX NEWS of Comedy : by PTSDPete	Nov 13th, 2008 07:18:10 AM
And it was STILL FUNNIER than SNL most times. Especially the horrid sissy pansy 2005-2006 season one up 'til their fucking Hillary bullshit. Guess the Tina Fey / Palin brought the last nail on their coffin, huh ? Or was it the 44th President-Elect of the United States ?
Has Susan Sarandon hosted SNL? by tonagan	Nov 13th, 2008 07:20:46 AM
It was always a shock when she'd pop up on Mad TV.
Will Sasso is great, Bobby Lee should fade by Larry Sellers	Nov 13th, 2008 07:26:02 AM
Bobby Lee epitomizes everything that's ever been wrong with the show. Seems like that kid in class whose jokes everyone laughed at even though they were never that funny and he wouldn't shut the fuck up so I broke his nose laugh now fucker. Whoops. What's Sasso doing now? Some lame sitcom?
what a shitty show by just pillow talk	Nov 13th, 2008 07:30:14 AM
SNL for the most part sucks too, but I can tell you it generated way more laughs for me than this stupid show.
Re: by PTSDPete	Nov 13th, 2008 07:36:29 AM
It was only funnier vs the SNL 2005 + season. Which says a hell damn lot about the quality in those post-Will Ferrell times.... Mad TV was indeed racist, stupid and conceited filth. Bobby Lee was practically the new ministrel act, yet he doesn't seem to know it more than Rob Schneider . That Korean person was a vapid, unintelligible, Repug window-dressing of hate. And, I recall again how I got my eyes blurring red over that Nicole Sullivan bitch and her randomly vicious ' I'd rather hump your oil wells 'dig on some stand-in Arab; which wasn't worth shit. So, good riddance and FUCK THEM. Maybe Mr. Bobby Lee would now actually try learning comedy beyond stuff that puts food on the table in his Bush society. And knocks it out of the park with the Joe The Plumber/ Sarah Palin crowd.
this is just like fox, getting the fans hooked and then cancelli by punto	Nov 13th, 2008 08:11:48 AM
after only 14 years! those fuckers got me again!
Jesus Christ Artie Lange has gotten fat! by Leafar the Lost	Nov 13th, 2008 08:27:50 AM
I could care less about Mad TV, because I as not aware it was still TV. However, I have not heard from Artie Lange since Howard Stern was taken off free radio. He was always a big guy, but Jesus Christ (yes?) it looks like his weight has exploded. I am putting him on my dead pool, and recommending he get lap band surgery. He may not survive gastric bypass surgery.
Got Cancelled because it's not funny by LeftFoot	Nov 13th, 2008 08:29:43 AM

The regular characters all sucked by _Maltheus_	Nov 13th, 2008 09:11:54 AM
The original skits were alright and in many cases better than SNL (not that there's a high bar there), but all of the recurring characters like Stewie and the UPS guy were unwatchable. It's not that they wore out there welcome, it's that they were never funny. Just like Letterman, they'd get cheers, instead of laughs. As for SNL, Phil Hartman was the only good thing about that show for the last 20 years.
Have to agree by frozen01	Nov 13th, 2008 11:22:11 AM
I thought this show got cancelled about 5 years back. I remember one skit called XXX-Files which was freaking hilarious, but probably only to X-Files fans with a sense of humor. Other than that, it sucked. Just like SNL sans Fey/Palin. How did anyone watch that crap before the election gave them material?
Too Bad by hst666	Nov 13th, 2008 11:28:56 AM
I liked it. I usually record both this and SNL. I usually have to scan through both to find the good stuff, but there were funny bits on Mad TV.
late 90s MAD TV was SO MUCH BETTER than SNL at the same time by JimCurry	Nov 13th, 2008 11:33:01 AM
no comparison really...
ARTIE FUCKING LANGE!! by Fart_Master_Flex	Nov 13th, 2008 11:42:59 AM
Bring Too Fat to Fish on yo!!!
Arite Lange is the luckiest man on planet Earth... by Coughlins Laws	Nov 13th, 2008 12:38:49 PM
He's really not that funny. He's almost OD'd twice while with Howard, has attacked two co-workers, and still keeps his job which has undeservedly turned him into an A-List comedian, which he would not be if Howard Stern didn't love him for some unknown reason. He's OK as a comedian (I've seen tape of his stand-up) but he certainly would not be a headliner of the large venues he sells out if not for his connection with Stern. He owes his entire carreer to Jackie Martling and Norm McDonald. If Jackie never quit the show, Arite would be driving cabs in New York. His level of fame and earning power just don't match his level of material. And, judging by his looks, it's unbelievable he's still alive. And anyone that listens to the Stern show can here what a disgusting guy he is and how disrepectful he is towards women. It's also embarrassingly creepy to hear and see him grovel over the naked women they convince to get on the "Sybian" and think about what a sweaty, gross pig he is drooling over these girls yound enough to be his daughter. Whenever Stern has on strippers or porn-stars, he's unlistenable. How old will he get (he's now in his mid-fifties) before he stops being a pervert and having girls younger than his daughters in the studio naked and tickling them? It's just really creepy for that studio filled with old and ugly men fooling around with 20 year-old naked girls all the time. And he wonders why he's not taken seriously...
This is Great and Bad news by LaneDobler	Nov 13th, 2008 01:13:10 PM
GREAT news, the show that hasn't been funny for like 8 years is finally going away, the bad news. more FrankTV and more free time for them to star in Friedberg / Seltzer abortions
Oh shit, it was still on the air? by Orcus	Nov 13th, 2008 02:26:44 PM
Seriously Orcus had'nt watched it in about 10 years. So is Cracked' TV coming soon?
Orcus! by just pillow talk	Nov 13th, 2008 02:28:02 PM
What's new? Still laying low I see...
David Herman by Olsen Twins_Fan	Nov 13th, 2008 02:55:34 PM
Always thought that he was really funny. Wish he worked more. Other than than, Mad TV was horrible.
Of all the guys over the years I saw on MadTV, I think by Coughlins Laws	Nov 13th, 2008 03:53:14 PM
Will Sasso was the best. I'm surprised that he hasn't parlayed his stint their into some kind of carreer. He should have wound up the fat neighbor or quirky friend somewhere. Michael McDonald was pretty good, too. He and Bobbi Long have been the only bright spots on that show for the last 5 years...
Will Sasso as Elvis... by Ravetin	Nov 13th, 2008 04:24:06 PM
was the funniest shit ever. Also Phil Lamarr's "Little hassan taylor" is seriously underappreciated.
Olsen Twins_Fan by LaneDobler	Nov 13th, 2008 06:23:25 PM
I agree with you 100% about David Herman, he was the main reason I kept watching it, his "drunken president" sketch was one of the funniest in memory, I really wish he would do more live action work and not just King Of The Hill.
will sasso by GavinVanDraven	Nov 13th, 2008 11:45:31 PM
does increadible arnold and seagal impressions. that right there is some of the funniest shit i have ever seen.
JPT! by Orcus	Nov 14th, 2008 09:35:56 AM
Yep, Orcus is lying low. Been spending too much time on Facebook playing Mob Wars, Gangster Battles, Knighted and such. Orcus pops in once in a while to see if folks are pissing in his archives and to give them the fucking boot. Orcus is not dead...not yet :)

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