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starry skies above
Aug 23, 2015

by zen death robot
Come on, this is funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG55kNjO1Vs

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SirEvelynTremble
Dec 25, 2013

FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO
I can't laugh while your mom is blowing me - it's rude

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
lol ms swan he looka like a man

burritolingus
Nov 6, 2007

by Ralp
Yeah. It fell apart when Artie Lange left.

burritolingus
Nov 6, 2007

by Ralp

mdm posted:

lol ms swan he looka like a man

That was later.

shiksa
Nov 9, 2009

i went to one of these wrestling shows and it was... honestly? frickin boring. i wanna see ricky! i want to see his gold chains and respect for the ftw lifestyle
im stuart look what i can do look what i can do

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Key and Peele is better.

Fake James
Aug 18, 2005

Y'all got any more of that plastic?
Buglord
No matter how old I get, this will always be loving funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV6In1K8zKk

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


I was raised on the dairy bitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if27InJBtEI

Well gently caress - at least mine has both of them :D

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

Phil LaMarr loving carried those seasons.

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
chaaaaa you know what

mmmmm mmmmmm

shiksa
Nov 9, 2009

i went to one of these wrestling shows and it was... honestly? frickin boring. i wanna see ricky! i want to see his gold chains and respect for the ftw lifestyle

Geoff Zahn posted:

No matter how old I get, this will always be loving funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV6In1K8zKk

lmaaaaaaaao the fat man fell down

wtf why isnt this on tv anymore

Amorphous Blob
Jun 26, 2009

by Lowtax

(and can't post for 2 years!)

Geoff Zahn posted:

No matter how old I get, this will always be loving funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV6In1K8zKk

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

I was raised on the dairy bitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if27InJBtEI

Well gently caress - at least mine has both of them :D


ive done the shopping cart trick and i still have a scar on my elbow. good times

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011
The first two seasons of Mad TV were called "In Living Color"

Stink Billyums
Jul 7, 2006

MAGNUM
Good Mad TV cast members:
Phil Lamarr
Will Sasso

...

Amorphous Blob
Jun 26, 2009

by Lowtax

(and can't post for 2 years!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ombrpN8qfZ4

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Oct 30, 2009

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mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006


Holy poo poo remember when Fanatic was a thing?

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
The pocket hulk was a solid skit with will sasso IMO

Bad career move him losing weight.

burritolingus
Nov 6, 2007

by Ralp

Kuato posted:

The pocket hulk was a solid skit with will sasso IMO

Bad career move him losing weight.

I remember when he did a thing on MAD TV about him losing weight and becoming unfunny, but it was true. It was so true.

Amorphous Blob
Jun 26, 2009

by Lowtax

(and can't post for 2 years!)


man sasso nailed that role perfectly

i liked the lillian verner gameshow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEorw-O0GAI


mind the walrus posted:

Holy poo poo remember when Fanatic was a thing?

i have no idea what mtv even airs anymore

Aeka 2.0
Nov 16, 2000

:ohdear: Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.




Dinosaur Gum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d82j_Qfp_VA

Delsaber
Oct 1, 2013

This may or may not be correct.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr_N_E1AKFU

This should just be the Will Sasso thread from now on.

burritolingus
Nov 6, 2007

by Ralp
Will Sasso Megathread 28 (FAT WILL SASSO ONLY)

whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVv4TxdwqqE

starry skies above
Aug 23, 2015

by zen death robot
And Will Sasso wasn't even on the first two seasons of Mad TV. :(

Asterios
Apr 17, 2008

So long, Skorpex!

https://www.presidentbaby.com
I worked on MadTV for four seasons (proof: http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1386347/Asterios-Kokkinos) and will hapily answer any questions you may have about MadTV.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuAgUcZNgQ

Amorphous Blob
Jun 26, 2009

by Lowtax

(and can't post for 2 years!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9r794ZzEwo

Asterios posted:

I worked on MadTV for four seasons (proof: http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1386347/Asterios-Kokkinos) and will hapily answer any questions you may have about MadTV.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuAgUcZNgQ


ok.

where do you get your ideas from?

Loqieu
Feb 27, 2001

Asterios posted:

I worked on MadTV for four seasons (proof: http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1386347/Asterios-Kokkinos) and will hapily answer any questions you may have about MadTV.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuAgUcZNgQ

What type of research did Mad TV even need that you're listed under that? Was it which high calorie food you should serve Will Sasso so he would become funny again?

ScentOfAnOtaku
Aug 25, 2006

I have no control, I just keep eating, and eating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjDtryF4aUQ

I will take any chance I can to link to some Savontay. I'll do anything to help all those little fat head kids.

ScentOfAnOtaku fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Aug 26, 2015

Asterios
Apr 17, 2008

So long, Skorpex!

https://www.presidentbaby.com

Loqieu posted:

What type of research did Mad TV even need that you're listed under that? Was it which high calorie food you should serve Will Sasso so he would become funny again?

MadTV (or as it's properly spelled, MADtv) needed a crazy amount of research. Nobody ever really noticed, but the sets, props, wardrobe, hair and makeup teams were some of the best people in the industry -- all multiple emmy award winners, and a lot of them old school SNL or In Living Color crew. The hair stylist was a guy named Matthew who used to style Farley's hair for Matt Foley (which involved dunking his head in a bucket of water and running a comb through it 5 seconds before Farley entered the set.)

