History YMMV / MadTV1995

* HarsherInHindsight:

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Possibly either this or an inside joke, regarding the sketch featuring supposed "alternate endings" for ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. The actor for "Slave Girl #8" mentions that all the stars of the film are dead, when in fact, Creator/OliviaDeHavilland was alive at the time the sketch was made, and only died over a decade later on July, 26 2020.[[note]]As of this writing the child actor that played her son in the film is the only actor still alive.[[/note]]
** One sketch parodied ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' by pretending to be an episode from 1977. The problem is Rod Roddy is depicted as the announcer. Roddy didn't join the show until 1986 after the death of Johnny Olson, the original announcer.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This show is popular in Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands. Most of the sketches uploaded on Website/YouTube are from in English with either Swedish, Norwegian or Dutch subtitles.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6-VDXZuZTE& sketch]] depicting UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump appearing on a talk show hosted by Kim Jong-il is a lot less funny when you know that Trump would eventually become President of the United States during a period of unusually tense relations with UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. Circumstances eventually forced Trump to take part in several high-stakes diplomatic talks with Kim's son Kim Jong-un, which weren't remotely funny.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Possibly either this or an inside joke, regarding the sketch featuring supposed "alternate endings" for ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. The actor for "Slave Girl #8" mentions that all the stars of the film are dead, when in fact, Creator/OliviaDeHavilland was alive at the time the sketch was made, and only died over a decade later on July, 26 2020.[[note]]As of this writing the child actor that played her son in the film is the only actor still alive.[[/note]]

* AcceptableTargets: There are very few things in life that the show won't make fun of, but the groups targeted regularly are various ethnic groups, promiscuous women, DumbBlonde stereotype, homosexuals, and disabled people.

** Some of their parodies of Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer. An early one, "Buffy the Umpire Slayer," portrayed the titular heroine as a cheerleader and has the characters wonder if the undead umpires are attacking because of a cursed burial ground, a joke on all the villains attacking the same place, which is explained early on in the show with the hellmouth. They also make a joke about Buffy not wanting to fight a vampire since that's not in her job description. The literal episode after the pilot, "The Witch," specially had Buffy fight a witch to make clear to viewers she'd fight all kinds of monsters. In fact, the first season is filled with stories without vampires. Another one, actually featuring Michelle Trachtenberg, did a little better, but still had things like Dawn being confused by a person claiming to be a long lost relative, when she herself is an ArtificialFamilyMember, and to this day, nobody can agree on who the hell Stephnie Weir was supposed to be dressed as.[[note]] She has dark hair, suggesting she's meant to be Cordelia or Anya. But she is also wearing Willow's iconic red outfit from "Hush." with Mo Collins wearing Tara's iconic blue outfit. Except Collins has a red wig on, suggesting she's meant to be Willow, but is dressed like Tara.[[/note]]

** Some of their parodies of Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer. An early one, "Buffy the Umpire Slayer," portrayed the titular heroine as a cheerleader and has the characters wonder if the undead umpires are attacking because of a cursed burial ground, a joke on all the villains attacking the same place, which is explained early on in the show with the hellmouth. They also make a joke about Buffy not wanting to fight a vampire since that's not in her job description. The literal episode after the pilot, "The Witch," specially had Buffy fight a witch to make clear to viewers she'd fight all kinds of monsters. In fact, the first season is filled with stories without vampires. Another one, actually featuring Michelle Trachtenberg, did a little better, but still had things like Dawn being confused by a person claiming to be a long lost relative, when she herself is an ArtificialFamilyMember, and to this day, nobody can agree on who the hell Stephnie Weir was supposed to be dressed as.

** Some of their parodies of BuffyTheVampireSlayer. An early one, "Buffy the Umpire Slayer," portrayed the titular heroine as a cheerleader and make the characters wonder if the undead umpires are attacking because of a cursed burial ground, a joke on all the villains attacking the same place, which is explained early on in the show with the hellmouth. The also make a joke about Buffy not wanting to fight a vampire since that's not in her job description. The literal episode after the pilot, "The Witch," specially had Buffy fight a witch to make clear to viewers she'd fight all kinds of monsters. In fact, the first season is filled with stories without vampires. Another one, actually featuring Michelle Trachtenberg, did a little better, but still had things like Dawn being confused by a person claiming to be a long lost relative, when she herself is an ArtificialFamilyMember, and to this day, nobody can agree on who the hell Stephnie Weir was supposed to be dressed as.

