i didn’t like when they started announcing people’s names like SNL. people want to hear the theme song. Heavy D made a great song. i wish i knew the Lady singer’s name.
I think we all would still appreciate more than 1 well assembled sketch comedy series. SNL is my generation finally, been watching w my dad since I was a child over 30 years and now that’s it relevant to my generation it’s less entertaining lol.
The fact they had Phil LaMarr, David Herman and Nicole Sullivan even in the first season alone makes this superior to SNL. Like, look at the cartoon characters they would be known playing afterwards.
SNL is very hit or miss, there's a reason even the fans have to qualify which seasons to watch. But I always laugh at Mad TV. I think it's integral to my love of comedy. I would be a very miserable person without it.
The 1st few seasons of "SNL" (late '70s) featured, among the cast, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi (Jim's brother) & Gilda Radner. '80s seasons featured Gilbert Gottfried, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, & Victoria Jackson, among many others.
The season 5 intro was the classiest and well put together by far. 2:17 - The animation, motion graphics, opening titles, professional headshots of the cast. What a great show.
joshua opont Shows like this and ILC are what I love. Original content the problem is is when companies get too anal about money and quality goes to shit which is why I never blamed Keenan Ivory for giving up his own show
Aries Spears and Michael McDonald literally were the longest serving cast members of MAD TV, it's a shame they didn't stick it out until the end even though the show was literally becoming trash by season 10.
really before then even i mean anything great has to come to an end at some-point. someone else mentioned it to once they started making announcing the names a real staple i felt it kinda took from the show. it took away from the nature wow factor of these geniuses working together
This was before the digital antenna was invented. I remember watching this either on Sunday nights or weeknights on FOX 54. This theme song has been edged into my brain ever since. You gotta miss the 90s sitcoms or what I like to call these Skitcoms. Watching this has brought up my childhood memories
@Victor Higgins All That was a good show, I was still age appropriate when it first came out, but even then In Living Color was the all time greatest sketch comedy show on TV I couldn't get enough of it and I still often rewatch all 5 seasons every once in a while.
My top faves were Aries Spears, Phil Lamarr, David Herman, Key and Peele, Ike Barinholtz, and Michael McDonald. 1) True on the theme change, it sucks that such a gem like that theme was changed. 2) I can't believe David Herman is not on your list!!!!!!
Yeah. And when Stephnie Weir, Frank Caliendo, and Daniele Gaither left after season 11, Mad TV no longer destroyed SNL. Season 12 was good. But, the beginning of the end of Mad TV was season 13, and season 14 confirmed that Mad TV was over and done.
ThePatriots010304 Agreed. Seasons 11-14 is when the show was horrible. Season 11 started it. Mostly with the horrible use of many cast members, and the overuse of the unfunny new cast members Frank Caeti, Christa Flanagan, Nicole Randell Johnson, and Arden Myren. Then it would just get worse and worse until it’s complete collapse in Season 14.
From seasons 3-11, Mad TV destroyed SNL. But, you can tell that the show was declining after seasons 7-8. Stephnie Weir and Michael McDonald kept the show going strong. And then Weir left after season 11. And well..... 😢😭
The first two seasons were great too. The show felt a little more connected to the magazine. I do agree though that season 3 was where the show’s golden age began.
EXACTLY! 💯 They're Mad TV legends. Perhaps the only other female cast member to establish herself to be a legend as well was Nicole Parker. (Feel free to disagree with me.) But, even Parker wasn't on the level of Borstein, Collins, Sullivan, Wilson, and Weir.
Never liked Weir or Collins, but totally agree about the others being the best female cast members. The best of the males were Bryan Callen, Artie Lange, Orlando Jones & Phil LaMarr.
You can tell that they lost an integral part of their audio/visual team at the end of season 7. It happened to coincide with the departure of golden era cast. Mo Collins mid-season 9 exit was the ultimate downfall IMO.
It didn’t help that the departure of a lot of MadTV’s original cast also happened to coincide with SNL’s resurgence and what I see as their “golden age” of the early 2000’s
@@an0gr0brilver imo but yes as the 90s golden age SNL faltered a bit in the mid 90s due to several cast and taste in comedy changes, madtv came in as a serious contender. But as with all things the quality declined in madtv and SNL worked out it's enough of its issues to bring some stars like hader and Fallon to the front.
