Mad TV (season 9)

The ninth season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 13, 2003, and May 22, 2004.

Mad TV
Season 9
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 13, 2003 (2003-09-13) 
May 22, 2004 (2004-05-22)
Season chronology

Summary

Similar to its rival show, Saturday Night Live, this season saw a considerable shake-up in the cast and much hiring and promotion to fill the void. Longtime cast member and last member of the original 1995-1996 cast, Debra Wilson, left the show, leaving this cast as the first with no one from the first season. Ike Barinholtz, Josh Meyers, Ron Pederson, and Paul Vogt were upgraded to repertory status, while Simon Helberg was let go. New cast members hired this season include: Daniele Gaither, a member of The Groundlings who was trained by cast member Michael McDonald, a former cast member of the short-lived WB sketch show Hype, and an extra on an early episode of MADtv in a blaxploitation parody about Bob Dole; Nicole Parker (who also appeared in a past episode of MADtv as an extra. Parker appeared in the music video parody of The Calling's "Wherever You Will Go" as the woman getting tattoos on her arm of The Calling's, Creed's, Pearl Jam's, and Ray Charles' names); Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (who were originally hired because FOX was on the fence about whether to hire them both or pick one over the other. After seeing their comedic chemistry and ability to generate hilarious celebrity impressions and original characters, FOX decided to keep Key and Peele on the show); Melissa Paull, and Gillian Vigman.

Season nine is home to the show's 200th episode, featuring appearances from former cast members Orlando Jones, Nicole Sullivan, Alex Borstein, Will Sasso, Artie Lange, and Phil LaMarr. Other guests this season include Jessica Alba, Tommy Davidson, Fred Willard, Gregory Helms, Trish Stratus, Tony Hawk, Jeff Probst, Cedric the Entertainer, Frankie Muniz, Tom Bergeron, and Jennifer Coolidge.

This season is the last season for Mo Collins and the only season for Melissa Paull and Gillian Vigman.

Opening montage

The title sequence begins with the Mad TV logo appearing above the Los Angeles skyline. The theme song, performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins and each repertory cast member is introduced alphabetically, followed by the featured cast. The screen dissolves into three live-action clips of an individual cast member. The three screens multiply until they occupy the entire screen. A still photo of the cast member appears on the screen with a caption of his/her name superimposed on it. When all cast members and guests are introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV".

Cast

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleGuest(s)Original air date
1971"Episode 1"Andy Dick, MýaSeptember 13, 2003 (2003-09-13)

50 Cent (Spears) raps about 2003's lackluster summer blockbuster films in parody of "P.I.M.P"; Madonna (Collins) and Missy Elliott (Spears) promote their new line of Gap clothing; Marvin Tikvah (McDonald) hopes to sign two girls (Gaither, Weir); Connie Chung (Lee) hosts a live taping of the California Governors Debate; Rod Roddy (Caliendo) gets divorced at a dinner; Dot (Weir) is a guest on a Mr. Wizard-type children show; Matthew the Bible Dude (McDonald) fights the sin of online music piracy. Mýa performs "My Love Is Like...Wo".

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Gillian Vigman
1982"Episode 2"Phil LaMarrSeptember 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)

Parody of Joe Boxer commercials has references to black slavery; Lorraine (Collins) tours Venice Beach; Shaq (Spears) introduces a cartoon called Shaq and The Super Lakers; a father (Meyers) takes his insecure son (Pederson) to Dr. Kylie's office; Jewel's (Collins) new video reveals that she sold out to the mainstream; Phil LaMarr guest appears on Real Motherfucking Talk Emmy Special; Clifford (Pederson) and Muriel (Weir) deliver the 7 A.M. Condo Report; Ike Barinholtz and Aries Spears interview celebrities at premiere for The Fighting Temptations.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither

Absent: Frank Caliendo, Bobby Lee
1993"Episode 3"Don CheadleSeptember 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)

Parody of Olive Garden commercial has mediocre Italian cuisine and loud, drunken families; a parody of Matchbox Twenty's "Unwell" centers on Kobe Bryant's rape case; Sean Gidcomb (McDonald) harasses "sneaky snakes" and gets in accidents; QVC hostesses (Vigman, Weir) insult plus-sized models; Don Cheadle plays a counselor who solves marital problems with a three-way; Mo Collins and Paul Vogt conduct red-carpet interviews at the Emmys.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Bobby Lee
2004"Episode 4"Tony Hawk, ChingyOctober 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)

