Me and one of my boys was talkin' and he actually told me that MadTV is greater than In Living Color. Now, my friend is entitled to his own opinion, but it's a pretty well know fact that ILC was one of the most groundbreaking shows when it hit the air in early 1990.


Now, if my homeboy would have said that he likes Mad better than ILC, that's cool. I mean, I like Clyde Drexler way more than Jordan, but I know that MJ >> Clyde. But he just doesn't get it through his head. He than tells me why MadTV is going on it's 14 season and ILC only ran 5...


ILC is in the top 5 sketch shows probably (maybe even higher.) And how great was ILC, 5 member of a 5 season cast hosted SNL while 0 members of it's 14 season cat have yet to host SNL.

Easily, it's ILC. The fact that MadTV is still on the air isn't the end all of reasonings. In fact, MadTV is pretty much SNL & ILC combined.

MuthaFunka said:

I agree. Don't get me wrong I love many of the skits on 'MadTV',
especially the 'Stewart' sketch lol but I go with 'Living Color'
because of the freshness of it. The skits were originals with
created characters; 'MadTV' is too sort of but I put it on the
same kinda plane I would 'SNL' and it DID launch the stars on
that show to stardom. The Wayons Brothers and Jim Carrey went
on to do bigger things! I miss those days.



"Sign of the times, will mess with your mind. Hurry before it's too late." Prince
[Edited 8/24/08 15:59pm]

paisley43 said:

Oh shit! The "Stewart" sketch is the funniest sketch they have!

ILC...idk,u just get a certain feeling watching the old episodes

I think they both suck(ed).

Lammastide said:

Nah! Really?

I liked ILC a lot more than madTV. My favorite character was the guy behind bars babbling nonsense.

babynoz said:

this guy...

LittleBLUECorvette said:

OMG that's the character... Priceless!

Here's another good one,

The first 3 seasons of MADtv were great

Janfriend said:

ILC first 3 seasons >>>>> MADtv's first three.



also, Damon was the man on ILC. He was never in a bad sketch.

Homie The Clown, Fire Marshall Bill, Handi Man, Tommy Davidson as Spike Lee, The Wrath of Farrakhan sketch, Damon's Bum Character, Keenen as Mike Tyson, The Vanilla Ice video, The Hammer video...Countless funny shit from those cats!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I don't think anyone of them were as funny as Phil Lamar and Debra Wilson

MuthaFunka said:

Yay-yah! It really is-I love the faces he makes in that sketch! Hah



"Sign of the times, will mess with your mind. Hurry before it's too late." Prince

In Living Color any and eveyr time. NO contest!


This is one of my favorite skits!



Especially when she would stuff him back in her womb

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[Edited 8/25/08 11:44am]

How many superstars came from In Living Color and how many from MadTV? Ask your friend that the next time he starts having these crazy thoughts

MuthaFunka said:

And MadTV will never have a Wanda if it went 140 seasons




See I will bust your black narrow ass!
[Edited 8/25/08 12:01pm]

MadTV has its moments, but generally it makes me appreciate SNL more. ILC had some major stars come out of it, where Mad TV hasn't had a breakout star except within the confines of the show (Michael McDonald, Bobby Lee)

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That's who I was trying to remember! "I got you. You ain't got to go nowhere"

In Living Color!

in living color pwns the shit outta mad tv.

NDRU said:

Everyone on ILC was a standup comedian. Only a few on MADtv were standups. I think that is a factor. They were featured on other things besides the show and ILC was the brainchild of a well known standup who got his start with Robert Townsend

Janfriend said:

Keenen didn't get his start with Robert, they just worked together a lot cause they were close friends. They were all (Keenen and Robert) actually associated with Eddie Murphy's Black Pack. (Keene and Robert actually wrote for Eddie's RAW stand-up back in '87)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Ok..

I didn't notice Keenan before Hollywood Shuffle in which Robert was the star and I remember all of Robert's HBO specials that Keenan was in

Janfriend said:

Robert and Keenen were actually a team. They wrote/produced those HBO specials together, write/produced Hollywood Shuffle, wrote Eddie Murphy RAW and wrote/produced Five Heartbeats.