Liquid Television

★ 7.4•1991•3 Seasons•ANIME

Animation

Liquid Television is an Emmy Award–winning 1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. It has served as the launching point for several high-profile original cartoons, including Beavis and Butt-head and Æon Flux. The bulk of Liquid Television's material was created by independent animators and artists specially for the show, and some previously produced segments were compiled from festivals such as Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the show's theme music. There were also a large number of animation pieces adapted from the work of Art Spiegelman's comic compilation, RAW. RAW featured underground cartoonists such as Mark Beyer, Richard Sala, and Peter Bagge. In particular, Dog-Boy by Charles Burns was based on the artist's series from RAW.

Episodes

Season:

1. Episode 1

30m

Segments: Opening sequence featuring Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", Soap Opera: A Steamy Scene, Buzz Box, Grinning Evil Death, Æon Flux, Invisible Hands, Lea Press on Limbs, Stick Figure Theatre: John Wayne in Angel and the Bad Man, Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars: Sinead O'Connor, The Art School Girls of Doom: Drummer, Psycho-Gram: Serum.

Aired: 6/2/1991

2. Episode 2

30m

Segments: John Denver's PSA, Winter Steele: Eat Crow, Invisible Hands, Stick Figure Theatre: Mister Alfred Hitchcock, Rocky, Footwork: Dog Flirting, Dog Brain, Dangerous Puppets. Cut-Up Camera: Aerobics Instructor, Excerpt from Joy Street, Weird, Æon Flux, Psycho-Gram: Hostage.