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Mad TV (season 4)
Mad TV (season 4)
Season 4
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No. of episodes	25
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Original network	Fox
Original release	August 29, 1998 –; May 22, 1999
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The fourth season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between August 29, 1998, and May 22, 1999.

Season summary

The new season had several cast changes. Mary Scheer, Chris Hogan, and Lisa Kushell left the show. Andrew Bowen and Mo Collins joined as repertory players, with Michael McDonald as a featured player. Nicole Sullivan did not appear in the first five episodes of the fourth season. However, she did return in the sixth episode, the show's Halloween special, performing her popular characters Antonia and The Vancome Lady. Spy vs Spy became the reruns of this season.

Season four had a notable change of pace and format compared to the first three seasons. The show had a faster pace and began to use recurring characters, such as the wacky mother/son duo Doreen (Collins) and Stuart (McDonald) Larkin, more often. Separately, Collins played the eccentric Midwestern character Lorraine Swanson and McDonald played Jewish slob director Marvin Tikvah and overexcited dweeb Rusty Miller in sketches that appeared in heavy rotation.

Original cast players Nicole Sullivan and Debra Wilson introduced new characters, playing Latina bimbos Lida and Melina together, while Wilson performed Bunifa, a fast-talking ghetto fabulous girl. Alex Borstein frequently appeared as Ms. Swan and Rosie O'Donnell; Pat Kilbane appeared as the Coffee Guy and the spokesman for Spishak, and performed his Howard Stern impersonation; Will Sasso frequently impersonated famous people such as Bill Clinton, Kenny Rogers, and Steven Seagal and Aries Spears did several impersonations of popular African-American celebrities.

Season four was marked by one notable controversy. During the episode that aired February 6, 1999, Bret Hart appeared in a sketch with Will Sasso. Hart, a WCW wrestler, attacked Sasso during filming. It was unclear whether this was part of the sketch or ad-libbed, until a Mad TV head writer revealed that the fight was real and Sasso did actually bleed.^[1] Hart returned three weeks later to accept Sasso's challenge of an arm-wrestling match.

Opening montage

The Mad TV logo appears against the backdrop of a busy street in Los Angeles. 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 a slow-motion montage of color still photos of them. When the last featured cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."

Cast

Repertory cast members

* Performer was a featured cast member at the start of the season, but was promoted to repertory status mid-season.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Guest(s)	Original air date
67	1	Vivica A. Fox, Usher, Dylan and Cole Sprouse	August 29, 1998 (1998-08-29)
68	2	Jane Krakowski	September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)
69	3	TBA	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)
70	4	TBA	October 3, 1998 (1998-October-03)
71	5	Gary Coleman, Kevin Sorbo	October 10, 1998 (1998-October-10)
72	6	KISS, Robert Englund	October 31, 1998 (1998-October-31)
73	7	TBA	November 7, 1998 (1998-11-07)
74	8	TBA	November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
75	9	TBA	November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)
76	10	Shaquille O'Neal	December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05)
77	11	TBA	December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)
78	12	TBA	January 9, 1999 (1999-01-09)
79	13	TBA	January 16, 1999 (1999-01-16)
80	14	TBA	January 30, 1999 (1999-01-30)
81	15	Bret "The Hitman" Hart	February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)
82	16	Brian McKnight	February 13, 1999 (1999-02-13)
83	17	TBA	February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)
84	18	Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Michael Buffer, Roddy Piper	February 27, 1999 (1999-02-27)
85	19	Keri Russell	March 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)
86	20	TBA	March 27, 1999 (1999-03-27)
87	21	TBA	April 10, 1999 (1999-04-10)
88	22	Jerry Springer	May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01)
89	23	TBA	May 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)
90	24	Donny Osmond	May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)
91	25	TBA	May 22, 1999 (1999-05-22)

Home releases

Season four of Mad TV was released on DVD on November 12, 2013. As of 2014, this was the last season of the show to be released on DVD.

References

^ CANOE - JAM! Television - TV Shows - Mad TV: Bret Hart goes mad on 'Mad TV'

External links

[1] CANOE - JAM! Television - TV Shows - Mad TV: Bret Hart goes mad on 'Mad TV'

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