MAD TV Last Night

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MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:54pm

Watched it last night & even though it was a rerum I never saw it. They did a devestating parody of Medium

This is definitely head & shoulders over SNL

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Updated On: 7/23/06 at 01:54 PM

#2

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 2:07pm

I forgot that one

The cast is first rate

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#3

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:21pm

I would have saw it, but my 7-year-old cousin is visiting and was all wound up and hyper. He doesn't like programs that aren't animated.

How devestating? Mad TV isn't what it used to be.

#4

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:52pm

I saw it when it first aired and rewatched part of it last night. Some of the skits were funny. I actually really enjoyed the Medium skit. The girl who played Patricia Arquette was hilarious.

#5

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 4:57pm

It's been better than SNL for years. I liked the flashlight scene.

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re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 7:40pm

When Mad TV started out, it was pretty poor and in my mind, a huge snl ripoff. Now, I can honestly say that the cast is so much better than SNL. SNL lost the magic and Mad TV definitely picked it up

My fav mad tv skit is the Grey's Anatomy one.

#7

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 9:40pm

I miss Alex Bernstein! She's so funny as Ms Swan. Did anyone catch her "Dancing Queen" at the gay bar?

That's probably my favorite.. or the one with Meryl Streep as the Tooth Fairy.

#8

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:31pm

^ Ms. Swan is my favorite! I loved when she sang "Dancing Queen" at the gay bar. Classic.

I miss the Stuart skits with Mo Collins as Doreen. Stuart isn't very funny anymore without Mommy to back him up.

#9

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:00am

I'll have to keep out for that one.

#10

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:22am

I think that was Susan Sarandon as the tooth fairy...

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#11

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 12:04pm

Ugh.. That's right!

*headdesk*

#12

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 12:06pm

The flashlight scene was inspired. SNL would have done it in the early years but would not do it now

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#13

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 12:15pm

The babies skit was kinda funny, too.
MAD TV is just as hit-or-miss as SNL, but when they hit it, they hit it hard.
Love Stephanie Weir as Dot and Nurse Kylie.
I miss Mo Collins as Lorraine and Stewart's mother.
Debra Wilson's absolutely incredible imitation of a cracked-out Whitney Houston...priceless.

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#14

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:00pm

Two women I went to college with have been in the cast, Nicole Sullivan and Daniele Gaither. They were funny women even then!

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re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:06pm

Nicole is hilarious.

Where'd you go to college?

#16

re: MAD TV Last Night

Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:09pm

I think my favorite MadTV skit ever is the Joe Ezsterhas parody "Window of the Soul"


Joe: Catherine is by far the most compelling character I've created.

Interviewer: Wasn't Catherine the Sharon Stone character from "Basic Instinct"?

Joe: Yes.....Sally is by far the most original, compelling character I've created.

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