* ShallowParody: There's a parody of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' made during the final season where Batman (played by Matt Braunger) couldn't afford good gadgets because of how bad the American economy has become and make it seem like that without gadgets, his villains could easily kick his ass. While it ''is'' funny, any Batman aficionado will tell you that Batman portrayals haven't been especially gadget-heavy since the campy 1960s TV show starring Creator/AdamWest, and, while, Batman still has the coolest toys in later incarnations, he relies mainly on his detective work and physical abilities. Though this case of ShallowParody is undercut with some RuleOfFunny, as the sketch more made fun of the fact that the American economy is in the crapper and a lot of once-rich people are trying to be inventive and resourceful in laughably bad ways. Becomes somewhat HilariousInHindsight when the sequel ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' does in fact have Bruce Wayne's company hit by hard economic times and having difficulty, culminating in his losing his personal fortune as well. And he does indeed get the everloving crap beaten out of him when he has to go hand-to-hand with no gadgets. Of course it was played out with more nuance, but one has to be amused that the parody was halfway prescient.

** ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' did a parody of the MTV reality show, ''The Ashlee Simpson'' show, which included a sequence where Ashlee Simpson's lousy singing is remedied by sound engineers making her sound like a mix between Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Paula Abdul. While Ashlee is lip-synching to the track, she momentarily stops to groove to the music, then stops when she realizes she's not lip-synching. About two years after that sketch aired, Ashlee Simpson would actually be outed as a lip-syncher on ''Series/{{MADtv}}'''s rival show ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

** The ''Friday the 13th: Jason Takes NASA'' sketch is now a reality, thanks to ''Film/JasonX''.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXUmd-T8mfM "Huge Momma Fatso"]] sketch predicted [[Film/BigMommasHouse Big Momma's House 3]]

** A 1999 sketch featuring Lorraine Swanson on Who Wants to be a Millionaire had a running gag of Regis Philbin (played by Alex Borstein) lamenting about how the show would work better with a time limit. In 2009, the real WWTBAM would introduce a time limit on each question, a format which was abandoned shortly after, as it was derided for adding too much tension to the game.
** A sketch that aired was a gender-swapped version of ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vDbOcUzHSc "What Men Want"]], where a woman can hear the thoughts of men. Fast-forward to 2019, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Men_Want_(2019_film) a movie of the very same name with the very same premise]] is set to be released in theaters.
** The sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wYobyZCyZ0 Miss Swan in a Taxi]]", which guest-stars Creator/TonyShalhoub as a taxi driver. This was over 11 years before Tony Shalhoub and Alex Borstein would be reunited in ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel''.
** A Black Comedy sketch featured Nicole Parker playing the role of a mother who advertised an Abortion-inducing pill and wished she had never given birth to her daughter. Fast forward to March 2019, when Nicole happily announced and showed off her pregnancy.
** The sketch "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhPkO9n_NLk&ab_channel=MrOtawara Staking Dawn]]", parodying the ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn]]'' film (with a bit of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''), brings a Franchise/{{Batman}} wedding cake topper representing Edward (Bella says it was the closest thing to a vampire she could find). Then, in the upcoming ''Film/TheBatman2022'' film, the titular character is played by Creator/RobertPattinson, who played Edward in the ''Twilight'' film franchise.

** A sketch portrayed TV producer Aaron Spelling as a DirtyOldMan who is purely focused on shoving as much sex as possible in TV. The skit also shows Spelling on the set of ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' disappointed that Creator/AlyssaMilano's already revealing outfit for not being fanservicey enough, and demands she jiggle her breasts for a scene. In light of [=#MeToo=] allegations of abusive Hollywood producers, including from Milano, the sketch feels a little too much of truth rather than parody.

** Speaking of [=#MeToo=], one 2006 sketch had Nicole Parker visiting Creator/MartinShort in his dressing room for his Broadway show ''Fame Becomes Me'' (in which Nicole was a co-star)... which ended with Short committing BlackComedyRape against Nicole and Nicole staggering out of his dressing room in a traumatized state. Fast forward to the Weinstein scandals of 2017-18 in which a slew of male celebrities were accused of sexual misconduct against female co-stars and subordinates. While Short was never accused of wrongdoing[[note]]though he did end up playing a character based on Weinstein in ''Series/TheMorningShow''[[/note]], this sketch is still very uncomfortable to watch in the post-Weinstein era.

** One of the sketches for "Clops" had Gumby running away from the police and robbed a grocery store. A similar event happened in 2011 where a guy dressed in a Gumby costume decided to rob a grocery store.

* NightmareFuel:
** Many of this shows attempts at CrossingTheLineTwice only managed to cross the line once before falling flat on their face into BlackComedy.
** The Curious George parody especially.
** Stuart. When he enters his "dark place."

