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Clockwise: Bob Odenkirk, Andy Dick, Ben Stiller,
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Find All Ben Stiller Movies!
The Ben Stiller Show ran for
twelve episodes on the Fox network in 1992-1993. It regularly hit near last place
in the Nielsens. After its cancellation, the show won the Emmy for comedy writing,
beating out Saturday Night Live and two other Fox sketch shows, In Living
Color and The Edge. Proof that at least someone with a sense of humor
was watching, even though Fox kept juggling time slots, and for a while had it running
opposite 60 Minutes. Opps. Two years later, Comedy Central picked up TBSS
in syndication and even ran a "lost" thirteenth episode.
Since then, all the principle performers -- Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk,
and Stiller, himself -- have gone on to bigger and better things.
TBSS brought together a brilliant cast, inspired writers, and previously unseen production
values to sketch comedy. Years after its cancellation, people are finally beginning
to "get it." In March 1999 at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the
Show and its performers were honored with a reunion event.
The next month, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences paid tribute to the show
for its contributions. During the summer of 1999, the Museum of Television and Radio
showcased the series in both New York and Los Angeles. And after being out of syndication
for five years, on August 1, 1999 Fox's second-run Fx cable network held a marathon of the
Show so that a (few) more folks
could finally see what some of us had known for years: The Ben Stiller Show was darned
funny stuff.
Please see the News
section for more past and current
news.
The first question everyone asks is "How do I get copies of the Stiller Show?"
The Videos section lists information on video traders/sellers
who have episodes on tape.
Check out the Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) section for
more trivia on TBSS.
One ultimate Stiller fan, Jenelle Riley, wrote her graduate thesis on the Show in
1993 and has been kind enough to share it. You can read the public version in the
Thesis section, and portions have been extracted in other parts
of the site. Thanks a million, Jen - I owe you!
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page updated 06/01/07
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