Mad TV season 14

Season fourteen summary

MADtv returned for a fourteenth season on September 13, 2008, which, as of November 2008, is now the final season for the sketch series on FOX.[1].

18 Episodes are scheduled to air throughout the season. [2]

MADtv averages 2.6 million viewers this season so far. [3]

Opening montage

The visuals of the opening montage are basically the same as season thirteen, however the theme song is new. This version hints back to the original theme song of seasons 1-12, using the vocals of "MAD!" and "You are now watching..."

Cast

The casting for Season Fourteen is, as of July 2008, complete. Of the season thirteen cast, feature players Daheli Hall, Dan Oster, and Anjelah Johnson have been fired, and longtime castmembers Jordan Peele and Michael McDonald have left (though McDonald still acts as a contributing writer and director for the show). New feature players for this season include Matt Braunger, Erica Ash (from Logo's The Big Gay Sketch Show), Lauren Pritchard, and Eric Price.

Repertory Cast

• Crista Flanagan
• Keegan-Michael Key
• Bobby Lee
• Arden Myrin
• Nicole Parker
• Johnny Sanchez

Feature Players

• Erica Ash
• Matt Braunger
• Eric Price
• Lauren Pritchard

Episodes

Episode	Airing Date	Guest(s)	Sketches	Other notes
#1401	September 13, 2008	Jerry O'Connell	Barack Obama (Keegan-Michael Key) and John McCain (Bobby Lee) open MADtv's fourteenth season and welcome new feature players Erica Ash, Eric Price, Lauren Pritchard, and Matthew Braunger. Thai movie critic Johnny Gan (Bobby Lee) now hosts a talk show. The new season of the MTV reality show The Hills has Lauren (Nicole Parker) and Lo (Crista Flanagan) search for a new roommate (three-part sketch). Eugene the janitor (Keegan-Michael Key) meets guest star Jerry O'Connell. An installment of So You Can Think You Can Dance? has Barack Obama (Keegan-Michael Key) and his wife, Michelle (Erica Ash) dance off against John McCain (Bobby Lee) and his wife, Cindy (Arden Myrin). Jerry O'Connell plays John Edwards in a music video parody of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" called "Viva La Cheata" where Edwards laments his political future after his affair with a young female filmmaker. Coach Hines (Keegan-Michael Key) gives a sex-ed lesson to his gym class. A drunken Arden Myrin interviews celebrities at FOX's environmental party.	Season premiere Erica Ash, Matt Braunger, Eric Price, and Lauren Pritchard's debut episode.
#1402	September 20, 2008	Chris Rose, Judge Joe Brown, Audrina Patridge	Music video parody of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" where Ellen DeGeneres (Nicole Parker) sings about society's take on lesbianism and her marriage to Portia di Rossi (Arden Myrin). Keegan-Michael Key and Arden Myrin run attack ads against each other over who will open the show, and get upstaged by Judge Joe Brown. Three-part commercial parody of eHarmony.com featuring an elderly couple (Nicole Parker and Matt Braunger), a fat girl (Lauren Pritchard) and a gay man (Eric Price), and a woman (Crista Flanagan) paired with a monkey. Bobby Lee and Johnny Sanchez sell an energy bar they created during their "Rice and Beans" tour last season. Parody of The Sundance Channel's "Iconoclasts" called Ikeaclasts constantly gets interrupted by a FOX News anchor (Nicole Parker) who begs viewers not to vote for Barack Obama (Keegan-Michael Key); Ozzie Guillen (Johnny Sanchez) holds a press conference filled with cursing and inappropriate remarks. Commercial for King Burger's new line of toys based on the movie The Dark Knight.	Michael McDonald Directed the "Iconoclasts" Sketch
#1403	September 27, 2008		Eric Price and Matt Braunger roleplay as the racist and sexist ad executives from Mad Men, much to the disgust of Nicole Parker, Bobby Lee, and Keegan-Michael Key (two part sketch with an outtake). John McCain's (Bobby Lee) campaign manager (Matt Braunger) sets up a Facebook account for the Senator to garner votes (three part sketch). Nacho Hernandez (Johnny Sanchez) gets interviewed about the new Apple iPhone (two part sketch). John Mayer (Matt Braunger) releases an album featuring songs about his celebrity conquests. Project Runway's new season contains connections to other Bravo shows, like Top Chef and Top Design. An Albanian TV channel shows their version of "America's Got Talent". Sarah Palin (Nicole Parker) takes audience questions. Arden Myrin goes on the red carpet during the premiere of the movie Eagle Eye. The reality shows Living Lohan and Super Nanny combine into a parody.	Erica Ash does not appear in (nor was she credited for) this episode. Nicole Parker's 100th Episode
#1404	October 4, 2008		MADtv: Sexy, Dirty Politics: a collection of MADtv's best political sketches and parodies, including "The 2004 Presidential Debates," the music video parody "Under Barack Obama", "Angela Wright Meets George W. Bush," "McCain/Obama/Clinton Attack Ads," and "Bill Clinton on Politically Incorrect", with appearances by Nicole Parker as Sarah Palin and Keegan-Michael Key and Erica Ash as Barack and Michelle Obama and Bobby Lee and Arden Myrin as John and Cindy McCain.	Special Election Presidential Special
