MADvent Calendar

Premise of Segment
The MADvent Calendar is a series of funny and ridiculous pop culture events that happened recently. This becomes the new cold opening for the show in MAD Season 3 and it possibly replaced the previous cold opening, MAD News. The segment begins with the announcer saying a random excuse for missing events that happened the past week. Then he says two real events resulting or causing into two fake events and the last event is about a person or thing have a bad experience that leads into the Opening Scene. It also has the days of the week and time.

Season 3

 * (Episode 53) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been stuck on an alien planet for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Friday, 10:30 PM: People who went to see the opening night of the Avengers (2012 film) finally go home after making sure there were no more scenes after the credits.
 * Tuesday, 4:00 PM: The woman accused of overtanning (Patricia Krentcil) turns out to be the robot from Hugo.
 * Saturday, 2:15 AM: Will Smith has a fever dream that looks something like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 54) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been living in an undersea cave for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Monday, 11:30 AM: Britney Spears and Demi Lovato become X Factor judges, replacing Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger who become X-Men.
 * Saturday, 7:15 PM: In support of Jordin Sparks' anti texting and driving campaign, Alfred E. Neuman does a cover of "Texty & I Know It."
 * Tuesday, 3:10 PM: The man in Edvard Munch's "the Scream" screams even louder after seeing this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 55) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been lost in the desert for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Saturday, 3:00 PM: Mark Zuckerberg gets married... to his hoodie jacket!
 * Sunday, 6:45 PM: Scientists warn that you could go blind watching the solar eclipse, and by that, they mean the movie (the Twilight Saga: Eclipse).
 * Sunday, 11:00 PM: MTV Movie Awards give their top prize to a film that looks nothing like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 56) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been in bed with the flu for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Friday, 11:00 AM: Star Wars turns 35 years old or 912 in Wookie years.
 * Wednesday, 2:30 PM: The trailer for the movie, the Great Gatsby, premieres with a typo, making it "the Great Goatsby."
 * Sunday, 9:00 AM: Dads everywhere open Father's Day gifts that are just as cheap as this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 57) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been in a staring contest for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Wednesday, 10:30 AM: Pixar's new movie, Brave, marks their first movie with a female star, but the summer's 59th movie with an archer in it.
 * Tuesday, 6:00 PM: When New York's mayor bans soda cups over 16 ounces (oz), the movie theaters switched to the metric system.
 * Monday, 8:45 PM: Justin Bieber smacks his head into the glass trying to catch this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 58) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been stuck in suspended animation for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Wednesday, 5:00 PM: Ke$ha gets a lip tattooed that looks painful, yet still not as painful as listening to Ke$ha.
 * Thursday, 1:30 PM: The Women's Tennis Association tries to ban grunting from tennis... while everyone else tries to ban tennis by grunting.
 * Monday, 8:45 PM: The Supreme Court votes down everything that looks like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 59) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've had your head in a book for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Monday, 6:30 PM: Alec Baldwin announces he is no longer bitter, then quickly yells, "I SAID ON  JITTER!"
 * Sunday, 11:00 AM: J. K. Rowling releases the cover for a first non-Harry Potter book called "Larry Totter and the Case of the Recycled Magic."
 * Tuesday, 4:15 AM: Tom Cruise turns 50 and is serenaded with this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 60) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've had water stuck in your ear for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Friday, 10:00 AM: The movie, Ice Age, opens to huge crowds, who actually show up just to get out of the summer heat.
 * Tuesday, 8:00 AM: Disney redesigns the seven dwarves as something they call 7D, but the rest of the world calls it Adventure Time.
 * Saturday, 3:00 PM: Katy Perry says she's forming her own record label to produce more things that sound like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 61) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've had your head in a freezer for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Tuesday, 1:30 PM: Snoop Dogg announces he'll change his name to Snoop Lion, then Snoop Cougar, then Snoop OS X.
 * Thursday, 4:00 PM: Oprah Winfrey reveals her natural hair!
 * Monday, 8:45 PM: With the Olympics over, all we have to obsess about is this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 62) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've had your head in the stars for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Monday, 1:30 AM: NASA's Rover Curiosity lands on Mars, accidentally killing a Martian cat.
 * Tuesday, 3:00 PM: Natalie Portman gets married, wearing her mother's original dress.
 * Friday, 7:00 PM: Sesame Street announces they want their show to look more like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 63) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been hitting "snooze" for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Wednesday, 2:30 PM: A boy with a toy piece in his nose is overshadowed by his sister with a gaming system in her ear.
 * Friday, 10:00 AM: Smokey the Bear turns 68, but the party is ruined by a birthday cake fire!
 * Tuesday, 5:00 PM: Miley Cyrus tells barber, "I want my hair to look just like this (MAD Opening Scene)!"


