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"Mad" or "I'm Mad" is a song from the 1987 season of "Spitting Image". It's a parody of Michael Jackson's song and music video "Bad". It pokes fun at his facelifts, his voice and the rumor that he slept inside a special room to refrain from aging.


Prologue

Michael Jackson enters his house where he finds a note claiming: "Hey Michael, your monkey's in the fridge, your oven's in the dinner and your analyst called." Then he walks into the street where he meets a few black gang members who immediately conclude: "Hey, wait a minute! You ain't black." After Michael denies this twice, one of them asks: "Well, if you're black, how come you're white?", whereupon Michael looks into the camera and says: "I'll tell you!"

Song

Jackson: "I'm bigger than Bruce.

Sexier than Madonna.

But people are saying

That my brain's a goner

I can outsing Prince

I can outdance Astaire

But still be people wonder

If I'm really all there.

For a couple of years

I've been reclusive

But now the proof

is quite conclusive:

"I'M MAD! I'M MAD! I'm completely round the bent!

"I'M MAD! I'M MAD! A hamster's my best friend.

I lost my head

I've lost my marbles

I live forever in plastic bubbles

And as for the bits they cut off of me

They're now recording their own LP!

(Chorus: "He's mad, he's mad!")

Jackson: "I got fruitcake in the brain."

(Chorus: "He's mad, he's mad!")

Jackson: "I make Reagan look so sane.

At the age of three I made so much lolly

It's not surprising I lost my trolley

I live with puppies

I'm off the rails

I'm even barnier than the Prince of Wales."

Who's mad? (Chorus: "Who's mad?")

Who's mad? (Chorus: "Who's mad?")

Who's mad? (Chorus: "Who's mad?")

Surgeon: "You are, Mr. Jackson."

Jackson: "Now I'm bad, it's bad

I guess you heard the news

I'm mad, I'm bad

Because white men can't sing the blues

I'm bad, I'm mad, I'm sad. I'm not much good anymore."

Surgeon: "Yes, jolly good, now come on along now Mr. Jackson."

Jackson: "Oh, now I'm mad."

Surgeon: "Yes, of course you are."

Jackson: "I'm Mickey Mouse!"

Surgeon: "Yes, you certainly do sound like him, don't you?"

Lead singer

Background dancers

Small cameos

  • Unidentified politician with whip
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