# What are the classic MadTV sketches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562 "2007-07-29T03:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/21 "2018-02-08T17:01:42Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > [This song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqZaQKskP-A) recently appeared on a friend’s facepage. That sketch could have been written yesterday. The one Darlene McBride song I remembered is [_Jesus Was Never a Jew_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TW1v78hthk). ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/22 "2018-02-09T07:01:37Z")
For some reason my tablet isn’t playing nice with YouTube, but I’m a fan of ‘24 with Bobby Lee’. ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/23 "2018-02-09T08:03:50Z")
Two come to mind (only have a dial-up connection, pardon if already posted): Lou Diamond Phillips plays a priest attending to the ‘Vancome Lady’ in the hospital, with a surprise bit of improv Michael McDonald laying on a beach in a tiny swastika-emblazoned Speedo - don’t remember the dialog, but what an unexpected image ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/24 "2018-02-09T17:45:43Z")
I always liked [Hey Mon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpu5_3qk4KM), about the Hedleys, the hardest working Jamaican family. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/25 "2018-02-11T23:37:37Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I always liked [Hey Mon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpu5_3qk4KM), about the Hedleys, the hardest working Jamaican family. that’s In Living Color, not Mad. He looka like a man was always comedy gold to me. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/26 "2018-02-12T02:07:12Z")
My favorite is Steve Jobs unveiling the [iRack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE). ---
**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/27 "2018-02-12T05:15:36Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > For me the funniest–the sketch that justifies the show’s entire existence–is when the movie is made of Miss Swan’s life, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Susan Sarandon, Dennis Hopper, and Mark Hamill in a series of escalatingly hilarious cameos. I’m glad you mentioned this. If I had to pick a particular character that embodied MadTV it would have to be Miss Swan. The spoof Swan biopic was a great way to end the sketch before the character was played to death. My favorites were always the video spoofs. Always seemed to be spot on, who can forget Shakira: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlVwBDPvi6A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlVwBDPvi6A) or Britney: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkJXuckuJ0w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkJXuckuJ0w) Of course the alternate ending to The Wizard of Oz was classic! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6exm2Hi28Xw/hqdefault.jpg "MadTV - Wizard of Oz (Alternate Ending)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6exm2Hi28Xw&t=55s) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/28 "2018-02-12T15:08:48Z")
nm, double ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/29 "2018-02-12T15:09:51Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I always liked [Hey Mon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpu5_3qk4KM), about the Hedleys, the hardest working Jamaican family. > [@TBG](#): > > that’s In Living Color, not Mad. > > He looka like a man was always comedy gold to me. :smack: And it’s not like all the suggested videos weren’t In Living Color skits too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562/30 "2018-02-12T17:46:50Z")
When I’m feeling masochistic and want to further destroy my eyeballs I will enjoy [Dixie, Dexter, and Poolboy.](https://youtu.be/PxjB-zW4YmU?t=4) Chest make-up never looked so beautiful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-classic-madtv-sketches/413562.md?page=1)