Real Veal/Celebrity Wife Swamp

Season 2, Episode 21: Real Veal/Celebrity Wife Swamp

Aired: March 5, 2012

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Real Veal/Celebrity Wife Swamp is the 21st episode of MAD Season 2, and the 47th overall episode of MAD.

Episode Summary
Real Veal: When a down-and-out man's robot is destroyed by a cow, he hires the cow.

Celebrity Wife Swamp: Brad Pitt and Shrek switch wives for the week.

Segments

 * 1) MAD News - The MAD News anchor announces that due to a shipping mistake, children who rushed out to see Dr. Seuss' The Lorax this past weekend, instead had to sit through footage of Dr. Seuss' "Larynx."
 * 2) Opening Scene
 * 3) Real Veal (Movie Parody of Real Steel)
 * 4) Animated Marginals segment
 * 5) What Makes Mexican Jumping Beans Jump (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 6) People Who Wait Til the Last Minute to Cancel Today On Ellen (TV Parody of Ellen) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 7) Elephant Forgets His ATM Password (Cartoon)
 * 8) Scooby Snack Fiscal Report (TV Parody of Scooby-Doo) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 9) People Who Don't Appear On Camera Today On Ellen (TV Parody of Ellen) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 10) Spy vs. Spy - Pay-Toll Rocket (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 11) Animated Marginals segment
 * 12) Superwatch (Comic Parody of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 13) Push Your Luck (Game Show Parody of Press Your Luck) (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 14) Celebrity Wife Swamp (TV Parody of Celebrity Wife Swap / Movie Parody of Shrek)
 * 15) Credits
 * 16) 5-second Cartoon - People Who Look Like Chairs Today On Ellen (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia

 * This is the only episode of MAD to have four Ad Parodies, the only time Real Steel gets spoofed, the first time where a 2012 film gets spoofed (Dr. Seuss' The Lorax), and the only time Futurama was referenced as Bender is one of the robots in the match of Real Veal.
 * This is the 10th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion. The previous ones were:
 * Super 80's / Captain America's Got Talent
 * Pirates of the Pair of Tweens / Konan the Kardashian
 * Cowboys & Alien Force / ThunderLOLcats
 * TransBOREmores 3: Dark of the Blue Moon / The Walking Fred
 * Dances with Wolverine: A Footloose Parody / Tater Tots & Tiaras
 * Spy vs. Spy Kids / The Superhero Millionaire Matchmaker
 * FROST/Undercover Claus
 * WWe Bought a ZOO/2 Broke Powerpuff Girls
 * My Little War Horse/The Tonight Show with Jay Lion-O
 * The Push Your Luck segment can also be a reference to Whammy! Push Your Luck, The Filipino version of Whammy! Press Your Luck.

Voices

 * Chris Cox - Superman, Finn, and Brad Pitt
 * Hugh Davidson - Jumping Bean Boy, Bully, and Push Your Luck Contestant
 * Mikey Day - Ricky, Scooby-Doo, and Jimmy Olsen
 * Julie Nathanson - Velma Dinkley and Princess Fiona
 * Nolan North - Charlie Kenton and Shrek
 * Rachel Ramras - Angelina Jolie, Jumping Bean Boy, Teenager, and Max Kenton
 * Kevin Shinick - C-3PO, Donkey, Shaggy Rogers, and the MAD News Anchor
 * Dana Snyder - Rumplestiltskin, Elephant, and Kid with Glasses