The BEST episodes of Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL

Every episode of Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL!

A half-hour weekly round-up, branding, inoculation and crutching of all the important news stories of the week. Along with a like-minded Think Tank of reporters and pundits, offering not only reportage and analysis of the week’s events but discussion, argument and dissection of what’s making the world turn every which way.

Last Updated: 6/10/2025Network: ABC (AU)Status: Ended

9.20

5 votes

#1 - Episode 10

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2014

The Stooges try to mine uranium to help their father pay for his surgery. They end up striking oil, but Joe tries to stop it! Also Stephall Hen. Strong Language Warning. IT'S IN ENGLISH!

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9.20

5 votes

#2 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/2012

Part 2. Tosh recovers consciousness after a wipeout on his surfboard and Veronica and Emily learn the meaning of serendipity when they look it up in the dictionary.

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9.20

5 votes

#3 - Episode 3

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/2015

Oklahoma, 1936. Tom, Ma, Pa, Uncle John and their crippled scientist friend Davros enjoy a hearty meal of dust. "Anyone for seconds?" laughs Tom.

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9.00

3 votes

#4 - Episode 6

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2014

Mad as Hell shirtfronts sexist girlie men, racist professors, xenophobic singlets and plenty more besides. Blistering satire that's ready to be popped with a needle-sharp lampoon? You bet I are, you bet we am.

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9.00

2 votes

#5 - Episode 8

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2014

A half-fortnightly reaping, threshing and winnowing of current affairs asphodel by the combine harvester that is Shaun Micallef.

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9.00

6 votes

#6 - Episode 7

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2018

When Dr Bellows makes a stop at Tony's house, he sees an elephant in Tony's bedroom. He then calls General Peterson and when they both go over there they see nothing and of course Bellows is made a fool yet again.

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8.75

4 votes

#7 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/2012

Part 1. A cursed Tiki causes havoc for Shaun and his family while on a holiday in Hawaii.

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8.75

4 votes

#8 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/29/2012

When Shaun is discovered murdered on the set, Phryne is called in to solve the case. SPOILER: The food in the ABC cafeteria is to blame.

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8.75

4 votes

#9 - Episode 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2012

Kate and Quentin decide to spice up their marriage with some fantasy role playing but there are red faces all around when they turn up at their rendezvous both dressed as Michelle Grattan.

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8.75

4 votes

#10 - Episode 9

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/20/2012

Adam Hills chats to Mannie the Clown, cricketing legend Andy Caddick and international superstar Ben Vereen.

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8.75

4 votes

#11 - Episode 1

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2014

New government. Same show. Remaining true to it's mission of skewering newsmakers and events, this week border security, Sochi and the odd royal commission are all given the trademark 'Mad As Hell' treatment.

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8.67

3 votes

#12 - Episode 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/2013

A convention for people named 'Peter' goes horribly wrong when Shaun is mistakenly invited. And hydrochloric acid starts streaming from the sprinkler system.

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8.67

3 votes

#13 - Episode 11

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/11/2018

When a man wakes up in the morning it starts a chain of events that leads to him going back to sleep at the end of the day. Stars Shane Crawford.

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8.67

3 votes

#14 - Episode 1

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/11/2015

Auckland, 1978. A young man with the wind in his hair, also nits, dreams of a better life by winning a $500 dusco duncing competution.

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8.67

3 votes

#15 - Episode 4

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2014

'And lo, when I did wake from my sleep and open my eyes I was blind, my sight vanished into darkness like the sun at midnight.' Cataractus 20:20

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8.67

6 votes

#16 - Episode 2

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2014

Here's a magic trick you can try out on your friends. Pick a card, any card. Put it in your mouth. Eat it, then go to the toilet. Then invite them in and ask sarcastically, "Is that your card?"

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8.67

3 votes

#17 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/2013

When Francis asks Shaun if he can change a word in one of the scripts, Shaun kills him.

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8.67

3 votes

#18 - Episode 2

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/2013

When Shaun's racist neighbour Mr. Grealy invites him over to eat some Japanese, Shaun doesn't know how to take it.

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8.63

8 votes

#19 - Episode 10

Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2022

After 15 seasons over 10 years, the final episode with self-indulgent back patting, clips of so-called 'classic' moments and a tearful farewell song that undoes any vestige of its reputation as a comedy show.

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8.60

5 votes

#20 - Episode 4

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/21/2018

A single unbroken shot of an orange rolling down the world's highest flight of steps at Mt. Niesen in Switzerland, set to the song 'Macho Man' by the Village People.

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8.60

5 votes

#21 - Episode 3

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2018

Jeannie recognises a visiting princess as a member of a family that she has a centuries-old feud with.

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8.60

5 votes

#22 - Episode Eight

Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/14/2021

Shaun sells animated hot dogs at a carnival and heckles Lachy Hulme. Shaun gives him a free hot dog and serenades Francis outside his trailer.

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8.57

7 votes

#23 - Episode 9

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/2018

Following Tony and Roger's promotion to major, the general sends them to Reno, Nevada to relax a few days before going to a base there but they get lost and end up in Fresno.

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8.57

7 votes

#24 - Episode 1

Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/2022

The Mad as Hell team leave their planet to escape a collision with a comet and find a ship full of frozen convicts.

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8.57

7 votes

#25 - Episode 13

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2019

While trying to show off Fred hypnotises Barney into thinking that he is Pussy, but can't reverse the trick. Barney lives out the rest of his life wearing a wire and squealing to the FBI. (Season Final)

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