The Ben Stiller Show (1992)

Genre

humor

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sketch comedy series starring Ben Stiller with Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo, and Bob Odenkirk. It parodies pop culture from the late 80s and early 90s using filmed segments rather than a studio audience or laugh track.

comedicfast-pacedparodicmetaoffbeatself-awaresatirical

What happens

The Ben Stiller Show is an American sketch comedy series starring Ben Stiller that aired in two iterations, the first series airing 13 episodes on MTV in 1990, and the second series airing 12 episodes on Fox from September 27, 1992, to January 17, 1993, with a 13th episode airing in 1995 on Comedy Central. The Fox version also starred Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character actor John F. O'Donohue also appeared in every episode. The program featured numerous filmed comedy segments, many of which parodied pop culture trends from the late 1980s to early 1990s. Despite receiving mostly positive reviews, Fox canceled the series after only 13 episodes, due to low ratings. Unlike most sketch comedy programs, The Ben Stiller Show did not use a studio audience, and was the first Fox sketch comedy program not to use a laugh track. The semi spinoff, The Andy Dick Show, used the same format. After cancellation, the series won the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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