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Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (Season 13)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2021-05-26
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: Shaun Micallef works aboard a riverboat with Francis transporting livestock to the Middle East. Along the way the two play 'Turkey in the Straw' with a goat.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2021-06-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Tosh is an Argentinian gaucho who rides Stephen instead of a horse. Francis abducts Stephen in a flying saucer. Tosh confronts Francis in a fencing dispute.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2021-06-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Francis' car beats Christie's horse-drawn wagon at poker. Christie uses a balloon to make herself 'light on her feet' but comes undone after crashing in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2021-06-16
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: Tosh emulates his hero, Charles Lindbergh, by building and flying his own airplane. Things don't turn out the way anyone thought when he turns into a werewolf.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2021-06-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Stephen builds a pretend TV studio out of blankets and attends the red carpet opening in drag as Peta Credlin, in a chartreuse sports jacket as Alan Jones, and finally in a tizzy over nothing as Chris Kenny.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2021-06-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: While Shaun, drunk on bootlegged hooch, is away hunting, Tosh, Emily, and an army of mice ransack his house for food. WARNING: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2021-07-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Shaun joins an army of terrapins dressed like the forces of Vlad the Impaler to battle an army of cats dressed in German World War 1 helmets. Kommandant Francis leads the cats in a raid on Shaun's farm.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2021-07-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2021-07-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Francis and his barnyard pals put on a show that includes dancing ducks, opera singing by Patricia Pig, and Francis' own rendition of the song, "Hey Ya" by Outkast who sue him for copyright infringement.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2021-07-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Christie's running a small-town railroad. She takes Tosh for a wild ride on a humanoid train which eventually rumbles out of control and kills everyone in a devastating fireball.
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2021-08-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: As part of "Francis' Big Road Show", Francis plays a calliope pulled by Emily. They later perform a rendition of 'Doop' on the xylophone and piano using each others' teeth as keyboards.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2021-08-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Stephen goes gargling, but when his gullet malfunctions, Tosh is left facing several vicious animals. To appease them, Francis plays his banjolele, and is soon eaten.
