MADtv - "Viva La Cheata" (Coldplay/John Edwards Parody)

[EvilResidentXIII]

i just realized that the A on his shirt is a jab at the scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[MattJVasquez]

This is awesome lol

[juliannaily]

The song gets catchy after a little bit hahaha

[ZhangtheGreat]

I love how the director is Rielle Hunter, the girl he cheated on his wife with XD

[TheSaboteur97]

Why does he a red A on his shirt.

[ZhangtheGreat]

@TheSaboteur97, stand for "Adulterer." It's a reference to The Scarlet Letter.

[mattmontgomer16]

@TheSaboteur97 it stands for adultry

[redstar5583]

@TheSaboteur97 The 'A' stands for anarchy. They where making fun of Edwards for being and Anarchist. Kinda like when Democrats call Republicans Fascists and Republicans call democrats communists.

[bruins6064]

@redstar5583 The "A" stands for adultery. It's a reference to the book The Scarlet Letter.

[redstar5583]

@bruins6064 ohhhh........ haha thanks, man

[SoJessicaful]

@TheSaboteur97 google it cuz im not going thru the whole bak ground on it Bt it means having sex b4 marriage soo.. Adultry

[hiroicman]

I wish mike mcdonald was singing

[ElmaApril]

i wish that madtv's music parodies used the real song's tune

[guydudeasian]

@ElmaApril The cover is the same. Just the melody/notes. They're probably in a different scale.

[zak19902009]

Can't beat the original Viva la Vida but freakin' hilarious nonetheless.

[marsunderscorefenix]

lol testamory

[whitehotmess]

=)) hahahahah nice one

[SLmasterbuilder]

lol, Wonderwoman and president Nixon

[jeffhardyfangirl0512]

He's not a bad singer. Better than I thought.

[JordanMRos]

this spoofs never sound like the reall song

[babylon715]

thats why its called a spoof

[IsaacTheGuitarist]

I think 'cuz they might not be allowed to totally copy the melody and chord sequence. So they use a similar sounding song.

[robinthehoodlp]

1:42 LOL this was hilarious

[Airgearzx]

HILARIOUS!!!

[chainedpunkgirl]

he did SO WELL with this! Such a great voice, too!

[thekittycoldplayguru]

who cares about the metaphors....this is funny!!! ha ha

[QQ20034]

ANY OTHER COLDPLAY?

[RavenBettyBlue]

"There's no tellin' where that Tricky Dick's been!" - Hahahahahahaa!!!

[FirstClassHeel]

Fun fact: this is the first (and only) MADtv music video not to include any of the castmembers and the only Coldplay parody that doesn't have Michael McDonald as Chris Martin (since Michael McDonald left the show at the end of season 13; this was from the first episode of season 14)

[N2daD2daIL]

i love coldplay, but i would like to see a good parody about them... i guess im looking at the wrong place though... i should just wait for a good parody maker like wierd al to make a parody about them

[dontfuckthisup]

a good parody uses a particular song for a reason. this is dumb and irrelevant

[JadoreKouture]

That is so NOT true!

viva la vida is about how the world and its values are falling apart.

"One minute I held the key, next the walls were closed on me

And I discovered that my castles stand on pillars of salt and pillars of sand" shows that he had the key to success, but discovered that his support group was not as strong as he expected when he cheated on his wife and he could plummet from citizen high to citizen low.

This is just one stanza, but there are more parallels.

[dontfuckthisup]

you're trying too hard to make the metaphor fit. at any rate this video isn't funny whatsoever

[QQ20034]

how about:it was the wicked and wild wind...........people couldn't believe what i become.

[JadoreKouture]

if you can't understand this metaphor, your loss

[dontfuckthisup]

if you laugh along with the laugh track i envy your level of consciousness

[JadoreKouture]

don't try too hard to resist the tide

[mikkabouzu]

He's not really singing; you can tell that auto-tune is heavily, heavily used here. Still, kinda funny.

[HazelMatzimoko142]

this crap is sooooooooooo funny! he he he hee ha ha haa! XD

[shaneinkster]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ahahahahahaha

[coldplayrockss]

I really like Coldplay, but I love this parody. They aren't making fun of Coldplay or Viva la Vida, they are just using the song's melody (kind of) I love this parody though!!

[syphonia246]

luv this skit

[aahmed215]

This paradoy is really bad. Not the lyrics but the fact that it doesn't go along with how the real song sounds. It's like they only heard Viva La Vida like twice before making this.

[SonicRevolution]

i am A big fan of coldplay,and i still think this is funny.

i mean, come on!

The aren't even making fun of coldplay, just using the song.

pretty cool.

=]

[pinworms70]

I cant believe Jerry stole this song from Joe Satriani!!!

[ooploon]

lol

[Xialiet]

woa snap

[omarendon7]

OMFG jajaj

[Bananafyin]

omg this is hilarious

[djc19601]

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[ojmccaf1963]

Jerry's come so far from being the fat kid from Stand By Me! lol

[shuffle33]

ROFL check out the director's name!! It's Rielle Hunter, hahahaha!!

[Frilleger31]

Oh my gosh. I like coldplay but this is downright funny.

[peacereaper24601]

Oh my gosh. BRILLIANT!