MMTV

MTV
1981-present

MMTV
Maniac #2, c. 1984
w:Jovial Bob Stine
a: Sam Viviano

At one time there were three network channels and maybe a couple local channels and a UHF channel, HBO or Showtime if your family was rich, then in the early 80s all these basic cable channels started showing up, mostly specializing in one subject. MTV, which stood for Music Television, was one of the first, when it started it only showed music videos 24 hours a day, premiering August 1,1981 at midnight. I don't think they even show music videos anymore

When it started, there were five V.J.s, or video jockeys, that hosted visual versions of cuts from albums. They were J. J. Jackson, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, and Alan Hunter.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN MTV FREAK WHEN...
Cracked #210, March 1985
a: Bill Powers (John Severin)

A MAD PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES AT A MUSIC VIDEO
MAD #267, December 1986
w: Mike Snider
a: Jack Davis

THE WORST MTV CONTESTS OF ALL TIME
MAD #348, August 1996
w: Desmond Devlin
a: Rick Tulka

There are three guys in ZZ Top, one without a beard. I feel bad for him because his name is Frank Beard. Boy George was jailed for molesting a male model though that was years after this piece.

Nobody knows who George Michael's partner was. Do you? Ozzy Osbourne was said to have bitten off the head of a plastic bat at a concert, and the rumor grew to the point where eating live animals was a regular part of his act. Milli Vanilli was exposed for not being the actual singers. Tupac was convicted of sexual assault. Sinead O'Connor was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and sucker-punched the producer by bringing out a picture of the Pope and ripping it in half at the end of her act on live television. Lisa Lopes of TLC burned down the house of her boyfriend.