Caroline In The City was fantastic. Takes us back to a simpler time: the idyllic 90s. Loved it and wish there had been more! I bought their onscreen chemistry. Loved the show so much!
Nicole Sullivan said in 2016: "When we did impressions, they were pretty mean. Britney Spears at one point saw me, and her bodyguard very not-so-subtly pushed me about seven feet away from her. *Lea Thompson and Caroline in the City was another one. Holy crap, we couldn’t have rubbed that one harder onto the asphalt. I saw her at a charity event, and she and her daughter were not very pleased to see me. That sketch was probably the meanest one I’ve ever done.* The only thing I didn’t approve of was the Chelsea Clinton stuff. I thought that was mean, because she was just a little kid. _But MADtv was not afraid to be mean. That was our goal."_ I think they were just making fun of the Caroline character & sitcom characters in general being a little dumb, Lea Thompson's always seemed pretty smart (I'm a big fan since BTTF).
I agree that they were poking fun at the cluelessness of the character, because 'Richard' as played by Malcolm Gets (who is gay in real life but closeted during this time) set off a lot of gaydars! I had a friend who would yell out "Caroline, he's gay!" whenever we'd come across the show on TV. We weren't regular watchers.
@@BeardofBeesPool Yeah but still though Beard of Bees Pool... even if Lea did say that she and her daughter still could have had a sense of humor about Nicole's portrayal of her. Everyone and anyone who watched Mad TV knew it was a comedy show meant to entertain and nothing else. The show's intention was not to insult celebrities these cast members portrayed. The fact that Lea Thompson and Britney Spears took it so personally and seriously to me just shows their prickliness.
@@xyPERSON I don't they're intention was to insult either. Aries Spears said they weren't trying to do impressions of celebrities... They were do caricature versions of them.
This parody was way meaner to Malcolm Gets than it was to Lea (it also outed him... granted, you would have had to have been Helen Keller not to know... and even Helen Keller knew) The producers totally deserved it for such laughable miscasting, but I suspect the show he thought he was signing up for wasn't the show that he ultimately got, so I can't say that he deserved it. Personally, I thought it would've been a much better show if the concept was that it was a double-bearding arrangement and Richard and Del were the actual couple. At least THAT would have been believable.
One thing l liked about MAD TV was they weren't afraid to stick it to everybody, regardless of race, creed,, national origin, left, right, middle of the road, popular or unpopular, until the last couple of seasons
Apparently Leah Thompson was really angry at MadTv for this skit because they basically portrayed her as a total moron lol. Look up her reaction from Nicole Sullivan's statements from the reunion panel a couple years ago on here and she brings it up.
Haha as a kid, I sensed that the actor who played Richard was "different" than his character (even by just watching the show - there was some cognitive dissonance I picked up lol) but didn't know exactly how. I did think Richard and Caroline had sooo much chemistry though! I was only just a little surprised later to find out that Malcolm's gay; testament to his acting and professionalism.
Category: TV shows Answer: Caroline in the City, Suddenly Susan, & Veronica's Closet Question: what are tv shows that sucked, but had a great timeslot?
Right now we have Phil Collins'doughter doing Emily in Paris: no plot, no acting, just presenting "Looks". Mad TV always anticipates the flow taken by entertaining TV and never goes wrong, even from 20 years perspective...
Yeah, the show would have been better without Richard. It seems that ever since the 70s, sitcom writers kept using characters that were hostile to each other so there could be the resulting comic insults. The Richard character was really a sour, bitter, miserable homosexual that was hostile to everyone. It was very disturbing when the writers kept trying to make him believable as straight.b
This is not clever or remotely funny. Most of the comments here are vile. Tim Conlon’s participation is particularly egregious given he was hired on CitC for a guest spot.
Caroline In The City was fantastic. Takes us back to a simpler time: the idyllic 90s. Loved it and wish there had been more! I bought their onscreen chemistry. Loved the show so much!
"So.....am I Caroline in the City....right now?" Ha ha, I love Nicole Sullivan.
Nicole Sullivan said in 2016: "When we did impressions, they were pretty mean. Britney Spears at one point saw me, and her bodyguard very not-so-subtly pushed me about seven feet away from her. *Lea Thompson and Caroline in the City was another one. Holy crap, we couldn’t have rubbed that one harder onto the asphalt. I saw her at a charity event, and she and her daughter were not very pleased to see me. That sketch was probably the meanest one I’ve ever done.* The only thing I didn’t approve of was the Chelsea Clinton stuff. I thought that was mean, because she was just a little kid. _But MADtv was not afraid to be mean. That was our goal."_
I think they were just making fun of the Caroline character & sitcom characters in general being a little dumb, Lea Thompson's always seemed pretty smart (I'm a big fan since BTTF).
