MADtv was a Million Times Funnier Than SNL

“The Get Up and Get Yo Ass Out of Bed Show” (downmarket version of the Morning Show, in a single mom’s kitchen)

This one because it’s so true.

So politically correct.

Utterly un-PC, but Miss Swan could be very funny at times. Even then, I knew it was wrong.

QVC Plus Size Clothing

"This would be great to wear to someone else's wedding."

Bon Qui Qui

Many things have been a million times funnier than SNL....more sophisticated too. The spirit of Animal House has always loomed large over SNL....

Lida: Mmm hmmm! We’re gonna, um...gossip! And then we’re gonna, um...talk about stuff...and stuff.

Melina: Mmm hmm. And the first person we’re gonna talk about, is that, um...that lawyer girl, Ally McBeal!

(a picture of Calista Flockhart appears at the bottom)

Melina and Lida: Oh my gahhhh!!!

Melina: She needs a make-over bad!

Lida: Yeah, her tetas are even smaller than mine!

Melina: And all those sharp, ugly bones stickin out all over! Stoopid, what is your man gonna bounce on??

Lida: That’s right! She should eat somethin, ya know? Ok...I heard...I heard that once, um...she was sittin there, and there was a cheeseburger in front of her, and she didn’t eat it!

Melina: Oh my gah! She’s so stoopid!

Lida: Why she so stoopid?? Ok...I love cheeseburgers! I like the ones that you can get at that place...that place where you could, um...drive through it!

Melina: “Have it your way!”

Lida: No, no not that place. You could drive through it...you could drive through it!

Melina: Oh, “I love this place!”

Lida: No, not that place. That place you gotta get out of the car. This place you could just drive through it...um...

Melina: Um...

Lida: Um...

Melina: Um...um...um...oh! Oh! “You want fries with that?”

Lida: Yeah that place!

Melina: Stoopid, that’s the “have it your way” place!

Lida: Alright...sorry! Mmm, I’m gettin hungry talkin about it.

Melina: No, we’re gonna go eat afterwards, you know what I’m sayin? Oh! And Ally McBeal, you should come with us!

Lida: Yeah! Yeah! And...(holds up the dog and talks for him) Ally, if you come with us, I could share my Kibbles and Bits with you! (talks to the dog) Oh my gah, you’re so sweet Papi! Isn’t he cute?

Melina: Yeah it was cute about the first 300 times you did it, Lida!

Lida: Why don’t you shut up?

Melina: No you shut up!

Lida: That’s right...

Melina: Ok, so here’s what bony-ass would look like after a make-over from us!

(shows a picture of Calista Flockhart with hair and make-up similar to Melina’s)

Melina: Yeah, except I’d make her eat a pound of butter!

Lida: Yeah! Alright...who we gonna talk about now?

Melina: Oooh! We’re gonna talk about THIS loca!

(a picture of Anne Heche appears at the bottom)

Lida: Oh my gah, oh my gah...you know about her, right?

Melina: (begins to laugh) Shut up stoopid! Shut up!

Lida: Right? You know what she likes, right?

Melina: Shut up, stoopid! I’m not listening!

Lida: You know, right? She likes tetas! Oh my gahh!!! (laughs)

Melina: Her kitty cat only eats fish! Oh my gahh!! (laughs)

Lida: Ooooh dang! Oooh dang! (laughs) Alright, alright. I mean, I love you, LeeLee, and stuff...but I could never...

Melina: I mean, I love you too, but you know...there’s no woman that I could, you know...

Lida: I could never...well, maybe...except for Selena!

Melina: Aye! Que linda, Selena!

Lida: Selena, I love you! Wherever you are!

Melina: She’s in Heaven, stoopid!

Lida: Alright...

Melina: Ok, so here’s what that lesbiana, Anne Heche, would look like after a make-over from Lida and Melina!

(shows a picture of Anne Heche, with hair and make-up similar to Lida’s)

Lida: Oooh, she looks so good now, maybe she could finally get herself a man!

Melina: Mmm hmm!

Anything with Stephanie Weir. And the girl who did Oprah was killer!

Bunifa.

Kenny Rogers in “Jackass.”

Missus Swan! Missus Swan!

Michael McDonald was hilarious on this show so was Mo Collins.

But then leaves...

Whitney Houston

Oprah!

Dontell and Pat-Beth LaMontrose

OP, I agree. Early MadTV in the late '90s was a riot.

In Living Color was better than SNL, too.

I think the last time I liked SNL was during the Chris Farley-Sandler-David Spade years. Since then, it just seems like the skits go on forever and they're just not funny.

Stephanie Weir, Debra Wilson, Nicole Parker, Nicole Sullivan, Mo Collins and Michael McDonald reading the phonebook would be funnier than SNL.

Lorraine Mary Poppins and the Immigrants Darlene McBride

All classic sketches!

