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The Idiot Box is an American sketch comedy television series created by Alex Winter, Tom Stern and Tim Burns, which ran on MTV in 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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  • The Idiot Box es una serie de televisión estadounidense de comedia creada por Alex Winter , Tom Stern y Tim Burns , que se emitió en MTV en 1991.​ Después del éxito de Bill & Ted , MTV contrató a Winter, Stern y Burns para desarrollar un programa de comedia de sketches de media hora para la cadena.​ Como el canal todavía estaba estrictamente orientado a la música en ese momento, The Idiot Box era principalmente un escaparate de videos musicales populares , pero con una serie de bocetos, comerciales falsos y parodias que se mostraban en el medio. Por lo tanto, aunque un episodio duró 30 minutos, solo hubo entre 7 y 11 minutos de bocetos. Inspirado en gran medida por los gustos de la revista Mad y Monty Python's Flying Circus , el humor en The Idiot Box estaba enraizado en el absurdo y la payasada violenta , a menudo en forma de parodias de televisión y películas y comerciales para programas de televisión falsos (como "Mumford the Yodeling Mutt" y "¿Quién es un idiota total? con Tony Danza " ). Cada episodio terminaría con un resumen de Max Headroom -esque VOTAR, "el futuro de la televisión anunciando", ya que criticaría cada uno de los bocetos del episodio y ocasionalmente citaría líneas de canciones de la nueva ola . Winter, Stern y Burns optaron por detener la producción después de seis episodios y, en cambio, aceptaron un contrato bien remunerado con 20th Century Fox para escribir y dirigir su propia película.​ El resultado fue Freaked de 1993 , que presentaba el mismo tipo de humor que The Idiot Box . (es)
  • The Idiot Box is an American sketch comedy television series created by Alex Winter, Tom Stern and Tim Burns, which ran on MTV in 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. Inspired heavily by the likes of Mad magazine and Monty Python's Flying Circus, the humor in The Idiot Box was rooted in absurdity and violent slapstick, often in the form of television and movie parodies and commercials for fake television shows (such as "Mumford the Yodeling Mutt" and "Who's A Total Idiot? with Tony Danza"). Each episode would end with a recap by the Max Headroom-esque VOTAR, "the future of television announcing", as he would criticize each of the sketches in the episode and occasionally quote lines from new wave songs. Winter, Stern, and Burns chose to cease production after six episodes and instead accepted a high-paying deal with 20th Century Fox to write and direct their own feature film. The result was 1993's Freaked, which featured the same brand of humor as The Idiot Box. (en)
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  • The Idiot Box es una serie de televisión estadounidense de comedia creada por Alex Winter , Tom Stern y Tim Burns , que se emitió en MTV en 1991.​ Después del éxito de Bill & Ted , MTV contrató a Winter, Stern y Burns para desarrollar un programa de comedia de sketches de media hora para la cadena.​ Como el canal todavía estaba estrictamente orientado a la música en ese momento, The Idiot Box era principalmente un escaparate de videos musicales populares , pero con una serie de bocetos, comerciales falsos y parodias que se mostraban en el medio. Por lo tanto, aunque un episodio duró 30 minutos, solo hubo entre 7 y 11 minutos de bocetos. (es)
  • The Idiot Box is an American sketch comedy television series created by Alex Winter, Tom Stern and Tim Burns, which ran on MTV in 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. (en)
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