9:38 The Beginning of the End. The show was beginning to decline and they thought changing the format to SNL style was going to save it but by then a lot of the OG's were leaving because of other ventures, salaries, or budget cuts. I was really emotional when McDonald announced his departure and gave his goodbye at the end of his last season on the show especially since he was the TRUE last OG and was on the show the longest. Truly back in the day.
the baseline in the background of the first season's opening theme is "Notorious BIG - Warning". Just noticed this, after, like 20 years. That's why, if you notice after the first season, they removed the background baseline Riff. I'm sure Diddy (Puff Daddy, at the time) noticed it, as well, and sent theme a letter.
i think the reason it begin to falter was 1) all the sketches based on the MAD mag were gone, you can't call it mad tv w/o parts of MAD magazine. and 2) most of the "good" stars of the show started to leave.
Dortek96 And plus, they double down on the humor thanks to PC culture! Which defeats the purpose of MadTV! It supposed to be offensive but also self aware at the same time!
See what I saying, I saw the CW version of MadTV in 2016... I quit watching it only 3 episodes because the show fell like the water-down version of the legendary 1995 sketch comedy show and no amazing Heavy D intro. At least, Stuart and his mom sketch were the only good part in the 2016 version in my opinion. At least, the memories of MADTV reruns on Comedy Central religiously are there in my mind and CZcams videos.
I love and miss this show so much. Raw, gritty comedy. No punches pulled. No PC bulshit compared to today. The memories of this Brilliance only live on in my mind and on CZcams.
In Living Color and MadTV were the better sketch shows PERIOD. I only like 90s era SNL anyway, and it was mainly because of the controversial shit that usually happened during that time. They made my childhood.
She would be hilarious in these times. Random Character: I’m a non conforming, transgender, Lesbian, woman Ms Swan: ooooooh, ok ok, I tell you. Youuuu, Lookit like a man!
I only knew the cartoon network version because i grew up watching the cartoon network version which makes sense because this was around in the 90's and i was born in 2004.
Loved Debra Wilson, Mo Collins, Nicole Sullivan,.Will Sasso, Orlando Jones, Phil Lamarr, Mike McDonald , and Alex B where my favs. We watched this show every weekend as kids and teens❤️. Classic.
Yo same here. I had to stay up real late on Friday nights to see it. All those names plus pat kilbane. Fun times the late 90s! WINDSTORM 97!! BEE SWARM 98!!
i would have to sneak to watch this as a kid. i would try so hard to fight my sleep so i could watch this and tales from the crypt, until i discovered blank vhs tapes! thanks for uploading.
gotacallforvishal yeah that theme song was the whole gig. That was nostalgia in a bottle and it was cool the Michael McDonald stuck around but once the original cast filtered out it was like eh..
Mad TV was the longest-running Fox show ever after Married... with Children, The Simpsons, Cops, America's Most Wanted, The X-Files, King of the Hill, Family Guy, So You Think Can Dance, and Bob's Burgers.
Not gonna lie, I loved MAD TV but when Phil Lamar, Debra Wilson, and Aries Spears left the show, it became very hard for me to watch later seasons. However Jordan Peele, Bobby Lee and Ike Barinhoitz did hold my interest a little, but by the time MAD TV ended, the show was complete trash.
That's because Michael McDonald's characters were very popular at the time for the show rating. I like Kenan Thompson but I always forget he still with SNL.
MadTV beat the shit out of SNL back then. As long as I live there has never been a funnier sketch than Kenny Roger's Jackass. It's the funniest sketch in the history of all sketch shows.
On the basis of what? The complete body of work from SNL is miles ahead of Mad TV. In terms of cultural impact, politics, and music, SNL is second to none. Was Mad TV a good show? Yes. Did they have cast members that went on to do steady quality work after Mad TV? Yes. However, sketch comedies like SNL, Chappell’s Show, In Living Color, and Monty Python influenced the structure of modern sketch comedy, even copied. Looking at it from an objective viewpoint, Mad TV was as close to a competitor SNL ever had, and I give credit to FOX for not being afraid to go toe-to-toe with NBC, but it never made the dent SNL has. Mad TV deserves a seat at the table, but SNL is at the head of it. I want to know from you what you’re standard is based on?
