Mad Dog (TV series)

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[edit] Mad Dog

The name of a Public Access Television Star from Manhattan Neighborhood Network(MNN) in New York City.

From 1993 until 2001 Mad Dog Live aired every Thursday evening at 11pm. Every episode was live and featured both guests, and phone calls. Highlites of this cult hit included:

-The one with just a live shot of a human turd for the whole show (+ calls)

-The adult diapering episode

-The parody of Screw Magazine/Midnight Blue's Al Goldstein

-The one where JFK jr. called in


Notable guests of the show:

Logan Evans(performer, idea man, Harvard man)

Zviah aka: Subway girl (TV personality)

Doby Daenger(writer, musician, performance artist)

Al Zero (former nightclub empresario, video artist)

UCB (improv related)

The Circus of Evil (a crack call collective)


Although the program disappeared after 9-11 fragments of the show continue the populate the internet wide and far.

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (or MNN) is the main public access production entity for New York City.

http://www.mnn.org


The program has been written up by:

Downtown Candy Ravers Guild a 'zine supporting candy raver labor organizing

NY Cable and Weekly Review

TV Guild

The MNN Program guide


Fragments currently appear on Studio 59/G-Street Live, a cable program that runs in New York City, Wednesday nights at 2:30am channel 57