EPISODE
SEASON
MADtv - Season 1
A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.
14 November 1975, Fontana, California, USA
30 April 1994
3 February 1980
9 April 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 November 1956, Lackawanna, New York, USA
7 February 1972, New York City, New York, USA
18 September 1974, Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 February 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 March 1966, Brooklyn, New York, USA
27 May 1965, San Francisco, California, USA
6 August 1977, California, USA
22 October 1968, Kingston, Jamaica
21 March 1962, New York City, New York, USA
1 June 1974, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3 August 1959, New York City, New York, USA
August 22, 1997 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
September 11, 2018
Imagine a Saturday late-night comedy show with lame jokes, good ideas that fizzle, a liberal dash of tastelessness and vulgarity and a cast you've never heard of.
September 11, 2018
Still, there are moments of brilliance.
September 11, 2018
Not surprisingly, such spoofs of pop culture are a staple of Mad TV's lineup, and some of its filmed movie parodies have been especially clever.
September 11, 2018
Fans of "MADtv" swear the show is much better than "Saturday Night Live"... but this collection of the first season's episodes demonstrates that the show is frequently very funny, in its own subversive way.
September 11, 2018
In short, there's no breakthrough material or personality as yet, but the cast is gearing up with appealing verve.
September 11, 2018
Best of all, like the SNL of old, Mad TV knows how to spoof commercials, with priceless parodies of Budweiser frogs and ''MacDumpsters.''
September 11, 2018
It takes a lot to make Saturday Night Live look like a sharp, sophisticated show, but Mad TV's lowbrow stab at humor does just that.