TV Show
The Idiot Box (1991)
Comedy
Story
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: Tom Stern, Alex Winter Starring: Alex Winter, Lee Arenberg, Tom Stern, Danny Cooksey
The Idiot Box Cast
- Alex Winter as Self
- Lee Arenberg as Benzini / Mr. McFee
- Tom Stern as Lockjaw
- Danny Cooksey as Jared Huggins / Prank Caller
- Ricki Lake as Daughter