The Box

The Box may refer to:

In television:

  • The Box (UK and Ireland), a music video television formerly known as Video Jukebox Network, originally from Miami, but now only available in the UK and Ireland
    • The Box (U.S.), a defunct U.S. music video channel
    • The Box Comedy, a Dutch comedy channel that was originally part of the same family as the British channel
  • The Box (New Zealand), a television channel in New Zealand
  • The Box (TV series), a 1970s Australian soap opera, which was also made into a feature film in 1975
  • "The Box" (Rugrats episode), a 1993 episode of Rugrats
  • "The Box" (Fringe), an episode of the television series Fringe
  • The box, British slang for a television set

In film:

  • The Box (1967 Oscar-winning short animation) by Fred Wolf
  • The Box (2003 film), starring James Russo
  • The Box (2007 film), starring Gabrielle Union
  • The Box (2009 film), starring Cameron Diaz

In music:

  • The Box (band), a 1980s Canadian New Wave group
  • "The Box" (song), a single by King Missile
  • "The Box", a song from Johnny Flynn's 2008 album, A Larum
  • "The Box", the opening track from Annihilator's 1994 studio album King of the Kill
  • "The Box" (Randy Travis song), a single from Randy Travis' 1995 album This Is Me
  • "The Box" (Orbital song), a single by Orbital
  • The Box, a custom-built steel guitar played by Paul Franklin

In night entertainment:

  • The Box Manhattan, an x-rated club in Manhattan, New York City
  • The Box Soho, an x-rated club in Soho, London, and sister club to the Manhattan club

Other uses:

  • BBC Box, a shipping container being tracked by the BBC for a year
  • The Box (book), by Marc Levinson
  • The Box (Grass book), by Günter Grass
  • The Box (radio program), a weekly talk-radio program
  • The Box (torture), a method of solitary confinement
  • Police interrogation room

The Box may also be:

  • "Thinking outside the box", an expression meaning "thinking unconventionally"
  • The penalty box in ice hockey
  • A nickname for Area 51

Famous quotes containing the word box:

    Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
    Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)