if you could mix and match actors from any season to create the best cast on the show, who would you choose?
for me, i would pick:
mo collins
michael mcdonald
ike barinholtz
bobby lee
debra wilson
stephnie weir
will sasso
keegan michael key
nicole randall johnson
nicole parker
nicole sullivan
anyone have others?
I have to limit the cast to 10 (any larger and it gets unwieldy) but that's a brutal edit. Still, I'll give you mine:
Will Sasso
Nicole Sullivan
Keegan Michael Key
Mo Collins
Nicole Randall Johnson
Bobby Lee
Stephnie Weir
Michael McDonald
Nicole Parker
Crista Flanagan
So hard to leave certain people off this list. I'll cheat and allow frequent "guest appearances" from Frank Caliendo, Alex Borstein, Ron Pederson, Andrew Daly, and Jordan Peele.
Our lists are almost identical; you've got Ike and Debra instead of Crista. We each have women in the majority; I would argue that there were more talented women on the MadTV roster than any other sketch show.
1. Ike Barinholtz
2. Mo Collins
3. Michael McDonald
4. Josh Meyers
5. Christina Moore
6. Nicole Parker
7. Will Sasso
8. Aries Spears
9. Nicole Sullivan
10. Debra Wilson