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The first season of '']'' aired from ], ], to ], ], with 19 episodes.
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'']'' was an American ] series, Season 1 originally aired in the United States on the ] between October 1995, and June 1996.
==Season summary==
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''MADtv'''s first season premiered in the ], on October 14 at 11 p.m., thirty minutes before the time-slot of its chief rival, '']''.


''Mad TV'''s first season premiered in the ], on October 14 at 11:00 pm, thirty minutes before the time-slot of its rival, '']''.
The original ''MADtv'' repertory cast members were ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ], with ] as a featured player. The first season's cast was a mixture of seasoned television and film veterans like LaMarr, Herman, Foxworth, and Scheer, and relatively unknown newcomers like Callen, Jones, Lange, Sullivan, and Wilson. The cast was one of the most ethnically diverse sketch comedy casts of the 1990s, with one Native American (and half ]) male, one ] male, two ] males, one ] female, two white males and two white females.


The original ''Mad TV'' repertory cast members were ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ], with ] as a featured player. The first season's cast was a mixture of seasoned television and film veterans like LaMarr, Herman, and Scheer, and relatively unknown newcomers like Callen, Jones, Lange, Sullivan, and Wilson.
Season one of ''MADtv'' relied heavily on the fan base of '']''. Each episode featured the use of the ''MAD'' logo (which is still used today), ] images and puns, the ] cartoons, and the catchphrase "What...me worry?" The first season also established some of the series' landmark characters like Jaq the UBS Guy (LaMarr), ] (Sullivan), Clorox (Anton), Bonquita (Foxworth), Mrs. Jewel Barone (Scheer) and Momma (Lange) from ''That's My White Momma''. This season also produced several enduring celebrity parodies like ] (Wilson), ] (Herman) in ''Gump Fiction'' and ] (Jones) making a public service announcement.


Season one of ''Mad TV'' relied heavily on the fan base of '']''. Each episode featured the use of the ''MAD'' logo (which is still used today), ] images and puns, the ] cartoons, and the catchphrase "What...me worry?" The first season also established some of the series' landmark characters like Jaq the UBS Guy (LaMarr), The Vancome Lady (Sullivan), Clorox (Anton), Mrs. Jewel Barone (Scheer) and Momma (Lange) from ''That's My White Momma''. This season also produced several enduring celebrity parodies like ] (Wilson), ] (Herman) in ''Gump Fiction'' and ] (Jones) making a public service announcement.
Unlike Saturday Night Live, ''MADtv'' had no celebrity hosts during its first season. However, the show did have special guests including ], ] and ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Musical groups like ], ] and ] (who were the show's first musical guests) also made appearances on the show.


Unlike ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Mad TV'' had no celebrity hosts during its first season. However, the show did have special guests including ], ] and ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. Musical groups such as ], ], and ] also made appearances on the show.
The show was renewed for 24 more episodes the following season and the full cast was invited back to headline season two.


The initial Mad TV cast was very young and with the exceptions of Debra Wilson and Mary Sheeer (who were 33 and 32 respectively at the time), were all under the age of 30. By contrast, '']'', then in its 21st season, only had three cast members under the age of 30 (], ], and ]).
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==Opening montage== ==Opening montage==
The title sequence begins with several fingers pointing at a bomb. The bomb explodes and several different pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear on the screen, followed by the ''MADtv'' logo. The theme song, performed by the ] group ], begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically with their names appearing in caption over live-action clips of each performer. More pictures of ] appear between the introduction of each cast member. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching ''MADtv.''" The title sequence begins with several fingers pointing at a bomb. The bomb explodes and several different pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear on the screen, followed by the ''Mad TV'' logo. The theme song, performed by the ] group ], begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically with their names appearing in caption over live-action clips of each performer. More pictures of ] appear between the introduction of each cast member. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching ''Mad TV.''"


==Cast== ==Cast==
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==Writers==

