Summary of "The Best Of Seasons 8, 9 & 10 - Funny Show": I had a lot of fun watching this release. While *I* may be fine with a "best of" release, I'm sure there are a number of people that want more season sets. Mad TV hasn't resulted in the success of Saturday Night Live, which has spun-off numerous movies, but it's a pretty good show. I had to laugh at some of the characters like "Stuart," "Tank," and "Bae Sung." The parodies of Lord of the Rings and Lost were great, and I loved some of the guests they had on the show.
This is a decent "best of" release. The bonus features are rather lame, especially the commentary by Michael McDonald, but the release delivers almost 3 hours of laughs. (read entire review)
The Complete 1st Season - You are watching MadTV (9/19/2004)
Summary of "The Complete 1st Season - You are watching MadTV": Okay, so this is probably one of my favorite sketch comedy shows now, sitting behind Kids in the Hall (of course). They had a number of memorable characters in the first season, but I liked that they don't overuse them, because that could get old very quickly. The show has a nice mix of animated shorts tossed into the live-action pieces. I used to love playing Spy vs. Spy games on my computer, and those were the first bits I read in the magazine, so it was nice to see animated shorts in the show. There were a few memorable people in season 1; Orlando Jones, Phil Lamarr and Bryan Callen are the standouts. I kept trying to remember where I had seen Callen before, and then I remembered; Oz. Jones has been in numerous movies, and LaMarr has done a lot of voice work (Futurama, Samurai Jack).
I think two of my favorite characters would have to be the Vancome lady, and the UBS driver. Man, oh man, I bet LaMarr was out of breath after playing the UBS guy!
If you're like me and ignored the show when it was first on, skip the reruns on Comedy Central and pick up the DVD set. Warner Bros has done a nice job, and it's a hilarious show. (read entire review)
Back of Box Info Says a Bit More About Best of Seasons 8, 9 & 10 DVD
A couple of months ago, Warner announced that they were switching things up with Mad TV on DVD, by changing from season set releases to a "Best Of" disc, and moving to the 8th, 9th, and 10th seasons to... (read entire news item)
8/18/2005
We've got the cover for The Best of Seasons 8, 9, 10
It's been a while - early June - since Warner announced the October 25th release of Mad TV - The Best of Seasons 8, 9, 10. Late yesterday they have finally posted the cover art for the single-disc release.... (read entire news item)
7/06/2005
Warner switches things up - Best of Seasons 8, 9 and 10
Warner Bros appears to be switching to "Best of" releases for MadTV; they have just announced the "Best of Seasons 8, 9 & 10" for release on October 25, timed to release before season 11 premieres on... (read entire news item)
7/01/2004
What, me worry? Nah...the DVDs are being announced!
Mad TV becomes "Mad DVD" on September 21, as Warner Home Video releases The Complete First Season as a 3-disc set featuring 19 episodes of insanity. And check out this insane box art:
Kind of leaps... (read entire news item)
5/12/2004
'Mad DVD'? *UPDATED*
Mad TV fans will be pleased to know that this series is coming to DVD in the near future. The release is in the production phase now, and nothing is known yet about its exact configuraton or specs. ... (read entire news item)