* CriticalResearchFailure: Possibly either this or an inside joke, regarding the sketch featuring supposed "alternate endings" for ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. The actor for "Slave Girl #8" mentions that all the stars of the film are dead, when in fact, Creator/OliviaDeHavilland was alive at the time the sketch was made (and, as of 14 August 2019, she still is.)

** ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' did a parody of the MTV reality show, ''The Ashlee Simpson'' show, which included a sequence where Ashlee Simpson's lousy singing is remedied by sound engineers making her sound like a mix between Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Paula Abdul. While Ashlee is lip-synching to the track, she momentarily stops to groove to the music, then stops when she realizes she's not lip-synching. About two years after that sketch aired, Ashlee Simpson would actually be outed as a lip-syncher on ''Series/{{MADtv}}'''s rival show ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. (See also above.)

** Speaking of [=#MeToo=], one 2006 sketch had Nicole Parker visiting Creator/MartinShort in his dressing room for his Broadway show ''Fame Becomes Me'' (in which Nicole was a co-star)... which ended with Short committing BlackComedyRape against Nicole and Nicole staggering out of his dressing room in a traumatized state. Fast forward to the Weinstein scandals of 2017-2018 in which a slew of male celebrities were accused of sexual misconduct against younger female co-stars and subordinates. While Short was never accused of wrongdoing[[note]]though he did end up playing a character based on Weinstein in ''Series/TheMorningShow''[[/note]], this sketch is still very uncomfortable to watch in the post-Weinstein era.

** One 2006 sketch had Nicole Parker meeting Creator/MartinShort in his dressing room for his Broadway show ''Fame Becomes Me'' (in which Nicole was a co-star)... which ended with Short committing BlackComedyRape against Nicole and Nicole staggering out of his dressing room in a traumatized state. Fast forward to the Weinstein scandals of 2017-2018 in which a slew of male celebrities were accused of sexual misconduct against younger female co-stars and subordinates. While Short was never accused of wrongdoing, this sketch is still very uncomfortable to watch in the post-[=#MeToo=] era.

** One 2006 sketch had Nicole Parker meeting Creator/MartinShort in his dressing room for his Broadway show ''Fame Becomes Me'' (in which Nicole was a co-star)... which ended with Short committing BlackComedyRape against Nicole and Nicole staggering out of his dressing room in a traumatized state. Fast forward to the Weinstein scandals of 2017-2018 in which a slew of male celebrities were accused of sexual misconduct against younger female co-stars and subordinates. While Short was never accused of wrongdoing, this sketch is still very uncomfortable to watch in hindsight.

** A sketch that aired was a gender-swapped version of ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vDbOcUzHSc "What Men Want"]], where a woman can here the thoughts of men. Fast-forward to 2019, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Men_Want_(2019_film) a movie of the very same name with the very same premise]] is set to be released in theaters.

** A sketch portrayed TV producer Aaron Spelling as a DirtyOldMan who is purely focused on shoving as much sex as possible in TV. The skit also shows Spelling on the set of ''Series/Charmed'' disappointed that Alisa Milano's already revealing outfit for not being fanservicey enough, and demands she jiggle her breasts for a scene. In light of [=#MeToo=] allegations of abusive Hollywood producers, the sketch feels a little too much of truth rather than parody.

** One 2006 sketch had Nicole Parker meeting Creator/MartinShort in his dressing room for his Broadway show ''Fame Becomes Me'' (in which Nicole was a co-star)... which ended with Short committing BlackComedyRape against Nicole and Nicole staggering out of his dressing room in a traumatized state. Fast forward to the Weinstein scandals of 2017-2018 in which a slew of male celebrities were accused of sexual misconduct against younger female co-stars and subordinates. While Short was never accused of wrongdoing, that still doesn't make this sketch very uncomfortable to watch in hindsight.

** A Creator/MelGibson skit involved an advanced screening of Film/Apocalypto where it was a thinly veiled "SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX" screed lampooning the Anti-Semitic allegations of Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist. Keep in mind this skit aired just a little bit before Gibson went on the infamous drunken tirade about Jews.

** A Creator/MelGibson skit involved an advanced screening of Film/Apocalypto where it was a thinly veiled "SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX" screed lampooning the Anti-Semitic allegations of Film/PassionOfTheChrist. Keep in mind this skit aired just a little bit before Gibson went on the infamous drunken tirade about Jews.

** A Creator/MelGibson skit involved an advanced screening of Film/Apocalypto where it was a thinly veiled "SomeOfMyFriendsAreX" screed lampooning the Anti-Semitic allegations of Film/PassionOfTheChrist. Keep in mind this skit aired just a little bit before Gibson went on the infamous drunken tirade about Jews.