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*] (eps. 1, 3, 4, 6)
*Fax Bahr (eps. 1–19)
*Sean Beam (eps. 1, 8)
*] (eps. 1, 3, 4, 6)
*] (eps. 1–19)
*] (eps. 1, 3, 8)
*] (eps. 2–13)
*Brian Frazer (eps. 2–13)
*Spencer Green (eps. 1–19)
*Dave Hanson (eps. 2–19)
*] (eps. 2–9) (writing supervisor, 10–19)
*] (eps. 2–13)
*] (ep. 7)
*Steve Hibbert (eps. 2–13, 15)
*] (eps. 2–15)
*Dawna Kaufmann (eps. 15–19)
*] (creative consultant) (eps. 13–19)
*] (ep. 2)
*] (ep. 2)
*Steve Lookner (eps. 1–10)
*] (eps. 1–19)
*] (ep. 7)
*Michael Short (creative consultant) (eps. 15–19)
*Paul Slansky (eps. 1, 6)
*Adam Small (eps. 1–19)
*] (ep. 4)
*Skip Warburg (eps. 12, 13)
*] (eps. 1–19)
*] (eps. 15–19)
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==Episodes== ==Episodes==
{{see also|List of Mad TV episodes}}
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| #101 || ], ]
|| ] and ] || Executives desperately search the streets of Los Angeles for cast members for a new sketch comedy show; MacDumpster's sketch; ]: Bombing/Pogo Stick; ''Forrest Gump'' meets ''Pulp Fiction'' parody; ''MTV Week With Poison;'' ''Star Trek: Deep Stain Nine;'' ] (Phil LaMarr) and ] (Orlando Jones) rap || First episode
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| #102 || ], ] || ], ] and ] || Spy vs. Spy: Gorilla/3D Movies; Quantum Dream Team; Crimson Tide II; The Air Guitar Shop ||
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| #103 || ], ] || ], ] (musical guest) || Spy vs. Spy: Microbomb; ''13 Apollo/Friday the 13th;'' ''First to a Million;'' ''Outing Dummy;'' and ''Like a Rolling Stone'' ||
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| #104 || ], ] || ], ] and ] || Spy vs. Spy: Umbrella/Down the Drain; ''E.R.'' parody features has-been celebrities trying to revive their careers; ''Woody Allen Action Flick'' and ''Life With Buffer'' ||
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| #105 || ], ] || || Spy vs. Spy: Beach Girl; ] (]) struggles having a platonic friendship with a whale in romantic comedy ''When Harry Met Willy;'' ''Larry King Gone Mad;'' a Hare Krishna breaks up with his band at the airport and goes solo ||
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| #106 || ], ] || ], ], ], ], ] || Spy vs. Spy: Slinky/Sun Rays; ''QVC Fine China Hour;'' ''Calvin Klein;'' ''Oprah;'' ''Clueless of the Lambs;'' ''Party of Five;'' and ''Vague'' || First time ] potrays ]
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| #107 || ], ] || ], ], ] || Spy vs. Spy: Arcade Game/Boat Bomb; ''Hard to Oppress: Dark Territory''; Don Martin Department: Water Skiing/My Wife's Fat ||
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| #108 || ], ] || ], ], ] || ''Spy vs. Spy: Prison Escape/Dream Research 1''; ''Daytime Jane''; ''Lottery Losers''; ''Lottery-Producers''; ''Monologue-L.L.Cool J.''; ''Don Martin-Scalpel''; ''Scat Chat''; ''UBS Promotion''; ''Daytime Jane-Ed''; ''Ejaculation Monologue''; ''Don Martin-Rescue Plane''; ''Lady Madness''; ''Sweatin' to the O.G.s;''; ''Octoroon''; and ''Gump Fiction'' ||
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| #109 || ], ] || ] || ''Spy vs. Spy: Toilet Plunger/Tank Bomb'' ''Vancome Lady: Department Store Santa;'' ''Wonder Rake 5000'' ''Fruitcake Vs Santa'' ''Raging Rudolph'' ''College Advisor'' ''The Bank'' ''Monologue-Pauly Shore'' ''Donut Shop'' ''Happy Go Lucky Phil'' ''Last Call'' ''Easy to Assemble'' and ''The Christmas Santa Forgot'' || Christmas episode
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| #110 || ], ] || ], ] || ''Spy vs. Spy: Spaghetti Door/Training Fleas'' ''Clintfeld;'' ''Stress'' ''US Commercial'' ''Get Smarty'' ''Knowledge'' ''Handicapped Toilet Police'' ''The Go-Between'' ''Improv'' ''Don Martin-Brick Layers'' ''Mafia Management'' ''Monologue-Andy Kindler'' ''Line of Duty'' ''Emotional Prostitute'' ''Don Martin-Cake Machine'' ''Mime Psychiatrist'' and ''Handicapped Toilet Police'' ||
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| #111 || ], ] || ], ] (Musical Guest) ||''Spy vs. Spy: Macaroni/Lab Fly'' ''Windows of the Soul'' ''Candidate #1'' ''The Presidents of the United States Commercial'' ''Lounge Lawyer'' ''Office Window'' ''Don Martin-Civil War'' ''Candidate #2'' ''I Could Do That'' ''Candidate #3'' ''Time Manager'' ''Big Game Dan'' ''Take a Letter'' ''Joe Don Gets Cable'' ''Coffee and Dana'' ''Don Martin-Bear Hunt'' ''MAD About Jew'' ||
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| #112 || ], ] || ], ] || Spy vs. Spy: Magnet/Typewriter; ] (Phil LaMarr) struggles to prepare his speech in a parody of '']''. Rap group Pharcyde and David Faustino star in a spoof of '']'' against a backdrop of urban violence. The Linder family auditions to appear on an episode of '']'', but the parents (David Herman, Mary Scheer) frequently embarrass their son Mark (Bryan Callen). A loudmouth (David Herman) tells a story to his friends, then tells everyone else to stop looking at him. A psychiatrist (Nicole Sullivan) doesn't make her patient (Mary Scheer) feel any better when she discusses her relationship troubles. While looking for a target to take out, a hitman (David Herman) tries to think of the song that plays in his head. ||
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| #113 || ], ] || || ''Spy vs. Spy: Falling Rocks''; ''The XXX-Files;'' ''Jim Carrey School of Acting'' and ''Vista Militia'' ||
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| #114 || ], ] || ], ] || Spy vs. Spy: Hair Dryer; News reporters remain callously umsympathetic while reporting on dangerous events. ] (Phil LaMarr) promotes a seminar tape on how to be famous. Two wannabe gangstas (David Herman, Nicole Sullivan) rethink their ways when they are introduced to White Chocolate (Brian Austin Green). A woman (Mary Scheer) is rude to everyone on an airplane. A parody of '']'' has Davey forced by his dog Goliath to dish out harsh discipline to sinners with a gun. A discussion about '']'' erupts into a fight. A man (Artie Lange) suffers from a disease that makes him act like a sports fanatic. A coffee addict (Bryan Callen) doesn't understand that his girlfriend (Nicole Sullivan) wants to break up with him. Two cops (David Herman, Artie Lange) try different tactics to get one of their suspects (Orlando Jones) to confess to a crime. A fan who look like ] accosts the actress/comedienne backstage. ||
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| #115 || ], ] || Dave Higgins, ], ] || Spy vs. Spy: Tank Dream/Device; A player (Phil LaMarr) claims to be too good to be a bachelor on ''Lowered Expectations''. ] (Artie Lange), ] (Nicole Sullivan), ] (Debra Wilson), and ] (Mary Scheer) star in ''Terms of Imprisonment'', ] (Orlando Jones) tries to convince director ] (Phil LaMarr) to work with him. ||
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| #116 || ], ] || ] || Spy vs. Spy: Basketball; In the latest installment of ''X-News'' Marsh's roommate (Bryan Callen) takes over while the two newscasters (David Herman, Nicole Sullivan) deal with their own problems. In a parody of '']'' and '']'', Nicky Santarone (Artie Lange) helps Dave (Bryan Callen) and Stony (David Herman) become big shots at their school. ||
