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''Short Attention Span Theater'' (often abbreviated to ''SAST'') was an American clip show in which the hosts presented short segments of stand-up comedy acts and scenes from films airing on HBO and Cinemax. It aired from 1989 until 1994. ''SAST'' premiered on the Comedy Channel in November 1989; it was one of the channel's initial programs. Because the Comedy Channel, HBO, and Cinemax were all owned by Home Box Office, Inc., the show was used to promote the parent corporation's programming. In April 1991, the Comedy Channel merged with Ha!, Viacom's competing comedy channel, to form CTV: The Comedy Network; two months later, CTV rebranded as Comedy Central. The network continued to order new episodes of ''SAST'' after this transition, but with some modifications. ''SAST'' had no presenter during its first few weeks. In 1990, the Comedy Channel reformatted the show and hired Jon Stewart and Patty Rosborough to present it—which they did until 1993. Mark S. Allen replaced them for two seasons. After that, the format was altered slightly. The show now took place in "the basement of Comedy Central", it was shortened to a half hour and centered on one topic, and Marc Maron was hired as host. Among the show's various guest hosts were Janet Decker, Joe Bolster, Laura Kightlinger, Sue Murphy, and brothers Brian Regan and Dennis Regan. In between clips, the hosts' banter often covered events in entertainment news. ''SAST'' was the first television venue for Marc Weiner's "head puppet" comedy sketches. The puppets' heads are the size of a human's, but the bodies are disproportionately small. In 2002, several years after ''SASTs conclusion, Comedy Central broadcast a similar series called ''Comic Remix''. The show had a comparable format, and re-used many of the clips previously featured on ''SAST''. In 2005, two shorts from ''SAST'' were animated for inclusion as bonus material for the DVD-Video release of the first season of ''Dr. Katz Professional Therapist''. ==External links== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Short Attention Span Theater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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