# Mad T.V. was out of line tonight. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 12, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605 "2002-05-12T06:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/1 "2002-05-12T06:01:22Z")
It is next to impossible to offend me, but Mad TV really gave it it’s best shot tonight. They had a segment on with “Marines” Singing songs about getting laid and so on. But that’s not what pissed me off. What got me is, they introduced the segment stating “For now we are going to put the comedy aside…” and so on, talking about our military people fighting the war in Afganistan and such, then they have this crap. I’m all for satire, even when it’s low down and dirty, but the way they did that really left a bad taste. Especially when one of my very best friends son is over there. I wouldn’t be so pissed had they not introduced it that way, as though this was real. This just wasn’t the time for that. Jerks!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/2 "2002-05-12T06:25:39Z")
I doubt many Marines would have been offended by that. So why should you be? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/3 "2002-05-12T06:26:29Z")
Would you say that it made you… _Mad_?!? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/4 "2002-05-12T06:48:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Harvey \* > \*\*I doubt many Marines would have been offended by that. So why should you be? \*\* I didn’t say I was offended, did I? I just said they gave it their best shot to try. they failed. Being “pissed” and “offended” are 2 different things in my book. (It’s my book, I’ll make the rules.:p) It wasn’t the skit that pissed me off, but the introduction. I just though it was a little too real for something that was a satire. I just think now wasn’t the time for that. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/5 "2002-05-12T14:37:46Z")
If _Mad_ makes you mad :mad: , the terrorists have won! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/6 "2002-05-12T15:42:59Z")
Uh oh. Better not look at [this](http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/cadmus/cadmus.htm), then. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/7 "2002-05-12T17:44:05Z")
For my money, _Mad-TV_ sucks for this very reason. They try to be edgy and offensive and push it right over the edge. I didn’t see this bit. I’ve only seen the show once (to see Tenacious D) since I was offended greivously by the following bit: It was a faux-commercial for baby shirts. Except theses baby shirts were “Hilariously Irreverant” or something. Among the things printed on the shirts (which were being modeled by actual toddlers) – “Abused Child”, “Mommy Neglects Me”, “Child Porn Star” – all accompanied by uproarious canned laughter. I thought it was beyond tasteless – and I’m a very tasteless person to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/8 "2002-05-12T18:04:24Z")
I thought the intro to the Marines sketch was necessary. Without it, The skit would have just opened on some singers in uniform. This being _Mad-TV_, you would have _expected_ some funny or satirical songs. With the viewer primed to expect a serious presentation, the skit had much greater impact. Yeah, it was tasteless. Why else would you watch _Mad-TV_? ---
**Author:** ![Phlip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/9 "2002-05-13T10:05:29Z")
The only reasons to watch this show is for Will Sasso and the hot-as-fuck black chick on there. Don’t know her name but she is so fucking fine I would fuck her with a fucking fuck stick. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/10 "2002-05-13T11:27:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*For my money, _Mad-TV_ sucks for this very reason. They try to be edgy and offensive and push it right over the edge. > > I didn’t see this bit. I’ve only seen the show once (to see Tenacious D) since I was offended greivously by the following bit: > It was a faux-commercial for baby shirts. Except theses baby shirts were “Hilariously Irreverant” or something. Among the things printed on the shirts (which were being modeled by actual toddlers) – “Abused Child”, “Mommy Neglects Me”, “Child Porn Star” – all accompanied by uproarious canned laughter. > > I thought it was beyond tasteless – and I’m a very tasteless person to begin with. \*\* Ummm…I almost hate to mention this, but I’ve SEEN young girls (as in 6-10 years old) wearing “Porn Star” shirts. It seems to be a fashion thing at the moment (among women in general, at least in London), and obviously the fashion industry sees no reason why the pre-pubescent market should be neglected. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/11 "2002-05-13T11:33:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Ummm…I almost hate to mention this, but I’ve SEEN young girls (as in 6-10 years old) wearing “Porn Star” shirts. It seems to be a fashion thing at the moment (among women in general, at least in London), and obviously the fashion industry sees no reason why the pre-pubescent market should be neglected. ☹ \*\* Now, see, THAT’s pushing it over the edge. I thought the joke was funny (sorry, **Jack** ). Actually seeing a 6-year-old in a shirt that says “Porn Star”…that disturbs me. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/12 "2002-05-13T12:21:23Z")