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| #117 || ], ] || ] and ] || Spy vs. Spy: Brain Swap; Artie Lange introduces the cast in announcer fashion. An interview with ] (Orlando Jones) contains outrageous bloopers. Parody of ] commercials. Mrs. Curtis (Artie Lange) catches her daughter (Debra Wilson) smoking cigarettes on ''That's My White Mama''. A news reporter (Mary Scheer) repeats nearly verbatim everything her colleagues say. Parody of '']'' where Murtaugh (Orlando Jones) works with a new partner, ] (Phil LaMarr). Claudia Schiffer stars in a parody of ] films. Two homegirls (Kim Coles, Debra Wilson) work as surgeons. A gangster (Artie Lange) poses as a businessman who sells stolen products, then harasses his partner (Bryan Callen). The high school's valedictorian (Nicole Sullivan) makes reference to grim, historic events during graduation. ||
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| #118 || ], ] || ] ||''Spy vs. Spy: Safe Trick/Fallen in Love/Projector'' ''Babe-Watch;'' ''Drug Bust;'' ''Beauty Pageant'' and ''Funeral DJ''. ||
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| #119 || ], ] || ] (special guest) || Spy vs. Spy: Briefcase; Two clueless martial artists (Bryan Callen, Artie Lange) have a sparring match. The ficitious Spishak Company promotes its margarine. Two parents (Artie Lange, Mary Scheer) are oblivious that their daughter (Nicole Sullivan) is a lesbian, and that her "friend" (Debra Wilson) is her lover. ''Lowered Expectations'' bachelors include one who's very uptight (David Herman), one with a special talent (Orlando Jones), and one who's looking for a spiritual relationship (Debra Wilson). A fugitive with missing limbs is on the loose, but several cops are able to find the body parts and other pieces of evidence. Kids have their slumber party ruined by the host's father (David Herman). A claymation parody of ] involves the curious clay figure looking through a ]-like magazine. A scamming little league bookie (Artie Lange) strikes up deals with children. Two employees (Mary Scheer, Nicole Sullivan) settle their rivalry by threatening to kick each others' asses. Two goofy performers (David Herman, Mary Scheer) look to get their big break. || Season finale
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All 19 episodes from season one were released on ] on ], ], in a boxed set entitled ''MADtv: The Complete First Season''. The audio track included on this release was a ] 2.0 Surround mix. Extra features included the 200th episode of ''MADtv'' (from season nine), the best of ''MADtv'''s commercial, movie, television, music video and animation parodies, a reel of season one bloopers, nine unaired sketches and a preview of ''MADtv: The Complete Second Season''.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
The season one box set remains the only complete season DVD release of the ''MADtv'' series. However, a compilation of select sketches, entitled '']'', was released on ], ].
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|14}} | RTitle = ] and ] | ShortSummary = ] executives search the streets of L.A. for cast members in a new sketch comedy show, which just happens to be ''Mad TV''; two faux commercials for a beer known as Vudweiser are shown, the first with Vud sticking himself to the truck door by accident, the other with his two frog friends trying to warn him that the truck will crush him, which it does; The Vancome Lady (]) mistreats store customers; ] (]) and ] (]) perform a rap titled ''It Ain't Easy Being Me'' with a music video filmed in jail after being placed under arrest; a ''Fox News at Midnight'' anchor (]) presents a 911 call to the Vancome Lady gone wrong; ]: Bombing/Pogo Stick; ]: Inflatable House/Last Chance Gas; a ] meets ] parody is advertised: ''Gump Fiction''; Spike Lee (]) makes a tinned fish commercial; MTV Week With Poison; Kato Kaelin speaks his truth; chain smoker Mrs. Jewel Barone (]) spends time with her daughter (Nicole Sullivan) at the hospital during treatment; a new restaurant called MacDumpster's where customers literally dig in the garbage for their breakfast food; in ''Star Trek: Deep Stain Nine'', the crew aboard the Enterprise battles such evils as a red sock in a load of white clothing.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|21}} | RTitle = ], ] and ] | ShortSummary = P.C. Cops; ]'s bedroom secrets; Quantum Dream Team; a commercial for Power Book, the ultimate in interactive computers; ]: Refrigerator Anesthesia/Chopped Frog Prince; ] (]) presents the Habitat 2000 virtual reality helmet; The UBS Delivery Guy (]) tries to hit on a businesswoman; ]: Gorilla/3D Movies; ] (]) and ] (]) in Crimson Tide II; Post Office gun regulation; Family that recently moved dislikes the unusual neighbors; The Pro Air Guitar Shop; Nicole Sullivan's Diary.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|28}} | RTitle = ] | ShortSummary = Mom (]) with a phone sex line talks with her son (]); Mary Scheer's A.D.D.; NDI versus AE&E, phone service bills; Lenny (]) and Lumpken (]), the Outing Dummy; Psychic Cop (Mary Scheer); ]: Microbomb; the story of an overprotective mother (]) and her teenage daughter (Mary Scheer) going at it; Racism vs Spam; Peter Marshall hosts a new syndicated game show called ''First to a Million'' which proves to take so long to progress points for correct answers one by one contestants complain; ]: Couple/Inflatable Lifesaver; Apollo the 13th: Jason Takes Nasa; Mulatto Entertainment Association; Cookin' with Sherry (Mary Scheer); Circus guy; in ''Homeland Improvement'', Tim McAllen (Herman) and Al (Lange) show ''Militia Time'' audience members how to protect their home from government attacks; The Rolling Stones' "]" video clip.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|4}} | RTitle = ], ] and ] | ShortSummary = Life with Buffer; Cast supporting ] and/or ]; Highagain beer; Boxing Corner; E.R. parody features has-been celebrities trying to revive their careers: ''P.R. Public Relations''; Spy vs. Spy: Umbrella/Down the Drain; The Vancome Lady (]) mistreats the patients at the hospital; Lying; Woody Allen (]) Action Flick: ''Crimes, Misdemeanors and Payback''; Sex Therapist; Dennis Rodman (]) recommends white people to stay away from the NBA; Family Feed; Republican Gladiators; ]: Fishing; Drug Abuse; Other White Meat.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|11}} | RTitle = | ShortSummary = Phone Conference Call; IZM CompuPad; A Hare Krishna breaks up with his band at the airport and goes solo; Lowered Expectations; Urine; Affirmative Crips; Got Urine?; ]: Beach hunk; ] (]) Gone Mad; ] (]) struggles having a platonic friendship with a whale in romantic comedy: ''When Harry Met Willy''; Midnight Golfer; A man (]) in death row brakes up with his girlfriend; Celibacy; Couple that just broke up calling their best friend in very near phone booths; Backstage Cats; ]: Beach Girl.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|18}} | RTitle = ], ], ], ], ] | ShortSummary = QVC Fine China Hour: ] Plates; When We Knew...; Calvin Klein; Stop Smoking; Oprah Winfrey (]) Severe Traumas; Swimming Pool; Vague; Clueless of the Lambs; A mad moment from Dana Gould; ]:Harp Fall; Movie trailer referencing many other movies; ] in ]; ]: Slinky/Sun Rays; Debbie Dander (]) Seminar Training.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|25}} | RTitle = ], ], ] | ShortSummary = Lowered Expectations; Ken Norton Jr. encourages the cast; Vud Light; Disruptive Principal (]); Navajo Football League; ]:Water Skiing/Fat freak wife; ] vs ]; ] (]) in Hard to Oppress: Dark Territory 2; ]: Crane Machine/Torpedo; The Happy Happy Storytime Lady; ]'s Tapeworm; Math Made Easy; Dave Foley speaks about Canada; ] and his imaginative friends; Duck... Goose.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|12|9}} | RTitle = ], ], ] | ShortSummary = Sweatin' to the O.G.'s; ], the lottery loser; Daytime Jane (]); L.L.Cool J., news shows vs. talk shows; Octoroon (]); ]:Surgery/Castaways; Gump Fiction; Scat Chat; ]: Prison Escape/Dream Sounds; The UBS Delivery Guy (Phil LaMarr) gets promoted; Ejaculation; Fabulous; Monkey Woman.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|12|16}} | RTitle = ] | ShortSummary = Easy to Assemble; Jesus's Birthday; Wonder Rake 5000; The Vancome Lady (]): Department Store Santa; Fruitcake vs. Santa; ]: Toilet Plunger/Tank Bomb; Raging Rudolph; College Advisor; The Christmas Santa Forgot; The Bank; Pauly Shore talks about a past Christmas; Donut Shop; Clops; Happy Go Lucky ]; Mrs. Barone at a bar.
