Liquid TelevisionLiquid 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.
CreatorJaphet Asher
Episode 1
Jun 2, 1991
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.
Episode 2
Jun 2, 1991
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.
Episode 3
Jun 9, 1991
Segments: Opening sequence featuring Faith No More's "Epic", Soap Opera: Diandra Wastes Away, Buzz Box, Snookles, Stick Figure Theatre: Edmund O'Brien in D.O.A., Cut-Up Camera: Roller Coaster, Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Invisible Hands, Prophet and Loss, Black Hula, The Art School Girls of Doom: Beach, Beach Chair, Æon Flux, Psycho-Gram: Operative X.
Episode 4
Jun 16, 1991
Segments: Dental Health, Winter Steele: Ball of Communion, Jac Mac and Rad Boy: Go!, Footworks: Scoring, Dangerous Puppets, The Thing What Lurked in the Tub, Invisible Hands, Monk's Purpose, Stick Figure Theater: Madonna in Express Yourself, Æon Flux, Psycho-Gram: Music Industry.
Episode 5
Jun 23, 1991
Segments: Opening sequence featuring The B-52's "Love Shack", Soap Opera: Caught in the Act, Push Comes to Shove, Cut-Up Camera: Pizza Delivery, Face Like a Frog (featuring Mystic Knights: Don't Go in the Basement), Invisible Hands, Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars: George Michael, Stick Figure Theatre: José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac, The Art School Girls of Doom: The Bra, They Might Be Giants: Istanbul (Not Constantinople), Æon Flux, Psycho-Gram: Suburban Housewife.
Episode 6
Jun 30, 1991
Segments: Chalk test bars and tone, Winter Steele: Stupid Hippies, Cut-Up Camera: Elevator, Invisible Hands, Stick Figure Theatre: Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life, Æon Flux (entire first season), Psycho-Gram: Time Travel.
