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Description of Mad TV

Mad TV is one of the hardest, but also funniest business management simulations I’ve ever seen. You are Archie, a nerd and TV junky, stumbling upon the love of your life in front of your TV set. The problem is, that the girl is on the other side of the screen.

Mad TV is a cult classic in Europe that is virtually unknown in the U.S. And that's a shame, because it is a fun, solid strategy game with a neat underlying plot. You start as a lowly reporter working to increase ratings of your TV station while pursuing the girl of your dreams. The AI in the form of competing TV stations is quite good, too! The animations of TV audiences also had me chuckle a lot :)

  1. MADtv: The Complete First Season (DVD) MADtv is a late night sketch-comedy show based on the humor of the popular MAD magazine. Material includes celebrity impersonations, music video, commercial, movie, and TV show parodies, recurring characters, musical guests, and the occasional mock cartoons.
  2. MadTV is the best series of its kind, and stands the test of time. Even giving SNL a little leeway for its predominantly live format, MadTV surpasses even the early SNL years (fine though they were). MadTV kept it funny, bold, uncompromising and engaging every season, from start to finish, from 1994 to 2009.
  3. Newhart portrayed Bob McKay, the creator of the 1950s comic book superhero 'Mad-Dog'. Mad-Dog was a casualty of the Comics Code Authority, a real-life self-regulation authority formed to assuage concerns over violence and gore in comics in the 1950s.In the wake of the CCA, Bob became a greeting card artist. In the pilot, Mad-Dog is revived when the American-Canadian Trans-Continental.

Mad TV 2 adds better graphics, more shows and options, and a lot of hilarious spoofs of real movies. Too bad only the German version was released :(

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Comments and reviews

Mofli2020-04-071 point

This game needs an editor, for people that wants to update the game!

John2020-04-063 points DOS version

I know it is completely subjective but I think it is the best DOS game ever. 30 years after I continue to play regularly.

MARIO2019-04-160 point

Game exe is actually bilingual. On the first screen you can choose between German and English.
In case of mouse problems, read https://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=173&letter=M

B3L42017-10-240 point Amiga version

I used to have the DE version, so had not to much luck. Obvioulsy today I have the ENG version from the net. I play it on amiga WHDLoad is your friend in that case. Has no intro like PC, but has better music, and mouse works better than the dosbox. I love this game.

Play2016-10-053 points DOS version

I still play it to this day! Normally I manage to kick out all opponents in less than 2 weeks in difficult mode.
My strategy: Loans/Satellites(1,0-2,5-2,5) then Spam Lovestory/BP Combo every day once critical 5m is reached.
Best game ever.

Ranju2016-01-160 point DOS version

Mad Tv Complete Series

Simply put... 5 stars well deserved ! I have played over 150 dos games .This is simply one of the best of the best !! Thanks to developers and abandonware :)

Alex2014-07-180 point DOS version

This game is great! Tough to get into, but once you have, it's tons of fun!

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  • Year:1991
  • Publisher:Rainbow Arts Software GmbH
  • Developer:Rainbow Arts Software GmbH

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Bob
GenreSitcom
Created by
Starring
  • Timothy Fall
  • Andrew Bilgore
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes33 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
  • Steinkellners & Sutton
DistributorCBS Television Distribution
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 18, 1992 –
December 27, 1993
Chronology
Preceded byNewhart (1982-1990)

Bob is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1992, to December 27, 1993. Created by Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner, and Phoef Sutton, the series was the third starring vehicle sitcom for Bob Newhart, following his previous successful CBS sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.

