The Idiot Box
The Idiot Box

The Idiot Box

6.5N/A
Comedy

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.

Show Info

Status: Ended

Original Language: EN

First Aired: 3/23/1991

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 1

Top Cast

     
        Alex Winter     
     

Alex Winter

     

Self

         
     
        Lee Arenberg     
     

Lee Arenberg

     

Benzini / Mr. McFee

         
     
        Tom Stern     
     

Tom Stern

     

Lockjaw

         
     
        Danny Cooksey     
     

Danny Cooksey

     

Jared Huggins / Prank Caller

         
     
        Ricki Lake     
     

Ricki Lake

     

Daughter

         

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