The Idiot Box

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 SternDirector
• Alex WinterDirector
• Tim BurnsWriter
• Tim BurnsOriginal Music Composer

• Alex WinterSelf
• Lee ArenbergBenzini / Mr. McFee
• Tom SternLockjaw
• Danny CookseyJared Huggins / Prank Caller
• Ricki LakeDaughter