To its credit, MADtv’s current cast isn’t bitter that its dependability has often been overlooked. “I think we’ve done some really good work through the years,” Key says. “I just wish more people could have seen it.” Adds Myrin, “The upside of being under the radar has been that we could take more risks. Of course, that’s also meant we would fail more spectacularly.”

Here’s the good news in all of this: Even though MADtv will be gone, the current cast’s diaspora will place funny people all over TV and film. Myrin is a regular panelist on E!’s Chelsea Lately. Key has a deal with ABC and will likely appear on that network’s fall schedule. Lee might keep his clothes on in the big-screen comedies Wedding Palace and Hard Breakers. Jordan Peele appears as Kelvin Melvin on Comedy Central’s Chocolate News. And Parker takes a dramatic turn in the upcoming indie short Weathered.

So if you’re sad that you can’t get MADtv anymore, take solace in knowing that there’s always room for consistent hitters on entertainment’s ever-changing roster.