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| EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|4|26}} | RTitle = [[Adam Arkin]] (host) [[Bob Marley (comedian)|Bob Marley]] (special guest)| ShortSummary = Host Adam Arkin is forced to wear, and pay for, clothes recommended by [[Isaac Mizrahi]] (Adam Arkin also). In a parody of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', Lou Grant (Adam Arkin) learns several things about lesbians. Meet Mexican wrestler El Asso Wipo (David Herman). [[O.J. Simpson]] (Orlando Jones) appears on ''The Kenny Kingston Show'' to promote a TV series where he hopes to find who killed his wife. Two doctors (Adam Arkin, David Herman) play good surgeon/bad surgeon to extract a kidney from a patient (Orlando Jones). Jaq (Phil LaMarr) tries to help a homeless man (David Herman) who becomes annoyed at Jaq's overtures. Joel (David Herman) and Connie Linder (Mary Scheer) embarrass their son Mark (Bryan Callen) as he moves into his dorm with a psychotic roommate (Orlando Jones). A ''Lowered Expectations'' single woman (Mary Scheer) lists guys whose eyes pop out of their heads as one of her pet peeves. Bob Marley discusses his father in a monologue.
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|4|26}} | RTitle = [[Adam Arkin]] (host) [[Bob Marley (comedian)|Bob Marley]] (special guest)| ShortSummary = Host Adam Arkin is forced to wear, and pay for, clothes recommended by [[Isaac Mizrahi]] (Adam Arkin also). In a parody of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', Lou Grant (Adam Arkin) learns several things about lesbians. Meet Mexican wrestler El Asso Wipo (David Herman). [[O.J. Simpson]] (Orlando Jones) appears on ''The Kenny Kingston Show'' to promote a TV series where he hopes to find who killed his wife. Two doctors (Adam Arkin, David Herman) play good surgeon/bad surgeon to extract a kidney from a patient (Orlando Jones). Jaq (Phil LaMarr) tries to help a homeless man (David Herman) who becomes annoyed at Jaq's overtures. Joel (David Herman) and Connie Linder (Mary Scheer) embarrass their son Mark (Bryan Callen) as he moves into his dorm with a psychotic roommate (Orlando Jones). A ''Lowered Expectations'' single woman (Mary Scheer) lists guys whose eyes pop out of their heads as one of her pet peeves. Bob Marley discusses his father in a monologue.
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Revision as of 01:52, 6 January 2021

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 1
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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 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 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

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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