THE BEN STILLER SHOW
Season 1 Episode 1
"PILOT"
Original air date September 27, 1992
The cast introduces several comedy sketches, including:
- U2: The Early Years in which Ben Stiller impersonates Bono of U2 as the Patridge Family;
- Cape Munster - a parody of Cape Fear with Ben Stiller as an adult Eddie Munster;
- Ben's Video Diary;
- What is Sexy?
The Ben Stiller Show is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV
from 1990 to 1991, and then 12 episodes on Fox from September 27, 1992, to
January 17, 1993, with a 13th episode of the Fox version airing on 1995 on
Comedy Central. The Fox program starred Ben Stiller, 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 middle of the 1980s to beginning of the 1990s
pop culture. Despite 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 ever Fox sketch comedy program not to use a laugh track. The semi
spinoff, The Andy Dick Show, used the same format. After cancelation, the
series won the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music
Program.
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | September 27, 1992 |
| 2 | "With Bobcat Goldthwait" | October 4, 1992 |
| 3 | "With James Doohan" | October 18, 1992 |
| 4 | "On Melrose Avenue" | October 25, 1992 |
| 5 | "With Colin Quinn" | November 1, 1992 |
| 6 | "With Sarah Jessica Parker" | November 8, 1992 |
| 7 | "With Rob Morrow" | November 15, 1992 |
| 8 | "With Flea" | December 6, 1992 |
| 9 | "With Garry Shandling" | December 13, 1992 |
| 10 | "With Dennis Miller" | December 20, 1992 |
| 11 | "At the Beach" | January 3, 1993 |
| 12 | "A Few Good Scouts" | January 17, 1993 |
| 13 | "ZooTV at Night" | August 26, 1995 (on Comedy Central) |
(Wikipedia)
