(The Idiot Box)

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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Comedy

Networks:

MTV

Year:

1991

Directors:

Tom Stern

Actors:

Self

Benzini / Mr. McFee

Lockjaw

Jared Huggins / Prank Caller

Daughter

Crews:

Director

Director

Writer

Executive Producer

Producer