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Understanding 9/11MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, August 1, 1981)
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Note: Tape is edited. Many ad breaks are gone, one video has ""ORIGINAL SEGMENT MISSING"" overlaid, and we come out of a video and Mark names a different video. All spots for The Movie Channel seem to have the same video roll issue.
Also, report segments seem to be missing their voiceovers
shotlist:
0:00:00 colorbars
0:00:04 Bump: Apollo launch moon landing (long logo jingle)
0:01:12 Video: Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles (video noise in first few seconds)
0:04:43 Bump: ""In the beginning there was music""
0:05:43 Video: You Better Run - Pat Benatar
0:08:46 VJ intros: Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, JJ Jackson, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman
0:10:15 Ad: The Bulk 3-ring binder
0:10:44 Ad: Superman II movie Now Playing Everywhere
0:11:14 Ad: Dolby Noise Reduction (video dropouts)
0:11:45 VJ spot with Mark
0:12:00 Video: She Won't Dance With Me - Rod Stewart
0:14:20 Bump: Vast Wasteland
0:14:30 Video: You Better You Bet - The Who
0:18:15 VJ spot with Mark; Announcing the ""MTV Dial Position Sticker""
0:19:03 Ad: Mountain Dew: Give Me A Dew! (innertubes) (video dropouts)
0:19:32 Ad: Interfaith Hunger Appeal
0:20:02 Bump: REO in Concert! Sat, Aug 8
0:20:14 Video: Little Susie's On The Up - PH.D.
0:23:19 Video: We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard
0:27:18 Video: Brass in Pocket - Pretenders
0:30:15 Bump: Flag on Moon with Mark voiceover
0:30:25 Video: Time Heals - Todd Rundgren
0:33:47 Video: Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon (interrupted by some error?)
0:33:59 black screen with tone (tape stops?)
0:34:15 VJ Spot: Mark with ""Dial Sticker"" (cut?)
0:34:55 Ad: Chewels gum
0:35:37 Video: Rockin' Paradise - Styx
0:40:18 Ad: Andron fragrances
0:40:48 Ad: Atari 2600
0:41:18 Video: When Things Go Wrong - Robin Lane & The Chartbusters (video dropout)
0:44:33 Bump: Apollo rocket interspersed with music video shots
0:44:43 VJ: Mark introduces report segment on The Ramones homecoming
0:45:16 Report: The Ramones homecoming
0:46:10 VJ: Mark ""call your cable company"" to ask for MTV
0:46:35 Ad: The Movie Channel (video rolling, dropout)
0:47:05 Bump: Don't Watch That, Watch This
0:47:35 Video: History Never Repeats - Split Enz
0:50:28 Video: Hold On Loosely - 38 Special
0:55:04 Bump: Apollo launch moon landing - Mark voiceover
0:55:40 Video: Just Between You & Me - April Wine
0:59:32 Video: Sailing - Rod Stewart
1:03:55 VJ: Mark: Stevie Nicks involved in heavy metal?
1:04:16 Ad: Dolby Nouse Reduction (video dopout)
1:04:52 VJ: Mark: introduces ""Inside Line"" edition 1: Heavy Metal film soundtrack; Elvis Costello goes country?; On Tour;
1:06:40 Video: Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1:10:36 Ad: The Movie Channel (video rolls)
1:11:06 Bump: REO in Concert!
1:11:16 Video: Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
1:14:33 VJ: Mark teases trip contest
1:14:46 Ad: Nickelodeon - Follow the Silver Ball
1:15:17 Bump: ""Before MTV""
1:15:58 Video: Bluer Than Blue - Michael Johnson (no title overlays)
1:18:47 Video: Message of Love - Pretenders (audio blown out)
1:22:08 Video: Mr. Briefcase - Lee Ritenour (video dropouts)
1:25:35 Bump: Flag on moon - Mark voiceover
1:25:45 Video: Double Life - The Cars
1:29:39 Video: In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
1:34:18 VJ: Mark teases how record collecting could be worth more than baseball cards
1:34:31 Bump: ""if you're not listening in stereo, you're only getting half the picture""
1:35:00 VJ: Mark introduces report on rock memorabilia collecting
1:35:21 Report: Rock memorabilia collecting (montage of clips to What A Wonderful World by Sam Cooke. Any voiceover is not present.)
