Mad TV (season 11)
The eleventh season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 17, 2005, and May 20, 2006.
| Mad TV | |
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| Season 11 | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 17, 2005 – May 20, 2006 |
| Season chronology | |
Summary
With Spencer Kayden, Ron Pederson, Aries Spears, and Paul Vogt gone from the cast, season eleven saw more changes to the show's cast (Stephanie Weir had also left the show, but was still credited as a cast member. The reason behind this was that Weir agreed to appear in four new episodes' worth of material, which are scattered throughout the season, technically making this her final season). Because of FOX's cast budget cuts, the only new cast members hired were Arden Myrin (who was immediately hired as a repertory member) and featured players Frank Caeti (who resembled Frank Caliendo—a fact that was mentioned and mocked in the season premiere—and did impressions just like him) and Nicole Randall Johnson (marking this the first time in MADtv history to have more than one African-American female cast member, as Gaither was kept).
With the exception of Michael McDonald and Stephnie Weir, the majority of cast members in this season were born in the 1970s (some of which have birth years after Saturday Night Live's premiere in 1975) and were hired in the 2000s, making this the youngest cast in the show's history. This cast was also the most ethnically diverse since the original 1995 cast, with one East Asian male (Lee), one Jewish male (Barinholtz), four white males (McDonald, Caliendo, Caeti, and Barinholtz), two African-American males (Key and Peele), two African-American females (Gaither and Randall Johnson), and four white females (Parker, Myrin, Flanagan, and Weir).
Notable celebrity appearances this season include: Pamela Anderson (who hosted the show's 250th episode, is one of many celebrities who not only hosted Saturday Night Live, but also cameoed on MADtv, and was lampooned by both shows fairly frequently), Jeff Garlin, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Jaime Pressly, Michael Rapaport, John Cena, Jeff Probst, Pauly Shore, and Fred Willard
Opening montage
The title sequence opens with the Mad TV logo appearing against the skyline of Los Angeles. The theme song, performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins and an announcer introduces each repertory cast member alphabetically, followed by the featured cast. The screen dissolves into three live-action clips of an individual cast member, then the three screens multiply until they fill the entire screen. Then all of the multiple clips flip over and displays another clip of the same cast member. As the multiple clips are reduced to one clip, a still color photo of the cast member is superimposed on the screen with his/her name appearing in caption over the photo. When the last cast member/guest is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."
Cast
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Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Guest(s) | Original air date | |
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| 245 | 1 | "Episode 1" | OK Go | September 17, 2005 | |
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Backstage, Frank Caeti is mistaken for Frank Caliendo; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee conduct red-carpet interviews at the Mad TV season 11 premiere; Jessica Simpson (Parker) sings about the horrible film remakes of classic TV shows; a parody of House in which Dr. House (McDonald) pops Vicodin and cruelly treats a dying marriage counselor; Mrs. Campbell (Weir) robs a saleslady (Flanagan) of the chance to make a sale by showing a couple a better home; Morgan Freeman (Peele) follows up March of the Penguins with a film about the animals in his backyard; two nerdy craft ladies (Flanagan, Myrin) sell Popsicle houses; a new thriller called The Psychiatrist is packed with unlikely stars. OK Go perform "A Million Ways". Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson | |||||
| 246 | 2 | "Episode 2" | TBA | September 24, 2005 | |
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Rafael Palmeiro (Barinholtz) promotes steroids for Little Leaguers; a parody of Wedding Crashers featuring dictators Fidel Castro (Barinholtz) and Kim Jong-Il (Lee); a farmer (McDonald) feeds the clucking, hen-like hosts of The View; Tank (Lee) hits on a girl (Myrin) at an arcade; Nicole Parker and Bobby Lee interview celebrities at the Emmy gala; Coldplay's Chris Martin (McDonald) sings about being the greatest musician ever; Two krump dancers (Flanagan, Peele) demonstrate their violent dance moves at an elementary school; Rosa Parks (Gaither) is the newest celebrity to be "honored" on a Comedy Central roast. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson | |||||
| 247 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Eric Balfour, Pauly Shore, The Dandy Warhols | October 2, 2005 | |
