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Liquid Television was an early-1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. The first season of Liquid Television originally aired on BBC Two. Six months after it debuted on BBC Two, MTV picked up the show, and began producing it. It has served as the launching point for several high-profile original cartoons including: Beavis and Butt-head, Æon Flux, Cartoon Sushi, Daria, and The Head. The bulk of Liquid Television's material was compiled from festivals such as Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the show's theme music.

There was also a large amount 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.

Selected segments from the series, including the first appearances of Æon Flux, were released on VHS in the late 1990s as The Best of Liquid Television. This tape is long out-of-print and has yet to be released on DVD. However, a collection volume, Wet Shorts (The Best of Liquid Television), is available on DVD.

Contents

Series episodes

Season 1 (1991-1992)

First Episode

  1. Open: Robert Palmer "Addicted to Love"
  2. Soap Opera "A Showery Scene"
  3. Buzz Box
  4. Grinning Evil Death
  5. Aeon Flux
  6. Invisible Hands
  7. Lea Press on Limbs
  8. Stick Figure Theatre "Angel and the Bad Man"
  9. Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars "Sinead O'Connor"
  10. The Art School Girls of Doom
  11. Psycho-Gram (serialized throughout episode)

Second Episode

  2. Winter Steele "Eat Crow"
  3. Invisible Hands
  4. Stick Figure Theatre "presents Mister Alfred Hitchcock"
  5. Rocky (a short film by Malcolm Bennett)
  6. Footwork "Dog Flirting"
  7. Dog Brain (by J. Falconer)
  8. Dangerous Puppets
  9. Cut-Up Camera
  10. Excerpt from Joy Street
  11. Weird (by Derek Philips)
  12. Aeon Flux
  13. Psycho-Gram (serialized throughout episode)
  14. butt head

Third Episode

  1. Open: Faith No More "Epic"
  2. Soap Opera "Diandra Washes Away"
  3. Buzz Box (a short film by David Daniels)
  4. Snookles (by Juliet Stroud)
  5. Stick Figure Theatre "Edmund O'Brien in D.O.A."
  6. Cut-Up Camera
  7. Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars "Sylvester Stallone"
  8. Invisible Hands
  9. Prophet & Loss (by Jonathan Bairstow)
  10. Black Hula
  11. The Art School Girls of Doom
  12. Beach Chair
  13. Aeon Flux
  14. Psycho-Gram (serialized throughout episode)

Fourth Episode

  1. Open: Dental Health
  2. Winter Steele "Ball of Communion"
  3. Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go
  4. Footwork "Scoring"
  5. Dangerous Puppets
  6. The Thing That Lurked in the Tub
  7. Invisible Hands
  8. Monk's Purpose
  9. Stick Figure Theater "Madonna's Express Yourself"
  10. Aeon Flux
  11. Psycho-Gram (serialized throughout episode)

Fifth Episode

  1. Open: B-52's "Love Shack"
  2. Soap Opera "Caught in the Act"
  3. Enemies (by Bill Plympton) (serialized throughout episode)
  4. Push Comes to Shove
  5. Cut-Up Camera
  6. Face Like a Frog "Don't Go in the Basement"
  7. Invisible Hands
  8. Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars "George Michael"
  9. Stick Figure Theatre "Jos� Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac"
  10. The Art School Girls of Doom
  11. They Might Be Giants "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
  12. Aeon Flux
  13. Psycho-Gram (serialized throughout episode)

Sixth Episode

  1. Open: Chalk test bars and tone
  2. Winter Steele "Stupid Hippies"
  3. Cut-Up Camera
  4. Invisible Hands
  5. Stick Figure Theatre "It's a Wonderful Life"
  6. Aeon Flux (entire first season)
  7. Psycho-Gram (serialized throughout episode)

Season 2 (1992-1993)

First Episode

  1. Open: Uncle Louie's Travels (also serialized throughout episode)
  2. Aeon Flux "Gravity"
  3. The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo
  4. Beavis and Butt-head "Frog Baseball"
  5. The Specialists
  6. Winter Steele "Soft Heart, Hard Alcohol"
  7. Stick Figure Theatre "Night of the Living Dead"
  8. Dog-Boy

Second Episode

  1. Open: The Safety Twins
  2. Bobby and Billy "Let's Go to the Party!"
  3. Wishful Thinking (by Candy Guard)
  4. Dog-Boy
  5. The Specialists
  6. Office Space (the animated short by Mike Judge)
  7. The Listener (by Chris Landreth)
  8. Was Not Was "Hello Dad, I'm in Jail"
  9. Glove Story (by Miles Flanagan, Mole Hill, Mark Slater)
  10. Aeon Flux "Night" (Renamed "Mirror" on the Aeon Flux DVD collection)

Third Episode

  1. Open: Concert (excerpt from a short film by Ondrej Rudavsky)
  2. Joe Normal (serialized throughout episode)
  3. Was Not Was "What Up, Dog?"
  4. Speedbump the Roadkill Possum "Slipp'ry When Wet"
  5. Doktor Z�m "Cafe LeBad"
  6. The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo
  7. Meggamorphosis (by Sean Schur, featuring the voices of Tim Curry and Annie Potts)
  8. Stick Figure Theatre "Henry V"
  9. The Specialists
  10. Bobby and Billy "Winter Fun"
  11. Killing of an Egg (by Paul Driessen)
  12. Dog-Boy