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|1|6}} | RTitle = ], ] | ShortSummary = Stress Management; ] (]) makes a US Commercial; Clintfeld; Knowledge; ]: Spaghetti Door/Training Fleas; Handicapped Toilet Police; The Go-Between; Get Smarty; Improv; ]:Brick Layers/Cake Machine; Mafia Management; Andy Kindler complains on TV entertainment; Line of Duty; Emotional Prostitute; Mime Psychiatrist (]).
Absent: Artie Lange
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|1|13}} | RTitle = ], ] (Musical Guest) | ShortSummary = Political party commercial; The Presidents of the United States of America Commercial; Lounge Lawyer; ]: Macaroni/Lab Fly; Office Window; ]:Civil War/Bear Hunt; Window of the Soul; I Could Do That; The Presidents of the United States of America perform "]"; Time Manager; Coffee and Dana; Take a Letter; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Mad About Jew.
Absent: Artie Lange
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|3}} | RTitle = ], ] | ShortSummary = Cotton Swabs; Heart Pops; ] (]) struggles to prepare his speech in a parody of ]; ]: Magnet/Typewriter; Poetry class; Rap group Pharcyde and David Faustino star in a spoof of ] against a backdrop of urban violence; ]:Tennis; The Linder family auditions to appear on an episode of ], but the parents (], ]) frequently embarrass their son Mark (]); A loudmouth (David Herman) tells a story to his friends, then tells everyone else to stop looking at him; A psychiatrist (]) doesn't make her patient (Mary Scheer) feel any better when she discusses her relationship troubles; While looking for a target to take out, a hitman (David Herman) tries to think of the song that plays in his head; Needy Guy; Instant Personality; Woman dog.
Absent: Artie Lange
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|10}} | RTitle = | ShortSummary = Lowered Expectations; Vista Militia; Dr. Goodwrench (]); ]: Falling Rocks; Memory Wizard (Bryan Callen); The XXX Files; Your Cheatin' Head; ]:Chemistry Set; Jim Carrey (Bryan Callen) School of Acting; The Vancome Lady (]) Hostage Negotiator; Sick of It; That's How They Get You; Quality Time; Foreign Psychiatrist.
Absent: Artie Lange
| LineColor = ffee4e }} {{Episode list/sublist|Mad TV season 1
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|17}} | RTitle = ], ] | ShortSummary = News reporters remain callously umsympathetic while reporting on dangerous events; ] (]) promotes a seminar tape on how to be famous; Two wannabe gangstas (], ]) rethink their ways when they are introduced to White Chocolate (Brian Austin Green); A woman (]) is rude to everyone on an airplane; ]: Hair Dryer; A parody of ] has Davey forced by his dog Goliath to dish out harsh discipline to sinners with a gun; A discussion about ] erupts into a fight; A man (]) suffers from a disease that makes him act like a sports fanatic; A coffee addict (]) doesn't understand that his girlfriend (Nicole Sullivan) wants to break up with him. ]: Beach Ball Boy/Tee Pee Guy; Two cops (David Herman, Artie Lange) try different tactics to get one of their suspects (]) to confess to a crime; A fan who look like ] accosts the actress/comedian backstage; UBS Delivery Guy (Phil LaMarr) Wake; Odds and Evens: The Movie; Disruptive Waitress (Nicole Sullivan).
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| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|9}} | RTitle = ], ] | ShortSummary = Spishak Products; Ink Blot; A player (]) claims to be too good to be a bachelor on Lowered Expectations; That's My White Mama (]); ] (Artie Lange), ] (]), ] (]), and ] (]) star in ''Terms of Imprisonment''; ]: Dream Tank/Bomb Assembly; Small Claims Court; ] (]) tries to convince director ] (Phil LaMarr) to work with him; Dave Higgins talks about alcohol; Russian Landlords; ]: Assembly Line.
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| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|16}} | RTitle = ], ] | ShortSummary = X-News; International Coffee; Ozark Mountain Single Out; ] (]) Commercial; In a parody of ] and ], Nicky Santarone (]) helps Dave (]) and Stony (David Herman) become big shots at their school: Encino Man 2, Casino Man; Doctor's Visit; Insanely Disappointed; In the latest installment of ''X-News'' Marsh's roommate (Bryan Callen) takes over while the two newscasters (David Herman, ]) deal with their own problems; Survival Weekend; ]: Basketball; The Big Game.
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All 19 episodes from season one were released on ] on September 21, 2004, in a boxed set entitled ''Mad TV: The Complete First Season''. The audio track included on this release was a ] 2.0 Surround mix. Extra features included the 200th episode of ''Mad TV'' (from season nine), the best of ''Mad TV'''s commercial, movie, television, music video and animation parodies, a reel of season one bloopers, nine unaired sketches (including one called "Schindler's Lost," which was banned for censorship reasons and mentioned on the clip show episode "''Mad TV'' Ruined My Life"), and a preview of ''Mad TV: The Complete Second Season''.
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Despite promises from FOX of a second season DVD release (and a preview of ''Mad TV'''s second season on the season one DVD), the ''Complete First Season'' DVD remained the only complete season of the show to be released on DVD for almost a decade. In 2012 ] picked up the home video rights to Mad TV and released the second season on March 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mad-TV-DVDs-Planned/17700 |title=MADtv DVD news: DVD Plans for MADtv Season 2 through Season 5 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=2007-05-25 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728124246/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mad-TV-DVDs-Planned/17700 |archivedate=2013-07-28 }}</ref> Seasons 3 and 4 were released later in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mad-TV-Season-3/18173 |title=MADtv DVD news: Announcement for MADtv – The Complete 3rd Season |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |accessdate=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802185114/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mad-TV-Season-3/18173 |archivedate=2013-08-02 }}</ref>
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On the HBO Max release, episodes 2, 3, and 18 are missing.

