- MADtv (season 10)
The tenth season of "
MADtv " aired fromSeptember 18 ,2004 , toMay 21 ,2005 , with 23 episodes.eason summary
Season 9 ended with
Mo Collins andJosh Meyers leaving the cast to pursue movie careers. Thus, last year's featured cast membersDaniele Gaither ,Keegan-Michael Key ,Nicole Parker , andJordan Peele were upgraded to repertory players. Key and Peele performed a repertory sketch as the "Man Up" crew whose job was to break jinxes. After theAshlee Simpson lip-synching incident on "Saturday Night Live ",Nicole Parker would frequently appear in sketches as the pop singer. She also performed impersonations ofEllen DeGeneres ,Kathy Griffin , andBritney Spears .The season was also the last for
Ron Pederson andPaul Vogt . Pederson left due to budget cuts, while Paul Vogt departed to pursue a career on Broadway. Pederson entertained audiences with hisClay Aiken impersonations, and Vogt impersonatedJames Lipton on "Inside the Actor's Studio " and performed his recurring characters 2 Liter Beth (from theFanta Girl commercials) and Dale Priskett (from The Lillian Verner Game Show sketches).Aries Spears , who had been a "MADtv" cast member since season 3, also left the show at the end of the season, tyingDebra Wilson 's then-record for longest tenure as a "MADtv" cast member (it would later be surpassed by Michael McDonald's nine years).Crista Flanagan joined the cast and was upgraded to repertory player the next season. Her repertoire included neurotic, struggling comedienne Luann Lockhart.Spencer Kayden made her first appearance in episode 15, but did not return the next season.Several former cast members appeared in season 10 episodes.
Will Sasso reprised his role asKenny Rogers in a reality show spoof.Mo Collins returned to portray the characters Doreen Larkin and Lorraine Swanson.Artie Lange also returned for two episodes.Alex Borstein reprised her role as Miss Swan and joined her "Family Guy " co-starSeth Green for another Brightling sketch. Notably, original cast membersNicole Sullivan andDebra Wilson appeared as some of their famous characters.Staff writer Steven Cragg appeared in three episodes starring in self-made short films.
Opening montage
The title sequence begins with the "MADtv" logo appearing above the Los Angeles skyline. The theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group
Heavy D & the Boyz , begins and each repertory cast member is introduced alphabetically, followed by the featured cast. When all cast members and guests are introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching "MADtv"."Cast
*
Ike Barinholtz
*Frank Caliendo
*Crista Flanagan
*Daniele Gaither
*Spencer Kayden
*Keegan-Michael Key
*Bobby Lee
*Michael McDonald
*Nicole Parker
*Ron Pederson
*Jordan Peele
*Aries Spears
*Paul Vogt
*Stephnie Weir Episodes
DVD releases
Season ten of "MADtv" has not been released on
DVD . However, several sketches culled from this season appear on "The Best of MADtv Seasons 8, 9 & 10 " released onOctober 25 ,2005 .External links
* [http://www.madtv.com/ "MADtv" - Official Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt{1|0112056}/ "{2|MADtv}"] atThe Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.tv.com/madtv/show/725/summary.html "MADtv"] atTV.com
* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/madtv.htm Jump The Shark - "MADtv"]
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