Mad (TV series)

Did You Know?

• The DVD Mad – Season 1, Part 1 was released on September 20, 2011, with a matted 1.33:1 picture and an English stereo track; extras included trailers for Young Justice, the 2011 ThunderCats, and The Looney Tunes Show.
• The rest of the first season was released on DVD on January 17, 2012.
• All four seasons are available on Amazon Prime and YouTube.

Recurring sketches

The series featured a number of recurring sketches. A MAD Look Inside, which aired only during Season 1, offered a short view of a magical world inside a celebrity. During the 2012 election, Alfred E. Neuman for President presented campaign material for Alfred E. Neuman's presidential run. Ask the Celebrity had celebrities giving absurd answers to fan letters; for instance, Miley Cyrus said she would rub cats on herself and walk on wool carpeting to put on a good concert. Bad Idea # presented scenarios from a list of possible bad ideas. Celebrities Without Their Make-Up showed what real and fictional celebrities would look like without make-up, such as Zach Galifianakis as Benson from Regular Show, Russell Brand as a wooden nutcracker, Robert Pattinson as Alfred E. Neuman, Iron Man as C-3PO, and SpongeBob SquarePants as a fruitcake. Commercials for fictional items and programs appeared in every episode. Dear Reaper featured the Grim Reaper reading and replying to children's letters about their deaths. Don Martin adapted comic strips by longtime Mad cartoonist Don Martin. Drawn-Out Dramas appeared after a primary sketch concluded, with the Mad wallpaper ripping open to reveal a Sergio Aragonés-style sketch often featuring Alfred E. Neuman. Gross and Beyond Gross showcased differences between gross and beyond gross. MAD News, a newsman delivering recent news, originally appeared randomly in the middle of an episode, often interrupting another sketch; from episode 9 onward it served as a cold opening, but with Season 3 and the introduction of the MADvent Calendar it returned to being an interruption. MADitorial, an editorial segment animated by Jorge R. Gutierrez, began with episode 5 of Season 4. MADucation 101... offered lessons in any subject. MADvent Calendar presented a series of funny and ridiculous recent pop culture events and became the new cold opening for every episode starting with Season 3. Mike Wartella featured animations by cartoonist M. Wartella. Rejected revealed rejected ideas within pop culture properties, such as Rejected Transformers, Rejected Superheroes, Rejected Audition Tapes, Rejected Pokémon, Rejected Toy Story 3 Characters, and Rejected Smurfs.