 * (Episode 64) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been watching the leaves change for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Monday, 10:00 AM: Cartoon Network celebrates its 20th Anniversary, but is still not old enough to stay up past 9:00 PM.
 * Saturday, 3:30 PM: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively get married, but avoid exchanging rings for fear of reminding anyone of the last ring debacle.
 * Tuesday, 6:00 PM: Morgan Freeman says reports of his death are a hoax, unless of course, the afterlife looks like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 65) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you're chopping onions for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Friday, 11:00 AM: The Jonas Brothers reunite for a show at Radio City Music Hall, not realizing it's the Christmas Spectacular.
 * Monday, 8:30 PM: Mariah Carey agrees to join Randy Jackson as a judge on American Idol, until finding out he is one of Nicki Minaj's alter-egos.
 * Wednesday, 2:00 AM: NASA's Rover Curiosity sends back pictures of Mars' surface which looks something like this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 66) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been carving pumpkins for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Friday, 2:00 PM: Chelsea Handler is attacked by a sea lion, but makes it to shore just in time to be attacked by a land lion!
 * Wednesday, 10:00 AM: Marvel announces Captain America will become president. DC Comics is now worried about the debates.
 * Saturday, 10:00 PM: Carly Rae Jepsen admits she can't get this tune (MAD Opening Scene) out of her head!


 * (Episode 67) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've just been brought back from the dead, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Monday, 7:00 PM: Children turn on their TV and are horrified... by yet another presidential debate interrupting their favorite shows.
 * Wednesday, 10:00 AM: Costume stores quickly alter their Justin Bieber masks by painting them green.
 * Thursday, 8:00 PM: MAD rots your brain with their special Halloween... BOO.0 (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 68) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been staring at clouds for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Sunday, 2:15 PM: Miley Cyrus gets a tattoo quoting Teddy Roosevelt, forgetting he was the president who liked to talk a lot.
 * Wednesday, 4:00 AM: Astronomers discover Pluto has a fifth moon, but then state, "That's no moon, it's a space station!"
 * Tuesday, 9:00 AM: Olympic champions agree, the key to winning is avoiding this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 69) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been counting ballots all week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Sunday, 2:00 AM: Instead of setting her clock back one hour, Jessica Simpson sets her clock back one foot.
 * Tuesday, 8:00 PM: Voters everywhere rush to the polls, except for Alfred E. Neuman who rushes to the North Pole.
 * Saturday, 4:00 PM: Beyoncé agrees to do the Super Bowl Halftime Show provided she could sing this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 70) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been baking pies all week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Monday, 5:00 PM: The leaves stop changing colors and begin changing shapes!
 * Wednesday, 1:00 PM: Recent polls show that watching football has become Thanksgiving's major pasttime, only after turkeys get the right to vote.
 * Thursday, 8:00 PM: After watching Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving Special for the billionth time, families have no choice but to watch this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 71) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been in a food coma for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Thursday, 2:00 PM: Lady Gaga holds a picnic to promote her new perfume, but is instead mistaken for a turkey.
 * Thursday, 2:30 PM: Lady Gaga explains who she is by putting on a concert, but is plucked and stuffed anyway.
 * Thursday, 3:00 PM: Families everywhere sit down and give thanks for everything but this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 72) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been baking Christmas cookies for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * Sunday, 12:00 PM: Joe Biden makes a cameo appearance on Parks and Recreation before starring as Gandalf in the Hobbit.
 * Tuesday, 8:00 PM: A tall black hat brought children running to Frosty the Snowman, but had the opposite effect for Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.
 * Friday, 9:00 AM: Instead of giving naughty children coal, Santa Claus decides to give them this (MAD Opening Scene)!


 * (Episode 73) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been ___________ for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
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 * (Episode 74) The MADvent Calendar announces that if you've been ___________ for the past week, here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
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Trivia

 * In Episode 53, The news about the Avengers movie (from the top) is a reference to how every movie about the Avengers separately (Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America) all show short scenes as sneak peeks for the Avengers movie, and the Hulk's animation looks similar to the one from Avenger Time.
 * In Episode 54, Alfred E. Neuman's title "Texty & I Know It" is a reference to LMFAO's song "Sexy & I Know It."
 * In Episode 57, the archers besides Brave's Princess Merida after the announcer announces that Brave is summer's 59th movie with an archer in it are:
 * Hawkeye (the Avengers (2012 film))
 * Green Arrow
 * Katniss Everdeen (the Hunger Games)
 * Man
 * In Episode 64, the MADvent Calendar announces that Cartoon Network turns 20 years old, but is too young to stay up past 9:00 PM. This is a reference to [adult swim], the cable network that airs at 9:00 PM until 6:00 AM (8:00 PM until 5:00 AM Central time), that airs shows ranging from higher TV-PG to lower TV-MA. However, [adult swim] wasn't always one of Cartoon Network's programming blocks; it was introduced on September 2, 2001 as a former programming block before the channel itself was launched on March 25, 2005 as a cable network.
 * In Episode 67, the MADvent Calendar announcer's voice is heard as a nocturnal vampire known as... Count Dracula!