You are the love of my life....

So stupid but so funny!!!

Randy Newman!

Had me in tears!!! LOVED MADtv

Music break.....

Miss Leona Campbell.

Another

I about lost it when Miss Swan announced that her first name was Bunny.

Whitney.

Oprah Jackass.

Dot.

Oprah fat cam.

Saying "No" to Oprah.

SNL is 50% actors laughing at the horrible writing at this point.

Agreed it was much funnier. I have many favorites but Stephenie Weir as Anna Nicole always left me in stitches. Also loved anything with Lida and Melina. The Lost sketch was pretty funny too. And any music parody.

Mad tvs original characters were so much funnier than SNLs ever were. They felt so much more true to life than SNLs characters. Like some oddball you might actually meet while SNLs characters just felt forced. I don't understand why the actors and actresses of Mad TV didn't have bigger comedy careers while former SnL stars are constantly getting movies greenlit.

One thing I found funny is that Mad TV was raunchy and politically incorrect compared to SNL yet they had a far more ethnically diverse cast than SNL. And they hired them because they wanted to, not because of media pressure.

lol.

Oprah and Dr. Phil frenching each other.

Debra Wilson was a freaking genius. I stopped watching MadTV after she left.

3 minute meal

Barbara Bush and the First Ladies doing the Vagina Monologues.

Wizard of Oz (Alternate Ending)

Yes I did try to kill his kids.

"Under Barack Obama"

"We may have differed on Iraq ... but no one's stiffer in the sack."

The Vancome Lady had a few good one liners.

I think time will show how underrated and ahead of its time MADtv really was. Sure they weren't the most politically correct comedy show, but they never felt transgressive, and they made everyone a target. In a time when SNL struggles with diversity MADtv had already cast members of every race on the show and gave them some truly funny shit to do.

Ultimately, however, they're completely different breeds of sketch comedy. Their structure is different, and they required different strengths in the end.

Same here r37. Debra Wilson could do NO WRONG! She was comedic gold. I wish she had a bigger career. Her Whitney Houston was the gold standard of impersonations.

I can't post a link right now but Michael MacDonald 's Stuart was fucking hilarious. I loved when he would suddenly switch from the high pitched soft castrato voice to the angry rasp. So disturbing and funny. And Mo Collins was pitch perfect as his indulgent mother. Loved the one where Stuart was sent to therapy. Speaking of Michael MacDonald he had a hilarious anecdote about meeting Faye Dunaway.

Darlene MacBride

The Fesserlippenchip-Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff Foundation.

"They.... they helped me."

A frau-hating Datalounger must have written this sketch

Lorraine

Here's another one where Michael McDonald gets Mo Collins to break. I actually know a guy like this character

My mother IS Lorraine! My brother and I had a great laugh over this.

Both are unfunny. Very unfunny.

Shout outs to Bobbie Lee & Frank Caliendo! ❤️

Cabana Chat with Dixie and Bryan Callen as the pool boy.

Gawwwwwd that’s cuuuute.

Fesserlippenchip-Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff is definitely my favorite. From the later years, I love the “Cottage Life” sketches with Crista Flanagan playing a closeted lesbian.

More sketches written by Dataloungers: The "Literally" Couple

Hollywood Squares, featuring Bruce Villanch, Wayne Gretzky and Madame, and Boulder’s own John and Patsy Ramsey!

The world of heterosexuals is a sick and boring life

Jesus Christ.

SCTV beat both of them, but Mad TV was far funnier in most seasons. Lamarr and Sasso were hilarious with their impressions.

I want to see a film with Michael MacDonald, Debra Wilson, Stephanie weir, Bobby Lee, and Mo Collins. If Hollywood can produce a dozen movies a year starring former snl stars why can't they give the far funnier Mad TV actors a shot? I guess it's all about connections.

It's pretty startling how much Michael McDonald in drag looked like Sarah Jessica Parker.

Bobby Lee as Connie Chung.

Yes much funnier, most of the humor came from it's political incorrectness... I think it would be impossible to do now.

Mad TV may have been funnier than SNL was even in its prime. SNL hasn't been funny for a very long time now.

I liked 2 litre Beth.

My White Mama, the pinnacle of humor.

One of the most viewed clip. You know why

😂 @ those insults

Anything with Andrew Bowen.

Never anything with that gay best friend of Ann Coulter, Michael McDonald.

R72, try English.

R73, what part of R72 didn't you understand? It's a response to OP's question.

Reading comprehension is important.

SCTV was way better.

[quote]Never anything with that gay best friend of Ann Coulter, Michael McDonald.

Who the fuck is that gay best friend, idiot??!

Nothing in the OP message relates to this.

R76, you're too stupid to exist.

Is Michael McDonald out?

R78, yes, to everyone who knows him.

