''Mad'' (stylized as ''MAD'') is an American
animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and ...
television series
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produced by
Warner Bros. Animation.
The series was based on ''
Mad'' magazine, where each episode is a collection of short animated
parodies
A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its su ...
of
television shows,
films
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,
video games
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,
celebrities
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, and other
media
Media may refer to:
Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...
, using various types of animation (
CGI,
claymation
Clay animation or claymation, sometimes plasticine animation, is one of many forms of stop-motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable"—made of a malleable substance, usually plasticine clay.
Tr ...
,
stop-motion
Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames ...
,
photoshopped imagery, etc.) instead of the usual animation style that
Warner Bros. Animation is known for. The series premiered on the evening of September 6, 2010 on
Cartoon Network at 8:30 P.M. right after the series premiere of ''
Regular Show
''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its Regular Show (season 8), eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the co ...
''. The series ended its three-year run on December 2, 2013.
Series developer
Kevin Shinick
Kevin Thomas Shinick ( ; born March 19, 1969) is an American writer, producer, director and actor, as well as a comic book creator. Shinick received an Emmy award for his work on the stop motion animated series ''Robot Chicken'', and an Emmy nom ...
worked as a writer, producer, and voice actor on
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim'' and often abbreviated as s'') is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programmed by its in-house ...
's ''
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writer ...
'', and many people cite ''Mad'' as a "kid-friendly version of ''Robot Chicken''".
Recurring sketches
The series has some 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.
* Alfred E. Neuman for President – During the Election of 2012, there were campaigns for
Alfred E. Neuman's presidential election.
* Ask the Celebrity – Where various celebrities respond with absurd answers to questions in letters from fans. For example, when
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...
was asked to tell what she did to put on a good concert performance, she stated that she would rub cats on herself and walk on wool carpeting.
* Bad Idea # – This presents a scenario from the long list of possible bad ideas.
* Celebrities Without Their Make-Up – The segment shows what real and fictional celebrities would look like without their make-up. For example:
Zach Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in '' Comedy Central Presents'' special and presented his show '' Late World with Zach'' on VH1.
Galifianakis has starred in films including ''T ...
is Benson from ''
Regular Show
''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its Regular Show (season 8), eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the co ...
'' without his make-up,
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian and actor known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. Brand has received three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer (2006), Best Live Stand-Up (2008), and the award for ...
is a wooden nutcracker without his make-up,
Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. Known for starring in both big-budget and independent films, Pattinson has ranked among the world's highest-paid actors. In 2010, ''Time'' magazine named him one of the 10 ...
is
Alfred E. Neuman without his make-up,
Iron Man
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
is
C-3PO
C-3PO () or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Built by Anakin Skywalker, was designed as a protocol droid intended to a ...
without his make-up, and
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American Animated series, animated Television comedy, comedy Television show, television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It ...
is a
fruitcake
Fruitcake (or fruit cake or fruit bread) is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. In the United Kingdom, certain rich versions may be iced and decorated.
Fruitcakes are typically serve ...
without his make-up.
* Commercials – There are some commercials for fictional items and programs on every episode.
* Dear
Reaper
A reaper is a farm implement or person that reaps (cuts and often also gathers) crops at harvest when they are ripe. Usually the crop involved is a cereal grass. The first documented reaping machines were Gallic reapers that were used in Rom ...
- The Grim Reaper reads and replies to letters from children regarding their deaths.
*
Don Martin – Adaptations to comics strips by longtime ''Mad'' cartoonist Don Martin.
* Drawn-Out Dramas – After one of the primary sketches of the episode concludes, the ''Mad'' "wallpaper" will appear and "rip open" to reveal a
Sergio Aragones-style sketch in front of a colored background, often using a version of Alfred E. Neuman in some capacity.
* Gross and Beyond Gross – Showcases the differences between "gross" and "beyond gross".
