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| EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|21}} | RTitle = [[Christina Applegate]] (host) | ShortSummary = [[Christina Applegate]] delivers monologue which is interrupted by clips of a stripper dancing, and stars in a parody of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' where all three contestants suffer from schizophrenia. [[Michael Jackson]] (Phil LaMarr) stars in a new movie. Three women (Christina Applegate and Mary Scheer) use elaborate pantomime during a funeral to confess that they murdered the man they're mourning.
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|21}} | RTitle = [[Christina Applegate]] (host) | ShortSummary = [[Christina Applegate]] delivers monologue which is interrupted by clips of a stripper dancing, and stars in a parody of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' where all three contestants suffer from schizophrenia. [[Michael Jackson]] (Phil LaMarr) stars in a new movie. Three women (Christina Applegate and Mary Scheer) use elaborate pantomime during a funeral to confess that they murdered the man they're mourning. [[Spy vs. Spy]] cartoon
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|28}} | RTitle = [[Ice-T]] (host & musical guest) | ShortSummary = A claymation car is oblivious to a ticking sound in a parody of [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] commercials. [[Ice-T]] introduces the cast of ''Mad TV'', unfortunately he only introduces the African American cast members. [[Bob Dole]] (David Herman) appears at a press conference as [[Dolemite]], while [[Bill Clinton]] (Bryan Callen) picks Ice-T as his running mate. Ice-T is a guest on a talk show hosted by a cosmetic-surgery junkie (Mary Scheer). [[Kathy Lee Gifford]] (Nicole Sullivan) runs afoul of labor laws at sweatshops producing her line of clothing in a parody of ''[[Maury Povich]]''. Antonia (Nicole Sullivan) finds work at a pizzeria. Ice-T performs "Bouncin' Down the Strezeet".
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Mad TV
Season 2
DVD cover
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) –
May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)
Season chronology
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Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 21, 1996, and May 17, 1997. The season had 22 episodes, and featured many of the same cast members as Season 1 had.

Season summary

The second season of Mad TV was not a radical departure from season one (largely the same cast, the same humor, and the same format), though there were some minor cast changes. Tim Conlon and Pablo Francisco joined as featured players while Artie Lange was fired midway through the season for his erratic behind-the-scenes behavior due to cocaine abuse.

The addition of a weekly guest host was the most notable difference of season two, the only season of Mad TV to feature one. Although every season has had several guest stars, season two's guest stars were referred to as "hosts" and appeared in nearly every sketch. Every episode had a new host, where as in other seasons, not every episode had a guest star and the guest star usually only appeared in a few sketches. The guest host format was similar to their main rival Saturday Night Live's, but Mad TV ended this format after season two (though later seasons would have special guest stars who appeared in sketches or did monologues).

This is the second and last season to air new Spy vs Spy and Don Martin animation before they added reruns to make up for not creating any new episodes.

Opening montage

The title sequence for season two is exactly the same as the previous season, except the theme song features more bass. The sequence starts with several fingers pointing at a bomb. The bomb explodes and several different pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear, followed by the Mad TV logo. The theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically with their names appearing in caption over live-action clips of them. More pictures of Alfred E. Neuman appear between the introduction of each cast member. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."

Cast

Writers

Episodes

See also: List of Mad TV episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Guest(s)Original air date
201Christina Applegate (host)September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)
212Ice-T (host & musical guest)September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)
223Kim Coles (host)October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05)
234Jack Wagner (host), Taylor Negron (special guest)October 16, 1996 (1996-10-16)
245Neve Campbell (host)November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)
256Kevin McDonald (host), Tony Cox (special guest)November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09)
267Joe Rogan (host) and Ken Norton Jr (special guest)November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)
278French Stewart (host)December 7, 1996 (1996-12-07)
289Harry Connick, Jr (host)December 14, 1996 (1996-12-14)
2910Andrea Martin (host)January 4, 1997 (1997-01-04)
3011Brian Bosworth and Dom Irrera (special guests)January 25, 1997 (1997-01-25)
3112Rodney Dangerfield (host)February 1, 1997 (1997-02-01)
3213Queen Latifah (host)February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)
3314Tommy Davidson (host), Tom Kenny (special guest)February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15)
3415Bobcat Goldthwait (host)March 8, 1997 (1997-03-08)
3516Pauly Shore (host)March 15, 1997 (1997-03-15)
3617Thomas Calabro (host) and Corky and the Juice Pigs (Musical Guest)April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05)
3718Mark Curry (host), Ike Turner (special guest)April 12, 1997 (1997-04-12)
3819Adam Arkin (host) Bob Marley (special guest)April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26)
3920Ryan Stiles (host)May 3, 1997 (1997-05-03)
4021David Faustino (host)May 10, 1997 (1997-05-10)
4122LL Cool J (host)May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

Home releases

Despite a preview on the special features disc of the Mad TV: the Complete First Season DVD box set, season two of Mad TV was not initially released on DVD due to poor sales of season one. Shout Factory finally released the complete second season on March 26, 2013.

On the HBO Max release, episodes 2, 3, 9, 14, 21 and 22 are missing. Episodes 21 and 22 show up as best of episodes.

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