History Series / ShaunMicallefsMadAsHell

* CharacterExaggeration: Most of the recurring spokespeople are meant to be exaggerations of the mannerisms of whichever politician they represent, such as Leo Hatred for Scott Morrison, Alan Parsons for Tony Abbott, Darius Horsham for Mathias Cormann and Mary Brett Punish for Michaelia Cash.

This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of May 2022, it has aired 162 episodes (including a one off Christmas special) over fourteen series and ten years, with a fifteenth series set to screen later in 2022.

''Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell'' (2012 - 2022) is something of an Australian version of ''Series/TheDailyShow'' with some elements of ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' thrown in for good measure.

[[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10993161/Shaun-Micallefs-hit-satirical-sketch-Mad-Hell-AXED-ABC-10-years.htm It was announced in July 2022 that the fifteenth season would be its last.]] This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of May 2022, it has aired 162 episodes (including a one off Christmas special) over fourteen series and ten years, with a fifteenth series set to screen later in 2022.

[[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10993161/Shaun-Micallefs-hit-satirical-sketch-Mad-Hell-AXED-ABC-10-years.htm It was announced in July 2022 that the fifteen season would be its last.]] This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of May 2022, it has aired 162 episodes (including a one off Christmas special) over fourteen series and ten years, with a fifteenth series set to screen later in 2022.

''Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell'' (2012 - Present) is something of an Australian version of ''Series/TheDailyShow'' with some elements of ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' thrown in for good measure.

This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of May 2022, it has aired 162 episodes (including a one off Christmas special) over fourteen series and ten years, with a fifteenth series set to screen later in 2022.

* AbsenteeActor: Roz Hammond in the first half of Series 9 and the last few episodes of Series 10 aside from some pre-recorded scenes, such as Enid Swink commercials. She has left the show entirely as of Series 11.

* CharacterExaggeration: Most of the recurring spokespeople are meant to be exaggerations of the mannerisms of whichever politician they represent, such as Leo Hatred for Scott Morrison, Alan Parsons for Tony Abbott, Darius Horsham for Matthias Cormann and Mary Brett Punish for Michaelia Cash.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Shaun calls out Chris Lorax on using sexually suggestive puns in a story involving a dentist who was alleged to have touched patients inappropriately, and asks him if he thinks this (the pun) is acceptable in a family-friendly newspaper. Chris replies, "No, I imagine he'd be struck off."

This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of December 2021, it has aired 150 episodes (including a one off Christmas special) over thirteen series and nine years, with a fourteenth series set to screen in 2022.

*** Finally RunningGagged in Series 14, though Bobo wasn't told in advance.

-->'''Shaun''': Now over the break, you may have heard that in Melbourne, they had a bit of a problem with a group of mostly men, with the same skin colour, who viciously attacked Victoria for apparently having an African gang problem.

** The show's title comes from an iconic speech in ''Film/{{Network}}'', ("I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to going to take this anymore!") and the opening credits sequence references the monologue by showing a man getting out of his chair, walking to a window and yelling. An episode from Series 13 (aired at the end of another lockdown in Victoria and during a lockdown in Sydney) has Shaun parody the monologue, telling the audience ''not'' to get mad, but to get out of their chairs, go to the window and close it to keep out the coronavirus.

** Shaun himself has done this a couple of times, apppearing in the studio audience to ask himself a question. One sketch in 2021 has him interview [[TheUnintelligible Milo Kerrigan]] from ''Series/FullFrontal'', now Craig Kelly's chief advisor. Milo comments on the trick photography.
* TemptingFate: In July 2021, Anthony Albanese commented on the new "Arm Yourself" campaign that was supposed to encourage people to get vaccinated and remarked that "It's going to be very difficult for Shaun Micallef to be able to send this ad up." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrXpX9udKBc Shaun reacts with offense]] at this suggestion -- "I could have sent that ad up in my sleep. In fact I did last night and it was very funny." -- and then claims that he doesn't want to send it up anyway because he likes it, and to explain why he brings on the ad's creator Chris Lorax.

* CrossoverPunchline: One of the "release the Kraken!" gags in Series Nine results in the stars of ''Series/GetKrackin'' coming out of the cupboard and taking an opportunity to promote the second series - which hadn't actually been scheduled for any time soon.

-->'''Bobo''': It's not for the faint-hearted to police our sovereign borders.
-->'''Shaun''': And if it gets too frightening for you?
-->'''Bobo''': Well then, I police, ''THE KRAKEN''!
-->(''The Kraken bursts out and promptly gets taken away by Customs and Border Protection'')

-->'''Bobo''': Gender politics is not a political issue, I'm not about to make it one. Like our PM, I want to smash that glass ceiling as much as the next man. Or at least, put in a crack in it.
-->'''Shaun''': And if you can't contain the crack in it?
-->'''Bobo''': Well then, (''Long {{Beat}}, as the audience starts preemptively laughing and Shaun starts smirking'') I'LL RELEASE THE CRACK IN IT!

'''Jim''': Certainly.\\

** Ian Orbspider being struck by lightning and StrippedToTheBone.

* AmateurSleuth: Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le-IHYFteSo a commercial]] for a murder mystery series in which Series/FatherBrown, Series/{{Grantchester}} vicar Sidney Chambers, Literature/MissMarple, Series/JonathanCreek and [[Series/HettyWainthroppInvestigates Hetty Wainthropp]] show up at the same crime scene wanting to ask a few questions. The predictable happens when the DCI tells them all to fuck off and get back behind the police tape. Cue the title, ''Actual Detective''. And then Franchise/ScoobyDoo appears, and is likewise told to get lost.

* BackFromTheDead: Numerous characters are seemingly killed when either struck by lightning or hit by a piano only to come back in a later episode, sometimes even in the same episode sometimes even in the same scene. The Kracken even returned as a zombie.

* DisabilityAlibi: Spoofed in one of the ''Series/{{Vera}}'' parody commercials, with Vera suddenly realising her suspect couldn't have fired the shotgun because he has no arms or legs.

* EskimosArentReal:

* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: Spoofed in one of the ''Series/{{Vera}}'' parody commercials, with Vera suddenly realising her suspect couldn't have fired the shotgun because he has no arms or legs.

This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of December 2021, it has aired 150 episodes (including a one off Christmas special) over thirteen series and nine years, with a fourteenth episode set to screen in 2022.

This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - as of August 2021, it has aired 150 episodes over thirteen series and nine years.

* UnfortunateNames: A few of the guest characters have these.
** Vomitoria Catchment, the 'political Bloggista', is a perfect example.

This is the longest running show Shaun has fronted - in May 2021, the show will begin its thirteenth series over nine years.

* AmateurSleuth: Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le-IHYFteSo a commercial]] for a murder mystery series in which Series/FatherBrown, Series/{{Grantchester}} vicar Sidney Chambers, Literature/MissMarple, Series/JonathanCreek and [[Series/HettyWainthroppInvestigates Hetty Wainthropp]] show up at the same crime scene wanting to ask a few questions. RealityEnsues when the DCI tells them all to fuck off and get back behind the police tape. Cue the title, ''Actual Detective''. And then Franchise/ScoobyDoo appears, and is likewise told to get lost.

* RearrangeTheSong: From Season 5, the theme song has been changed, usually only slightly, each season. Seasons 5 and 6 had minor changes, while season 7 was not only altered, it had vocalisations of the phrase "Mad as Hell" added. Season 8 had the most significant change to the tune.