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Aging rockers Mick Jagger (Barinholtz) and Keith Richards (Key) star as the undead in a new horror film; Kanye West (Peele) is still upset at George W. Bush's slow reaction to Katrina; Ike Barinholtz learns how to be an effective actor from Eric Balfour; on Fox NFL Sunday, Jillian Barberie (Myrin) constantly interrupts the commentators; on 24 with Bobby Lee, Lee finds himself dealing with fellow cast member Jordan Peele; R. Kelly's (Peele) favorite cereal goes missing in a three-part parody of the urban opera Trapped in the Closet; Angela Wright (Weir) interviews eighth graders; George W. Bush (Frank Caliendo) delivers a speech; in a promo for the new TV drama Commander in Chief, an announcer keeps cracking up over the thought of a woman being U.S. President. The Dandy Warhols perform "Smoke It". Featuring: Frank Caeti Absent: Michael McDonald | |||||
| 248 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Fred Willard | November 5, 2005 | |
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Commercial parody for Apple's latest "iPod"-style product: the iPad for women on their periods; John Madden (Caliendo) nitpicks the comedy stylings of Ellen DeGeneres (Parker); Fred Willard appears as a shady salesman trying to trick Mad TV cast members into promoting his products; a visually-impaired martial arts sensei (Lee) prevents a Wild West prostitute (Parker) from being raped; Dorothy Lanier (Weir) hosts the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Telethon; a tape recorder records baby's first steps while the parents (Barinholtz, Parker) aren't looking; Ike Barinholtz introduces bizarre viral videos over the Internet in a new sketch called on/tHe/DoWnLoaD. Featuring: Frank Caeti | |||||
| 249 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pamela Anderson | November 12, 2005 | |
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A coffee addict (Weir) crashes hard after taking sleeping pills; Ike Barinholtz meets his hot grandmother (Pamela Anderson); the LaMontroses from Inside Looking Out (Parker, Peele) sing at a nightclub; Abercrombie & Fitch employees think they spot a shoplifter (Key); a Wheel of Fortune parody featuring Pamela Anderson as a hot contestant who gets preferential treatment from Pat Sajak (Barinholtz); a televangelist-turned-car salesman (Caeti) helps a couple (Myrin, Barinholtz) find a new ride; George W. Bush (Caliendo) hosts his own late-night talk show; a modern-day episode of Sanford and Son where Fred (Peele) loots a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans and nearly gets mugged by Asian gangsters. Featuring: Frank Caeti | |||||
| 250 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Christopher Meloni | November 19, 2005 | |
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A parody of Ghost Whisperer has wandering spirits ogling Jennifer Love Hewitt's (Myrin) breasts; spoofs of the "Only Vegas" commercials shows a man (Barinholtz) doing things he can only get away with in Vegas, like contaminating the buffet and going to a Celine Dion concert; Jillian Barberie (Myrin) shows off her goodies to the commentators on Fox NFL Sunday; Dot (Weir) stars in a Thanksgiving musical; a black girl (Johnson) recounts the borderline racist good time she had with white girls at a summer camp; Tank (Lee) plots to escape from juvenile hall in a loose parody of Prison Break; a little boy (Peele) pesters his friend's parents over an Xbox. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson | |||||
| 251 | 7 | "Episode 7" | John Cena | November 26, 2005 | |
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Tara Reid (Myrin) continues her cancelled reality show Taradise in war-torn Iraq; William Shatner (Caliendo) teaches his Boston Legal co-stars how to be Emmy-winning actors and his stars fight back; the Jazzed for Crafts girls (Flanagan, Myrin) sell Popsicle stick art to a sleazy, white-trash man (McDonald); Marvin Tikvah (McDonald) searches for a star; on 24 with Bobby Lee, John Cena regrets spending the day with Lee. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 252 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Jeff Garlin | December 10, 2005 | |
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George W. Bush (Caliendo) raps with the Black Eyed Peas (Parker, Peele, Lee, and Key) about the failures and scandals of his administration; Britney Spears (Parker) and Kevin Federline (Barinholtz) clear the air about their much-publicized life; Mofaz (McDonald) comforts a reluctant new father (Barinholtz) while at the hospital; a parody of Sesame Street; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee conduct interviews of celebrities at the Billboard Music Awards; Jeff Garlin plays the temporary new host of the Lillian Verner Game Show; a dysfunctional family is serenaded by caroling rappers at Fuddermucker's. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Arden Myrin | |||||
| 253 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Neil Patrick Harris | December 17, 2005 | |
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Movie trailer for Memoirs of a Geisha derides the movie for being a pretentious Cinderella story with a Japanese prostitute; Fox becomes intrusive disrupting guest star Neil Patrick Harris's cold open on stage with promos for series such as King of the Hill, That '70s Show, Cops, 24 and Stacked; Stuart Larkin (McDonald) visits a mall Santa; Sean Gidcomb (McDonald) retires and introduces his employees to his replacement (Neil Patrick Harris); on Inside Looking Out, the LaMantroses (Peele, Parker) sing "Kwanzmas Carols"; Denise (Flanagan) and Krista (Myrin) meet twin brothers (Caliendo, Caeti) while selling crafts at a rodeo. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson | |||||