1:36:23 VJ: Mark talks about upcoming tour dates
1:36:51 Video: Looking For Clues - Robert Palmer
1:40:28 Bump: Vast Wasteland
1:40:47 Video: Tool Late - Shoes
1:43:26 VJ: Mark says call your cable company
1:43:45 Video: Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks
1:47:42 black screen with audio from Da Ya Think I'm Sexy by Rod Stewart
1:48:06 Video: Surface Tension - Rupert Hine (Has overlay note ""ORIGINAL SEGMENT MISSING"" and says this video was taken from a rebroadcast)
1:51:38 Video: One Step Ahead - Split Enz
1:54:24 Video: Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
1:58:49 VJ: Mark: teases ""bugging of John Lennon's control room""
1:59:02 Bump: ""Music as it was meant to be seen""
1:59:32 VJ: Mark: ""Inside Line"" segment on bugging of Lennon's control room; Discusses Talking Heads solo acts; Mentions Journey tour
2:01:21 Bump: Space launch faring jettison, ""somthing new for planet Earth""
2:01:36 cut into Video: I'm Gonna Follow You - Pat Benatar (no title overlays)
2:05:41 Bump: ""Something new for planet Earth""
2:05:52 Video: Savannah Nights - Tom Johnston
2:09:35 VJ: Mark: teases REO in Concert event
2:10:01 Ad: The Movie Channel (video rolls)
2:10:30 Ad: The Leukemia Society of America with cast of MASH ""Only a matter of time""
2:11:00 Bump: ""In the beginning""
2:12:00 Video: Lucille - Rockestra (unusual title overlay at start)
2:14:59 Video: The Best Of Times - Styx
2:19:12 Bump: Spaceman and flag - Mark voiceover
2:19:25 audio left over from edit?
2:19:33 Video: Vengeance - Carly Simon
2:23:41 Video: Wrathchild - Iron Maiden
2:26:36 VJ: Mark: teases story about the people who do ""one of the toughest jobs in rock and roll""
2:26:47 Ad: Dolby Noise Reduction (with video dropout again)
2:27:17 VJ: Mark: introduces report about ""The Life of a Roadie"" by Joanne Green (sp?)
2:27:42 Report: The Life of a Roadie by Joanne Green (sp?) (tape playback issues. no voices, only music.)
2:28:43 VJ: Mark: French dentist invents musical toothbrush
2:29:13 Video: I Wanna Be A Lifeguard - Blotto
2:32:58 Bump: ""giant step into the future""
2:33:09 Video: Passion - Rod Stewart
2:38:38 VJ: Mark: ""the latest music form created by artists - video music"" here on MTV
2:38:52 Video: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
2:41:53 Video: Don't Let Him Go - REO Speedwagon (no title. audio is quiet.)
2:45:52 Video: Remote Control - The Silencers (no title. quiet audio.)
2:49:46 Bump: Apollo launch moon landing with Mark voiceover ""rocketing into our fourth hour""
2:50:22 Video: Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton (video dropouts and jitter)
2:54:12 Video: Little Sister - Rock Pile
2:57:56 VJ: Mark: teases spot ""should this album be rated PG or X - the unknown?""
2:58:12 Bump: ""don't watch that! Watch this!""
2:58:42 VJ: Mark: ""Inside line"" segment on push for ratings on records; The Clash appearing in Martin Scrosese's ""King of Comedy""; Island Records producing documentary about Bob Marley; concert tour news; Maryland man Larry McCurdy invents ""Stereo Eyephones"" (like earphones)
3:00:43 Video: Hold On To The Night - Bootcamp
3:03:57 Video: Dreaming - Cliff Richard
3:07:38 Bump: ""Celebrate the arrival of MTV""
3:07:50 Video: Is It You - Lee Ritenour
3:11:36 VJ: Mark: Get our MTV poster before everyone else!
