''Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz'' is a sketch comedy show starring Nick Cannon on MTV that debuted April 5, 2007. The show was cancelled and pulled from MTV on April 30, 2007, due to low ratings. A month after the show's cancellation, the series returned on June 7, 2007 as part of the Nick Cannon Power Hour, but was soon cancelled again.

Cast

The show's cast is made up of mostly players from Cannon's other series ''

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Mikey Day Michael William Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' before its 39th season in 2013. He was then promoted to on-air cast status and beca ...

Taran Killam Taran Hourie Killam (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He first garnered attention for his brief stint on the Fox comedy series ''MADtv'' during its seventh season between 2001 and 2002, followed by his wider success as a ca ...

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Episode list

Episode 1

Air Date: 4/5/07 Starring: Taran Killam, Affion Crockett, Eliza Coupe, Mikey Day, Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon, Sean Lavallies, Eric Murphy Featuring: Katt Williams Guest Starring : Sway Sketches: * Rappers Against Child Support * Judge Mo Dollars (extended ''Wild n' Out'' skit) * Career Boosters * The Claymate Show * Ludacris Freestyle ( Affion Crockett)

Episode 2

Air Date: 4/12/07 Starring: Mikey Day, Nick Cannon, Affion Crockett, Leonard Robinson Featuring:

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James Adomian James Adomian is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'', ''Chapo Trap House'', ''Last Comic Standing'', ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' where he Impressionist ...

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he i ...

Guest Starring:

Ice-T Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop music, hip hop and heavy metal music, heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground r ...

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Sketches: * Old People'ing (drive-by parody) * Ice T-vo * Greatest Ass Whuppins ( Lionel Vs Brenda) * Spontaneous Hypeman Syndrome * Working With White People * ''

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Suge Knight Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. ( ; born April 19, 1965) is an American former record executive, former National Football League, NFL player, and convicted felon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Knight was a central f ...

Light * Hell Nah Kanye (Kanye diss by George Bush)

Episode 3

Air Date: 4/19/07 Starring: Taran Killam, Affion Crockett, Eliza Coupe, Mikey Day, Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon Featuring: Katt Williams Guest Starring:

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ( ; born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, he is widely regarded as one of t ...

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Sketches: * Lessons In The Workplace #204: First Day On The Job * Judge Mo Dollars (extended ''Wild 'n Out'' skit) * Coming Out Insurance * '' Yo Momma'' - Afghanistan * Davonte Blaine - Street Magic * Yak'n Off FM * Jay's Anatomy (Eric Murphy)

Episode 4 *

Air Date: 6/7/07 Starring: Taran Killam, Affion Crockett, Eliza Coupe, Mikey Day, Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon Sketches: * BBS * Junk in the Trunk¹ * Cribs: Sean Lavallies and

Jessica Alba Jessica Marie Alba ( ; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She began her acting career at age 13 in ''Camp Nowhere'', followed up by ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' (both 1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 as ...

* Back That S*** Up * MTV Scarred Spoof (parody of fellow MTV show '' Scarred'' by LurkSquad)¹ * Simmons & Simmons pt.1 * Camel Toe * Simmons & Simmons pt.2 * Aching for Aiken (The Claymate Show) * Skanks on a Plane (parody of Snakes on a Plane)¹ *

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Episode 5 *

Air Date: 6/14/07 Starring: Taran Killam, Affion Crockett, Eliza Coupe, Mikey Day, Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon Featuring: Katt Williams and

Kevin Hart Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. The accolades he has received include the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and nominations for two Grammy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. After winning se ...

Guest Starring:

Lil Jon Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were inst ...

Sketches: * Thanks White People * Judge Mo Dollars (extended ''Wild 'n Out'' skit) *

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) * Bootleg Movie Awards pt. 1 * Erase Racism¹ * Bootleg Movie Awards pt. 2 * Calf-a-Sizer 3000 * No More Drama (Nyima Funk)

Episode 6 *

Air Date: 6/21/07 Starring: Taran Killam, Affion Crockett, Eliza Coupe, Mikey Day, Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon Guest Starring: Lil Jon Sketches: * Davonte Blaine: Street Magic * Rap Producer: Jesus * Beverly Hills ATM * Vagina 101¹ * Action 6 News at 6¹ * The Claymate Show *

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s * Club Clinic * Scarred by Scarred¹ * Yak'n Off * Facebook Livin¹ * Yo Mamma- Harlem, NY (Sean Lavallies and Eric Murphy)

Episode 7 **

Air Date: 6/28/07 Starring: Taran Killam, Affion Crockett, Eliza Coupe, Mikey Day, Leonard Robinson, Nick Cannon Featuring: Katt Williams Guest Starring :

Sway Calloway Jonathan Ahmad Calloway (born July 3, 1971), known as Sway, is an American radio personality, journalist and former rapper known for hosting music, news, and culture programming. He was an on-air reporter and host for MTV News and occasional non- ...

Sketches: * Rappers Against Child Support * Judge Mo Dollars (extended ''Wild 'n Out'' skit) * Career Boosters * Bi-Curious by Greg Scarnici ¹ * The Negrotiator * The Profane Gourmet¹ * Day Spa¹ * Sports Daily With Mary Banks *

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, spoken as "ludicrous" in American English), is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age ...

' Freestyle Video (Affion Crockett)

Episode 8 **

Air Date: 7/5/07 Starring: Mikey Day, Nick Cannon, Affion Crockett, Leonard Robinson Featuring: James Adomian as

Guest Starring: Ice T and CoCo Sketches: * Old People'ing (drive-by parody) * Ice T-vo * Working With White People * Jewdacris¹ * ''Next'': School Teacher Edition pt. 1 * Suge Knight Light * Next: School Teacher Edition pt. 2 * Get Topless¹ * Horny Doctors¹ * Hell Nah Kanye (Kanye diss by George W. Bush) ¹ These skits are the winning videos from the Short Circuitz web site promo, where viewers can send in a taped parody of a show, commercial, music video, etc. and win $1,000 in the process *These episodes featured a video-like set up with a ''playlist'' on the left side of the screen. **These episodes featured the same (with the exception of one or two) sketches as previous episodes with the addition of the three viewer submitted sketches.

Website

Short Circuitz featured a

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 (also known as participative (or participatory) web and social web) refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content, ease of use, participatory culture, and interoperability (i.e., compatibility with other products, systems, a ...

community a
ShortCircuitz.mtv.com
where viewers were encouraged to upload their own homemade parody videos of various media phenomena, including music videos, commercials and television programs. Users on the site rated and commented on each other's videos.

References

External links

Short Circuitz Home Page
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