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The Idiot Box

The Idiot Box

★ 6.6/10•1991•30m•Comedy

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.

Tom Stern · Director

Alex Winter · Director

Tim Burns · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 23, 1991

Episodes

Actors

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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