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Season of television series Season of television series
Mad TV
Season 1
DVD cover
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseOctober 14, 1995 (1995-10-14) –
June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

Mad TV was an American sketch comedy series, Season 1 originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between October 1995, and June 1996.

Mad TV's first season premiered in the 1995 television season, on October 14 at 11:00 pm, thirty minutes before the time-slot of its rival, Saturday Night Live.

The original Mad TV repertory cast members were Bryan Callen, David Herman, Orlando Jones, Phil LaMarr, Artie Lange, Mary Scheer, Nicole Sullivan, and Debra Wilson, with Craig Anton as a featured player. The first season's cast was a mixture of seasoned television and film veterans like LaMarr, Herman, and Scheer, and relatively unknown newcomers like Callen, Jones, Lange, Sullivan, and Wilson.

Season one of Mad TV relied heavily on the fan base of MAD Magazine. Each episode featured the use of the MAD logo (which is still used today), Alfred E. Neuman images and puns, the Spy vs. Spy cartoons, and the catchphrase "What...me worry?" The first season also established some of the series' landmark characters like Jaq the UBS Guy (LaMarr), The Vancome Lady (Sullivan), Clorox (Anton), Mrs. Jewel Barone (Scheer) and Momma (Lange) from That's My White Momma. This season also produced several enduring celebrity parodies like Oprah Winfrey (Wilson), Tom Hanks (Herman) in Gump Fiction and Dennis Rodman (Jones) making a public service announcement.