* MAD News – A
newsman
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
delivers recent news. This sketch originally began appearing randomly in the middle of an episode—usually interrupting another sketch. Starting with episode 9, the sketch served as a
cold open
A cold open (also called a teaser sequence) is a narrative technique used in television and films. It is the practice of jumping directly into a story at the beginning of the show before the title sequence or opening credits are shown. In Amer ...
ing for every episode. With Season 3 and the introduction of the MADvent Calendar, it returned to being featured as an interruption.
* MADitorial – An
editorial segment starting with episode 5 of Season 4. The sketch is animated by
Jorge R. Gutierrez
Jorge R. Gutierrez (born 1975) is a Mexican animator, director, painter, writer, voice actor, and production designer. He co-created (with wife, Sandra Equihua) the Annie and Emmy Award-winning Ni cktoon '' El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Riv ...
.
* MADucation 101... – Lessons in any subject.
* 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 cartoonist
M. Wartella
Michael M. Wartella (born August 19, 1976) is an American underground cartoonist, animator, writer and director based in New York City, generally publishing under the name M. Wartella or just Wartella. He is best known for his work in ''The Vil ...
.
* Rejected – A segment revealing rejected ideas within various pop culture properties like Rejected
Transformers
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, Rejected Superheroes, Rejected Audition Tapes, Rejected
Pokémon
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise.
In terms of ...
, Rejected ''
Toy Story 3
''Toy Story 3'' is a 2010 American computer-animated film, computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' series and t ...
'' Characters, Rejected
Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...
, and more.
* Security Cam – A presentation of surveillance footage of things that happens at public places during nightly closing hours. Each video features seemingly supernatural occurrences with the implicit suggestion that such things would never happen during the day.
* Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions – An adaptation of
Al Jaffee's reoccurring magazine feature, it features a person who asks a question regarding something that was obviously presented, resulting in the person or people whom were so queried to give a sarcastic response that suggests otherwise.
*
Spy vs. Spy – An adaptation of the long-running comic series ''Spy vs. Spy''.
* Super-villains for Your... – A parody of the PSA segments from the ''
Super Friends
''Super Friends'' is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC as part of its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League ...
''. Here various super-villains from the
Legion of Doom
The Legion of Doom is a group of supervillains who originated in '' Challenge of the Super Friends'', an animated series from Hanna-Barbera based on DC Comics' Justice League. The Legion of Doom has since been incorporated into the main DC Uni ...
present themselves as moral guidance to some child or children. However, being villains, they always manage to swindle, double cross, or betray the children resulting in them dying at the villain's hand or suffering some unforeseen related event.
* This Day in History – A look at an achievement on the day of the initial broadcast. Most cases it will involve a lesser known person of historical significance doing or coming up with something in the shadow of another well-known historical figure.
* 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.
* Where's Lady Gaga – A ''
Where's Waldo
''Where's Wally?'' (called ''Where's Waldo?'' in North America) is a British series of children's puzzle books created by English illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depictin ...
'' type sketch featuring pop superstar
Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
who is hiding at a small-time public function. The viewer is asked to try to find her only to see at the end that she is always cleverly disguised as a prop to blend in perfectly with her surroundings.
Episodes
Voice cast
Principal cast
*
Kevin Shinick
Kevin Thomas Shinick ( ; born March 19, 1969) is an American writer, producer, director and actor, as well as a comic book creator. Shinick received an Emmy award for his work on the stop motion animated series ''Robot Chicken'', and an Emmy nom ...
*
Hugh Davidson
*
Mikey Day
Michael William Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host of the Netflix show ''Is It Cake?'' He joined ''Saturday Night Live'' as a writer in its 39th season, became a featured player in it ...
* Larry Dorf
*
Rachel Ramras
*
Gary Anthony Williams
Gary Anthony Williams (born March 14, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He voiced the character of Uncle Ruckus on '' The Boondocks'', and a number of video game characters. He also appeared on the television series '' Weeds' ...
