Linkong / Rainbow Dash & Bernstein

Linkong / Rainbow Dash & Bernstein is the first episode of MAD Season 4, and the 79th overall episode of MAD.

Episode Summary[]

Linkong: It's a classic tale of America's greatest giant ape president.

Rainbow Dash & Bernstein: Wyatt Bernstein builds a new bestie: Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!

MADvent Calendar - Been dying eggs all month? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
- Sunday, 9:00 AM: Children finally find proof of the Easter Bunny when they wake to find candy and rabbit turds. Gross!
- Monday, 2:00 PM: A week after giving Steven Spielberg's Lincoln an Oscar, the Academy yells, "APRIL FOOLS!"
- Monday, 8:00 PM: Good things come in threes, so MAD starts Season 4 with this!
Opening Scene
Linkong (Movie Parody of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln / Spoof on King Kong)
Animated Marginals segment
Fortune Yeller (Spoof on a Fortune Teller) (Animated by Mike Wartella)
Truth Paste (Ad Parodies segment)
Man with Flu Never Getting a Baby (Cartoon)
Rejected Merry Go Round Characters (Rejected segment) (Animated by Rubber House)
Keeping Up with the Carebearshians (TV Parody of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot) (Ad Parodies segment) (Animated by Steven K.L. Olson)
Spy vs. Spy - Mixed Martial Arts (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
Animated Marginals segment
Ice Diver in Winter Olympics (Cartoon) (Animated by Ian Miller)
Rainbow Dash & Bernstein (Spoof on Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic / TV Parody of Crash & Bernstein)
Credits
5-second Cartoon - (from Fortune Yeller) The Fortune Yeller keeps on yelling. (5-second Cartoon segment)

Main article: Linkong / Rainbow Dash & Bernstein/Gallery

Main article: Linkong / Rainbow Dash & Bernstein (Transcript)

This episode is the MAD Season 4 Premiere, and it premiered on April Fools' Day 2013!
This is the only time Crash & Bernstein gets spoofed.
This is the third time Abraham Lincoln showed up. The first was Big Time Rushmore and the second was the Flunco! products from Episode 57.
This is the fourth time where a 2012 movie gets spoofed (Lincoln). The previous ones were:
This is the fifth episode of MAD to feature a guest star (Gilbert Gottfried), and the fifth time My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic gets spoofed.
This is the ninth episode of MAD to have only one Mike Wartella segment. The previous ones were:
13th appearance of the Rejected segment.
This is the 40th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion. YAY!
This is the second time the closing theme wasn't used, the first time was in Episode 68.
Ironically, seven days after the MAD Season 4 Premiere, the real Margaret Thatcher died on Monday, April 8, 2013 where another episode of MAD Season 4 has been premiered (Pokémonsters, Inc. / Bane & Kate). Margaret Thatcher, we bet you're in heaven right now looking down on us. Your death will be avenged!

Keith Ferguson - Citizen and Truth Paste Announcer
Gilbert Gottfried († 12 Apr 2022) - Linkong, Crash, and Father
Jim Meskimen - Thaddeus Stevens and Puppeteer (Tim Lagasse)
Rachel Ramras - Cleo Bernstein, Tiny Twins aka Shobijin, Fortune Yeller, Cheer Bear, and Daughter
Meredith Salenger - Mel Bernstein, Bentley Bear, and Mother
Kevin Shinick - Fortune Yeller Tourist, Man #1, Man #2, Boy, General Lee, Son, Keeping up with the Carebearshians Announcer, and the MADvent Calendar Announcer
Kath Soucie - Wyatt Bernstein
Tara Strong - Mecha-Thatcher, Bling Bear, Beauty Bear, and Rainbow Dash

SEASON ONE: September 6, 2010 - June 20, 2011

SEASON TWO: August 22, 2011 - April 23, 2012

SEASON THREE: May 28, 2012 - March 4, 2013

SEASON FOUR: April 1, 2013 - December 2, 2013

MAD Segments