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  • Sep 12, 1998
  • FOX
  • Sep 12, 1998
MADtv

Summary A similar show to Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, sketch comedy series MADtv mines the world of popular culture for subjects ripe for parody. Based on the comic stylings of MAD magazine, the series satirizes celebrities, music videos, television shows, and more through outrageous sketches, a unique assembly of recurring characte...

  • FOX
  • Sep 12, 1998
  • FOX
  • Sep 12, 1998
MADtv
Season 4
15 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 12, 1998
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Summary A similar show to Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, sketch comedy series MADtv mines the world of popular culture for subjects ripe for parody. Based on the comic stylings of MAD magazine, the series satirizes celebrities, music videos, television shows, and more through outrageous sketches, a unique assembly of recurring characte...

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Episode 1 • Sep 12, 1998
Vivica A. Fox
Open: Ms. Swan; There's Something About Monica; Keanu Reeves School Of Acting; Al Gore Sex-U-Up; Nerve Gas; 976-SWAN; Sonny's Widow and Cher Show; Rusty: Dorm Room Roommate; Funky Walker: Vivica Fox; Spy vs. Spy; Savante With Usher.
Episode 2 • Sep 19, 1998
Episode #4.2
Episode 3 • Sep 26, 1998
Episode #4.3
Episode 4 • Oct 3, 1998
Episode #4.4
Sketches: H90210, He Got Gay, Nuts, Donnie and Marie, Just Between Us Girls, Sir, Judge Magic, Pudding Problem.
Episode 5 • Oct 12, 1998
Episode #4.5
Sketches: Swan-Notized, Sprtiz-a-Mist, Talking American, Lily: Dead Body, Trina and the Baby Shower, The Rosie Show, The Negotiator, Encore: Olsen Twins, Horde Now Hiring.
Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1998
Halloween Spooktacular
Sketches: Open: Vancome/KISS, Swan Halloween, KISS Action Figures, Mad-O-Ween, Kenny Rogers Duets Of A Lifetime, Stuart Halloween, KISS My Parents, KISS Vs. Michael Jackson, What'd You Get?
Episode 7 • Nov 7, 1998
Episode #4.7
Sketches: Little Hassan Taylor, Saving Ryan's Privates, Johnson JeoParty, Lowered Expectations, Intensity, Melina and Lida's Parlor Of Beauty and Stuff, HMO, Storytime With Mr. Sasso, Encore: When Babies Attack, Bill and Hilary Aftermath.
Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1998
Episode #4.8
Sketches: Vancome Game Show: Tcha, You Know What?, Clinton Commemorative Plates, Love of My Life, James Brown: 1000 Faces, Rusty: College Bowl, Blades, Antonia: Switched at Birth, Dad Dance, MADClassic: Terms of Imprisonment.
Episode 9 • Nov 21, 1998
Episode #4.9
Sketches: One True Impact, Cooking With Kenny and James, Thanksgiving Stuffing, Snapshot Stories, Stuart's Thanksgiving, Darlene McBride's Thanksgiving Album, Happy Thanksgiving Misadventure, Ms. Swan, Lida and Melina.
Episode 10 • Dec 5, 1998
Shaquille O'Neal
A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine. Sketches: Erascists-Middle East, Comedy of Riggs and Murtaugh, Meet Jo' Black Mama, Lowered Expectations, Woody Allen Action Flick, Pass It On, Forgive or Forget.
Episode 11 • Dec 12, 1998
Episode #4.11
Sketches: Yule Blazers, A Very Rusty Christmas, Paul Timberman's Workshop, Stuart Christmas, Storytime With Mr. Sasso, A Vancome Carol, A Very Magic Kwanzaa Special, Swan: Sharpest Image.
Episode 12 • Jan 9, 1999
Episode #4.12
Sketches: Head of the Family, Comedy of Steven Seagal, Saturnology, Shaunda-Ladies Room, Riggs and Murtaugh-Hospital, Bris-o-tine, At Home with Ellen and Anne, Madtv Classic: Swantonia, Sally Kowalski-Sports Bar.
Episode 13 • Jan 16, 1999
Episode #4.13
Sketches: Spishak Mach 20, The Celine Dion Martin Luther King Day Special, Introducing Bunifa, Will's Little Sister, Snapshot Stories, Lowered Expectations, Swan ATM Scam, The More You Know: Charlie Sheen, Pimps Say the Darndest Things.
Episode 14 • Jan 30, 1999
Episode #4.14
Sketches: Just Dial, Antonia: Super Bowl Coin Toss, Snowflake, Riverboy, Vancome Vendor, Kenny's Super Bowl Half-Time Salute, Gap Troll, Encore: Cocoa and LeBlanc.
Episode 15 • Feb 6, 1999
Episode #4.15
Sketches: Antonia Perfume, Behind The Movies - Randy Newman, Bunifa: Big Top Circus Burger, The Artist Formerly Known As The Prince Of Egypt, Bret Hart Sketch Gone Bad, Stuart Goes To The Doctor, Music Video: Alanis Morrissette "Wash Me".
Episode 16 • Feb 13, 1999
Episode #4.16
Sketches: Magic PSA, Tres Companeros, Bunifa's Dating Game, Swan at the Movies, Harrison Ford, Cooking for One, MADtv Classic: Antonia and James, Old Man Sasso-Valentine's Day.
Episode 17 • Feb 20, 1999
Episode #4.17
Sketches: Ally McMeal, Turbo-product, Goodnight Dad, Patch Kevorkian, Threshold, Change of Heart, Blameless in Boulder, Courthouse Steps, Stepmom II, Encore: Sleaze Lawyer.
Episode 18 • Feb 27, 1999
Episode #4.18
Sketches: Paul Timberman's Workshop: Lazy Susan, Music Video: Vancome Lady Featuring Mase "It's A Vancome Life", Dishing the Dirt, Welfare Boardgame, Stuart: Photographer, Son of Dolemite, Arm Wrestling Grudge Match.
Episode 19 • Mar 13, 1999
Episode #4.19
Sketches: Gap Tyson, Todos En La Familia, UBS Guy: Video Store, Stuart Plays Tee-Ball, Snapshot Stories: Aries Spears, Felicity, Singing Telegram, Erascists: St. Patrick's Day, Arma Get-It-On, Encore: Lean Bulime.
Episode 20 • Mar 27, 1999
Episode #4.20
Sketches: Honeydipper Dan, Yassir Arafat's Party Tricks, I Know What You Need, Heroin PM, Rusty Does a Commercial, Catwoman Cable, Happy Folger Wedding, The Hustler, Madtv Classic: I Love Lucy.
Episode 21 • Apr 10, 1999
Episode #4.21
Sketches: Urge-Away, My Gay Dad, Fired Up, Rubberman, Coffee Guy: Starstrucks, Kenny's Testicle Exam, Rocket Revengers-Super German, Tammany-the Date, MADtv Classic-Klumps.
Episode 22 • May 1, 1999
Episode #4.22
A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine. Estrella Viaje, Eracists Behind the music, Rosie and Howard, Melina and Lida, Bunifa and Springer, Shaunda: Holding tank, Police Babes: Pigs in the city, Sudsy Soap Laundry Detergent.
Episode 23 • May 8, 1999
Episode #4.23
Sketches: Jeffersons '99, Swan Noir, Sylvia, Snapshot Stories: Debra, Rocket Revengers-Atlantica, Handicapped Repairman, MADtv Classic: Switcheroo.
Episode 24 • May 15, 1999
Episode #4.24
A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine. sketches: Whose Idea Was This Anyway? Shhh, Snapshot Stories: Mo, FANatic: Donny Osmond, Lorraine at the Market, Falconman and Birdboy, MADtv Classic: R&B Meeting.
Episode 25 • May 22, 1999
Episode #4.25
A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine. Sketches: Hey, It's Ice. Virginia Slims Aerobic Dance Competition Finals, Spore Attack '99, Vancome: MADtv Misadventure, Cold Angry Bed, An Actor's Nightmare, Lorraine Buys A Car.
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Michael McDonald