Guest/other voices
*
Jason Antoon
* Eric Artell
*
Diedrich Bader
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*
James Barbour
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* Josh Beren
*
Gregg Berger
Gregory Alan Berger (born December 10, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jecht from ''Final Fantasy X'' and the '' Dissidia Final Fantasy'' games, Grimlock from '' The Transformers'', Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from ' ...
*
Jeff Bergman
Jeffrey Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American voice actor and impressionist who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with ''Looney Tunes'' and Hanna-Barbera.
Bergman was the first to repla ...
*
Gregg Bissonette
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*
Steven Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his most well-known roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop'', Garazeb Orrelios from the animated series ''St ...
* Rachel Butera
* Jen Cohn
*
Chris Cox
* Daniel Cummings
*
Brian T. Delaney
*
Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle (; born Erin Grey Van Oosbree; August 24, 1973), sometimes credited as Grey Griffin, is an American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter. DeLisle is known for various roles in animated productions and video games. On Sept ...
*
Barry Dennen
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John DiMaggio
John William DiMaggio (; born September 4, 1968) is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender on '' Futurama'', Jake the Dog on ''Adventure Time'', Marcus Fenix in the '' Gears of War'' series, Dr. Drakken on '' Kim Possible' ...
*
Ben Diskin
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Chris Edgerly
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Eden Espinosa
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Keith Ferguson
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Quinton Flynn
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*
Will Friedle
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Tamara Garfield
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Ralph Garman
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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*
Gilbert Gottfried
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Clare Grant
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Seth Green
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* Nikki Griffin
* Melinda Hamilton
* Anthony Hansen
*
Whit Hertford
Whit Hertford (born November 2, 1978) is an American theatre director, writer, and actor.
Film and television
Hertford's film career spans three decades and began at an early age, most notably with his appearance in Steven Spielberg's ''Juras ...
*
Aldis Hodge
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Richard Steven Horvitz
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*
Tom Kane
Thomas Kane Roberts (born April 15, 1962) is a retired American voice actor. He is best known for his work in animation and video games, most notably in the '' Star Wars'' franchise.
Career
Kane began his voice-over career in 1977, at fifteen ye ...
*
Tom Kenny
Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for voicing the titular character in ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and associated media. Kenny has voiced many other characters, including Heffer Wolfe in '' ...
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Seana Kofoed
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Stan Lee
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Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His early film work includes Chip Sutphin in ''Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in '' Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in '' Scream'' (1996), Stevo in '' SLC P ...
*
Beth Littleford
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* Eric Lopez
*
Biz Markie
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* Deborah Marlowe
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Jason Marsden
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*
Julia McIlvaine
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Acting career
She has been in numerous theater plays, commercials and films.
Films
* ...
*
Jim Meskimen
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Early life
James Ross Meskimen was born in Santa Monica, California on September 10, 1959 ...
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Breckin Meyer
Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, musician, writer and producer, known for his roles in films such as '' Clueless'' (1995), ''Road Trip'' (2000), '' Rat Race'' (2001), and '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), he's also known ...
* Piotr Michael
*
Dan Milano
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*
Shirley Mitchell
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Jason Nash
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Julie Nathanson
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Nolan North
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After his breakthrough role as Dr. Chris Ramsey on the ABC soap opera '' Port Charles'' in 1997, North moved into voice acting when the show ended ...
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Jason Palmer
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Nicole Parker
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Rob Paulsen
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*
Christopher "Kid" Reid
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* Corinne Reilly
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Peter Renaday
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Kevin Michael Richardson
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* Joey Richter
*
Elizabeth Rodriguez
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*
Rico Rodriguez
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Salli Saffioti
Salli Saffioti (born June 11, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for voicing roles in s including ...
*
Meredith Salenger
*
Ben Schwartz
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*
Michael Sinterniklaas
Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas (; born August 13, 1972) is a French voice actor, ADR director and script writer who has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as cartoon ...