Synopsis[edit]

Newhart portrayed Bob McKay, the creator of the 1950s comic book superhero 'Mad-Dog'. Mad-Dog was a casualty of the Comics Code Authority, a real-life self-regulation authority formed to assuage concerns over violence and gore in comics in the 1950s. In the wake of the CCA, Bob became a greeting card artist. In the pilot, Mad-Dog is revived when the American-Canadian Trans-Continental Communications Company buys the rights to the series. Complications ensued when Ace Comics head Harlan Stone (John Cygan) insisted Mad-Dog should be a bloodthirsty vigilante rather than the hero Bob originally created. Bob initially turned down Harlan's offer to revive the series with the publisher, but after his wife, Kaye (Carlene Watkins), reminded Bob that Mad-Dog would never give up dreams in the face of defeat, he decided to compromise with Harlan on creative direction, and go back to do the revival. In the final episode of the first season, AmCanTranConComCo was sold to a millionaire who hated comic books, and the entire Mad-Dog staff, including Bob, was fired.

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During the first season, Bob balances his work life with his personal life. Bob's wife Kaye is loyal and sensible, and a busy career woman herself. Their grown daughter, Trisha (Cynthia Stevenson), frequently bemoans her perpetually single state. At work, Bob has to deal with the more eccentric staff members: klutzy gofer Albie Lutz (Andrew Bilgore); paced-out cartoon inker Chad Pfefferle (Timothy Fall); and curmudgeonly artist Iris Frankel (Ruth Kobart). Eventually, Bob also hired Trisha onto the Mad-Dog staff, where Chad developed a crush on her; she also moved into an apartment with her best friend, Kathy (Lisa Kudrow), where Albie also joined them temporarily.

Second season[edit]

When Bob returned in late October 1993, the show was revamped completely. All of Bob's co-workers from the previous season disappeared and the show's premise had changed. Sylvia Schmitt (Betty White), the wife of his former boss (who had run off with his dental hygienist), hired Bob as President of Schmitt Greetings. Her obnoxious son Pete (Jere Burns), the Vice-President of Sales who had expected to take over the company and now had to work for Bob, was irate. Others working at the company were the sarcastic bookkeeper Chris Szelinski (Megan Cavanagh) and dumb but lovable Whitey van der Bunt (Eric Allan Kramer), a member of the production team who adored Bob. Trisha and Kathy remained friends and housemates on a quest for true love.

Cast[edit]

  • Bob Newhart as Bob McKay, a greeting card artist who discovers a comic book he created is getting revived.
  • Carlene Watkins as Kaye McKay, Bob's loyal, sensible wife with a career of her own.
  • Cynthia Stevenson as Trisha McKay, Bob and Kaye's daughter, who frequently bemoans her single status.

Season One main cast[edit]

  • Ruth Kobart as Iris Frankel, a curmudgeonly artist who worked with Bob in his early days. She still calls him 'Bobby McKay'.
  • Timothy Fall as Chad Pfefferle, a spaced-out cartoon inker
  • Andrew Bilgore as Albie Lutz, a klutzy gofer with low self-esteem
  • John Cygan as Harlan Stone, the head of Ace Comics whom Bob frequently clashes with

Season Two main cast[edit]

  • Betty White as Sylvia Schmitt, Bob's new boss
  • Jere Burns as Pete Schmitt, Sylvia's son and the vice president of sales, who was expected to have Bob's job.
  • Eric Allan Kramer as Whitey van der Bunt, a dim-witted member of the production team who is a fan of Bob's work.
  • Megan Cavanagh as Chris Szelinski, the sarcastic bookkeeper of the company

Recurring[edit]

  • Lisa Kudrow as Kathy Fleisher, Trisha's best friend
  • Tom Poston as Kathy's father, a fellow comic book writer alumnus who created 'The Silencer'. He only appears in season one.
  • Dorothy Lyman as Patty Fleisher, Kathy's mother. She only appears in season one.
  • Dick Martin as Buzz Loudermilk, a friend of Bob's and the creator of 'Katie Carter, Army Nurse'. In addition to this recurring role, Martin also directed several episodes of the series.
  • Christine Dunford as Shayla, Harlan's on-and-off girlfriend. She only appears in season one.

