Widely considered SNL’s edgy L.A. cousin, the series that did an entire sketch off a single Malcolm X joke might never have been if Quincy Jones and David Salzman didn’t buy Mad Magazine in 1995. The duo — responsible for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — created MADtv to compete with sketch comedy shows like Lorne Michaels’ baby, and while never achieving the same […]

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