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MAD is a comedy cartoon on Cartoon Network, based on MAD Magazine from Warner Bros. Animation and executive producer Sam Register (Teen Titans, the Batman, Justice League Unlimited, Ben 10, Batman: the Brave and the Bold). The series features short animated vignettes about current television shows, films, games, videos and other aspects of popular culture. Much like MADtv's early years, this series also features appearances by "Spy vs. Spy" and Don Martin cartoons. Producing are Kevin Shinick (Robot Chicken) and Mark Marek (KaBlam!, the Andy Milonakis Show).

Recurring sketches[]

  • A MAD Look Inside - A short piece in which viewers see a magical world inside a celebrity. This only played during season 1.
  • Ad Parodies - Segments that take the form of a commercial, a film trailer, an informercial, or a television promo.
  • Alfred E. Neuman for President - A sketch that follows Alfred E. Neuman running for president during the 2012 United States presidential election. Sketches may have different themes, including celebrity endorsements, and presidential campaign ads. This only played during season 3.
  • Animated Marginals - Short cartoons based on Sergio Aragonés's marginals that appear after the first segment and after the Spy vs. Spy segment.
  • Bad Idea - A sketch that presents a scenario that involves a mix of two things backfiring. Most of the sketches were animated by Mike Wartella.
  • Celebrities Without Their Makeup - A segment that shows what celebrities and fictional characters would look like without their makeup. This only played during seasons 1 and 2.
  • Dear Reaper... - A sketch where the Grim Reaper reads to letters from children and replies to them with details on the death of the child. This only played in seasons 1 and 2.
  • Don Martin - Animations based on comics illustrated by Don Martin.
  • Everything is Better with Ninjas! - A series of different scenarios featuring ninjas. This only played in the first and third seasons.
  • Extinction - A sketch where dinosaurs get involved in different situations during an extinction event. This only played in seasons 2 and 3.
  • Gross and Beyond Gross - A sketch that showcases the differences between "gross" and "beyond gross". This only played during season 1.
  • MAD Ask the Celebrity - A sketch where three celebrities respond with absurd answers to questions in letters by fans.
  • MAD News - A sketch that follows a newsman announcing recent news. The sketch originally began appearing randomly in the middle of a episode—usually interrupting another sketch. Starting with episode 9, the sketch serves as a cold opening for seasons 1 and 2 before returning to being featured as an interruption in season 3.
  • MAD Security Cam - A segment that follows a presentation of surveillance footage featuring bizarre or supernatural occurrences that happen at various locations, normally during nightly closing hours.
  • MAD's Guide to... - A sketch that takes the form of a guide that offers and provides information about different topics.
  • MAD's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions - A sketch where people ask a question and gets answered in many simple ways. Based on comics illustrated by Al Jaffee.
  • MADitorial - An editorial sketch animated by Jorge R. Gutierrez. This only played during season 4.
  • MADucation 101 - A sketch that takes a lesson in any subject. This only played during season 1.
  • MADvent Calendar - A series of funny and ridiculous pop culture events that happened recently. Starting with season 3, the sketch serves as the new cold opening for every episode.
  • Mike Wartella - Animations by the eponymous animator with the same name.
  • Rejected - A segment revealing rejected ideas within various pop culture properties.
  • Shorts - Short animations animated by different animators.
  • Spy vs. Spy - A segment based on the long-running comic series with the same name.
  • Superheroes: They're Just Like Us - A sketch where various superheroes get involved in different scenarios.
  • Super-Villains for your... - A sketch where various supervillains present themselves as a moral guidance to children, but end up tricking and betraying them in the process, resulting in them dying or suffering an unforeseen event. This only played during season 1..
  • The Greatest Thing Ever! - A sketch in which a child experiences a series of events doing one little thing that makes him or her a hero or heroine. This only played during season 2.
  • The Less You Know - A parody of The More You Know where it explains a pop culture fact. This only played during season 4.
  • This Day in History - A sketch where it looks at an achievement on the day of the initial broadcast. This only played during season 1.
  • What's Wrong with this Picture? - A game inviting the viewer to recognize something which is incorrect or out–of–place within the picture shown on the screen, but then reveals the correct or least likely things shown to be the expected answer. This only played during season 2.
  • Where's Lady Gaga? - A Where's Waldo?-esque sketch where Lady Gaga is hiding at a small-time public function. This only played during season 1.

Episodes[]

Season Episodes First aired Last aired
1 26 September 6, 2010 June 20, 2011
2 26 August 22, 2011 April 23, 2012
3 26 May 28, 2012 March 4, 2013
4 25 April 1, 2013 December 2, 2013

Cast[]

2010-09-08-mad-premiere

Conroy Cat of the comic The Cartoon Chronicles of Conroy Cat discussing MAD.

Cast members[]

Guest voices[]

Animators[]

External Links[]

  • MAD at Internet Movie Database
  • MAD at Cartoon Network
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