@@cityhawk SNL had a 20 year head start bud. In an alternate reality where the shows both started in 1995, maybe Mad TV would've came out ahead. And if you named Chapelle's show in that list, you have to list MAD TV as well, mad pre-dated that show by nearly a decade. At the end of the day its all subjective but as a life-long comedy fan I could never get into SNL. SNL had this over-polished, over produced feel that felt like it was more concerned about being relevant than being funny at its core. SNL to me always felt more concerned with being a cultural movement than being a comedy show. MadTV to me always put the laughs first. It didn't care about the perception of the show, just the entertainment value, and that's what made it better to me.
Yooooo!! This shit STILL slaps. Makes me wanna cry because my mom was alive when we would be watching this😪😪 ngl i love having memoeries but the paaaaiiinnn is real ehen tou realize u can never get any of this back
the first intro is hands down the best. I never noticed until watching them all that the mad magazine references slowly disappear with each season. Imagine being called madTV based off a magazine and stop making any references to it.
I miss this show, in a lot of ways it was the final nail in the coffin for comedy without lines. You could say south park but that is another thing all together.
COPS, Americas Most Wanted and Mad Tv
that was a Saturday night for a kid without cable
I wish fox would never get rid of Saturday night shows in the first place.
Every single Saturday
and it was glorious
Agreed that was childhood at its finest
"Older Millennial" here, age 36. This WAS our childhood. Thx for uploading!! 👏
I'm almost 28, I am what is actually considered an "older millennial" but I'm assuming that was a joke lol
Younger Millennial. 30. Loved this shows as a kid
37 in da house
Older millennial age 38 and I agree best childhood ever
Heavy D doing the theme for 2 of the most iconic sketch comedy shows of the 90s....In Living Color and MadTV. King.
Funnily, I was considered MadTV the spiritual successor of In Living Color.
Oh Yeah! Legend
@@dexenationgracey1979 same MadTv is Living color child
@@dexenationgracey1979 agreed.
@@dexenationgracey1979 2 of In Living Color's writers were the creators of Mad TV (Fax Bahr and Adam Small)
the music is so 90s, i love it
Heavy D made a great theme song
@@AK-fj8yo I wondered why it was so catchy like In Living Color season 1 theme so Heavy D did them both. Thanks for that info
I miss the 90’s too including in living color
This beat went so hard...Ive been jammin to it in my head for 20 years
That would make 2 of us😊
0:00 Seasons 1 + 2
0:53 Season 3
1:33 Season 4
2:17 Season 5
3:07 Season 6
3:58 Season 7
4:48 Season 8
5:39 Season 9
6:43 Season 10
7:47 Season 11
8:51 Season 12
9:37 Season 13
10:19 Season 14
Thanks.
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Thanks for this
That Mad TV intro is so addictive. This brings back childhood memories of late night entertainment 😂❤
Debra Wilson is CRAZY talented!!
This actually made me cry.
Captain Unusual 😂😂😂😂😂 I didn’t cry but i felt that nostalgic god damn time flies kick to da nutz 😂😂😂😂😂
No!
why
@@spawnalsimmons7973 not you!
damn it
i didn’t like when they started announcing people’s names like SNL. people want to hear the theme song. Heavy D made a great song. i wish i knew the Lady singer’s name.
A K yes and then they stop using it
You don't recall in living color doing that as well?
It was Ms Swaaan
Sounds like Total
@@simonmarshall19 naaahh the high-pitch voice dont sound like them at aaall. the smoother parts maybe but i doubt it
I’ll give credit where credit is due. They went up against SNL when no one else wanted to, and did it for almost 15 seasons. Who else could say that?
I think we all would still appreciate more than 1 well assembled sketch comedy series. SNL is my generation finally, been watching w my dad since I was a child over 30 years and now that’s it relevant to my generation it’s less entertaining lol.
And they were better
I knew Saturday night was as gonna be lit when this came on after Fox news
The fact they had Phil LaMarr, David Herman and Nicole Sullivan even in the first season alone makes this superior to SNL. Like, look at the cartoon characters they would be known playing afterwards.
86-93 (Golden Years 2.0) SNL was deeper and more talented. They practically had anyone they wanted.
SNL is very hit or miss, there's a reason even the fans have to qualify which seasons to watch.
But I always laugh at Mad TV. I think it's integral to my love of comedy. I would be a very miserable person without it.