Unlike Saturday Night Live, Mad TV had no celebrity hosts during its first season. However, the show did have special guests including Kato Kaelin, Joe Walsh and Dean Stockwell, Peter Marshall, Michael Buffer, Adam West, Gary Coleman, Jamie Farr, Ken Norton, Jr, David Faustino, Claudia Schiffer, Kim Coles, Bruce McCulloch, Tony Orlando, and Harland Williams. Musical groups such as Poison, Pharcyde, and Ice-T also made appearances on the show.

The initial Mad TV cast was very young and with the exceptions of Debra Wilson and Mary Sheeer (who were 33 and 32 respectively at the time), were all under the age of 30. By contrast, Saturday Night Live, then in its 21st season, only had three cast members under the age of 30 (Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, and Jim Breuer).

Opening montage

The title sequence begins with several fingers pointing at a bomb. The bomb explodes and several different pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear on the screen, followed by the Mad TV logo. The theme song, performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically with their names appearing in caption over live-action clips of each performer. More pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear between the introduction of each cast member. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."

Cast

Repertory cast members
Featured cast members

Writers

Episodes

See also: List of Mad TV episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Guest(s)Original air date
11Kato Kaelin and PoisonOctober 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)
Fox executives search the streets of L.A. for cast members in a new sketch comedy show, which just happens to be Mad TV; two faux commercials for a beer known as Vudweiser are shown, the first with Vud sticking himself to the truck door by accident, the other with his two frog friends trying to warn him that the truck will crush him, which it does; The Vancome Lady (Nicole Sullivan) mistreats store customers; Ice-T (Phil LaMarr) and Ice Cube (Orlando Jones) perform a rap titled It Ain't Easy Being Me with a music video filmed in jail after being placed under arrest; a Fox News at Midnight anchor (David Herman) presents a 911 call to the Vancome Lady gone wrong; Spy vs. Spy: Bombing/Pogo Stick; Don Martin: Inflatable House/Last Chance Gas; a Forrest Gump meets Pulp Fiction parody is advertised: Gump Fiction; Spike Lee (Phil LaMarr) makes a tinned fish commercial; MTV Week With Poison; Kato Kaelin speaks his truth; chain smoker Mrs. Jewel Barone (Mary Scheer) spends time with her daughter (Nicole Sullivan) at the hospital during treatment; a new restaurant called MacDumpster's where customers literally dig in the garbage for their breakfast food; in Star Trek: Deep Stain Nine, the crew aboard the Enterprise battles such evils as a red sock in a load of white clothing.
22Kato Kaelin, Joe Walsh and Dean StockwellOctober 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
P.C. Cops; Nicole Sullivan's bedroom secrets; Quantum Dream Team; a commercial for Power Book, the ultimate in interactive computers; Don Martin: Refrigerator Anesthesia/Chopped Frog Prince; Newt Gingrich (Artie Lange) presents the Habitat 2000 virtual reality helmet; The UBS Delivery Guy (Phil LaMarr) tries to hit on a businesswoman; Spy vs. Spy: Gorilla/3D Movies; Whoopi Goldberg (Debra Wilson) and Shirley MacLaine (Mary Scheer) in Crimson Tide II; Post Office gun regulation; Family that recently moved dislikes the unusual neighbors; The Pro Air Guitar Shop; Nicole Sullivan's Diary.
33Peter MarshallOctober 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
Mom (Mary Scheer) with a phone sex line talks with her son (Bryan Callen); Mary Scheer's A.D.D.; NDI versus AE&E, phone service bills; Lenny (Artie Lange) and Lumpken (David Herman), the Outing Dummy; Psychic Cop (Mary Scheer); Spy vs. Spy: Microbomb; the story of an overprotective mother (Nicole Sullivan) and her teenage daughter (Mary Scheer) going at it; Racism vs Spam; Peter Marshall hosts a new syndicated game show called First to a Million which proves to take so long to progress points for correct answers one by one contestants complain; Don Martin: Couple/Inflatable Lifesaver; Apollo the 13th: Jason Takes Nasa; Mulatto Entertainment Association; Cookin' with Sherry (Mary Scheer); Circus guy; in Homeland Improvement, Tim McAllen (Herman) and Al (Lange) show Militia Time audience members how to protect their home from government attacks; The Rolling Stones' "Like a Rolling Stone" video clip.
44Michael Buffer, Adam West and Gary ColemanNovember 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)
Life with Buffer; Cast supporting Mike Tyson and/or Buster Mathis, Jr.; Highagain beer; Boxing Corner; E.R. parody features has-been celebrities trying to revive their careers: P.R. Public Relations; Spy vs. Spy: Umbrella/Down the Drain; The Vancome Lady (Nicole Sullivan) mistreats the patients at the hospital; Lying; Woody Allen (David Herman) Action Flick: Crimes, Misdemeanors and Payback; Sex Therapist; Dennis Rodman (Orlando Jones) recommends white people to stay away from the NBA; Family Feed; Republican Gladiators; Don Martin: Fishing; Drug Abuse; Other White Meat.
55TBANovember 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
Phone Conference Call; IZM CompuPad; A Hare Krishna breaks up with his band at the airport and goes solo; Lowered Expectations; Urine; Affirmative Crips; Got Urine?; Don Martin: Beach hunk; Larry King (David Herman) Gone Mad; Billy Crystal (Phil LaMarr) struggles having a platonic friendship with a whale in romantic comedy: When Harry Met Willy; Midnight Golfer; A man (Bryan Callen) in death row brakes up with his girlfriend; Celibacy; Couple that just broke up calling their best friend in very near phone booths; Backstage Cats; Spy vs. Spy: Beach Girl.
66Neve Campbell, Jamie Farr, Matthew Fox, Dana Gould, Scott WolfNovember 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)
QVC Fine China Hour: O.J. Plates; When We Knew...; Calvin Klein; Stop Smoking; Oprah Winfrey (Debra Wilson) Severe Traumas; Swimming Pool; Vague; Clueless of the Lambs; A mad moment from Dana Gould; Don Martin:Harp Fall; Movie trailer referencing many other movies; Nicole Sullivan in Party of Five; Spy vs. Spy: Slinky/Sun Rays; Debbie Dander (Mary Scheer) Seminar Training.
77Billy Barty, Dave Foley, Ken Norton, Jr.November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25)
Lowered Expectations; Ken Norton Jr. encourages the cast; Vud Light; Disruptive Principal (David Herman); Navajo Football League; Don Martin:Water Skiing/Fat freak wife; Mike Tyson vs Billy Barty; Steven Seagal (Bryan Callen) in Hard to Oppress: Dark Territory 2; Spy vs. Spy: Crane Machine/Torpedo; The Happy Happy Storytime Lady; Mary Scheer's Tapeworm; Math Made Easy; Dave Foley speaks about Canada; Phil LaMarr and his imaginative friends; Duck... Goose.
88Quincy Jones, LL Cool J, RuPaulDecember 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)
Sweatin' to the O.G.'s; Phil LaMarr, the lottery loser; Daytime Jane (Mary Scheer); L.L.Cool J., news shows vs. talk shows; Octoroon (Bryan Callen); Don Martin:Surgery/Castaways; Gump Fiction; Scat Chat; Spy vs. Spy: Prison Escape/Dream Sounds; The UBS Delivery Guy (Phil LaMarr) gets promoted; Ejaculation; Fabulous; Monkey Woman.
99Pauly ShoreDecember 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)
Easy to Assemble; Jesus's Birthday; Wonder Rake 5000; The Vancome Lady (Nicole Sullivan): Department Store Santa; Fruitcake vs. Santa; Spy vs. Spy: Toilet Plunger/Tank Bomb; Raging Rudolph; College Advisor; The Christmas Santa Forgot; The Bank; Pauly Shore talks about a past Christmas; Donut Shop; Clops; Happy Go Lucky Phil LaMarr; Mrs. Barone at a bar.
1010Andy Kindler, Rip TaylorJanuary 6, 1996 (1996-01-06)

