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.
@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.
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.
When Sandler, Hartman, Spade, Rock, Farley, Kevin N., and Myers were on SNL. These cast members were the last SNL was great. SNL hasn't been consistently funny since prior to 1998. And from seasons 3-11, Mad TV destroyed SNL.
As much as I hate to say this, usually Near the Ending of a Great Series it always starts to feel a bit off & out of place. Mainly when a few Particular Characters leave that's when it starts. Look I'm young & Proud to say that this is was My SNL back in the 90's & early 2000's. But all of that was just My Opinion on it, I could careless what anyone else thinks LOL.
Madtv was the shit back in the day. Waaaaaaay funnier than SNL. But they messed up when they got rid of the original cast members like Allison, Mo and Debra. They made the show. After they left the show wasn't nearly as funny anymore, leading to it's demise.
Yep. And when Stephnie Weir left after season 11, well, we know. Weir and Michael McDonald kept the show going after Wilson, Collins, Borstein, and Sullivan left.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 RU-vid videos.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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!!
When I see people compare both SNL and Mad TV, it makes no sense. The only similarity was that they were competing against each other on Saturday night. Other than that, they were apples and oranges. SNL preferred to go more topical and appealed to a more adult demographic. MAD TV steered mostly away from topical humor and appealed to a younger demographic. Different approaches, with both achieving success.
I think the same opinion, I'm fed up with those garbage comments saying pure stupidity that madtv is better than snl because it's better than snl and nothing else, without arguments and without anything to justify it, the same, both shows have the similarity of being sketch comedy generic that only work in certain sketchs.
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Even the theme song is better than SNL. The 2:20 opening to season 5 is my fav. This is my childhood.
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.
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 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 RU-vid.
IMO, Mad TV's best season was season 6 because they had Mo Collins, Alex Borstein, Nicole Sullivan, Debra Wilson, and Stephnie Weir. These women made Mad TV great. From seasons 3-11, Mad TV destroyed SNL. The Mad TV legends are Weir, Wilson, Sullivan, Collins, Borstein, McDonald, Sasso, Caliendo, LaMarr, Spears, Lee, Peele, Key, Kilbane, and Nicole Parker (the only other female legend besides the original female legends).
The Mad TV All-stars are Andrew Daly, Vogt, Barinholtz, Pederson, Scheer, Herman, Craig Anton, Gaither, Flanagan, and Arden Myrin. The rest of the cast members were either solid role players or good role players.