Wade Boggs (Barinholtz) promotes Oldsmobile cars; a parody of Celebrities Uncensored has paparazzi goad celebrities into beating them up for the cameras; Michael Jackson (Spears) gets his house and himself remade by the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy cast; Bill O'Reilly (McDonald) welcomes Gray Davis (McDonald) to The O'Reilly Factor; Freddy vs. Jason and Snuggle commercials merge into a parody; Stuart Larkin (McDonald) sees a therapist (Pederson); Tony Hawk guest stars in a sketch as the owner of a sports-themed restaurant; Leona Campbell (Weir) chats with the wife (Vigman) of a bungee jumping accident victim. Chingy performs "Right Thurr".

Featuring: Gillian Vigman
2015"Episode 5"Jessica AlbaNovember 1, 2003 (2003-11-01)

John Madden (Caliendo) offers to promote Vagisil; Angela (Weir) tries to submit a video to America's Funniest Home Videos; SuChin Pak (Lee) fears for her life when interviewing rapper and bullet magnet 50 Cent (Spears); a law agency helps out couples who fight; Jessica Alba plays Jessica Simpson in a parody of Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica; Chris Martin (McDonald) wreaks havoc while walking backwards in music video parody of Coldplay's "The Scientist"; two macho guys (Barinholtz, Meyers) question their sexuality during a football game; Clifford (Pederson) and Muriel (Weir) host the 7 A.M. Condo Report; parody of The Powerpuff Girls has starlets Tara Reid, Brittany Murphy, and Paris Hilton as superheroines; Ike Barinholtz and Aries Spears interview celebrities at the premiere for The Matrix Revolutions.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker
2026"Episode 6"Orlando Jones, Artie Lange, Nicole Sullivan, Alex Borstein, Will Sasso, Tommy DavidsonNovember 8, 2003 (2003-11-08)

A music video parody of OutKast's "Hey Ya!" commemorates Mad TVs 200th episode; Nicole Sullivan reprises her role as The Vancome Lady; Kenny Rogers (Sasso) hosts his own variation of Punk'd; Artie Lange records a toast to Mad TV; Stuart Larkin (McDonald) buys new shoes; Judith (Sullivan) and Clyde (McDonald) make jokes about Dennis Rodman; Miss Swan (Borstein) gets her driver's license reinstated; Karen Goddard (Borstein) is reunited with her family after returning from space; Real Motherfucking Talk.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither
2037"Episode 7"David ArquetteNovember 15, 2003 (2003-11-15)

A parody of "Me Against the Music" has Britney Spears (Parker) on the run from a vampiric, desperate Madonna (Collins); Bae Sung (Lee) is a translator for a North Korean ambassador; Sean Gidcomb (McDonald) is thrown a surprise party; David Arquette plays one of the contestants on Wheel of Fortune; Lily Hubsher (Weir) pretends she's a werewolf; Trina (Collins) tries to get a dance partner at a costume ball; a terrorist (Barinholtz) becomes too well-adjusted to life in America to join his sleeper cell partner (Meyers) in destroying it; Ike Barinholtz and Ron Pederson interview celebrities at the premiere for The Cat in the Hat.

Featuring: Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele

Absent: Frank Caliendo, Aries Spears
2048"Episode 8"Tom Bergeron, Kathy GriffinNovember 22, 2003 (2003-11-22)

To keep Everybody Loves Raymond going, Ray Barone's lesbian cousin (Caliendo) is now the star of the show; TRL premieres a video from profane rapper Emcee Escher (Spears); Connie Chung (Lee) interviews Paige Davis (Collins); during a football game, a Jumbotron marriage proposal goes awry; Tom Bergeron hosts a special edition of Hollywood Squares; a Dutch skateboarder (Meyers) shares drugs with his new roommate (Pederson); the Schenk family (Barinholtz, Collins) go at each other's throats during Thanksgiving dinner; Kathy Griffin invites Entertainment Tonight to her D-List Celebrity Thanksgiving Special, where she forces her parents to work on gift bags and sings "Shortenin' Bread" with David Hasselhoff (McDonald), Justin Guarini (Peele), and John Tesh (Meyers).