Various, Carrie Bradshaw, Capt. Von Trapp

Debra Wilson

Various, Lowered Expectations Guide, Oprah Winfrey

Aries Spears

Various, James Brown Jr., Talkin' American Host

Bobby Lee

Various, Kim Jong-il, Johnny Gan

Mo Collins

Various, Miranda Hobbes, Cher

Nicole Sullivan

Various, Vancome Lady, Antonia

Alex Borstein

Various, Ms. Swan, Charlotte York

Will Sasso

Various, Kenny Rogers, Bill Clinton

Stephnie Weir

Various, Dr. Kylie Johnson, Bree Van De Kamp

Frank Caliendo

Various, Al Pacino

Nicole Parker

Various, Julie Andrews, Christiane Amanpour, Ellen DeGeneres, Eloise, FOX News Anchor, Kathy Griffin, Lauren, Lucy, Maria Von Trapp, Susan Mayer

Phil LaMarr

Various, UBS Guy Jaq, Michael Jackson, Chance Cumulus, Desperation Lee, Frank Dillon, Announcer, Astronaut, Bank Teller, Barry White, Bernard Shaw, Black Superhero Ebony Phantom, Bob, Burger Nation Customer, Chance Culumus, Chris Rock, Customs Agent, Dean, Eracist Player Steven, Gary Granville, Isaac Washington, Juror, Justin Thomas, Kalvin 'Mudflap' Clarke, Lawyer, Louis Farrakhan, Lowered Expectations Voice, Michael, Nat King Cole, Officer Brockman, Principal Colbert, Puff Daddy, Santa, Secret Service Agent in Speedos, Self - Special Guest, Sidney Poitier, Spike Lee, Spishak Cola Taster, TGI Saturdays Customer, Therapist, Tupac Shakur

Ike Barinholtz

Various, Lynette Scavo, Rolfe Gruber

Keegan-Michael Key

Various, Barack Obama, Coach Hines, Al Roker, Eddie Thundercloud, Gabrielle Solis, Snoop Dogg, Tagger #1, Webster's Representative

Jordan Peele

Various

Crista Flanagan

Various, Anna the Mormon Wife, Brigitta Von Trapp, Ethel, Lo, Luanne Lockhart, Miley Cyrus, Opie, Webster's Representative

Arden Myrin

Various, Cindy McCain, Liesl Von Trapp, Portia de Rossi

Pat Kilbane

Various, Detective, Michael Eisner, Stan the Coffee Guy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, Billy Bob Thornton, Christopher Walken, Craig, Dinosaur Dog, Dr. Adam Bricker, Dr. Rubinstein, Father, Freezing Man, Homeless, Howard Stern, Husband, James Brolin, Jason Smith, Jay Leno, Kellerman, Kenny's Country Broasters Customer, Kid, Larry, Man Shot with Metal Spike, Marilyn Manson, Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris, Patti's Dad, Rich, Ricky Ricardo, Ricky from 'I Love Lucy '98', Roadkill Lunchmeat Megapress Dad, Robber, Sergeant, Smuggler, Spishak Baby Blaster Salesman, Student, Vanilla Ice, Vino

Ron Pederson

Various, Special Appearance, Special Apperance

Daniele Gaither

Various, Dolemite Girl #1

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Jun 27, 2013
Basically MAD TV has everything SNL has—the virtues and the defects.
By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW

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