MADtv (season 11)

The eleventh season of "MADtv" aired from September 17, 2005, to May 20, 2006, with 22 episodes.

ummary

Spencer Kayden, Ron Pederson, Aries Spears and Paul Vogt left at the end of season ten. Crista Flanagan, a featured player from season ten, was promoted to repertory status. One new repertory cast member, Arden Myrin, and two new featured cast members, Nicole Randall Johnson and Frank Caeti, were added to the cast. Stephnie Weir, who announced her departure at the end of season ten, agreed to film four new episodes' worth of material, which was spread throughout the first half of the season until Weir ended her 6 year run on Madtv.

Season eleven showcased one of the youngest casts ever: except for Michael McDonald and Stephnie Weir, all cast members were born in the 1970s and joined "MADtv" after the year 2000. The ethnic composition of the season eleven cast was also the most diverse in the show's history, with one Asian male, one Jewish male, three white males, two African-American males, two African-American females, and four white females.

New sketches in season eleven included send-ups of "FOX NFL Sunday", featuring Arden Myrin, Frank Caliendo, and Ike Barinholtz, and Ike and Bobby "On the Town" sketches, which were often shot on location. Nicole Parker introduced her first recurring character, The Disney Girl, a perky, happy young woman who tries to spread joy in city slums. (Parker won a Creative Arts Emmy for best lyrics in the Disney Girl sketch "Wonderfully Normal Day".) Daniele Gaither appeared as sociopath Yvonne Criddle and Crista Flanagan played Wendy Walker, a cooking show host who gets stressed out preparing meals. Myrin impersonated Hollywood's A-list celebrities such as Jillian Barberie in "FOX NFL Sunday" sketches; she also played nerdy craftsworkers Krista and Alana from "Holly Meadow Estates". Johnson played characters like The Vancome Lady-like Ka-Son and impersonated celebrities like Star Jones, Queen Latifah, and Chris Rock. Frank Caeti impersonated Nick DiPaolo and former Dallas Cowboys coach-turned-"FOX NFL Sunday"-announcer Jimmy Johnson.

A variety of special guests appeared from sitcoms (Jeff Garlin, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Jaime Pressly, Michael Rapaport), wrestling organizations (John Cena), and past seasons of "MADtv" (Jeff Probst, Pauly Shore, Fred Willard). Pamela Anderson, a celebrity lampooned by past cast members Mo Collins and Arden Myrin, made her first appearance on the sketch show's 250th episode.

Opening montage

The title sequence opens with the "MADtv" logo appearing against the skyline of Los Angeles. The theme song, performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins and an announcer introduces each repertory cast member alphabetically, followed by the featured cast. The screen dissolves into three live-action clips of an individual cast member, then the three screens multiply until they fill the entire screen. Then all of the multiple clips flip over and displays another clip of the same cast member. As the multiple clips are reduced to one clip, a still color photo of the cast member is superimposed on the screen with his/her name appearing in caption over the photo. When the last cast member/guest is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching "MADtv"."

Cast

*Ike Barinholtz
*Frank Caeti
*Frank Caliendo
*Crista Flanagan
*Daniele Gaither
*Keegan-Michael Key
*Bobby Lee
*Michael McDonald
*Arden Myrin
*Nicole Parker
*Jordan Peele
*Nicole Randall Johnson
*Stephnie Weir"^"

"^ Performer left mid-season."

Episodes

DVD releases

Season eleven of "MADtv" has not been released on DVD.

External links

* [http://www.madtv.com/ "MADtv" - Official Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt{1|0112056}/ "{2|MADtv}"] at The Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.tv.com/madtv/show/725/summary.html "MADtv"] at TV.com
* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/madtv.htm Jump The Shark - "MADtv"]