Phil Lamar became a voice actor after he left Mad TV
The 1st few seasons of "SNL" (late '70s)
featured, among the cast, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris,
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi (Jim's brother)
& Gilda Radner. '80s seasons featured
Gilbert Gottfried, Eddie Murphy,
Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
& Victoria Jackson, among many others.
The season 5 intro was the classiest and well put together by far. 2:17 - The animation, motion graphics, opening titles, professional headshots of the cast. What a great show.
Number 1 was the best. The artwork was too clean.
Mad TV was golden era
"in living color"
joshua opont Shows like this and ILC are what I love. Original content the problem is is when companies get too anal about money and quality goes to shit which is why I never blamed Keenan Ivory for giving up his own show
???
All That seasons 1-5 are also good
Aries Spears and Michael McDonald literally were the longest serving cast members of MAD TV, it's a shame they didn't stick it out until the end even though the show was literally becoming trash by season 10.
really before then even i mean anything great has to come to an end at some-point. someone else mentioned it to once they started making announcing the names a real staple i felt it kinda took from the show. it took away from the nature wow factor of these geniuses working together
Michael McDonald stuck around, he became a writer for the shows 14th season
@@zacharypeery4082 ya he was around forever...he kinda was a bigface n I wouldn't be surprised if they through him a couple more xtra dollar too
Don’t forget Phil Lamar. He been around since the beginning
IfBobby Lee’s podcast is to be believed, neither of those two were nice behind the scenes.
This was before the digital antenna was invented. I remember watching this either on Sunday nights or weeknights on FOX 54. This theme song has been edged into my brain ever since. You gotta miss the 90s sitcoms or what I like to call these Skitcoms. Watching this has brought up my childhood memories
I had no idea this show went on for as long as it did. It was weird to see the SNL-like intro's as the seasons progressed.
Yeah those last few season intros were wack
Me either i think i stop watching at 8
That was part of the problem-those also happened to be the worst seasons.
Saturday nights on FOX at 11pm
And 10 Central & Mountain
“That’s it for the news. Up next Mad TV!”
Yeah good times.
Anyone else had this song randomly come up in their head after 15-20 years?
I watched Trapped in the Cupboard
It's much shorter than that!
They didn't need the announcer. That was just a weird "trying to be like SNL" move.
Right 😕
It's interesting to watch how the intros became more and more SNL-like with each season.
1:33 Season 3 had the best overall intro. It was very on brand and represented the true essence of what Mad TV was.
That’s season 4. 1 & 2 shared an intro.
Season 4 better
@@kingammo6090 that was season 5 not 4
Heavy D knew what he was doing when he produced this song
So much better then SNL !
Facts bro
Until it got to season 10 and beyond then MAD TV became just as much as trash as SNL.
Mad TV - 👍🏻🖒🏻 SNL - 👎🏻🖓🏻
@Victor Higgins All That was a good show, I was still age appropriate when it first came out, but even then In Living Color was the all time greatest sketch comedy show on TV I couldn't get enough of it and I still often rewatch all 5 seasons every once in a while.
@Victor Higgins MADtv->SNL
Mo, Stephanie, Nichole, Alex, and Michael were my top faves.
That theme change really sucks though, they never should have changed it.
My top faves were Aries Spears, Phil Lamarr, David Herman, Key and Peele, Ike Barinholtz, and Michael McDonald. 1) True on the theme change, it sucks that such a gem like that theme was changed. 2) I can't believe David Herman is not on your list!!!!!!
Once Mo Collins left I was broken not having Stuart and his mom. Those skits killed me 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah. And when Stephnie Weir, Frank Caliendo, and Daniele Gaither left after season 11, Mad TV no longer destroyed SNL. Season 12 was good. But, the beginning of the end of Mad TV was season 13, and season 14 confirmed that Mad TV was over and done.
the last season was sad with just bobby lee and keegan as the only big stars. they should never have killed the theme song either.
I agree.
Season one has the best opening (RIP Heavy D) and commercial transitions.
I didnt know that was heavy d...wow😮😲
The black and white one is the best one. Every cast member looks great in those magazine profiles.
Boy do I miss the 90's when things were so raw and everybody didn't get butt hurt over little things . I just loved this show it was raw and funny .
what a treasure Michael McDonald is
3-10 were the prime seasons. Season 3 is where the show really took off and after season 10 is where it went downhill.
