I worked on the show REMOTE CONTROL. We filmed it at a studio on 9th Ave. I believe those VJ's were gone by that time.
The problem with MTV was that it was run by 20 somethings. They were given million dollar budgets and did, what 20 year olds do. The programming was childish and sexist. I was sexually harrassed by a guy named Joe Davola. He was the Producer of Remote Conrol, and I believe it was the first show he ever produced. I won't go into what he did to me (nothing physical), but lots psychological. I finally confronted him as I had advised others to do. He did back down, but I wasn't asked back for the second season, although the rest of my team was. THAT'S SEXUAL HARRASSMENT.
If you find the name JOE DAVOLA familiar sounding, it's because there was a running joke in the Seinfeld show about CRAZY JOE DAVOLA stalking Jerry. I guess others found him creepy as well!
interesting.....you probably knew Kari and Colin
there was another dark haired girl even before Kari I think(?)
anyhow....yep....the Golden Years were the first 3 or 4....it was fun then....very by the seat of the pants appearing.
that is one pop culture thing I was dead wrong about....I remember when Blondie and Talking Heads were markketing videos made to songs that you could buy in the late 70s and I thought "no way"
man...was I wrong eh?
There's a recently released song called "1985" (I think), about a middle-age mom who's stuck in 1985 culture, with lyrics like "music still on MTV." In essence, MTV is a parody of itself at this point; folks are even singing about it.