Hip Hop Hobbit / The Monday Project

Episode Summary
Hip Hop Hobbit: Bilbo embarks on an old-school quest of rhyming and break dancing.

The Monday Project: Garfield vows to get his life together.

Segments

 * 1) MADvent Calendar - Been breaking New Year's resolutions for a month? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * 2) *Sunday, 4:00 PM: Alfred E. Neuman praises his own television show by calling it filth.
 * 3) *Tuesday, 9:00 PM: After learning that three Lord of the Rings celebrities share January birthdays, the Zodiac sign is changed from Capricorn to Aragorn.
 * 4) *Saturday, 10:00 AM: The groundhog laughs at his own puppet shadows which means many more seasons of this!
 * 5) Opening Scene
 * 6) Hip Hop Hobbit (Video Game Parody of the Hip Hop Dance Experience / Movie Parody of the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey... and the 1977 the Hobbit TV movie) (MAD Music segment)
 * 7) Animated Marginals segment
 * 8) Is Santa Coming or Not? (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 9) Why Kristen Stewart Never Laughs... or Smiles (Spoof on Kristen Stewart)
 * 10) MAD Security Cam - Zoo (MAD Security Cam segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 11) The Perks of Being a Cauliflower (Movie Parody of the Perks of Being a Wallflower) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 12) Spy vs. Spy - Retina Scanner (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 13) Animated Marginals segment
 * 14) Tinky Turner's Self Elf Book (Ad Parody of a Self-Help Book) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 15) Ant Funeral (Cartoon)
 * 16) The Monday Project (TV Parody of the Mindy Project / Comic Parody of Garfield)
 * 17) Credits
 * 18) 5-second Cartoon - (from Hip Hop Hobbit) Bilbo raps with Gollum. (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia

 * This is the third episode of MAD that they resumed airing new episodes on Monday nights at 8:30 PM. The first was Ko-Bee Movie / Law &amp; Ogre, and the second was Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy.
 * First appearances of Jon Arbuckle and Nermal in a Garfield parody, and also the second appearance of Odie.
 * This is the first time the Perks of Being a Wallflower gets spoofed, and it will do it again in the next episode.
 * This is the seventh episode of MAD to have only one M. Wartella segment. The previous ones were:
 * Star Blecch / uGlee
 * Cliffordfield / Big Time Rushmore
 * The Straight A-Team / Gaming's Next Top Princess
 * HOPS / Naru210
 * Outtagascar / F·I·E·N·D·S
 * Fantastic Four Christmases / Red & White Collar (the previous episode)
 * 13th appearance of the MAD Security Cam segment.
 * 3rd time Frank Welker reprises his role as Garfield on MAD.
 * 34th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion.
 * This is the fourth episode to feature a guest star (Biz Markie). The previous ones were:
 * Andrew W.K. in Kung Fu Blander / Destroy Bob the Builder Destroy
 * Billy Dee Williams in Potions 11 / Moves Like Jabba
 * Rico Rodriguez in FrankenWinnie / ParaMorgan

Voices

 * Keith Ferguson - Bilbo Baggins, Ant, and Jon Arbuckle
 * Biz Markie - Hip Hop Bilbo, Odie's Security Guard, and Elf
 * Jim Meskimen - Gandalf, Tinky Turner's Self Elf Book Announcer, and Anchorman
 * Rachel Ramras - Christmas Daughter, Honey Boo Boo, Girl with Bike, and Honey Boo Boo's Mom
 * Christopher "Kid" Reid - Hip Hop Gandalf, Bully and Elf
 * Kevin Shinick - Dwarf, Lunchroom Monitor, Santa Claus, Guy, Ant, Christmas Son, Man at Lasagna Fair, and MADvent Calendar Announcer
 * Dana Snyder - Tinky Turner, Dwarf, and Why Kristen Stewart Never Laughs... or Smiles Announcer
 * Frank Welker - Garfield, Cauliflower, and Christmas Dad