Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection

Complete episode list

Episode #100 features the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac, with José Ferrer as a job-hungry egomaniac poet, and a Home Movie segment about an alien invasion. Episode #101 spoofs Santa Fe Trail (1940), where Ron Reagan Jr. (Errol Flynn) dreams his father Ronald Reagan runs against Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency. In Episode #102, The Little Princess (1939) has Shirley Temple possessed by a doll, requiring a song-and-dance exorcism. Episode #103 reworks A Star Is Born (1937) with Janet Gaynor as an unfortunate little girl needing a date. Episodes #104 and #105 are the only two-part Mad Movie, parodying Shock (1946) as a soap opera of lust, intrigue, and murder, with Vincent Price as a house-calling doctor; original film actress Anabel Shaw gives an interview with host Kent Scov. Episode #106 adapts Night of the Living Dead (1968) as a party with no food or drink, featuring Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, a special appearance by Harry Medved (co-creator of the Golden Turkey Awards), and a Home Movie visit to the School of Magic. Episode #107 reimagines Nothing Sacred (1937) with Carole Lombard hiring Fredric March to locate friends over the rainbow, plus a Home Movie on spotting enemy agent Alexander Zolkov. Episode #108 has Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce stopping a library book theft conspiracy, and a Home Movie about Super Baby. Episode #109 offers a behind-the-scenes look at beauty contests in Doll Face (1945), starring Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, and Carmen Miranda, with a Home Movie titled Beer Beach. Episode #110 features Roy Rogers as a compulsive gambler in Under California Stars (1948), and a Home Movie about The Giant. Episode #111 spoofs My Favorite Brunette (1947) with a death threat to a gangster family head, and a Home Movie on the Buck Brothers. Episode #112 adapts Outpost in Morocco (1949) as a spy thriller about water thieves, with guest Marie Windsor (who played Cara in the original), and a Home Movie on Russian athlete Little Olga.