MTV launched on August 1, 1981. Ahhhh….. I remember those days waiting for my favorite videos to be on. Before reality TV – when it was just videos and the VJs. I LOVED IT!
I was fortunate enough to work on the MTV/VH1 account earlier in my career when I was at Chiat/Day. The first time I got to go to their offices, I was blown away. All the people there were so cool and working with them was a blast. Outstanding memories? Being on the chase crew for the MTV hot air balloon which was a giant MTV logo with the basket suspended from it. We launched in New Jersey and then chased it in a box truck to Brooklyn where as a member of the chase crew, I got to help push the air out of the balloon and fold it up. It was QUITE a day – and somewhere I have the picture of me helping push the air out of the balloon that ended up in the NY Times with a headline about the balloon crashing!
I also got to go to the MTV awards both at Radio City in NYC and in LA. It was so much fun to be able to play with the cool kids!
And now as a real throw back – the video from MTV’s debut:
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