The Idiot Box — Season 1, Episode 3: Episode #1.3
Comedy • 30 min • 1 season, 7 episodes • ★ 6.6/10
Episode synopsis
The sketches in the third episode of Idiot Box include an Evil Dead inspired intro from Alex Winter, another episode of Lockjaw, the return of Eddie The Flying Gimp From Outer Space, Sinead O'Connor stars in Something To Make You Laugh, The Huggins Family and The Very Finest of Tonight's Idiot Box.
About 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.