No, Samantha The Media Whore would talk and talk and talk over the entire introduction to songs, while you head it faintly in the background. Some songs, like Hall & Oates' "Maneater", have an AMAZING intro, and she TALKED RIGHT OVER IT.
Did you see the Rick Mercer Report last week? It was a rerun, yet he gave a brief mention of the "late 80's hipstress" Samantha Taylor. If you don't believe she's dead, JUST CHECK WITH THE CBC.
not only did this show introduce a lot of people to these songs without having cable tv, but it also introduced a lot of songs that other stations didn't touch...now, does anyone remember a band called The Works?...they had a song called Dancing on a Wing...post it if you do...
Her real name was "Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw", not "Jadwiga" as the uploader is saying. So if he got her real name wrong, the "tragic house fire" story is probably wrong as well.
Oh man, coming home and turning this on hoping against hope that Sam would play a U2 video from The Joshua Tree or settling for Duran Duran...*sigh* those were the days.
@sb2hot there were two hosts after her - Samantha Taylor hosted the program from its inception, then Bryan Elliott hosted from 1989 to 1991, and Dan Gallagher hosted from 1991 to 1993 - Dan moved onto Much Music after that
@lcole1926 I read your name as Icicle--so sorry. It was an honest mistake. Jadwiga did die in a tragic house fire, and CBC even have a plaque dedicated to her in their downtown studio.
@MuscleJacker can you please post the link to ANYTHING that says she's dead. Because I can't find any mention of it anywhere except HERE from your comment. Because if this was true I'm sure there would be an article somewhere and I would be interested in reading it. Thank you.
such a different time . . . I remember this being one of the ONLY ways I could watch videos when I was 7 or 8 . . . . now you can see any video for almost any song you want at any time - which is good and bad
Let me clarify, Samantha is alive and well, and she is a successful real estate agent in the Greater Toronto area in Canada, she has two daughters, both of them are gorgeous models.
@landrykkb I grew up, here, in the Detroit Area, w/ no cable, lol. Had to tune into CBET-9, in Windsor, to get my video fix! The picture wasn't always crystal clear, but it was better than nothing! :)
ha ha...i thought you meant jane siberry who is now known as issa. but yes, issa was the third member. they did not do those songs but looked great in their floor length chiffon and later, sequined blouses and flaired pants...
It wasn't her fault. It was the producer Sandra Faire's dippy cardboard script. Jade would often tell me that she felt stilted reading from such amateur copy. Jade was certain Sandra wrote it on the drive to the studio.
I always hated these "suddenly, interrupted" openings. The worst were when "Samantha" would be caught on camera mid-sip from a mug. She twice mispronounced artists' names on air, *specifically* when she was giving the audience a pronunciation lesson. Cases in point: about the (then trio) Bros, she said that they pronounced their name "broze" and about Polish singer Basia, she said her name was pronounced "bassy-ah". Thank God she didn't try Basia's surname.
"Samantha" Taylor loved to introduce the final video of the day, then play only two seconds of it before the show went off the air. I was late for work waiting for 'til tuesday's "Love in a Vacuum", which I saw all 3 seconds of. Thanks "Sam".
they ran out of ghetto blasters one week and ended up sending me a complete stereo system. high quality! and, i just saw a "simply red" picture disc this weekend at a flea market for "holding back the years"...gotta love picture discs...i think i have to go back and get it...
There was even a companion "Video Hits" book, about only fifty pages long with screen saves from all the best videos of the mid-eighties. Two downsides of this pamphlet-disguised-as-a-book were the gaps of empty space left on every page reserved for your "notes", plus a horrific photo inside of "Samantha" (not her real name) herself, with mascara a la Divine in "Pink Flamingos". Quite a freakish woman ("Samantha") if you ask me.
it's not her real name? really? and the pic did not do her justice? no way? i met her a few times and she was very glam!!! tastefully dressed and very personable...i think the fall of 1985 was the worst for videos and music in general...i.e: arcadia, dream academy, sly fox, the outfield, and that garbage by starship. but, i think video hits felt that had to play it...
