Cast: Ike Barinholtz, Frank Caliendo, Crista Flanagan, Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Bobby Lee, Michael McDonald, Arden Myrin, Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele and Stephnie Weir

Featuring: Frank Caeti and Nicole Randall Johnson

Guest Starring: Neil Patrick Harris

• Memoirs of a Geisha (Bobby- Ziyi Zhang: Sayuri, Nicole P- Michelle Yeoh: Mameha, Ike)
  
• Open: Neil Patrick Harris (Neil Patrick Harris- himself, Stephnie- herself, Bobby- himself)
  
• QVC: Quacker Factory (Nicole- Jeanne Biaz, Crista- Christy, Nicole RJ- Suzanne, Daniele, Ike)
  
• Stuart Meets Santa (Michael- Stuart, Crista, Nicole RJ, Jordan, Frank Caeti- Santa)
  
• Sean The Floor Leader: Going Away Party (Michael- Sean Gidcomb, Arden, Stephnie- Kayla, Neil Patrick Harris- Shane)
  
• Inside Looking Out: Kwanzmas Carols (Nicole P- Pat-Beth Lamontrose, Jordan- Dantel Lamontrose)
  
• Jazzed for Crafts: Rodeo (Arden- Kendra, Crista- Denise, Frank Caliendo- Cheyenne, Frank Caeti- Roland)
  
• The Silver Fox: Holiday Show (Michael- Isadore Kruskal, Ike- Duncan, Nicole RJ, Arden, Nicole P, Jordan)
  
• Close: Ike & Cast

Are we going to see the Britney Spears-Kevin Federline opening from last week again?

From the Informer:

This seems like another recurring character/sketch bonanza episode/very Michael McDonald Christmas. Hopefully some of them will be good.

I have high hopes for Sean and Inside Looking Out.
I'm mild over the Jazzy Girls, but it should have some laughs.
The Silver Fox and Stuart, I don't have high hopes for.

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Wow, Doogie Howser, "Jazzed for Crafts," and a Doreen-less "Stuart" sketch in the same ep? Gee willikers, it's just too good to be true. Oh, I just feel sooooooooo spoiled.

Glass of bitter sarcasm, anyone? It's free with the popcorn.

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Yeah, I realize that. Anyone that knows the Geisha's name, let me know. This from imdb...

Cast overview, first billed only:
Suzuka Ohgo .... Chiyo
Togo Igawa .... Tanaka
Mako .... Sakamoto
Samantha Futerman .... Satsu
Elizabeth Sung .... Sakamoto's Wife
Thomas Ikeda .... Mr. Bekku
Li Gong .... Hatsumomo
Tsai Chin .... Auntie
Kaori Momoi .... Mother
Zoe Weizenbaum .... Young Pumpkin
Kotoko Kawamura .... Granny
Karl Yune .... Koichi
Eugenia Yuan .... Korin
Yôko Narahashi .... Mameha's Maid
Michelle Yeoh .... Mameha
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Where the hell is my Luanne sketch.

Seriously!

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I'm really glad to see a new Sean, and Neil Patrick Harris will likely be pretty good as Shane, too. (Thanks for the Christmas present, MAD ) The Silver Fox also sounds like it'll be decent too. ILO will probably be long and boring (as usual) and the Jazzy Girls will probably be bad too (you two will never hold a candle to the Parker Sisters! Never! ). I can't really say if the Memoirs of a Geisha parody will be any good or not, and Stuart without Doreen = not funny.

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What No Bai Ling?

I hope the Geisha parody won't be fully based on Asian stereotypes. But knowing Bobby's comedic range, I won't get my hopes up.

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I don't know the Geisha's name, but I'm guessing that Bobby Lee would play Ziyi Zhang, who isn't on that list. She's the main Geisha in the movie.

Anyways I'm optimistic for this episode. It'll be a while before I get tired of Jazzy Girls, and I like Sean, Inside Looking Out, and what can I say...I'm a sucker for Stuart.

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I have to say that I enjoyed this episode a lot. Seeing Stephnie was great. There was definitely a lot of Michael (and quite a bit of Nicole, it seemed), but all of the sketches had their funny parts. I especially liked Stephnie in the beginning joking how if she were in charge, Bobby Lee wouldn't be on the show. Rock on, Steph!!

Memoirs of a Geisha - I liked this...I thought it was pretty funny. Ike as an Asian man...HAHA

Open: Neil Patrick Harris - didn't they do something like this before? Anyway, I liked Steph's crack at Bobby. That's about all I liked about it.

QVC - This was so awesome. Nicole wrote it. She was hilarious! Everyone else was good too. I hope they do this again, but not too soon.

Stuart - eh..It was a tad better than I expected, but still dumb. There was a good line or two. Nicole looked cute in her elf outfit.

Sean the Floor Leader - Seems like this is the last one...that's odd. Anyway I didn't like it.