Trina

Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority Girls

Way way better than SNL EVER

Miss Swan Bunifah Stuart Debra Wilson as Whitney Debra Wilson as Oprah Lorraine You Are The Love Of My Life

Cher

The spoof of Queer Eye was spot on.

Michael McDonald in Boy Meets Goy was the best.

It was funny because it wasn’t Saturday Night Straight.

I always imagined the guys in r70 meeting up after the dinner with the girlfriend's parents and fucking each other's brains out.

R86 A little gay sense & sensibility goes a long way!

Leona Campbell and Trump

Leona Campbell and Trump

Lorraine goes bowling.....

Wal Mart Greeter....

Debra Wilson did a hilarious Eartha Kitt like Catwoman. Her fiendish plots involved stealing the neighbor's cable and rakes.

60 Minutes Boating Accident

No love for "Fridays"?

r93, Debra Wilson as Eartha Kitt's Catwoman was excellent! I wish she had played that character more.

I'm watching Medium right now and I was reminded of this......

Anything Miss Swan was in

The Ghost Whisperer is also on target

They did a funny one for Cold Case too

All three of those shows are currently running on Start TV and they nailed them, spot on.

I never watched the TV show "Ed" but I remember the promos and Michael McDonald is spot on as the annoying lead actor.

Love this.

The Lillian Verner Game Show!!!

This is priceless 👍🏻👏👏

Oral sex 🤣

Handjob black vs white vs Asian cOcks 😂😂😂

Lesbians 😂😂😂😂

Sexually harass a fat woman 😂🤣🤣🤣

Stevie comes out 🤣🤣🤣

Did I post this one already? Always cracks me up and a good chaser for r109's video

More frau love: The Hallmark Trilogy

Sluts and the city ... dead 😂

Debra Wilson never got the career she deserved. She's a comic genius. Loved her character, Cloret. There's only two skits that I know of, but they never fail to make me laugh.

Steve Jobs introduces...the I-Rack!

Justin Timberlake & Michael Jackson

The Ashlee Simpson Show

Simeon Dyson was one of the funniest characters ever created.

Their music video parodies were divine.

Another

Whitney Houston Icon

Long overdue thread. Never saw that Yvonne Criddle one on the highway - brilliant!

It was all about Weir and Wilson for me. Such genius.

"It's in my Va-GIIIIINNAAAAA!!!!!"

Yvonne Criddle, Stuart, Sneakity Snake Guy,Dot, Leona Campbell, Mrs Swann, those fabulous cholas Lida and Melina... Take note SNL, these are examples of original characters that are actually FUNNY. Not Kristin Wiig or New Kristin Wiig (can't remember her name it starts with a C ) repeating a stale valley girl catchphrase again and again.

I can't believe no one has mentioned the handsy, repulsive, Harvey Weinstein-like Marvin Tikvah and his catchphrase, "Come on, Shelly!" Michael McDonald, like Debra Wilson, should have had a much bigger career.

Crista Flanagan as the worst restaurant hostess ever.

Luann Lockhart, the talented stand-up comic.

Calgona - "Keep Up With Your Love"

I think the music video parodies are what really made me appreciate MADtv and In Living Color. I know SNL did musical parodies now and then, but they were never as good.

WHET Mary Shearer?

This one is hilarious. "When he gets mad, he gets a little elegant." Classic.

I don't know if this one's been posted. I do know I'll most likely burn in hell for laughing at it.

Shit. Sorry, r126!

Her sign is cancer. lol

Rosie!!

lmao.

R133, come sit next to me. That was some funny shit.

Sonny's Widow and Cher Show...

Don't know if this was posted...

SNL did pretty good parodies but MadTV was much better at original premises.

“Traverse, Carl. !!”

“IT’S BY THE DESITIN”

Marvin meets DL's fav pr0n h0r

[quote]“IT’S BY THE DESITIN”

The whaaaaaat?

I love the edge of hysteria in those Lillian Verner skits.

For 133 & 138:

Great grand daddy Carol Ann.....

Kathy Bates as Stuart's granny

Y'all really rooting for Biden? He's being rude interrupting. Will they enforce the rules and take his time later???

I guess it's because I'm going through a stressful time right now, but I've been spending a lot of time watching MADtv clips since discovering this thread. Some of their sketches really wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the air today, but they have a certain charm. I suppose it's nostalgia-colored glasses!

Michael McDonald as Mofaz -- the Depressed Persian Tow Truck Man, also featuring a young Taran Killam.

Coffee Fraus:

Coffee Fraus Part 2

And it still wasn't funny.

Not saying this is inspired by the Senatrice but...

.....

Crazy times we now live in.

Our POTUS is a pussy grabber and our FLOTUS is a former porno mag whore yet that "Sluts In The City" skit would never make it to TV today.