Hmmm - could it be that satire actually mirrors the world in which we live - just highlighting some of the stuff we pretend doesn’t exist?!?!? Shurely not? (as they say in some parts of England!) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/13 "2002-05-13T13:27:56Z")
I stopped watching Saturday Night Live about ten years ago, when I saw a skit whose entire humor was that a scout leader was molesting a cub scout. The followup skit based its entire humor around making fun of a disabled child. Lemme know when Mad TV beats that in offensiveness. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/14 "2002-05-13T14:20:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlip \* > \*\*The only reasons to watch this show is for Will Sasso and the hot-as-fuck black chick on there. Don’t know her name but she is so fucking fine I would fuck her with a fucking fuck stick. \*\* I knew a man who had “fuck stick” tattooed on his fuck stick. Maybe you could use his. (he was my patient at the hospital- I did not have sexual relations with him. Somehow I felt the need to clarify that.) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/15 "2002-05-14T00:41:26Z")
I know I speak for many people when I say… “Mad TV is still on the air?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/16 "2002-05-14T00:58:01Z")
> [@](#): > > hot-as-fuck black chick on there Debra Wilson. Nicole Sullivan used to turn my crank, but yeah, Debra Wilson, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/17 "2002-05-14T02:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _jr8:_ > \*\*Ummm…I almost hate to mention this, but I’ve SEEN young girls (as in 6-10 years old) wearing “Porn Star” shirts. It seems to be a fashion thing at the moment (among women in general, at least in London), and obviously the fashion industry sees no reason why the pre-pubescent market should be neglected. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Beelzebubba: \* > \*\*Now, see, THAT’s pushing it over the edge. I thought the joke was funny (sorry, **Jack** ). Actually seeing a 6-year-old in a shirt that says “Porn Star”…that disturbs me. \*\* Man, that is just fucking sad. Ok, so the joke was a joke, as tasteless as I thought it was. I don’t begrudge anybody their tasteless jokes, but putting what is more or less a sexually explicit shirt on a child is fucking sickening if you ask me. It seems like a wink to pedophilia. Am I way off base here? What kind of parent would put a shirt like that on his/her child? The mind reels. Oops – sorry for the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/18 "2002-05-14T02:48:28Z")
Just for everyone’s information, [Porn Star](http://www.pornstarclothing.com/main.html) is a brand-name of clothing that caters to the skateboard set. A dubious choice for a company name perhaps, but it’s legitimate. Similarly, there’s a surfboard wax called [Mr. Zog’s Sex Wax](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/fashion/fa1296.php). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/19 "2002-05-14T02:55:53Z")
Well what truly set me off was the _Mad TV_ bit. I remember specifically seeing a toddler with a tshirt saying “Child Porn Star” in plain block letters (not anykind of logo), and I just couldn’t believe they would play that for laughs. As for the brand name, well, waddayagonnado. I have no problem with it as a brand name, nor have I a problem with _Sex Wax_, but I’m still not going to put my toddler in a _Porn Star_ tshirt. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605/20 "2002-05-14T14:04:01Z")
Actually some of the things you people are complaining about seems to be pretty good social satire. The toddler wearing the Child Porn Star shirt for instance… I’ve also seen young children wearing ‘Porn Star’ shirts and playboy shirts… What I don’t get is the kids I’ve seen wearing them haven’t even HEARD about puberty yet. So who the hell is buying this stuff? Mmmm Sex Wax. I need to start surfing again [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-t-v-was-out-of-line-tonight/108605.md?page=2)