Try again. I went to high school with her and I have five yearbooks with her mug in it. In every one she is Jadwiga Zakrzewski however in three of these yearbooks she signed her name as Jade Zakrzewski. She appears in the gymnastics club photo and the girls' track team as Jade Zakrzewski however.
the 1/2 hr. editions for one specific act annoyed me...1/2 hr. of duran duran with the same vid played at the opening and close...annoying...but same still rocked!
Oh.....MY..........GOD!!!! I used to watch this show ALL THE TIME!!! Man I miss it!!! Yes and Derekmimi I agree, it is amazing how many of those artists appearing on the theme are still around. It goes to show you what GREAT music the 80's had!! LONG LIVE THE 80'S!!!!!!!
is there anyway we can get samantha to appear SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE!!! on a sort of nostalgic cbc program. loved sam! on one edition, she played "time don't run out on me (by anne murray), and, "i want you back" (by sherry kean). loved that edition in the spring of `1984 for sure. sam rocked...
Cool! Forgot about this show until I was looking up 'Toronto Rocks!!!' Then the name 'Video Hit's' came to me and the name Samantha Taylor. These clips so make me long for the days of daily weekday video shows and when you could turn on MuchMusic and see a music video almost any time of the day. Not the bunch of crap they show now. Back when Erica Ehm, Chrisopher Ward, Michael Williams, Terri David Mulligan, J.D. Roberts were hosting and I believe Denise Donolon was running the show.
I loved this show as a teenager. I also liked Good Rockin Tonite and the Kids variety show Switchback. Everything is so nostaligiac. As a Detroiter, I have to thank the CBC executives in Toronto for giving everyone in Michigan something else to look at besides Reagan TV. And believe me, I'm a Patriot. Bravo guys and gals. Please post more golden age 80's tv from CBC.
I so wanted to be her when I was little. hehe I even owned a Video Hits sweat shirt which I received for one of my Birthdays. Nice blast from the past.
This was the show that I first saw Samantha Fox "Touch Me" video. The next day at my high school during first period history class a fellow classmate stood up and asked "Who watched Video Hits yesterday?" To which all the guys in the class responded "SAMANTHA FOX!!!"
That is your mother? What an honour. I met her in November, 1986 at the CBC office (Yonge and College in Toronto). It was a Friday afternoon. She was getting off. We sat and talked about the Canadian music scene, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar and Roxy Music for about an hour. It was one of the most exciting days of my teen years. She gave me a signed 8" x 10". She was so classy! Two years later, I met her at Air Canada counter in St. John's, Newfoundland where I was working.
I met her at WEM ages ago & she was so nice. she was having lunch with a friend & I went to her table to tell her how much I love Video Hits & she was nice & patient with me. Watching this clip brings back the memories. Please come back Sam.
samantha taylor was one of my fave cbc personalities. she was very much for the moment for this time in cbc programming. i bet she is still a real lady! i had the pleasure of meeting her many times...and besides she even played the anne murray video for time don't run out on me (1984).
Her real name is Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw NOT Jadwiga Zakrzewski.
shugercoated1 2 months ago
I remember watching this after school doing my homework.
Midnighthour71 3 months ago
OMG!! I got my first taste of music videos from this show!! Thanks for uploading it!!
waivedwench 5 months ago
Does anybody remember when there was a video show on CBC called Coming Attractions before Video Hits came into existence?
landrykkb 6 months ago
"Samantha Taylor" is indeed tragically deceased, and Toronto Star's Pages of the Past will prove it with her obituary.
MuscleJacker 7 months ago
@MuscleJacker what happened
MrWestdene1972 5 months ago
Ms. Zakrzewski died in a house fire? What year did that happen..
Big Hair in the 80's, was this a gel related accident by chance?
FidelCastro128 7 months ago
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CanScor74 8 months ago
not dead you ultradouche.
