The Idiot Box — Season 1, Episode 6: Episode #1.6
Comedy • 30 min • 1 season, 7 episodes • ★ 6.6/10
Episode synopsis
The final episode of The Idiot Box includes the following sketches: A poolside introduction from Alex Winter; a contest featuring the metal band GWAR; If I Had It My Way with Willard Schreck; a PSA about the dangers of making prank phone calls; The Burrowing Bishop returns; 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.