
Series
The Idiot Box
1991 · 1 season · Comedy
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- 8.8
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Overview
The Idiot Box is an American sketch comedy television series created by Alex Winter, Tom Stern and Tim Burns, which ran on MTV from 1990-1991. After the success of Bill & Ted, MTV hired Winter, Stern, and Burns to develop a half-hour sketch comedy show for the network. As the channel was still strictly music-oriented at the time, The Idiot Box was mainly a showcase for popular music videos, but with a series of sketches, fake commercials, and parodies shown in between. Therefore, although an episode ran 30 minutes, there were only 7 to 11 minutes worth of sketches.
Cast

Alex Winter
Self

Lee Arenberg
Benzini / Mr. McFee

Tom Stern
Lockjaw

Danny Cooksey
Jared Huggins / Prank Caller

Ricki Lake
Daughter
Crew
- Tom SternDirector
- Alex WinterDirector
- Tim BurnsWriter
- Krista MontagnaProducer
- Tim ClawsonExecutive Producer
- Matthew LozeExecutive Producer
- Tim BurnsOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- First aired
- March 23, 1991
- Last aired
- March 23, 1991
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 7
- Genres
- Comedy
Seasons
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