The Great Batsby / Big Time Gold Rush

The Great Batsby / Big Time Gold Rush
Season	4
Episode	11 (89)
Original airdate:	Monday, July 29, 2013
Premiere time:	8:30 PM
Previous episode:	Jacks the Giant Slayers / The Most Beautiful Voice
Next episode:	First White House Down / McDuck Dynasty

The Great Batsby / Big Time Gold Rush is the 11th episode of MAD Season 4, and the 89th overall episode of MAD.

Episode Summary

The Great Batsby: A charming narrator talks about his time with an eccentric man in the 1920's... who dressed like a bat!

Big Time Gold Rush: Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell are sent out to mine for gold.

Segments

MAD - Spy vs Spy - White Spy's Chicken-0

1. MADvent Calendar - Been picking popcorn out of your teeth all month? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
   • Sunday, 1:00 PM: America's Got Talent's Howard Stern says children see him as a Muppet, while Zoot from the Muppets says he's suing for identity theft.
   • Monday, 10:00 AM: Disney unveils an old-fashioned look for Mickey Mouse... along with an old-fashioned paycheck.
   • Friday, 2:00 PM: Donald Trump says that Modern Family is just as good as this!
2. Opening Scene
3. The Great Batsby (Movie Parody of the Great Gatsby / Spoof on Batman)
4. Animated Marginals segment
5. Popcorn Butter Hose (Animated by Mike Wartella)
6. Bungee Bunk (Ad Parodies segment)
7. Anime Character or Christina Ricci (Spoof on Christina Ricci)
8. Out the Window News: Part 1 - Matthew Hessel explains that a dog is peeing on a streetlight. (Cartoon)
9. The Fresh Beasts Band (TV Parody of the Fresh Beat Band) (Ad Parodies segment)
10. The Sacred Hammer (Cartoon)
11. Out the Window News: Part 2 - Matthew Hessel explains that he made a mistake in the previous news. (Cartoon)
12. Spy vs. Spy - White Spy's Chicken (Directed by Tennessee Reid Norton) (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
13. Animated Marginals segment
14. Money Diapers: From Bad Idea Inc. (Animated by Mike Wartella)
15. Big Time Gold Rush (TV Parody of Big Time Rush and Gold Rush)
16. Credits
17. 5-second Cartoon - (from The Great Batsby) (5-second Cartoon segment)

Gallery

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Transcript

Main article: The Great Batsby / Big Time Gold Rush (Transcript)

Trivia

• This is the first time Disney's Beauty and the Beast showed up, the first appearance of the Sketch Stork, and the only time Gold Rush and the Fresh Beat Band appeared on MAD.
• This is the second time the Great Gatsby and Big Time Rush get spoofed.
• Third time Teen Titans was referenced. First was DolPhineas and Ferb Tale when Cyborg appeared in the marathon and second was Teen Titanic from Episode 45.
• This is the 50th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion. A NEW WORLD RECORD!!

Voices

• Eric Artell - Nick Carraway and Carlos Garcia
• Chris Cox - Jay Gatsby and James Diamond
• Keith Ferguson - Bungee Bunk Announcer and Todd Hoffman
• Dan Milano - Gustavo Rocque and the Fresh Beasts Band Announcer
• Rachel Ramras - Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, and Kiki
• Joey Richter - Beast and Kendall Knight
• Kevin Shinick - Batman, Eminem, Sketch Stork, and the MADvent Calendar Announcer
• Tara Strong - Logan Mitchell

Animators

• Adam Gault Studio - MADvent Calendar, and Bungee Bunk
• Bunko Studios - The Great Batsby
• Chuck Gammage Animation - Anime Character or Christina Ricci?
• Mike Wartella - Popcorn Butter Hose, and Money Diapers from Bad Idea Inc.
• PUNY - Out the Window News
• Rubber House - The Sacred Hammer
• Steven K.L. Olson - The Fresh Beasts Band
• Stoopid Buddy Stoodios - Spy vs. Spy