MADtv (season 4)

MADtv (season 4)

The fourth season of "MADtv" aired from September 12, 1998, to May 22, 1999, with 25 episodes.

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The new season had several cast changes. Mary Scheer, Chris Hogan, and Lisa Kushell left the show. Andrew Bowen and Mo Collins joined as repertory players, with Michael McDonald as a featured player. Nicole Sullivan did not appear in the first five episodes of the fourth season. However, she did return in the sixth episode, the show's Halloween special, performing her popular characters Antonia and The Vancome Lady.

Season four had a notable change of pace and format compared to the first three seasons. The show had a faster pace and began to use recurring characters, such as the wacky mother/son duo Doreen (Collins) and Stuart (McDonald) Larkin, more often. Separately, Collins played the eccentric Midwestern character Lorraine Swanson and McDonald played Jewish slob director Marvin Tikvah and overexcited dweeb Rusty Miller in sketches that appeared in heavy rotation.

Original cast players Nicole Sullivan and Debra Wilson introduced new characters, playing Latina bimbos Lida and Melina together, while Wilson performed Bunifa, a fast-talking ghetto fabulous girl. Alex Borstein frequently appeared as Ms. Swan and Rosie O'Donnell; Pat Kilbane appeared as the Coffee Guy and the spokesman for Spishak, and performed his Howard Stern impersonation; Will Sasso frequently impersonated famous people such as Bill Clinton, Kenny Rogers, and Steven Seagal; and Aries Spears did several impersonations of popular African-American celebrities.

Season four was marked by one notable controversy. During the episode that aired February 6, 1999, Bret Hart appeared in a sketch with Will Sasso. Hart, a WCW wrestler, attacked Sasso during filming. It was unclear whether this was part of the sketch or ad-libbed, until a "MADtv" head writer revealed that the fight was real and Sasso did actually bleed. [ [http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/M/Mad_TV/1999/01/27/733801.html CANOE - JAM! Television - TV Shows - Mad TV: Bret Hart goes mad on 'Mad TV' ] ] Hart returned three weeks later to accept Sasso's challenge of an arm-wrestling match.

Opening montage

The "MADtv" logo appears against the backdrop of a busy street in Los Angeles. The theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically, with their names appearing in caption over a slow-motion montage of color still photos of them. When the last featured cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching "MADtv"."

Cast

* Alex Borstein
* Andrew Bowen
* Mo Collins
* Pat Kilbane
* Phil LaMarr
* Michael McDonald"*
* Will Sasso
* Aries Spears
* Nicole Sullivan
* Debra Wilson

"* Performer was a featured cast member at the start of the season, but was promoted to repertory status mid-season."

Episodes

DVD releases

Season four of "MADtv" has not been released on DVD.

References

External links

* [http://www.madtv.com/ "MADtv" - Official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt{1|0112056}/ "{2|MADtv}"] at The Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.tv.com/madtv/show/725/summary.html "MADtv"] at TV.com
* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/madtv.htm Jump The Shark - "MADtv"]


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