The Idiot Box
1991/03/23 - 1991/03/23 • Ended • 1 Seasons • English
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.
Creator(s) : Tom Stern, Alex Winter
Casts
Alex Winter
Self
Lee Arenberg
Benzini / Mr. McFee
Tom Stern
Lockjaw
Danny Cooksey
Jared Huggins / Prank Caller
Ricki Lake
Daughter
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