ThePatriots010304 Agreed. Seasons 11-14 is when the show was horrible. Season 11 started it. Mostly with the horrible use of many cast members, and the overuse of the unfunny new cast members Frank Caeti, Christa Flanagan, Nicole Randell Johnson, and Arden Myren. Then it would just get worse and worse until it’s complete collapse in Season 14.
3-7was the best season ever
*4-9
From seasons 3-11, Mad TV destroyed SNL. But, you can tell that the show was declining after seasons 7-8. Stephnie Weir and Michael McDonald kept the show going strong. And then Weir left after season 11. And well..... 😢😭
The first two seasons were great too. The show felt a little more connected to the magazine. I do agree though that season 3 was where the show’s golden age began.
I remember watching this with my best friend after school in middle school. They did reruns in the afternoon. Good times.
I gotta get a region free blu ray
Back when shows had creative intros
Debra Wilson, Alex Bornstein, Nicole Sullivan, Mo Collins, and Stephanie Weir were the best female cast members hands down!! They made the show.
EXACTLY! 💯 They're Mad TV legends. Perhaps the only other female cast member to establish herself to be a legend as well was Nicole Parker. (Feel free to disagree with me.) But, even Parker wasn't on the level of Borstein, Collins, Sullivan, Wilson, and Weir.
Never liked Weir or Collins,
but totally agree about the others
being the best female cast members.
The best of the males were Bryan Callen,
Artie Lange, Orlando Jones & Phil LaMarr.
I never noticed before watching this. Deborah Wilson was there since the first season.
In living Color and MadTv were the best. God I miss when tv was funny.
Godddddd that's cute
You can tell that they lost an integral part of their audio/visual team at the end of season 7. It happened to coincide with the departure of golden era cast. Mo Collins mid-season 9 exit was the ultimate downfall IMO.
It didn’t help that the departure of a lot of MadTV’s original cast also happened to coincide with SNL’s resurgence and what I see as their “golden age” of the early 2000’s
@@an0gr0brilver imo but yes as the 90s golden age SNL faltered a bit in the mid 90s due to several cast and taste in comedy changes, madtv came in as a serious contender. But as with all things the quality declined in madtv and SNL worked out it's enough of its issues to bring some stars like hader and Fallon to the front.
No Mo, No Show, as they say.
9:38
The Beginning of the End.
The show was beginning to decline and they thought changing the format to SNL style was going to save it but by then a lot of the OG's were leaving because of other ventures, salaries, or budget cuts. I was really emotional when McDonald announced his departure and gave his goodbye at the end of his last season on the show especially since he was the TRUE last OG and was on the show the longest.
Truly back in the day.
the baseline in the background of the first season's opening theme is "Notorious BIG - Warning". Just noticed this, after, like 20 years. That's why, if you notice after the first season, they removed the background baseline Riff. I'm sure Diddy (Puff Daddy, at the time) noticed it, as well, and sent theme a letter.
I just heard it
Sounds the same for r like 5 of the iterations.
It didn't feel like MAD TV anymore after Season 12. I still love them all though. Season 8 was & still is my favorite intro.
8, 9, and 12 were my favorite intros
i think the reason it begin to falter was 1) all the sketches based on the MAD mag were gone, you can't call it mad tv w/o parts of MAD magazine. and 2) most of the "good" stars of the show started to leave.
You are absolutely correct it just went south after 12...my fave intro will always be the original.
When they start adding the name call when the show airs , I stopped carrying when they played the intro
@@insearchof9903 Hear, Hear.
Mad TV should return for one last final season with every single cast member ever be apart of it.
Dan Henry i believe they returned last year on CW with some of the original members, but it didn't went so well
Dortek96 And plus, they double down on the humor thanks to PC culture! Which defeats the purpose of MadTV! It supposed to be offensive but also self aware at the same time!
Lavon Media I think it was more that it was on Tuesday night on CW. But yeah u can’t do the stuff like anymore
I think why it ended probably since the show is so old some people might have died so maybe they had to end it because it can’t be MADtv without them
See what I saying, I saw the CW version of MadTV in 2016... I quit watching it only 3 episodes because the show fell like the water-down version of the legendary 1995 sketch comedy show and no amazing Heavy D intro. At least, Stuart and his mom sketch were the only good part in the 2016 version in my opinion. At least, the memories of MADTV reruns on Comedy Central religiously are there in my mind and CZcams videos.
ahh i miss good ol' MadTV
Wow what a nostalgia trip! :D
Yea kinda
Aries Spears Michael McDonald Mo Collins and Alex Borstein were my favorite cast members!
