[MADtv] Arden Myrin

[mizzimad]

Well, I'll definitely take Amy over Maya.

[blackwind]

Originally Posted by tarzapam

i think shes funny...not THE funniest female on SNL atm,but she beats maya rudolph..

Since that only leaves one remaining option, I'd just like to chime in with "good call".

[Dartanian]

Mad TV is still finishing up its move to the Music Box theater, so the cast is not back at work yet. But ensemble member Arden Myrin is already anticipating creating some new characters. She has her sights set on some current media figures in the news.

Arden Myrin on Going Mad
"I would like to do Posh Spice," said Myrin. "I think she's odd. I mean, I just think it's like this glamour alien landed in LA and I'm kind of obsessed with the whole Beckham thing. So that’s who I'd like to do. I would even just like to see her with Bobby Lee. Maybe Bobby was hired as her personal assistant going to the Grove. I'm not sure, or going to someplace very America lowbrow. Hang out at a strip mall somewhere with Bobby Lee. I'm not sure."

There are still many real life characters that have not been spoofed on Mad TV, so every actor is trying to claim them as their own "beat." " I know all of the girls want to play Nancy Grace. We've never done Nancy Grace but all of us, it's sort of fair game. If nobody's tagged it yet, each person can kind of go for it. There's a few, each of us have a few people that we've kept trying to get on that may not have gotten on. Like I really want to do Megan Mullaly, I really want to do Kelly Ripa. So I've sort of tagged those. So yeah, it's sort of a mad dash race when there's some really fun new pop culture thing. It's kind of a race to see who gets to do it."

The move will totally change the format of Mad TV. "We got rid of the stage so it's all going to be on location, out and about and then once a week, we're going to film at the Music Box theater in Hollywood, so it'll be more like improv-y. I think it'll be fun. I'm excited about that."

Whether the improvisation will take the form of Whose Line Is It Anyway? games or longer form sketches remains tob e seen. "I think they want to do some improv games. We actually do a show at Improv Olympic, it's me and Keegan and Jordan and Frank Caeti and one of the writers. All summer, we've been doing a show at Improv Olympic on Tuesday nights. They've just been really fun and we get really good crowds and we sort of do longform ones. We've seen that people really respond to that. I think on TV, you would have to do shorter game type things, or one scene at a time. They're just talking about doing it. I hope we do do it because I like doing that."

Of course, Mad TV is well known for its movie spoofs, but Myrin has to wait for the scripts to come in to find out which summer movies may be the latest targets. "I would imagine that they are. The writers start [September 24] so I don't know which ones they'll do yet but I would imagine there's a bunch coming up."

Mad TV airs Saturday nights on Fox.

http://www.canmag.com/nw/9217-arden-myrin-mad-tv

[potroastpig]

I hope she does Victoria (posh) this season....I love the spice girls...yes a guilty secret....but I hope Mad Tv parodies them!

[ZDarkendale]

arden...if u read this ...or anyone else who knows her....could u please tell her new husband to contact me thru here....long lost teenhood friend of her husbands... jason johnston...thanx or contact me @johnston@johnstonfabrication.com...ty very much..

[Chad--x]

Add Avril Lavigne to her impersonator list.

[dumbguy]

Arden will be on the discussion panel of the FOX NEWS channel's late night comedy show "Red Eye" tomorrow (Friday) night at 3AM (this show comes on super late so set your DVR/VCR if you're not an insomniac)

[blackwind]

Thanks, dumbguy. I'll see what I can do about recording it.

[cartman2002]

Originally Posted by dumbguy

Arden will be on the discussion panel of the FOX NEWS channel's late night comedy show "Red Eye" tomorrow (Friday) night at 3AM (this show comes on super late so set your DVR/VCR if you're not an insomniac)

That could be one thing about that interview either MADtv is still a FOX show or Arden is a Republican.

[dumbguy]

They have a lot of comedians guest on this show, both liberal and conservative. It's a pretty funny show when there's nothing else to watch on tv if you're up at 3AM, it kinda has a similar format to "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn"... anyone else remember that show that used to come on after The Daily Show on Comedy Central? I was one of the few that liked it, I was sad to see it go.

[Lone Archer]

Both Crista and Arden's Office Comedian character is listed as 'Karen'. I believe Arden's is 'Susan'.

[blackwind]

Thanks for the tip, Archer. Good eye.

[potroastpig]

I'm sad she didn't get to do Posh Spice, she would of been good at her I think.... hopefully she's in season 14 and she will do her then!

[nick]

During this summer hiatus, I might as well comment on something happening in the world of MAD.

Evan Almighty is constantly playing on HBO, so I've been able to catch Arden in many a background scene, doing background things. It's no Crista "The Mighty One of Planet MAD" Flanagan's work in Epic Movie, but it's something.

IT'S SOMETHING!

Also, this is the dumbest movie ever. Not Epic Movie or Date Movie dumb, but it's still dumb. Thursday night illnesses are the worst. Dorm cable, almost as bad.

[sonicboom]

Just wanted to say, a few years ago, I thought she was the girl from Scary Movie series (Anna Faris).

[nicoleparkerfan8]

Here is a link to the episode of Friends she was on.

[tvmanismadformad]

A video Arden did earlier this year playing a UCLA fan smack talking a Kansas fan during March Maddness.

http://revver.com/video/772725/superfan-march-madness/

Oh yeah and it is also her birthday today. Huh, lotta December MADtv births I've noticed.

[tvmanismadformad]

Well looks like Frank Caliendo still has a lot of contacts with MADtv castmembers. This is the Frank's Picks thing Frank does for Fox NFL Sunday with Arden playing Jessica Simpson and Frank playing Jim Rome. It was done about a month ago. Kind of surprised to see this considering she was only on the show during his last season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL6j1...eature=related

[seanmathis26]

From a Commercial when i was watching Nick....

Yes i watch Spongebob Square Pants on Nickelodeon.
Anyways Arden was featured on a promo for the March 21 episode for the new series on Nick that started back in November 2008 which attracted 4.8 million viewers on the Pilot Episode.

[MADfan2004]

OK.