Pirate TV

This article is about the MTV television programme. For the concept in broadcasting, see Pirate television.

For the Free Speech TV television program, see Pirate Television (television program).

For the 2012 film, see Pirate TV (film).

Pirate TV
Genre	Sketch comedy
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	44 mins.
Production company(s)	MTV Networks
Release
Original network	MTV
Original release	August 8, 1990 (1990-08-08)

Pirate TV is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV. The series premiered January 26, 1990.

Overview

Set on a boat that beamed illegal television signals, Pirate TV consisted of skits and parodies of commercials and television programs, including Rastapiece Theater, a takeoff of Masterpiece Theatre with a dreadlocked, patois-speaking host, and "Reejok" (jockstraps with inflatable pouches, à la Reebok's "Pump" sneaker, popular at the time). It was co-created by Dave Kolin and Steve Kerper.

Originally airing as 13 one-hour episodes, they were later edited down to a half hour. Many of the concepts of the show, and indeed Rastapiece Theater itself, later transferred to Kerper and Kolin's HBO series Hardcore TV (1992-1993)

The crew of the boat were played by Richard Goteri ("Tony"), Boyd Hale (himself), James Rosenthal (himself), Gena Rositano (herself), Spruce Henry (himself) and Gregory Wolfe & James Wolfe as "the Wolfe Brothers."

Some episodes had a special guests such as Sgt. Slaughter, Maury Povich and Clarence Clemons. Most notably was Tim Blake Nelson as "Scab O'Hooley". He would race his pet rats to answer the great questions that plagued the world, so you could "...Quit yer blatherin' and get on with yer miserable lives. This is Scab O'Hooley sayin, I'm not laughin atcha...I'm not laughin!"

External links

Pirate TV at the Internet Movie Database

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