Hip Hop Hobbit/The Monday Project

Season 3, Episode 19: Hip Hop Hobbit/The Monday Project

Aired: November 15, 2012

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Hip Hop Hobbit/The Monday Project is the 19th episode of MAD Season 3, and the 71st overall episode of MAD.

Episode Summary
Hip Hop Hobbit: Bilbo embarks on an old-school quest of rhyming and break dancing.

The Monday Project: Garfield vows to get his life together.

Segments

 * 1) MADvent Calendar - Been breaking New Year's resolutions for a month? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * 2) *Sunday, 4:00 PM: Alfred E. Neuman praises his own television show by calling it filth.
 * 3) *Tuesday, 9:00 PM: After learning that three The Lord of the Rings celebrities share January birthdays, the Zodiac sign is changed from Capricorn to Aragorn.
 * 4) *Saturday, 10:00 AM: The groundhog laughs at his own puppet shadows, which means many more seasons of this!
 * 5) Opening Scene
 * 6) Hip Hop Hobbit (Movie Parody of the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) (MAD Music segment)
 * 7) Animated Marginals segment - A bird needs more lot of birds to grab the rhino.
 * 8) Is Santa Coming or Not? (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 9) Why Kristen Stewart Never Laughs... or Smiles (Spoof on Kristen Stewart)
 * 10) MAD Security Cam - Zoo (MAD Security Cam segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 11) The Perks of Being a Cauliflower (Movie Parody of the Perks of Being a Wallflower) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 12) Spy vs. Spy - Retina Scanner (Spy vs. Spy / Stop-motion Cartoon segment)
 * 13) Animated Marginals segment - A princess kisses a frog and it turns into Alfred E. Neuman and the princess faints.
 * 14) Tinky Turner's Self Elf Book (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 15) Ant Funeral (Cartoon)
 * 16) The Monday Project (TV Parody of the Mindy Project/Comic Parody of Garfield)
 * 17) Credits
 * 18) 5-second Cartoon - (from Hip Hop Hobbit) Bilbo raps with Gollum. (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia

 * This is the first time The Perks of Being a Wallflower gets spoofed, and the only appearance of Jon Arbuckle and Nermal in a Garfield parody, and also the second appearance of Odie.
 * This is the second time The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey showed up. The first was the MADvent Calendar from the next 3 episodes of Fantastic Four Christmases/Red and White Collar.
 * This is the third time Frank Welker reprises his role as Garfield.
 * This is the fourth episode of MAD to feature a guest star (Biz Markie). The previous ones were:
 * Andrew W.K. in Episode 28
 * Billy Dee Williams in Episode 50
 * Rico Rodriguez in Episode 68
 * This is the seventh episode of MAD to have only one Mike Wartella segment, the seventh time Spy vs. Spy was in color.
 * 13th appearance of the MAD Security Cam segment.

Voices

 * Keith Ferguson - Bilbo Baggins, Jon Arbuckle, and Ant
 * Biz Markie - 1977 Bilbo, Odie's Security Guard, and Elf
 * Jim Meskimen - Gandalf, Tinky Turner's Self Elf Book Announcer, and Anchorman
 * Rachel Ramras - Christmas Daughter, Honey Boo Boo, Girl with Bike, and Honey Boo Boo's Mom
 * Christopher "Kid" Reid - 1977 Gandalf, Bully, and Elf
 * Kevin Shinick - Dwarf, Lunchroom Monitor, Santa Claus, Guy, Ant, Christmas Son, Man at Lasagna Fair, and the MADvent Calendar Announcer
 * Dana Snyder - Tinky Turner, Dwarf, and Why Kristen Stewart Never Laughs... or Smiles Announcer
 * Frank Welker - Garfield, Cauliflower, and Christmas Dad