| 254 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Michael Rapaport | January 7, 2006 | |
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A look at Action 5 News' large anchor team; Katie Holmes (Parker) feels trapped in her relationship with Tom Cruise; Bae Sung (Lee) annoys John Madden (Caliendo) during a football game; the Blind Kung Fu Master (Lee) tries to save an old woman (Gaither) from jive-talking muggers (Barinholtz and Peele); the Superstitious Knights (Key, Peele) break hexes at a casino; a parody of Laguna Beach; Michael Rapaport stars in a gritty Abraham Lincoln bioseries on HBO; the author of a home remedy book (McDonald) lies his way through his sales pitch during an infomercial; Steven Cragg helps make a wish come true for a woman's elderly uncle -- with disastrous results. Featuring: Frank Caeti Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 255 | 11 | "Episode 11" | TBA | January 14, 2006 | |
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The Disney Girl (Parker) sings about her wonderfully normal day on the bad side of town; Jovan Muskatelle (Key) reviews the events of 2005; George W. Bush (Caliendo) promises to make 2006 a better year; a celebrity-obsessed fan (McDonald) objects to comments his co-workers make about today's stars; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee conduct red-carpet interviews at the People's Choice Awards; a parody of Curb Your Enthusiasm has Larry David (McDonald) saying the wrong thing all the time; Krump dancers Noodles (Peele) and Nippy (Flanagan) teach retirement home residents to dance; Stephen Cragg tries to make black friends through song; Paula Zahn (Parker) welcomes John Madden (Caliendo) to her show. Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 256 | 12 | "Episode 12" | TBA | January 28, 2006 | |
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Hilary Duff (Myrin) sings about how she (and other stars like her) becomes anorexic to stay in the spotlight; Reese Witherspoon (Myrin) presents deleted footage from her film Walk the Line; Montel Williams (Peele) gets high while interviewing an abuse victim (Parker); Larry King makes lewd comments in his review of Deadwood; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee teach Jordan Peele how to drive; a parody of Grey's Anatomy has personal drama get in the way of medical duty; nervous comic Luann Lockhart (Flanagan) performs her stand-up routine. Featuring: Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 257 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Jaime Pressly | February 4, 2006 | |
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A parody music video featuring Snoop Dogg rapping to pee-wee football players about the perks of being an athlete; Jaime Pressly stars as Hillary Clinton in a political parody of My Name Is Earl; the gang of Fox NFL Sunday welcomes Terrell Owens (Key) to their last episode; Queen Latifah (Johnson) stars in new comedy movies similar to Taxi and Last Holiday; QVC Quacker Factory; Tank (Lee) hits on girls at a Super Bowl tailgate party; Marvin Tikvah (McDonald) continues his Search for a Star contest; Kaysonne (Johnson) annoys a man (Barinholtz) trying to buy Valentine's Day gifts for his girlfriend and his mom. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 258 | 14 | "Episode 14" | Alyson Hannigan, Jeff Probst | February 18, 2006 | |
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Morgan Freeman (Peele) recounts the first black man (Key) to drown while playing water polo; Jeff Probst hosts an episode of The Lillian Verner Game Show; two thugs (Key, Peele) reveal their romantic feelings for each other during a violent confrontation; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee go out on a date with cast members Crista Flanagan and Arden Myrin; Alyson Hannigan gets krump lessons from Noodles (Peele) and Nippy (Flanagan); George W. Bush (Caliendo) answers questions from the audience. Featuring: Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 259 | 15 | "Episode 15" | Jason Mraz | March 4, 2006 | |
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Emma Thompson (Parker) and Jeremy Irons (McDonald) star in Fart Camp; Jovan Muskatelle (Key) raves about Oscar-nominated movies during a newscast; James Blunt (Parker) appears topless and narcissistic in a parody of "Beautiful"; Donald Trump (Caliendo) buys out the neighborhood on this installment of Sesame Street; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee frighten moviegoers; Marvin Tikvah (McDonald) announces the winner for his Search for a Star contest. Jason Mraz performs "Geek in the Pink". Absent: Daniele Gaither, Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 260 | 16 | "Episode 16" | John Cho, Louie Anderson | March 18, 2006 | |
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Brokeback Mountain sequel has cowgirls (Parker, Flanagan) in love and their husbands (Barinholtz, Key) watching; on 24 with Bobby Lee, Lee trains with John Cho for a role in an upcoming movie; commercial parody features the "best" of George Clooney's screenwriting; Maury Povich (McDonald) and Connie Chung (Lee) confuse their interviewees on Weekends with Maury and Connie; a music video from Ashlee Simpson (Parker) about being a loser in the music biz; singers Candy (Parker) and Tyler Matsumoto (Lee) sing about Hollywood; feuding superheroes Astroman (Barinholtz) and Killbrain the Fury (Peele) cross paths at a local bistro; Steven Cragg shows how to be a Good Samaritan. Absent: Frank Caliendo, Daniele Gaither, Arden Myrin, Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 261 | 17 | "Episode 17" | John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano | April 8, 2006 | |