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele
2059"Episode 9"TBADecember 6, 2003 (2003-12-06)

The anchors of Today dance to the music of P. Diddy (Spears) and Lenny Kravitz (Peele); Mofaz (McDonald) tells his troubles to another passenger (Parker); a mariachi band insults the patrons at a Mexican restaurant; Andy Rooney (Caliendo) gets censored during commentary on expression origins; Spishak promotes a deer zapper; Patrick McCallister (McDonald) makes fun of his Special Olympics competitors; the Lakers welcome their first gay basketball player (Peele) in order to combat news of sexual misconduct against female fans; Dr. Phil (McDonald) can't handle his guests' problems; Mo Collins and Aries Spears conduct interviews at the Vibe Awards.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele
20610"Episode 10"John C. McGinleyDecember 13, 2003 (2003-12-13)

The Lord of the Bling saga comes to an anticlimactic end; after a shopper (McDonald) gets hooked on Abercrombie & Fitch clothing, he becomes an employee; a news anchorman (Barinholtz) attempts to correct the frequent mistakes in his reports; The Lillian Verner Game Show; Wynonna Judd (Weir) makes an emergency call in a parody of OnStar commercials; Lorraine (Collins) calms down a wailing infant; John C. McGinley plays a disgruntled postal worker who goes on a murder spree, only to be shown up by other postal workers planning a rampage; Connie Chung (Lee) reports live from the baby shower of Kate Hudson (Vigman); Smash Mouth plugs a new commercial jingle on Access Hollywood.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Jordan Peele
20711"Episode 11"Sara Rue, Westside ConnectionDecember 20, 2003 (2003-12-20)

A Christmas special with Elizabeth Smart (Parker); the Power-Slut Girls save Christmas so the media will focus on them; Michael Moore's (Vogt) newest documentary blames the Bush family for everything; Renée Zellweger (Parker) and couple Woody Allen (Pederson) and Soon-Yi Previn (Lee) announce their Christmas wishes; Suge Knight (Spears) promotes a court-ordered Christmas album; Marvin Tikvah (McDonald) entertains kids while dressed as Santa Claus; a teenage housesitter (Rue) becomes paranoid after watching a news report about a serial killer who goes after housesitters; the Schenk family continue their dysfunctional tirades during Christmas. Westside Connection perform "Gangsta Nation".

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker, Melissa Paul, Jordan Peele
20812"Episode 12"Nicole RichieJanuary 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)

Chingy (Peele) raps about Michael Jackson's (Spears) child molestation charges; commercial parody of Sprint phones; Nicole Richie shares a hole with Saddam Hussein (McDonald) in a parody of The Simple Life; home movies reveal how dangerous three kids' childhoods were; Britney Spears (Parker) makes an emergency call from Las Vegas in another parody of OnStar; Dorothy Lanier (Weir) caters to the homeless; Celebrity Injustice host Renton Rice (Spears) fumes over the show's bellowing announcer (Vogt); a man (McDonald) begs his sick girlfriend (Weir) to have sex with him; a Snow White impersonator (Parker) and a black woman (Spears) audition to be Disney World's newest Snow White cast member.

Featuring: Nicole Parker, Melissa Paul, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Ike Barinholtz, Mo Collins, Bobby Lee, Ron Pederson
20913"Episode 13"Shane Mosley, Jeff Probst, Nicole SullivanJanuary 17, 2004 (2004-01-17)

John Madden (Caliendo) reviews the latest movies; Shannen Doherty (Paull) scares transvestite Andra (McDonald); Dr. Kylie Johnson (Weir) checks on a couple (Barinholtz, Paull) who are having problems conceiving a baby; Jeff Probst hosts a special celebrity edition of Survivor featuring Clay Aiken (Pederson), Meg Ryan (Sullivan), Jack Nicholson (Caliendo), 50 Cent (Spears), Dr. Phil (McDonald), and Connie Chung (Lee); a coach (Barinholtz) tries to explain his team's failure at a press conference; Michael Jackson (Spears) and Scott Peterson (McDonald) move into a ranch in a parody of The Simple Life.

Featuring: Melissa Paul, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Mo Collins
21014"Episode 14"Aisha Tyler, Ruben StuddardFebruary 7, 2004 (2004-02-07)

A parody of Gilmore Girls is wrapped up in cuteness, pop culture references, and nonstop walking; Kobe Bryant (Spears) has thoughts of white co-eds hitting on him in Expedia.com commercial parody; Leona Campbell (Weir) expresses concern over Donald Trump's hairdo while watching The Apprentice; Kim Jong-Il (Lee) hosts his own talk show; Stuart Larkin (McDonald) and his mom (Collins) bother their next-door neighbor (Vogt); Aisha Tyler stars in a parody of blaxploitation films; Celine Dion (Parker) stars in a parody of car commercials. Ruben Studdard performs "What Is Sexy".

