Mad TV: Difference between revisions

** There was also a reality show parody about wannabe rockers who practice air guitar

* [[Artifact Title]]: The show never had much to do with [[Mad Magazine]] to begin with, but at least they tried at first (the ''Spy vs. Spy'' animated sketches, Alfred E. Neuman prominently appearing in the opening titles). Before long, though, even these token references were dropped.

* [[Bloody Hilarious]] - The occurring trope in sketches involving Paul Timberman.

* [[Butt Monkey]] - Bobby Lee's Yamanashi (in the Coach Hines sketches), the models in the QVC Fashion show sketches (though they do fight back against the commentators who insult them), and any character played by Crista Flanagan.

* [[Gayngster]]: The topic of a sketch in which two gangsters are trying to drive each other out of town, but one of them is freaked out when the other makes repeated sexual advances at him during their fight. At the end it's revealed that both of them are gay. The first gangster was just concerned that the other was still involved with another guy.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] - Keegan-Michael Key's Coach Hines (the psycho Catholic school gym teacher {{spoiler|who's actually the heir to the Heinz ketchup company, but gave up that life so he can help out delinquent students}}).

* [[Kill the Poor]] - One sketch had the mayor of a town addressing the press to reveal his new plan for dealing with the poor. He would give them all virtual reality helmets that would show them everything they ever wanted, allowing them to live out their lives in peace. The test subject they put one on sees a beautiful woman in the distance, holding a steak dinner and a bottle of booze. He runs towards her, which leads him into traffic where he is killed by an oncoming truck. It concludes with the mayor declaring "And that's how we'll eliminate the homeless ... problem."

* [[Long Runners]] - At 14 seasons, this show is considered ''Saturday Night Live'''s longest-running rival sketch show.