One character was heard but not seen – Mr. Terhorst (voice of Michael Cumpsty), the president of AmCanTranConComCo who communicated with all his employees anywhere that fiber-optics could be installed. Harlan even provided Bob will a cellular phone in which Mr. Terhorst would randomly tap into it and begin talking to Bob in his most private, intimate hours. Cryptic yet resourceful, Terhorst was a master mediator in all creative differences in the office, and was determined to make Mad-Dog a cultural phenomenon.

Notable guest stars[edit]

  • Carol Ann Susi as Debra ('P.C. or Not P.C.'). Susi and Newhart would both go on to be recurring guest stars on The Big Bang Theory.
  • Bill Daily as Vic Victor, one of Bob's poker friends. Daily previously played Howard on The Bob Newhart Show, and said 'Hi, Bob.' whenever he showed up. ('A Streetcar Named Congress Douglas', 'I'm Getting Remarried in the Morning')
  • Steve Lawrence as Don Palmero, one of Bob's poker friends. ('A Streetcar Named Congress Douglas', 'I'm Getting Remarried in the Morning')
  • George Wendt and Bernadette Birkett as themselves ('Da Game')
  • Mara Wilson as Amelia ('Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas')

The season one episode 'You Can't Win' played upon the series' comic book connection by guest starring comic book artists Bob Kane, Jack Kirby, Mell Lazarus, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Mel Keefer, Paul Power, Art Thibert and Sergio Aragones (co-creator of Groo with 'Bob' scripter Mark Evanier.)

Episodes[edit]

Season 1: 1992–93[edit]

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11'Mad Dog Returns'Andrew D. WeymanCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonSeptember 18, 1992
22'Drawing a Blank'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonSeptember 25, 1992
33'My Daughter, My Fodder'Michael ZinbergDon Seigel & Jerry PerzigianOctober 2, 1992
44'Penny for Your Thoughts'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonOctober 16, 1992
55'Terminate Her'Dick MartinCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonOctober 23, 1992
66'P.C. or Not P.C.'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonOctober 30, 1992
77'A Streetcar Named Congress-Douglas'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonNovember 6, 1992
88'Unforgiven'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonNovember 13, 1992
99'Mad Dog on 34th Street'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonNovember 20, 1992
1010'Stone in Love'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonDecember 4, 1992
1111'The Lost Episode'Michael ZinbergJonathan Stark & Tracy NewmanDecember 11, 1992
1212'A Christmas Story'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonDecember 21, 1992
1313'La Sorpresa'Michael ZinbergDon Seigel & Jerry PerzigianJanuary 8, 1993
1414'Bob and Kaye and Jerry and Patty'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonJanuary 22, 1993
1515'You Can't Win'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonJanuary 29, 1993
1616'Da Game'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonFebruary 5, 1993
1717'The Man Who Killed Mad Dog'Michael ZinbergMark EvanierFebruary 12, 1993
1818'The Phantom of AmCanTranConComCo'Dick MartinCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonMarch 5, 1993
1919'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Our Lady of Constant Sorrow'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonMarch 12, 1993
2020'I'm Getting Re-Married in the Morning'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonApril 12, 1993
2121'Tell Them Willy Mammoth Is Here'Michael ZinbergDon Seigel & Jerry PerzigianApril 19, 1993
2222'Death of an Underwear Salesman'Michael ZinbergJonathan Stark & Tracy NewmanApril 26, 1993
2323'The Entertainer'Michael ZinbergJonathan Stark & Tracy NewmanMay 3, 1993
2424'Neighborhood Watch'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonMay 10, 1993
2525'Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Mad-Dog Gone?'Michael ZinbergCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonMay 17, 1993

Season 2: 1993[edit]