*
Dana Snyder
Dana Snyder is an American actor. He is known for his voice roles of Master Shake in ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', Granny Cuyler in '' Squidbillies'', Baby Ball on '' Ballmastrz: 9009'', and other roles in various Adult Swim television shows. His ...
*
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* Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
* KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska
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*
Stephen Stanton
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Brody Stevens
*
Tara Strong
Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her voice work in animation, websites, and video games. Strong's voice roles include animated series such as ''The New Batman Adventures ...
*
James Patrick Stuart
James Patrick Stuart is an American actor, currently portraying Valentin Cassadine on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama ...
*
Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is a American-Canadian actress and singer. She has worked extensively in animation, voicing long-running characters such as Susie Carmichael in ''Rugrats'' and Elmyra Duff in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and ...
*
Catherine Taber
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Fred Tatasciore
Fred Tatasciore (; ) is an American voice actor who has provided voices in animated and live-action films, television shows, and video games. He is known for voicing the Hulk and Beast in various Marvel media and Solomon Grundy in various DC m ...
*
Kirk Thornton
Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows.
Career
His major roles include Brandon Heat in ''Gungrave'', Hotohori in ''Fushigi Yūgi'', Klein in ' ...
* Ho-Kwan Tse
*
Christine Tucci
*
Alanna Ubach
Alanna Ubach (born October 3, 1975) is an American actress, known for her roles as Serena McGuire in '' Legally Blonde'' (2001) & '' Legally Blonde 2'' (2003), Isabel Villalobos in ''Meet the Fockers'' (2004), Maria in '' Sister Act 2: Back in t ...
*
Andrew W.K.
* Windy Wagner
*
Audrey Wasilewski
Audrey Wasilewski is an American television, film and voice actress.
Biography Voice over
Voices multiple roles on Disney Jr's ''Alice's Wonderland Bakery'' including Alice's cat "Dinah," "Chamomille" the door mouse and "Threeanne of Hearts."
...
*
Michaela Watkins
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Frank Welker
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*
Scott Whyte
*
Billy Dee Williams
William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor. He appeared as Lando Calrissian in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, first in the early 1980s for ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), and thirt ...
*
Debra Wilson
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*
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy (1985–1990). He also played coach ...
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Henry Winkler
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Adam Wylie
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E ...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
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Victor Yerrid
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Keone Young
Awards and nominations
2012 Emmy Awards
Outstanding Short Format Animated Program for "Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy" (Nominated)
2012 PAAFTJ Television Awards
Best Animated Series (Nominated)
Home media
The DVD ''Mad – Season 1, Part 1'' was released on September 20, 2011, with a matted 1.33:1 picture and an English stereo track. The extras on the DVD are trailers for ''
Young Justice
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The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...
'', the 2011 ''
ThunderCats'', and ''
The Looney Tunes Show
''The Looney Tunes Show'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran from May 3, 2011, through November 2, 2013, on Cartoon Network. The series consists of two seasons, each containing 26 episodes, and features ...
''. The rest of the first season was released on January 17, 2012.
All four seasons of the series are available on the online streaming service
Amazon Prime
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.
See also
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Popzilla
''Popzilla'' is an American adult animated sketch comedy television series that aired on MTV. It premiered on September 27, 2009 following ''America's Best Dance Crew'' and ended on October 16 of the same year. The show is produced by SCTV alum ...
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{{DC Comics animated TV series
Mad (magazine)
2010 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings
2010s American animated television series
2010s American anthology television series
2010s American satirical television series
2010s American sketch comedy television series
2010s American surreal comedy television series
2010s American variety television series
American children's animated anthology television series
American children's animated comedy television series
American computer-animated television series
American flash animated television series
American stop-motion animated television series
American television series with live action and animation
American television shows featuring puppetry
Animated television shows based on DC Comics
Cartoon Network original programming
Children's sketch comedy
Sketch comedy
Crossover animated television series
English-language television shows
Television shows based on magazines
Television series by Warner Bros. Animation
Television series created by Kevin Shinick