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Ike Barinholtz, Josh Meyers
21115"Episode 15"Snoop Dogg, Don "Magic" JuanFebruary 14, 2004 (2004-02-14)

Abercrombie & Fitch employees don't like their new co-worker (Lee); Jovan Muskatelle (Key) reviews his generation of raving lunatics; The Lillian Verner Game Show; a vacation at Disneyland turns sinister; critics give reviews of Two and a Half Men; Snoop Dogg and Don "Magic" Juan appear on an episode of Real Motherfucking Talk; violent events are featured in an evening newscast; the Phillip Morris company underhandedly glorifies smoking; Patti LaBelle (Gaither) guest-stars in a sitcom with an overly-long opening sequence.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Melissa Paul

Absent: Frank Caliendo, Mo Collins
21216"Episode 16"Anna FarisFebruary 21, 2004 (2004-02-21)

Mike Tyson (Spears) tries to reclaim his money and his boxing championship with his "I'll Fight Anyone" tour; Jay Leno (Caliendo) shuffles through all his guests; Star Jones (Gaither) has trouble fitting into her shoes in a Payless commercial; Game Show Network presents an episode of The Price is Right from the 1970s; Anna Faris films a samurai movie with Bae Sung (Lee); Lorraine (Collins) and her relatives crash the campsite of another couple (McDonald, Weir); a business deal to save a sweater factory goes awry thanks to static electricity.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker, Gillian Vigman
21317"Episode 17"Bill O'ReillyFebruary 28, 2004 (2004-02-28)

A woman (Weir) with commitment issues fails to impress her friends with Crest White Strips; Dot (Weir) competes in a spelling bee; Rusty Miller (McDonald) makes nice with Oscar-nominated celebrities; Bill O'Reilly joins Al Roker (Key) and Paula Zahn (Vigman) to decide who should become the next president; characters from Cold Mountain and The Lord of the Rings compete in a game of Family Feud; the Olsen twins get ready for the school dance while the perverted male staff waits for them to turn 18; a drug dealer (Key) incriminates himself in court with confessions of past crimes to prove that he didn't rob a bank.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Mo Collins
21418"Episode 18"Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, Kevin Smith, Trish Stratus, Big ShowMarch 13, 2004 (2004-03-13)

Trojan promotes contraceptive patches for females; Wayne Brady (Spears) welcomes Celine Dion (Parker) to the last episode of his show; a parody of Cold Case; a passionate Mexican Taco Bell employee (Key) makes a scene and gets disciplined by his boss (Gaither); a wedding singer (Pederson) mispronounces the names of the guests at an Indian wedding; Jay Leno (Caliendo) tries to get wrong answers from WWE wrestlers on this installment of "Jay-Walking"; Kevin Smith plays a pirate for a kid's birthday party; Connie Chung (Lee) interviews the cast of Frasier.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Mo Collins, Michael McDonald, Paul Vogt
21519"Episode 19"JC ChasezMarch 20, 2004 (2004-03-20)

A parody of The Wizard of Oz; Regis Philbin (Caliendo) revitalizes his show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire; Disney turns their It's A Small World ride into a horror movie; The 7 A.M. Condo Report; an urban parody of Crossing Over; an ABC schedule lineup spoof, a traveler (Barinholtz) must rely on Bae Sung (Lee) to claim his baggage; Bruce Banner (Barinholtz) transforms into a flamboyantly gay monster known as Gay Hulk (Vogt); JC Chasez is a guest on The Kim Jong-Il Show; Barbara Walters (Weir) tries new ventures beyond The View.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker

Absent: Mo Collins, Michael McDonald
21620"Episode 20"Elisha Cuthbert, Vanessa L. WilliamsApril 10, 2004 (2004-04-10)

John Madden (Caliendo) recounts his wild spring break vacation; the announcer of a commercial (Meyers) claims that money is the cure for depression; Elisha Cuthbert finds herself in a parody of 24; Geert (Meyers) begins work at a sunglasses store; Vanessa L. Williams appears on another installment of QVC's Fashion Corner, where the hostesses make fun of middle-aged women; a villain (Peele) working as a supermarket clerk runs into his rival (Barinholtz).