I remember reading somewhere Lea saying she didn't mind parodying the show.. Instead they portray her as a clueless dimwit which she didn't like.
I agree that they were poking fun at the cluelessness of the character, because 'Richard' as played by Malcolm Gets (who is gay in real life but closeted during this time) set off a lot of gaydars! I had a friend who would yell out "Caroline, he's gay!" whenever we'd come across the show on TV. We weren't regular watchers.
@@BeardofBeesPool Yeah but still though Beard of Bees Pool... even if Lea did say that she and her daughter still could have had a sense of humor about Nicole's portrayal of her. Everyone and anyone who watched Mad TV knew it was a comedy show meant to entertain and nothing else. The show's intention was not to insult celebrities these cast members portrayed. The fact that Lea Thompson and Britney Spears took it so personally and seriously to me just shows their prickliness.
@@xyPERSON I don't they're intention was to insult either. Aries Spears said they weren't trying to do impressions of celebrities... They were do caricature versions of them.
This parody was way meaner to Malcolm Gets than it was to Lea (it also outed him... granted, you would have had to have been Helen Keller not to know... and even Helen Keller knew) The producers totally deserved it for such laughable miscasting, but I suspect the show he thought he was signing up for wasn't the show that he ultimately got, so I can't say that he deserved it. Personally, I thought it would've been a much better show if the concept was that it was a double-bearding arrangement and Richard and Del were the actual couple. At least THAT would have been believable.
One thing l liked about MAD TV was they weren't afraid to stick it to everybody, regardless of race, creed,, national origin, left, right, middle of the road, popular or unpopular, until the last couple of seasons
HAHAHA, he's a mans man, "LEA CAN I BORROW YOUR ROUGE"
Debbi does a great British accent! Even if she’s just imitating Downtown Julie Brown
Could've been a little more nasal.
I always thought that Downtown Julie Brown was just some random character that Debra Wilson had made up. Had no idea she was real
The funny thing is he is flaming in the actual show yet the producers just don't seem to notice.
Parody of such a stupid TV show. Too funny and accurate!
bak when madtv was FUNNY!! nothing like old times and the originals :)
"She really brings out the animal in me. Grr!"
I think he means Ramon brings out the animal in him.
😂😂🤣🤣😭😭
Caroline in the City was a great show. Charlie was my favorite.
Apparently Leah Thompson was really angry at MadTv for this skit because they basically portrayed her as a total moron lol.
Look up her reaction from Nicole Sullivan's statements from the reunion panel a couple years ago on here and she brings it up.
I spit my tea out with that fabulous GRRRRR!!!!
Haha as a kid, I sensed that the actor who played Richard was "different" than his character (even by just watching the show - there was some cognitive dissonance I picked up lol) but didn't know exactly how. I did think Richard and Caroline had sooo much chemistry though! I was only just a little surprised later to find out that Malcolm's gay; testament to his acting and professionalism.
classic mad tv
Yea that male actor who played Richard actually is a flaming queen in real life.
Yeah, Mad TV was not afraid to call anything out back then.
Ramone @1:07 is played Nelson Ascencio. He later became MADtv cast member in season 6
No it is not him
That’s Tim Conlon. He was a featured cast member in Seasons 2 and 3.
Mad TV have great actors
"on.......Earth?"
“Did they kill a lot of Boa’s to make that”?
Category: TV shows
Answer: Caroline in the City, Suddenly Susan, & Veronica's Closet
Question: what are tv shows that sucked, but had a great timeslot?
I'm guessing Debra's playing June Sarpong?
Right now we have Phil Collins'doughter doing Emily in Paris: no plot, no acting, just presenting "Looks". Mad TV always anticipates the flow taken by entertaining TV and never goes wrong, even from 20 years perspective...
I never thought he was gay and Caroline wasn't stupid. One of my favorite shows.
look the guy up he's a homosexual
How on Earth did you miss it? He couldn’t have been more obvious.
Digital discrimination
I’ve never been a fan of MadTV. Will Sasso was awesome though.
Yeah, the show would have been better without Richard. It seems that ever since the 70s, sitcom writers kept using characters that were hostile to each other so there could be the resulting comic insults. The Richard character was really a sour, bitter, miserable homosexual that was hostile to everyone. It was very disturbing when the writers kept trying to make him believable as straight.b
Comedy Central has asbergers lol 😊👍😂
That's Laura belle bunny from legally blonde the musical
Was this recorded on a potato?
@RatedArggg It wasn't funny at all, just like a lot of sitcoms today.
This is not clever or remotely funny. Most of the comments here are vile. Tim Conlon’s participation is particularly egregious given he was hired on CitC for a guest spot.
funny video, we made a funny sitcom parody thing too, check it out
Didn't age well
Yeah, but that's literally what the show was like. This is barely a parody.