So they'd all need a ton of photos and video to do their jobs. They were incredible perfectionists -- when Britney Spears drove around bald with a baby on her lap, the transportation department needed photos so they could rent that exact car, wardrobe would try and find her exact outfit, props would find the right baby, the lighting guys would try and match the lighting...it was nuts.

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006


This was actually pretty decent considering that the studio audience for Mad TV never stopped loving with the timing.

starry skies above
Aug 23, 2015

by zen death robot

Asterios posted:

MadTV (or as it's properly spelled, MADtv) needed a crazy amount of research. Nobody ever really noticed, but the sets, props, wardrobe, hair and makeup teams were some of the best people in the industry -- all multiple emmy award winners, and a lot of them old school SNL or In Living Color crew. The hair stylist was a guy named Matthew who used to style Farley's hair for Matt Foley (which involved dunking his head in a bucket of water and running a comb through it 5 seconds before Farley entered the set.)

So they'd all need a ton of photos and video to do their jobs. They were incredible perfectionists -- when Britney Spears drove around bald with a baby on her lap, the transportation department needed photos so they could rent that exact car, wardrobe would try and find her exact outfit, props would find the right baby, the lighting guys would try and match the lighting...it was nuts.

Man, I got no questions. Just share reminisces please.

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


The seasons with skinny Will Sasso were the best.

Asterios
Apr 17, 2008

So long, Skorpex!

https://www.presidentbaby.com

mind the walrus posted:

This was actually pretty decent considering that the studio audience for Mad TV never stopped loving with the timing.

People always thought we used a laugh track because the audiences would laugh an insane amount. Honestly, the audiences were just tons and tons of LA high school kids would kinda laugh at everything.

At least when I was there, we only used a laugh track 1 time that I know of, and that was because of a guest star who couldn't make tape day.

Dick Fagballzson
Sep 29, 2005
I don't know about the rest of MadTV, but the Steven Seagal sketches were comedy gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXx3_ykUpfY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPuUF3ZVQ1A

Dick Fagballzson fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Aug 26, 2015

Aeka 2.0
Nov 16, 2000

:ohdear: Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.




Dinosaur Gum
How much coke was Artie Lang on at any given time?

Code Jockey
Jan 24, 2006

69420 basic bytes free

Asterios posted:

MadTV (or as it's properly spelled, MADtv) needed a crazy amount of research. Nobody ever really noticed, but the sets, props, wardrobe, hair and makeup teams were some of the best people in the industry -- all multiple emmy award winners, and a lot of them old school SNL or In Living Color crew. The hair stylist was a guy named Matthew who used to style Farley's hair for Matt Foley (which involved dunking his head in a bucket of water and running a comb through it 5 seconds before Farley entered the set.)

So they'd all need a ton of photos and video to do their jobs. They were incredible perfectionists -- when Britney Spears drove around bald with a baby on her lap, the transportation department needed photos so they could rent that exact car, wardrobe would try and find her exact outfit, props would find the right baby, the lighting guys would try and match the lighting...it was nuts.

that's actually really fuckin interesting more please


also I used to have such a crush on nicole sullivan

Asterios
Apr 17, 2008

So long, Skorpex!

https://www.presidentbaby.com

starry skies above posted:

Man, I got no questions. Just share reminisces please.

Some of the funniest people in the world wrote and acted on that show, and you'd never know it because the showrunner was a man who did not understand comedy at all. His name was David Saltzman, and I think he used to work in sports.

Some of the most talented improvisers in the country would get hired on MADtv as either writers or actors. Key & Peele, Andy Daly, Rich Talarico (who writes for both K&P and Review), Ike Barinholtz (who is amazing on The Mindy Project), Tami Sagher (incredible writer)...just so many amazing comedians in one place. My favorite writer, a guy named Chris Cluess, was an old school guy from the National Lampoon and Cheers and Night Court and stuff. Cluess served in the Korean War, and I think he just won an emmy for The Simpsons.

But anyway -- so you get it, some of the finest comedic minds in the country were all working on this show. And every tuesday morning we'd have a table read where we'd go through 45 sketches. There were always a ton of incredibly smart and funny sketches in this phone book-sized script.

Then David Saltzman would get in a room, pick the worst and dumbest sketches, and that'd be that.

Everyone who worked there saw it as a steady paycheck, and nothing else. Like, I got hired in season 11 right out of college, and by that point everyone knew: this show will never be good. So they'd all try and have as much fun as they could then go home and try to get better jobs. Try and get their movies sold, or audition for movies, or cartoon voices, or anything else. One time I heard Mo Collins give a speech at ImprovOlympic where she said, "I worked on MadTV for 7 seasons and I audition and nobody knows who I am." I felt super depressed.

The show could have been good! But Saltzman was such an incredible political operator...for some reason FOX always trusted him. I think it's because he reported to FOX's "Late Night" department, and the majority of that department was one show: MADtv. Unless you count "Talk Show with Spike Ferinstein" -- which I do!

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extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR
kenny rogers ones made me laugh a lot as a teen or whatever but you all forgot to mention their single best skit - the olive garden

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