Lesbian Coffeehouse

Brittney and Madonna

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? 😲😲😲😲

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

Ebonics Pyramid

It's possible because LaMarr and Wilson are comedic geniuses, R161. : ) Such a shame he didn't stay with the show as long as she did.

That's My White Mama

I used to have a major crush on Phil LaMarr. Totally my type.

I agree. A million times funnier. But where are these people now? So much talent on that show that it's immortal, but I need a fix. Debra Wilson! Can see her sending up Wendy Williams big time.

I used to have a major crush on Bryan Callen. And later, Pat Kilbane. Or, as I privately thought of him after a skit in which he wore spandex, Pat Kielbasa.

Why isn't this show in syndication like In Living Color? All I have to do is look at "Lorraine" before she even opens her mouth and I start laughing.

SJWs would be sending death threats to network execs if they dared put MADtv on the air now.

Dot. Bunifa Latifa Halifa Sharifa Jackson. Stuart and Lorraine. Anything with Stephnie Weir, Debra Wilson, or Mo Collins was a scream.

Yeah so surprising why Deborah doesn’t have a bigger career (like Alex now has.) Love them both. Maybe Deborah was just not as lucky?

Nicole Sullivan has worked consistently.

Deborah does Cameo shit. She’s a life coach. She also does voiceover work on Family Guy thanks to Alex.

Deborah who?

WHET the entire cast. Explained.

This thread is Gold...

R173 Debra Wilson was also the voice of the demon in The Nun!

I forgot Jordan Peele was also cast member. Arguably, the most succesful one.

I just jerked off to r70s clip. I wish guys kissed that passionately in real porn!

Thanks R175. This article was interesting. So it seems that, out of the 58 cast members, pretty much everyone's career didn't exactly flourish. Most ended up doing a few small roles here and there. Notable exceptions being Jordan Peele, Michael Keegan and Simon Helberg.

What a waste of talent, overall.

Yes, it's nice to see the well-deserved success of Key and Peele.

Mad TV - Renee Zellweger's Christmas Wish

I literally pissed my pants watching this. 😂😂😂

Literally, r183?

Apples to Oranges. MadTV was filmed on a soundstage and could have multiple takes. SNL was live and one time to get it right.

[quote]Anything with Stephnie Weir,

Congratulations, R170—in this entire thread, you're the only one who spelled Stephnie Weir's first name right!

I’ll cut myself if I’m in this kind of relationship

All they did was feature retarded people

Antonia, Dot, Ms Swan, Stuart, Leona Campbell

[quote]Long overdue thread.

There was another one a year or two ago, but it seems to have disappeared.

The Chocolate-covered Peanuts in 'It's the Big-Ass Pumpkin, Chuckie Brown'

Kenny Rogers' Testicle Exam:

The 7 AM Condo Report, Hurricane edition!

The Ugly World of BBC News:

“Accident” on MADtv

Speaking of Christmas...this one making fun of poor Whitney's disastrous interview with Diane Sawyer never fails to crack me up. I dunno if it was an ad lib or Debra forgot a cue, but I love Mo prompting her to go for another "Are you, Diane? Are you?"

They did a good job with crazy pre-conservatorship Britney.

I always thought Aries Spears was so hot.

So funny.

The View

I loved In Living Color.

Star Jones, 35 seconds into that View skit.... hilarious!

Stevie comes out.

MO COLLINS AS SHAKIRA:

Lucky I was born so far away that I speak English as a !!Second!! !!Language!! I don't understand the words I say! ...there's no word that rhymes with 'language'....

*DEAD*

R194

I adore that skit and I'm glad you pointed that out. I think Mo was trying to be generous towards Deborah because Aries was totally stealing focus during Deborah's brilliant scowl-to-smile impersonation of Whitney the first time she tried the "are you Diane?" bit. I don't know why but in so many of these skits Aries seems to pull the focus away from Deborah's brilliant Whitney and it kind of bums me out.

The SNL thread and it's stale sketches made me miss Mad TV again.

R205 Yeah. Snl can occasionally be funny but it's usually just a couple of actors saying the same line again and again before eventually dissolving into giggling. Mad TV was more creative.

What the worms feel now, is rugs, Persian ruuugs

Reality Check!!

Looking through all these is amazing. I had forgotten how funny it was and how good the players were. Others mentioned SCTV and In Living Color, both also very funny, but this stuff is just Mad. Rude, irreverent and definitely not PC.

Laverne and Shirley

The Whitney and Bobby skits were amazing. My favorite was telethon they did with Bobby saying "Damn we've got three more hours of this shit?"

Mad TV covered the ground between SNL and In Living Color.

Nouns

Diana Ross and the cable guy

No one was funnier than Stephnie Weir.

Lorraine is back during our Covid lockdown! Mo has been making new videos to amuse us :)