Release Date

23 Mar, 1991

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

7/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Idiot Box

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Season 1

23 Mar, 1991

MTV sketch comedy show.

Created By

Tom Stern

Alex Winter

Actors

Alex Winter

Lee Arenberg

Tom Stern

Danny Cooksey

Ricki Lake

Crew

Tom Stern

Alex Winter

Tim Burns

Tim Clawson

Krista Montagna

Matthew Loze

Tim Burns