3:12:07 Ad: Nancy Reagan on the Foster Grandparent program (video dropout at start)
3:13:06 Video: Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
3:16:20 Bump: REO Speedwagon in Concert
3:16:38 Video: He Can't Love You - Michael Stanley
3:20:08 Bump: Flag logo with Mark voiceover
3:20:19 Video: Tough Guys - REO Speedwagon
3:23:59 Video: Rapture - Blondie
3:28:48 VJ: Mark
3:29:04 Bump: ""Before MTV, people had to work hard to entertain themselves""
3:29:35 VJ: Mark: introduces report by Alex Bennet about Gary U.S. Bonds at the Hollywood Bowl
3:29:47 Report: Gary U.S. Bonds at the Hollywood Bowl (can't hear voiceover over the music)
3:30:44 VJ: Mark: concert info
3:31:10 Video: Don't Let Go The Coat - The Who
3:34:37 Bump: ""vast wasteland""
3:34:48 Video: Ain't Love A Bitch - Rod Stewart
3:39:09 VJ: Mark
3:39:19 Video: Talk Of The Town - Pretenders
3:42:32 Video: Can't Happen Here - Rainbow
3:46:35 Video: Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold
3:51:14 Bump: Apollo launch moon landing - Mark voiceover about the next hour.
3:51:51 END
- Addeddate
- 2020-05-06 05:17:22
- Color
- color
- Commercials
- Yes, some possibly cut
- Identifier
- 1981.08.01_MTV_First_Four_Hours_12am_Saturday_August_1st_1981
- Quality
- VHS
- Scanner
- Internet Archive Python library 1.9.0
- Sound
- sound
- Vj
- Mark Goodman
- Year
- 1981
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Reviewer:
BobSebring
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January 14, 2025
Subject: Thank you
Subject: Thank you
Thank you for preserving this historic tv event. I remember this when it happened. Really amazing! Too bad it all went down hill only to crash and burn into oblivion. Those sure were the days
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
Reviewer:
Bellymeat
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February 26, 2022
Subject: Just W T F ??
Subject: Just W T F ??
When did MTV start playing music videos ? Huh?
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RTPsavior
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April 18, 2021
Subject: Windsinger I need your help for the sake of television preservation and teaching new generations the past
Subject: Windsinger I need your help for the sake of television preservation and teaching new generations the past
Hello Windsinger from Internet Archive. I read a comment from Awesomeguy1997 from May 9th, 2020 from your MTV: The First Four Hours video in which he asked you to upload your whole MTV collection which apparently went missing. To which you replied that it was taken down by Viacom. I am building a YouTube channel, https://youtube.com/channel/UCq-toBgqSYReq4nRMfl7CDA, to bring attention to the shows, specials, and programming of television's past that are imprisoned in their channels' archives and to teach new generations about these shows. I could greatly use your MTV collection. Can you personally send me those videos or can you upload them on YouTube or Vimeo so I can download them and then you can remove them? I need your MTV videos. They are historical and educational and they are important. My cause is important. Please. If you want to get in contact with me, I can give you an email address in which we can talk.
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KCJorj
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May 18, 2020
Subject: Historical!
Subject: Historical!
That was fun viewing of the birth of MTV. Thank you.
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Tofico
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May 12, 2020
Subject: Great document!
Subject: Great document!
Thanks a lot for this awesome document
Reviewer:
Awesomeguy1997
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May 9, 2020
Subject: MTV Collection disappeared
Subject: MTV Collection disappeared
Hi Windsinger, can you re-upload your whole MTV collection. It disappeared all of a sudden. Thanks! :)
Reviewer:
Dmbolender
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May 9, 2020
Subject: Incredible
Subject: Incredible
I just regressed to 10 years old, and I'm not coming back.
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