Mad Tv Complete Series Dvd

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
261'Greetings'Hal CooperCheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef SuttonOctober 22, 1993
272'For Pete's Sake'Hal CooperJonathan Stark & Tracy NewmanOctober 29, 1993
283'Whose Card Is It Anyway?'Hal CooperDon Seigel & Jerry PerzigianNovember 5, 1993
294'Speechless in Chicago'Hal CooperTracy Newman & Jonathan StarkNovember 12, 1993
305'Kiss and Tell'Dick MartinTracy Newman & Jonathan StarkDecember 27, 1993
316'Michiana Moon'Peter BaldwinDon Seigel & Jerry PerzigianUnaired
327'Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas'Peter BaldwinDon Seigel & Jerry PerzigianUnaired
338'Better to Have Loved and Flossed'Dick MartinDavid LloydUnaired

Production[edit]

In a rarity for TV sitcoms of the time, Bob was filmed, with a video assist for the directors and producers to monitor the show during filming.[1] All the artwork in season one was done by storyboard artist Paul Power, who also appears as an extra in most of the comics studio scenes.[1]

The series' theme music was originally a full orchestral piece featuring a heavy horns and woodwinds sound, an arrangement very much in style of the Superman and Batman movies.[citation needed] The opening sequence that accompanied it featured Bob McKay at his artist's desk drawing, inking, then coloring a Mad-Dog comic as the credits appeared. (In reality, inked comic art is not colored directly; the colors are added to the engraving plates before printing) The show's title appeared in a thin, 3-D rendition of Helvetica font in the pilot episode; after, it was redesigned to be a bolder capital font, but with the same yellow base and red shadowing color. The opening credits appeared in a bold comic-style font. In the second season, as part of the show's revamping, a short opening credits sequence, just featuring the title, was used. The theme music also changed to a soft classical tune, featuring a flute.

In addition to the change in Bob's career setting in the second season, the set of Bob and Kaye's house significantly changed as well. There were no references in the scripts to suggest that the McKays had moved, however.

Shortly after the cancellation of Bob, Lisa Kudrow was cast in her iconic role of Phoebe Buffay on the sitcom Friends. Cynthia Stevenson would later be cast by Bob producers Bob and Cheri Steinkellner as one of the leads for their sitcom Hope & Gloria.

Critical and viewer response[edit]

Bob was one of four sitcoms CBS assembled on Friday nights in an effort to challenge the dominance of TGIF, the family sitcom block that aired on ABC, in fall 1992. Joining Bob as one of the two new efforts was The Golden Palace, a continuation/spin-off of the NBC hit The Golden Girls that CBS outbid NBC for the rights to air it. The lineup was supplemented by two of CBS’ top ten sitcom hits, the long running Designing Women and the moderate hit Major Dad. Although Bob was heavily promoted by TV Guide, which featured it on the cover twice during its freshman season, the entire Friday night lineup underperformed as a whole; none of the sitcoms finished the season in the top 60 in the ratings.

When the season ended, the other three Friday night sitcoms were cancelled and Bob underwent a retooling, saved from the axe by a relocation to Mondays and a subsequent ratings boost. However, the show was moved back to Fridays for the new season and again saw ratings trouble. The series was canceled after a one-off Monday broadcast on December 27. Three remaining episodes finally aired during TV Land reruns in the late 1990s.

As part of the promotion of this series, Marvel Comics published a six-issue 'Mad Dog' limited series. The title was presented 'flip-book' style, with a Silver Age style story by Ty Templeton on one side and a Modern Age style tale on the other side with work by Evan Dorkin and Gordon Purcell.[2] Dorkin has referred to the series as one of the worst things he's ever written, while Templeton holds his time on the series as one of his favorite professional experiences.[3]

Home media[edit]

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On April 3, 2012, CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) released Bob: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abMangels, Andy (January 1993). 'Hollywood Heroes'. Wizard. Wizard Entertainment (17): 39–40.
  2. ^'Mad-Dog (1993) – Comic Book DB'. comicbookdb.com.
  3. ^Anders, Charlie Jane. 'In 1992, Bob Newhart Made a TV Show About Superheroes Becoming Too Dark and Gritty'.
  4. ^'Bob DVD news: Announcement for Bob - The Complete Series'. tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

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  • Bob at IMDb
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