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A lonely wife (Parker) sleeps with the Hamburger Helper Hand; deadpan sociopath Yvonne Criddle (Gaither) freely admits she threatened to kill a man (Key) for taking her parking spot; the Blind Kung Fu Master (Lee) meets his equally visually challenged nemesis (Caliendo); lesbians think that a new lover (McDonald) of their friend (Myrin) is actually a man in drag; Eugene Struthers (Key) interviews the cast of Ice Age: The Meltdown; an innocent conga line at a wedding turns into a never-ending chain of people; show writer Steven Cragg shows off his zombie band. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 262 | 18 | "Episode 18" | TBA | April 15, 2006 | |
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Bo Bice (Barinholtz) promotes his new album of similar-sounding songs; Morgan Freeman (Peele) stars in a sitcom based on Everybody Hates Chris; a bachelor party stripper (Flanagan) is revealed to be married, pregnant, and underage by her husband/manager (McDonald); on 60 Minutes, Ed Bradley (Peele) interviews the friends and family members of an obnoxious man (Caeti) who drowned during a booze cruise; a sketch about fighting Mexicans is interrupted by FOX's network censor (Peele) who goes over what Ike Barinholtz and Michael McDonald can and can't say and do; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee take Jordan Peele to the Playboy mansion for his birthday; a restaurant hostess (Flanagan) is determined to seat her customers despite being disabled; a perky pre-teen (Myrin) joins a fraternity keg party. Featuring: Frank Caeti Abustle: Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 263 | 19 | "Episode 19" | TBA | April 29, 2006 | |
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In an updated version of The Jeffersons, Mr. Bentley (McDonald) is deported and Florence (Gaither) is replaced by illegal Mexican workers that George (Key) hired; a parody of Medium where Alison DuBois (Flanagan) can't get anyone to believe her about her death premonitions; babies Joey (Caeti) and Simon (Lee) perform in front of the camera when their parents aren't looking; coach Hines (Key) whips the cast of Oliver Twist into shape; two stranded men (Barinholtz, McDonald) trying to fix their flashlights get in trouble with police officers (Lee, Peele) who think they are masturbating in public; Ka-Son (Johnson) becomes a nightclub security guard; Stuart Larkin (McDonald) gets a big brother (Key). Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Frank Caliendo, Arden Myrin, Stephnie Weir | |||||
| 264 | 20 | "Episode 20" | TBA | May 6, 2006 | |
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Maury Povich (McDonald) and Connie Chung (Lee) interview and confuse an Iraqi general (Key) and a stem cell research expert (Myrin) in an installment of Weekends with Maury and Connie; Nicole Parker shows pictures of herself as an awkward teen; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee go clubhopping; Dr. Kylie Johnson (Weir) is sent to court for her dubious medical practices; technical gaffes and a hard-to-understand announcer plague the taping of a morning show in North Dakota; Candy (Parker) and Tyler Matsumoto (Lee) send their love to the troops in a song. Absent: Frank Caliendo, Crista Flanagan | |||||
| 265 | 21 | "Episode 21" | Kurt Busch | May 13, 2006 | |
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George W. Bush (Caliendo), William Shatner (Caliendo), and Randy Jackson (Johnson) appear at a college graduation ceremony; TV Land shows a clip from the first video game awards show in the 1970s; Ike Barinholtz and Bobby Lee go NASCAR racing with Kurt Busch; Mofaz (McDonald) has a conversation with another Persian man (Key), unaware that the car is bugged by the FBI; metal shop workers must keep from getting injured after their boss announces a pizza party for staying nearly injury-free for 1000 days; in a Steven Cragg short film, Cragg pulls off poorly executed practical jokes. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson Absent: Crista Flanagan | |||||
| 266 | 22 | "Episode 22" | TBA | May 20, 2006 | |
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Two teens (Caeti, Parker) and their teacher (Gaither) accidentally go back in time in a parody of Land of the Lost; an employee (McDonald) gets really frisky toward female employees while showing off baby pictures; a cooking show host (Flanagan) screws up making a tuna sandwich in under three minutes; a Wiggles-esque kids show called the Ring-A-Rounds teaches kids the lighter side of distressing adult issues; a parody of The Sopranos has Bae Sung ground up into hamburger meat after a mob deal gone bad; two nannies (Gaither, Johnson) are too permissive in caring for their children while at the park. Featuring: Frank Caeti, Nicole Randall Johnson | |||||
Home Release
Season 11 is available on HBO Max and is one of the few seasons (joining seasons 13 and 14) to have no episodes skipped due to copyright issues.
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