Stress Management; Bill Clinton (David Herman) makes a US Commercial; Clintfeld; Knowledge; Spy vs. Spy: Spaghetti Door/Training Fleas; Handicapped Toilet Police; The Go-Between; Get Smarty; Improv; Don Martin:Brick Layers/Cake Machine; Mafia Management; Andy Kindler complains on TV entertainment; Line of Duty; Emotional Prostitute; Mime Psychiatrist (Phil LaMarr).

Absent: Artie Lange
1111Tony Orlando, The Presidents of the United States of America (Musical Guest)January 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)

Political party commercial; The Presidents of the United States of America Commercial; Lounge Lawyer; Spy vs. Spy: Macaroni/Lab Fly; Office Window; Don Martin:Civil War/Bear Hunt; Window of the Soul; I Could Do That; The Presidents of the United States of America perform "Lump"; Time Manager; Coffee and Dana; Take a Letter; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Mad About Jew.

Absent: Artie Lange
1212David Faustino, PharcydeFebruary 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)

Cotton Swabs; Heart Pops; Martin Luther King Jr. (Phil LaMarr) struggles to prepare his speech in a parody of Martin; Spy vs. Spy: Magnet/Typewriter; Poetry class; Rap group Pharcyde and David Faustino star in a spoof of The Three Stooges against a backdrop of urban violence; Don Martin:Tennis; The Linder family auditions to appear on an episode of Rescue 911, but the parents (David Herman, Mary Scheer) frequently embarrass their son Mark (Bryan Callen); A loudmouth (David Herman) tells a story to his friends, then tells everyone else to stop looking at him; A psychiatrist (Nicole Sullivan) doesn't make her patient (Mary Scheer) feel any better when she discusses her relationship troubles; While looking for a target to take out, a hitman (David Herman) tries to think of the song that plays in his head; Needy Guy; Instant Personality; Woman dog.

Absent: Artie Lange
1313TBAFebruary 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)

Lowered Expectations; Vista Militia; Dr. Goodwrench (Bryan Callen); Spy vs. Spy: Falling Rocks; Memory Wizard (Bryan Callen); The XXX Files; Your Cheatin' Head; Don Martin:Chemistry Set; Jim Carrey (Bryan Callen) School of Acting; The Vancome Lady (Nicole Sullivan) Hostage Negotiator; Sick of It; That's How They Get You; Quality Time; Foreign Psychiatrist.