#1405	November 1, 2008	Ne-Yo	Parody of the classic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy" has Lucy (Nicole Parker) and Ethel (Crista Flanagan) selling their bodies to pay off Fred's (Matt Braunger) mortgage. Johnny Sanchez reads a Spanish message to Mexican viewers, which turns out to be an invitation for illegal immigrants to cross the border. A "WeightSmashers" commercial gets interrupted by a man (Matt Braunger) who keeps exposing himself. Condolezza Rice (Erica Ash) comes clean about the Bush administration's shady ethics at a press conference. A look at George Takei's (Bobby Lee) wedding. Ne-Yo appears in a sketch as a newsanchor who hits on his female colleague (Erica Ash).	Michael McDonald directed the George Takei Wedding sketch
#1406	November 8, 2008	Jeff Probst	A new crime drama on TNT about a blond, morally ambiguous border patrol officer starring Goldie Hawn (Arden Myrin). Jeff Probst votes off John McCain (Bobby Lee) as the new U.S. President. Wendy Walker (Crista Flanagan) hosts a tailgating party edition of 3 Minute Meals. Coach Hines (Keegan-Michael Key) goes to confession (two-part sketch with outtake). Geico commercial parody featuring Mo'Nique (Erica Ash), Carlos Mencia (Johnny Sanchez), and Elmo from Sesame Street (two-part sketch with outtake). A drunken newscaster (Matt Braunger) struggles through a man-on-the-street piece about the economy. Professional basketball players Charles Barkeley (Keegan-Michael Key), Yao Ming (Bobby Lee), and Lisa Leslie (Erica Ash) read to children (three-part sketch with outtake). A new homocide detective (Crista Flanagan) meets her new partner (Matt Braunger) who can't take a joke.	Eric Price and Lauren Pritchard are not credited for (nor do they appear in) this episode. Michael McDonald directed the 3 Minute Meals sketch
#1407	November 15, 2008	Serena Williams	In a parody of "Kitchen Nightmares," Gordon Ramsay (Eric Price) bullies a nun (Nicole Parker) and a priest (Bobby Lee) into renovating their soup kitchen (two-part sketch). Keegan Michael-Key welcomes melodramatic movie singer Lisa Girard (Nicole Parker). Nacho Hernandez (Johnny Sanchez) gets interviewed on a newscast about the economy. Three-part parody of Dancing with the Stars called "Lap Dancing with the Stars," featuring Tom Bergeron (Matt Braunger), Samantha Harris (Nicole Parker), Jo Frost (Lauren Pritchard), Jamie Lynn Spears (Arden Myrin), and Gilbert Gottfried (Crista Flanagan). Tennis star Serena Williams appears as superheroine The Black Racket, who must fight Alisa Karbelnikov (Nicole Parker) and Amelie Meresmeau (Matt Braunger) to get a government code back to Barack Obama (Keegan-Michael Key). Nacho Hernandez (Johnny Sanchez) plugs his new custom auto paint/upholstery/taquiera store. A rocker named Dom (Matt Braunger) teaches party guests (Erica Ash, Eric Price, Crista Flanagan, and Keegan-Michael Key) how to play Guitar Hero: World Tour. A businessman must call upon Bae Sung (Bobby Lee) for translation. Queen Elizabeth (Lauren Pritchard) invites Americans to England.	A parody of the movie Righteous Kill with Eric Price as Robert DeNiro and Johnny Sanchez as Al Pacino was in the promos for this episode, but never appeared.
#1408	November 22, 2008		Parody of Britney Spears' (Nicole Parker) new music video Womanizer; American Indian Eddie Thundercloud (Keegan-Michael Key) protests against Thanksgiving, but Arden Myrin thinks his speech is a joke (two-part sketch); Al Pacino (Johnny Sanchez) and Robert DeNiro (Eric Price) exert little effort in their latest crime drama, Phoning It In; a CNN report about the current economic crisis includes Warren Buffett (Eric Price) and a homeless man (Keegan-Michael Key) named Razzle Dazzle; a penny-pinching Batman (Matt Braunger) tries to fight the Penguin (Bobby Lee) and The Riddler (Keegan-Michael Key) (two part sketch); Parody of The Amazing Race with celebrity couples Antonio Banderas (Johnny Sanchez) and Melanie Griffith (Arden Myrin), Heidi Klum (Crista Flanagan) and Seal (Keegan-Michael Key), Charlie Sheen (Matt Braunger) and his Asian escort (Bobby Lee), and Celine Dion (Nicole Parker) and Rene (Lauren Pritchard)(two-part sketch); a look at the raucous men (Matt Braunger, Keegan-Michael Key, Bobby Lee, and Eric Price) who work with J.D. Power and Associates (two-part sketch).	Erica Ash was not credited for (nor did she appear in) this episode. Michael McDonald Directed the Coffee Twins: Joke Steal Sketch.
#1409	December 13, 2008

DVD releases

As of May 2008, the episodes of Season Fourteen have not been produced.

External links

• Planet MADtv
• The MADtv Forum
• MADtv - Official Website
• Crazy MADtv World
• MADtv at The Internet Movie Database
• MADtv at TV.com
• Jump The Shark - MADtv