Line #14 Series/TheBenStillerShow


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3	Watershed [[TheNineties early '90s]] SketchComedy show that produced 13 episodes (12 of which aired) on the Creator/{{Fox}} network. Originally a sequel to a show that lasted about as long as the one on Creator/{{MTV}} a year earlier. The series starred Creator/AndyDick, Creator/JaneaneGarofalo, Creator/BobOdenkirk, and of course Creator/BenStiller and was executive produced by Creator/JuddApatow and written by Stiller, Odenkirk, Apatow, Creator/DavidCross, and others.
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5	!!Tropes:
6	* AdamWesting: [[Creator/AdamWest The man himself]] provides a beautiful example in the "Information 411" sketch.
7	* AffectionateParody: One skit presents ''The [[{{Grunge}} Grungies]]'', a version of ''Series/TheMonkees'' updated to a UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} early [[TheNineties 90s]] setup, with the fashion sense and music then current, but completely in the style of the 60s series, with LaughTrack and all. They even got Micky Dolenz as a 'pretentious artist'. This skit manages to parody both the Monkees and the Seattle bands of the time.
8	* BusmansHoliday: Lampshaded in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSCp__lU-I Die Hard 12: Die Hungry]]''.
9	* TheCameo:
10	** In addition to West, other {{Camp}} favorites Creator/RipTaylor, Danny Bonaduce, Creator/CaseyKasem and Creator/HerveVillechaize make appearances.
11	** During the between-sketch segments Ben hangs out with Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/GarryShandling, [[Series/NorthernExposure Rob]] [[Series/NUMB3RS Morrow]], Creator/BobcatGoldthwait, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Colin Quinn]] and Creator/DennisMiller, and annoys Creator/JamesDoohan with his obsessive ''Series/{{Star Trek\|The Original Series}}'' fandom.
12	** Dave Madden reprises his role of [[Series/ThePartridgeFamily Mr. Kincaid]], as a former agent of {{Music/U2}}.
13	** Mikey Dolenz appears in 'The Grungies', an AffectionateParody of ''Series/TheMonkees''.
14	* DieHardOnAnX: Parodied with Ben playing Creator/BruceWillis in a ''Film/DieHard'' sequel... set in a supermarket.
15	* MockCousteau: One sketch had Andy Dick portray Creator/JacquesCousteau as an alcoholic CloudCuckooLander.
16	* TwoDecadesBehind: Notably [[AvertedTrope averted]]; the series' comic sensibilities and cultural references are firmly rooted in 1992, the year in which it was made.
17	* TakeThat: [[http://benstillershow.tripod.com/episodes/4/ The fourth episode]] had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1x_BLhreRs a sketch]] that was an episode of ''Low Budget Tales of Cliched Horror''. The episode in question, "A Call From Hell", was a parody of the ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' episode "The Devil's Advocate", which starred Jerry Stiller (Ben's dad).
18	-->'''Narrator''': You're looking at late night shock jock Damien Faustman, a man who hates his listeners almost as much as he hates himself. Tonight, he'll learn that [[StylisticSuck it doesn't take a lot of expensive special effects or an original storyline]] to come face-to-face with his worst nightmare... his soul.
19	* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: Well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1_-TlqdIvM it certainly hurt Yakoff Smirnoff's career.]]

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