When they started announcing people's names instead of having an intro, that's when MADtv started to die.
I love and miss this show so much. Raw, gritty comedy. No punches pulled. No PC bulshit compared to today. The memories of this Brilliance only live on in my mind and on CZcams.
Alex Borstien, Michael Mcdonald, Mo Collins, Will Sasso, Aries Spears Debra Wilson and Nicole Sullivan ✅
Man this brung so many memories before cable late night
The end is not worth it. The original is one of the best tv intros ever
A bit of a shame Alfred E. Neuman was never utilized in any of the intros after Season 3.
In Living Color and MadTV were the better sketch shows PERIOD. I only like 90s era SNL anyway, and it was mainly because of the controversial shit that usually happened during that time. They made my childhood.
Yep. SNL hasn't been consistently funny and great since prior to 1998.
@@JamesASharp don't forget Chappelle show
Have you seen any '70s/'80s "SNL"?
You knew you were up late as a kid when this played. And they you'd keep watching till you got busted.
I was allowed to stay up late on saturday nights to watch Mad TV
@@gator9339 oh wow, and also nice.
Never the same without Alex Borstein. Love Ms Swan! :)
Yea I tell you.
He looka like a man
She would be hilarious in these times.
Random Character: I’m a non conforming, transgender, Lesbian, woman
Ms Swan: ooooooh, ok ok, I tell you. Youuuu, Lookit like a man!
Her too.
He look like a man
Omg 3rd Season cast is so full of GOLD!!
Comedy Central: your watching MAD tv
Cartoon Network: your watching MAD
saturdays nights at 11pm as a kid whenever I was home. man those were the dayss
4:43 wow i just realised taran Killam worked in both madtv and snl
I only knew the cartoon network version because i grew up watching the cartoon network version which makes sense because this was around in the 90's and i was born in 2004.
Season 4 and 5 have the best cast from top to bottom
This looks like something that would air on MTV in 2002.
MTV used to be watchable. Even if it wasn’t focused on music videos. But it’s what made it enjoyable for the time.
Mo Collins and Alex Borstein were major hotties back then.
Stray Dog Nicole Sullivan too
I love all the girls from Mad TV.
I liked those girls too. Beautiful & Pretty & Gorgeous.😍😻💘 ❤💓💕💖💗💙💚💛💜🖤💝💞💟❣💌✌🏻🤞🏻🖖🏻✌🏻🤞🏻🖖🏻🤘🏻🤙🏻👌🏻👍🏻🖒🏻
orlando jones and phil lamar both hung out at the golden apple comic book store during their run on the show
Loved Debra Wilson, Mo Collins, Nicole Sullivan,.Will Sasso, Orlando Jones, Phil Lamarr, Mike McDonald , and Alex B where my favs. We watched this show every weekend as kids and teens❤️. Classic.
Yo same here. I had to stay up real late on Friday nights to see it. All those names plus pat kilbane. Fun times the late 90s! WINDSTORM 97!! BEE SWARM 98!!
i would have to sneak to watch this as a kid. i would try so hard to fight my sleep so i could watch this and tales from the crypt, until i discovered blank vhs tapes! thanks for uploading.
I wish I should’ve seen this old MAD 📺 on FX or Comedy Central. Since 1995-2010.
I only knew about this because of Spy vs Spy
Same
lol you can tell they were desperate by season 12 when they tried doing the Tonight Show sorta intro
gotacallforvishal yeah that theme song was the whole gig. That was nostalgia in a bottle and it was cool the Michael McDonald stuck around but once the original cast filtered out it was like eh..
Mad TV was the longest-running Fox show ever after Married... with Children, The Simpsons, Cops, America's Most Wanted, The X-Files, King of the Hill, Family Guy, So You Think Can Dance, and Bob's Burgers.
I grew up on this, i discovered mad tv in 2001. I know many older folks grew up on in living color but for me its mad tv.
