EPISODE
SEASON
MADtv - Season 1
A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.
3 October 1973, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
6 March 1972, Newark, New Jersey, USA
2 September 1948, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
19 August 1981, La Mirada, California, USA
13 October 1952, Buffalo, New York, USA
12 September 1978, Frankfurt, West Germany
18 December 1980, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
29 May 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 March 1974, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
10 April 1968, Mobile, Alabama, USA
20 March 1944, Panama
16 January 1981, New York City, New York, USA
29 November 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 October 1943, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
10 June 1983, New York City, New York, USA
March 2, 1968
14 July 1960, Walnut Creek, California, USA
17 April 1954, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1 November 1964, Ferndale, Washington, USA
29 March 1943, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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
Still, there are moments of brilliance.
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
In short, there's no breakthrough material or personality as yet, but the cast is gearing up with appealing verve.
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
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.
