The Idiot Box
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Starring
Lee ArenbergTom SternDanny CookseyRicki LakeJohn HawkesFlea
Starring
Lee ArenbergTom SternDanny CookseyRicki LakeJohn HawkesFlea
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
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| S1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
About
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.
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Season 11991
7.3247
MTV sketch comedy show.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.2 | 14 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.4 | 10 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Best of the Idiot Box | — | — | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Alex Winter Self, Eddie the Flying Gimp, Willard Shreck
Lee Arenberg Benzini, Mr. McFee, Mugger
Tom Stern Lockjaw
Danny Cooksey Jared Huggins, Prank Caller
Ricki Lake Daughter
John Hawkes
Flea Mugger
Portia Dawson
Lisa Moncure
Brendan Ryan
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