Inside Looking Out - This was good, better than the last one I thought. I like how Nicole said she was intimidated by the black microphone. It ended sort of abruptly though.

Crafty Gals - I hope they don't do anymore of these for a while. It was ok, but let's spread them out a bit more, eh?

Silver Fox - Hands down, worst sketch of the night. I don't see this character growing on me anytime soon. Unfortunately I doubt they'll be cutting this character. Gimme some more Special Patrick! This character...blech.

Close: Ike and cast - I like to see them all onstage together.

Overall - There were a few bombs, but I'd say it was an ok episode.

DAMNIT i missed this episode again..

is the silver fox thing the old guy (micheal) from 7 am condo report.? i HATEd that show. every second of it i wanted to shoot myself in the face.

Well this is the 3rd ep in a row i missed..

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I actually enjoyed this one, granted there were a few bombs but I enjoyed it.


Open: NPH: This has been done before.....Hello?? anyone remember Mo's opening from I think ep 502 or 503.......SAME THING!!!!!!! 1/5.


Geisha: hilarious, I laughed a lot.......Bobby was hilarious as was Ike and Nicole.......4/5


QVC: single handedly the funniest sketch of the night. Granted they did something sort of similar to this in 903, but this was still hilarious.....the expressions of arden, crista, nicole and ike were freakin hilarious. I laughed when Nicole rj said "dont worry, i'm not going anywhere in this sweater". and nicole p cracked me up as did daniele....a good one indeed! 5/5


Stuart: not as stupid as the other Mo-less ones, this one got a few chuckles out of me.......but still not good either.... 3/5

Sean the floor leader: meh, it had its moments, but it was stupid overall..1/5

Inside looking Out: this is actually the first one of these I've seen...and.....I didn't like it that much.....I dunno....it just didn't really do anything for me.......2/5


Crafty Gals: the only thing worth mentioning was the wedgie crista gave arden........hawtness indeed......otherwise, they need to take a break from these.....they're starting to get dumb. 1/5


Silver Fox: This was so not funny....at least not until the end when ike convinced mike that he was the mayor of the us....that was kinda funny.......1/5


Close: Ike and Cast: I love it when EVERYONE including features is on the stage......I noticed that there was like........no keegan in this entire ep.......or i missed something??????

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OMG! i only caught the last half of the sketch of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA!! i so badly wanna show my folks! does anyone possibly have it?

After missing 1107-1108, I decided to stick around for this one, and it was actually good. Granted it wasn't fantastic but it definitely looks like this season is taking a turn for the better.

Memoirs of a Geisha: About time Ike played an Asian person, that's all I gotta say. Oh yeah, it was pretty good too. Bobby isn't bad when it comes to basic Asian humor (Bae Sung notwithstanding). 3/5

Open: Neil Patrick Harris: See episode #502's opening. It was only sort of funny then, now it's just stupid. 1.5/5

QVC: This is probably one of the best things I've seen this season, almost everyone was fantastic here. Good job Nicole P. Of course knowing this season we'll probably see this character again three episodes later... 4.5/5

Stuart visits Santa: Normally Stuart without Doreen is a recipe for disaster, but I have to say, I enjoyed this, even if it was a little stupid. I'll probably shoot myself if I see another Stuart this season, though. 3/5

Sean the Floor Leader: I'm a bit disappointed here, since Sean is one of my favorite characters still on. Of course it wasn't terrible, but not nearly as good as Season 9 Sean. 2.5/5

Inside Looking Out: As usual, this lasted way too long, and aside from a few funny bits from Nicole P, this pretty much sucked. 1.5/5

Jazzed for Crafts: Rodeo: COME ON! Does MAD really insist on shoving unfunny characters in our throats every two episodes? At least the wedgie scene justifies a half point. 1.5/5

Silver Fox Holiday Edition: This was decent, of course it's no 7 A.M. Condo Report, but this will still do. I have to say, I like Mike's character Izidore, and Ike was actually OK here, surprisingly. 3/5

Close: Ike and Cast: I'm glad to see them return to their roots and have the cast close the episode. Definitely better than the stupid sketch extension closings.

This was the best ep of the season by far. This season is really starting to remind me of Season 7, with a few good eps, mostly bad ones, and a bad tendency to overuse characters/impressions that aren't funny. Even with bad sketches like ILO and Jazzed for Crafts, the good outweighed the bad here. 7/10

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Sadly after watching the first sketch, I flip the channel to watch a retrospective on the cult British Tv series "Faulty Towers" which sadly was more interesting than MADtv this season.

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Memoirs of a Geisha
Open: Neil Patrick Harris
QVC: Quacker Factory
Stuart Meets Santa
Sean The Floor Leader: Going Away Party
Inside Looking Out: Kwanzmas Carols
Jazzed for Crafts: Rodeo
The Silver Fox: Holiday Show
Close: Ike & Cast

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