Not gonna lie, I loved MAD TV but when Phil Lamar, Debra Wilson, and Aries Spears left the show, it became very hard for me to watch later seasons. However Jordan Peele, Bobby Lee and Ike Barinhoitz did hold my interest a little, but by the time MAD TV ended, the show was complete trash.
Very sad ending to the show.
When this came on I knew I had church the next morning LMAO.
Thank God for HBO Max!
4:45 Talk about a hot guest lineup for 2001. Damn!
We don't get good primetime tv like this anymore.. Thank God SNL still standing!
The good old days. 🙌
As much as the later seasons suck, they were still better than today's SNL!
Micheal Mcdonald was like the Keenan Thompson of Mad TV, he was on there for a long ass time.
That's because Michael McDonald's characters were very popular at the time for the show rating. I like Kenan Thompson but I always forget he still with SNL.
The 1st one was the best.
AMN O-Jay the first 4-5 seasons were Gold. After that, I watched sporadically until Will Sasso left. That’s when I officially checked out.
Yup
I'm still bummed Andrew Bowen was only on for one season. He was so cute and funny!
Mr. Fox Hunt, Jack Fremont himself.
czcams.com/video/LGF7cehJkWQ/video.html
I absolutely loved debra wilson i was so sad when she left!
MadTV beat the shit out of SNL back then. As long as I live there has never been a funnier sketch than Kenny Roger's Jackass. It's the funniest sketch in the history of all sketch shows.
MadTV > SNL
Sam Brooks forever.
On the basis of what? The complete body of work from SNL is miles ahead of Mad TV. In terms of cultural impact, politics, and music, SNL is second to none. Was Mad TV a good show? Yes. Did they have cast members that went on to do steady quality work after Mad TV? Yes. However, sketch comedies like SNL, Chappell’s Show, In Living Color, and Monty Python influenced the structure of modern sketch comedy, even copied. Looking at it from an objective viewpoint, Mad TV was as close to a competitor SNL ever had, and I give credit to FOX for not being afraid to go toe-to-toe with NBC, but it never made the dent SNL has. Mad TV deserves a seat at the table, but SNL is at the head of it. I want to know from you what you’re standard is based on?
Can't compare them because one isn't live and it has more than 5 days to put together and episode.
@@cityhawk SNL had a 20 year head start bud. In an alternate reality where the shows both started in 1995, maybe Mad TV would've came out ahead. And if you named Chapelle's show in that list, you have to list MAD TV as well, mad pre-dated that show by nearly a decade. At the end of the day its all subjective but as a life-long comedy fan I could never get into SNL. SNL had this over-polished, over produced feel that felt like it was more concerned about being relevant than being funny at its core. SNL to me always felt more concerned with being a cultural movement than being a comedy show. MadTV to me always put the laughs first. It didn't care about the perception of the show, just the entertainment value, and that's what made it better to me.
I love how the first intro hits you over the head with what this show is based on
Will Sasso will always be my favorite person who did MadTv
I love James Gandolfini and the fact that Will looks so much like him and is so talented, makes me love Will even more.
Fox: your so mad crazy
Cartoon Network: ITS MAD FUNNY
This song always competed with All That's theme for me.
I've always loved the music to this show
Yooooo!! This shit STILL slaps. Makes me wanna cry because my mom was alive when we would be watching this😪😪 ngl i love having memoeries but the paaaaiiinnn is real ehen tou realize u can never get any of this back
While only being on there for 6 seasons stephanie weir made the funniest sketches ever
A lot of good voice actors in here
The ALMOST SNL killer
C L W Just like the USFL almost killed the NFL. 🙄
From seasons 3-11, Mad TV destroyed SNL.
Even the theme song is better than SNL. The 2:20 opening to season 5 is my fav. This is my childhood.
Gamergirl4AyaBrea PRINCE SONG
This Makes Me Wanna Cry
Word this is retro and it also made me cry
the first intro is hands down the best. I never noticed until watching them all that the mad magazine references slowly disappear with each season. Imagine being called madTV based off a magazine and stop making any references to it.
I miss this show, in a lot of ways it was the final nail in the coffin for comedy without lines. You could say south park but that is another thing all together.
South Park is in a league of its own lol no one can touch South Park
That song is fire
1:33 Season 3 (1997-98)...the intro I think is cool 🤘🤘🤩🤩
Bobby Lee ended up being the veteran/oldest cast member of MAD TV for season 14
6:35 Before Get Out..