Fourth Episode

  1. Open: Stick Figure Theatre "Jimi Hendrix performing the Star Spangled Banner"
  2. Doktor Z�m "Typical Records"
  3. Elvis Meets the Spider People From Hell
  4. Winter Steele "All Men Suck (Except Crow)"
  5. Dog-Boy
  6. Getting to Know Each Other
  7. Was Not Was "Earth to Doris"
  8. The Honkey Problem (animated short film by Mike Judge)
  9. Bobby and Billy "Camping Out"
  10. Bob the Frog in "Burp"
  11. A Day At the Beach (Feggorama)
  12. The Specialists

Fifth Episode

  1. Open: An excerpt of The Running Man
  2. The Specialists
  3. Stick Figure Theatre "Sergei Eisenstein's silent classic The Battleship Potemkin"
  4. Flugbild (a short film by Thomas Meyer-Hermann)
  5. Ladies
  6. Dog-Boy
  7. The Running Man (anime short by Yoshiaki Kawajiri)

Sixth Episode

  1. Open: 12 Dangers of Skydiving (also serialized throughout episode)
  2. Bobby and Billy "Soap Box Derby"
  3. Speedbump the Roadkill Possum "Batt'ry-fied"
  4. Dog-Boy
  5. Doktor Z�m "Atom Bomb Factory"
  6. Stick Figure Theatre "The Crash of the Hindenberg"
  7. Let's Chop Soo-e
  8. Winter Steele "Rhinestones and Concussions"
  9. The Specialists

Seventh Episode

  1. Open: Door #8
  2. The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo
  3. This is Not Frank's Planet
  4. Aeon Flux "Leisure"
  5. Dog-Boy
  6. In the Aquarium (excerpt)
  7. Stick Figure Theatre "The Terror"
  8. The Specialists
  9. Koko's Earth Control

Eighth Episode

  1. Open: biker/rebel film
  2. Smoking Section (Feggo)
  3. The End
  4. Heads
  5. Winter Steele "F.T.W."
  6. The Specialists
  7. Pickpocket (Feggo)
  8. The Street Sweeper
  9. Speedbump the Roadkill Possum "Buck-a-Roost"
  10. The Hitchhiker
  11. Beware of Dog (Feggo)
  12. Dog-Boy

Ninth Episode

  1. Open: Truck Turner
  2. The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo
  3. Conversations (serialized throughout episode)
  4. Dog-Boy
  5. The Specialists
  6. Beavis and Butt-head "Peace, Love, and Understanding"
  7. Bobby and Billy "Earning Money"
  8. Aeon Flux "Tide"

Tenth Episode

  1. Open: Amore Baciami
  2. The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo
  3. Aeon Flux "War"
  4. The Specialists
  5. Dog-Boy
  6. Stick Figure Theatre "Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage"
  7. Winter Steele "Desperate Beauty"
  8. Amore Baciami

Season 3 (1993-1994)

First Episode

  1. Open: Stick Figure Theatre "The Naked Edge part one"
  2. The Blockheads "Mall"
  3. Crazy Daisy Ed "To Officer with Love"
  4. Gas Planet
  5. Smart Talk with Raisin
  6. The Dangwoods "Nightmare in Trailer City"

Second Episode

  1. Open: The Day of the Dead Guy
  2. Uncle Louie "Party"
  3. Anyway (serialized throughout episode)
  4. Technological Threat
  5. Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective
  6. Stick Figure Theatre "The Naked Edge part two"
  7. One Less Ant
  8. The Bill and Willis Show

Third Episode

  1. Open: Strangers in Paradise
  2. Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective
  3. Nightwatchman
  4. Nietzsche Pops
  5. Beat Dedication
  6. Dr. X vs. Mr. Y
  7. Stick Figure Theatre "The Naked Edge part three"
  8. Crazy Daisy Ed "Fast, Loud, Dumb, and Proud"
  9. Sound Asleep

Fourth Episode

  1. Open: Uncle Louie "Blind Date"
  2. Genie Junkie
  3. Stick Figure Theatre "The Naked Edge part four"
  4. Cat and Mouse
  5. The Blockheads "TV"
  6. The Chore
  7. Human Bomb

Fifth Episode

  1. Open: Krazy Teens USA
  2. Rico Klein
  3. Honey Bunny (serialized throughout episode)
  4. Stick Figure Theatre "The Naked Edge part five"
  5. Crazy Daisy Ed "Let's Go to the Stinkin' Movies"
  6. Balloon Guy
  7. Sweat
  8. Green Beret

Sixth Episode

  1. Open: Medallion Love
  2. Crazy Daisy Ed "Hill Bomb Skate Sniper"
  3. Swine Cowboy
  4. Stick Figure Theatre "The Naked Edge part six"
  5. Autoguard 2000
  6. The Big City
  7. Beat
  8. Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective
  9. The Invisible Man in "Blind Love"

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