Absent: Artie Lange
1414Whoopi Goldberg, Brian Austin GreenFebruary 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)
News reporters remain callously umsympathetic while reporting on dangerous events; Michael Jackson (Phil LaMarr) promotes a seminar tape on how to be famous; Two wannabe gangstas (David Herman, Nicole Sullivan) rethink their ways when they are introduced to White Chocolate (Brian Austin Green); A woman (Mary Scheer) is rude to everyone on an airplane; Spy vs. Spy: Hair Dryer; A parody of Davey and Goliath has Davey forced by his dog Goliath to dish out harsh discipline to sinners with a gun; A discussion about Casino erupts into a fight; A man (Artie Lange) suffers from a disease that makes him act like a sports fanatic; A coffee addict (Bryan Callen) doesn't understand that his girlfriend (Nicole Sullivan) wants to break up with him. Don Martin: Beach Ball Boy/Tee Pee Guy; Two cops (David Herman, Artie Lange) try different tactics to get one of their suspects (Orlando Jones) to confess to a crime; A fan who look like Whoopi Goldberg accosts the actress/comedian backstage; UBS Delivery Guy (Phil LaMarr) Wake; Odds and Evens: The Movie; Disruptive Waitress (Nicole Sullivan).
1515Dave Higgins, Doug LlewelynMarch 9, 1996 (1996-03-09)
Spishak Products; Ink Blot; A player (Phil LaMarr) claims to be too good to be a bachelor on Lowered Expectations; That's My White Mama (Artie Lange); Roseanne Barr (Artie Lange), Drew Barrymore (Nicole Sullivan), Whitney Houston (Debra Wilson), and Barbra Streisand (Mary Scheer) star in Terms of Imprisonment; Spy vs. Spy: Dream Tank/Bomb Assembly; Small Claims Court; Eddie Murphy (Orlando Jones) tries to convince director Spike Lee (Phil LaMarr) to work with him; Dave Higgins talks about alcohol; Russian Landlords; Don Martin: Assembly Line.
1616Chris Hardwick, Barry WilliamsMarch 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)
X-News; International Coffee; Ozark Mountain Single Out; Bob Dole (David Herman) Commercial; In a parody of Casino and Encino Man, Nicky Santarone (Artie Lange) helps Dave (Bryan Callen) and Stony (David Herman) become big shots at their school: Encino Man 2, Casino Man; Doctor's Visit; Insanely Disappointed; In the latest installment of X-News Marsh's roommate (Bryan Callen) takes over while the two newscasters (David Herman, Nicole Sullivan) deal with their own problems; Survival Weekend; Spy vs. Spy: Basketball; The Big Game.
1717Claudia Schiffer and Kim ColesApril 6, 1996 (1996-04-06)
Artie Lange introduces the cast in announcer fashion; An interview with O. J. Simpson (Orlando Jones) contains outrageous bloopers; Parody of Levi's commercials; Mrs. Curtis (Artie Lange) catches her daughter (Debra Wilson) smoking cigarettes on That's My White Mama; A news reporter (Mary Scheer) repeats nearly verbatim everything her colleagues say; Parody of Lethal Weapon where Murtaugh (Orlando Jones) works with a new partner, Montell Jordan (Phil LaMarr): Lethal Weapon 4, Lethal Talkin'; Claudia Schiffer stars in a parody of James Bond films: Jane Bond, For Your Files Only; Spy vs. Spy: Brain Swap; Two home girls (Kim Coles, Debra Wilson) work as surgeons; A gangster (Artie Lange) poses as a businessman who sells stolen products, then harasses his partner (Bryan Callen); The high school's valedictorian (Nicole Sullivan) makes reference to grim, historic events during graduation.
1818Bruce McCullochMay 25, 1996 (1996-05-25)
X-News; Mary Scheer introduces the cast as soap opera actors; Headache; Unsolved Events: Beauty Pageant; The New Nut Job; Spy vs. Spy: Projector/Fallen in Love/Safe Trick; Babe-Watch; Drug Bust; Bruce McCulloch on different subjects; a DJ from radio station KRAC, the Crack remembers a deceased fellow co-worker in his usual excitable fashion and references classic rock songs.
1919Harland Williams (special guest)June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)
Two clueless martial artists (Bryan Callen, Artie Lange) have a sparring match; The fictitious Spishak Company promotes its margarine; Two parents (Artie Lange, Mary Scheer) are oblivious that their daughter (Nicole Sullivan) is a lesbian, and that her "friend" (Debra Wilson) is her lover; Lowered Expectations bachelors include one who's very uptight (David Herman), one with a special talent (Orlando Jones), and one who's looking for a spiritual relationship (Debra Wilson); A fugitive with missing limbs is on the loose, but several cops are able to find the body parts and other pieces of evidence; Spy vs. Spy: Briefcase; Kids have their slumber party ruined by the host's father (David Herman); A Claymation parody of Gumby involves the curious clay figure looking through a Playboy-like magazine: Gumboy; A scamming little league bookie (Artie Lange) strikes up deals with children; Harland Williams and the secrets of America; Two employees (Mary Scheer, Nicole Sullivan) settle their rivalry by threatening to kick each other's asses; Two goofy performers (David Herman, Mary Scheer) look to get their big break.

Home releases

All 19 episodes from season one were released on DVD on September 21, 2004, in a boxed set entitled Mad TV: The Complete First Season. The audio track included on this release was a Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround mix. Extra features included the 200th episode of Mad TV (from season nine), the best of Mad TV's commercial, movie, television, music video and animation parodies, a reel of season one bloopers, nine unaired sketches (including one called "Schindler's Lost," which was banned for censorship reasons and mentioned on the clip show episode "Mad TV Ruined My Life"), and a preview of Mad TV: The Complete Second Season.

Despite promises from FOX of a second season DVD release (and a preview of Mad TV's second season on the season one DVD), the Complete First Season DVD remained the only complete season of the show to be released on DVD for almost a decade. In 2012 Shout! Factory picked up the home video rights to Mad TV and released the second season on March 26, 2013. Seasons 3 and 4 were released later in 2013.

On the HBO Max release, episodes 2, 3, and 18 are missing.

References

  1. "MADtv DVD news: DVD Plans for MADtv Season 2 through Season 5". TVShowsOnDVD.com. May 25, 2007. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  2. "MADtv DVD news: Announcement for MADtv – The Complete 3rd Season". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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