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Mo Collins, Michael McDonald
21721"Episode 21"Cedric the EntertainerApril 17, 2004 (2004-04-17)

On Average Asian, Hideki (Lee) puts up with women who think Hideki adheres to Asian stereotypes; a movie trailer for a generic thriller stars Ashley Judd (Parker), Morgan Freeman (Peele), Laurence Fishburne (Key), and Samuel L. Jackson (Spears); a 1980s episode of The Price is Right featuring future notorious faces Martha Stewart (Weir), Tonya Harding (Parker), Jeffrey Dahmer (Meyers), and Wayne Brady (Spears); during a trial, Bae Sung (Lee) is called to the stand as a translator for the defendant; Cedric the Entertainer stars in another low-rent installment of Funkenstein; a therapist (McDonald) is baffled when his patients claim they see aliens.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Mo Collins
21822"Episode 22"Rachel Bilson, Adam Brody, Benjamin McKenzieMay 1, 2004 (2004-05-01)

On The Montel Williams Show, Angela Wright (Weir) shows a video clip of her attempt at saving a wheelchair-bound woman (Parker) from drowning; an alternate ending to The Wizard of Oz has an angry Dorothy (Parker) going off on Glenda the Good Witch (Weir); a chubby chaser (Weir) has her eyes on Marvin Tikvah (McDonald); stars of The O.C. appear in a parody co-starring former American Idol contestants Clay Aiken (Pederson), Justin Guarini (Peele), and William Hung (Lee); Sean Gidcomb (McDonald) insults his employees' kids that were brought to work; a chef (Vigman) on The Food Network has a mental breakdown after spending 22 hours cooking nothing but egg-related dishes.

Featuring: Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele, Gillian Vigman

Absent: Ike Barinholtz, Frank Caliendo, Mo Collins, Aries Spears
21923"Episode 23"Jennifer Coolidge, Frankie MunizMay 8, 2004 (2004-05-08)

Whoopi Goldberg (Peele) promotes Slimfast products; Frankie Muniz stars as a hypochondriac who visits Dr. Kylie Johnson (Weir); Coach Hines (Key) threatens students at an assembly; The Lillian Verner Game Show; a wife (Weir) wants to know if her husband (Barinholtz) talks in his sleep about how ugly she is; Jennifer Coolidge stars in a sketch centered on a sexual harassment seminar; a drunk man's (McDonald) fantasy world is vastly different from his reality.

Featuring: Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele

Absent: Frank Caliendo, Mo Collins, Bobby Lee, Josh Meyers, Ron Pederson, Aries Spears
22024"Episode 24"Tom BergeronMay 15, 2004 (2004-05-15)

Parody of UPS commercials creates scatological innuendo from the word "brown"; Mofaz (McDonald) takes his daughter (Barinholtz) to her prom; Tom Bergeron hosts an episode of Hollywood Squares; a man (Meyers) tries to escape from his pet-loving wife (Collins); giant Dominic Sandy (McDonald) catches insults from customers while working at a restaurant; a man (Key) who's been shot in the head is forced to wait in a hospital waiting room; a promo for a sexual enhancement drug is advertised in metaphors; the Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority girls make over an ugly co-ed (Vogt); a reporter (Pederson) lands in hot water while interviewing a black man (Spears) about the death of his brother.

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Gillian Vigman
22125"Episode 25"David Alan Grier, Fred WillardMay 22, 2004 (2004-05-22)

Abercrombie & Fitch employees help deliver a baby for a pregnant woman (Weir); the "Man-Up" Brothers (Peele, Key) break jinxes before a basketball game; Morgan Freeman (Peele) and other celebrities read Civil War-era letters; Stuart Larkin (McDonald) annoys his neighbor Harvey (Vogt) during a poker game; David Alan Grier and Fred Willard appear on an episode of Real Mother****ing Talk; The Game Show Network premieres an episode of The Price is Right set in prehistoric times; Dr. Funkenstein (Key) and his monster (Peele) team up with the Invisible Man (Spears).

Featuring: Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele

Absent: Mo Collins

Home releases

Season 9 of Mad TV has not been released on DVD. However, several sketches culled from this season appear on a compilation DVD called Mad TV: The Best of Seasons 8, 9, and 10 (first released on October 25, 2005).

As of 2020, season 9 is now available on HBO Max, with episodes 1, 4, 11, 14, and 19 missing. Episode 9 is listed, but, due to technical difficulties, will not play.

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