Hot80s 8 months ago
No, Samantha The Media Whore would talk and talk and talk over the entire introduction to songs, while you head it faintly in the background. Some songs, like Hall & Oates' "Maneater", have an AMAZING intro, and she TALKED RIGHT OVER IT.
MuscleJacker 8 months ago
If I remember correctly, they wouldn't even play the entire video
Nizzler1 9 months ago
Did you see the Rick Mercer Report last week? It was a rerun, yet he gave a brief mention of the "late 80's hipstress" Samantha Taylor. If you don't believe she's dead, JUST CHECK WITH THE CBC.
MuscleJacker 9 months ago
I saw her in Edmonton late last year.
TheSnowbird2011 11 months ago
not only did this show introduce a lot of people to these songs without having cable tv, but it also introduced a lot of songs that other stations didn't touch...now, does anyone remember a band called The Works?...they had a song called Dancing on a Wing...post it if you do...
jimjr155 1 year ago
I remember when thriller came on and i was in high school and my mother went stomping over to the television and said no monsters you can't watch it.
LOL
garycalgary 1 year ago
I do not know the source.
Nadiallelel 1 year ago
Her real name was "Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw", not "Jadwiga" as the uploader is saying. So if he got her real name wrong, the "tragic house fire" story is probably wrong as well.
wakeupscreaming 1 year ago 3
Samantha Taylor, R.I.P.
MuscleJacker 1 year ago
@mrceleb2006
She lives. Check wikipedia. It wouldn't let me post the link. =)
wallystar 1 year ago
@mrceleb2006
She lives. =)
wallystar 1 year ago
She drooled (sucking on a lollypop) on my entry form back in '81 at a Electronics show (when she worked for Q107) HA!!! I should had kept it!!!
mrbuster1964 1 year ago
Holy smokes, this takes me back, Wow. Thanks for posting.
quadzeroo 1 year ago
Oh man, coming home and turning this on hoping against hope that Sam would play a U2 video from The Joshua Tree or settling for Duran Duran...*sigh* those were the days.
JamesonBondy 1 year ago
there was no other host! she was the only one up tell it got cancelled!
sb2hot 1 year ago
@sb2hot there were two hosts after her - Samantha Taylor hosted the program from its inception, then Bryan Elliott hosted from 1989 to 1991, and Dan Gallagher hosted from 1991 to 1993 - Dan moved onto Much Music after that
sponger 1 year ago
@sponger Dan Gallagher was already on Much Music before he hosted Video Hits.
landrykkb 6 months ago
@sb2hot I remember another host after Samantha Taylor.
ShinyGlow 1 year ago
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sb2hot . not rue .. there was another host of she left the show ... she even guess co host when the new host took over ..
darcykennedy 1 year ago
Im wondering who was the other hosts after her was? she was awesome!
Robilliard70 1 year ago
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It's so sad that Jadwiga Zakrzewski ("Samantha Taylor"'s real name) died in a tragic house fire.
MuscleJacker 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker Sauce?
walrusgiggles 1 year ago
@walrusgiggles Check the paper, bub! The CBC even issued a press release.
MuscleJacker 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker Source?
jammers5 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker I had no idea she had died...so sad
hekklar 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker
Are you sure she's dead? Wikipedia has a date of birth, but there's no indication she's deceased. I also Googled this and found no proof she's dead.
You need to provide a source, otherwise I don't believe it.
leafyutube 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker
She's alive and well (and looking great!)
Look her up on Facebook: Samantha Taylor Bojeczko.
kratsacinom 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker No way! She's still alive as far as I know.
mrceleb2006 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker I think you've got your people mixed up. She's very much alive.
rcoveyduc 1 year ago
@MuscleJacker
I don't think so.
lcole1926 10 months ago
@lcole1926 Read the newspapers, Icicle1926!
MuscleJacker 10 months ago
@MuscleJacker
you're an idiot. no where does it say that she's dead. and my name is not Icicle
lcole1926 10 months ago
@lcole1926 I read your name as Icicle--so sorry. It was an honest mistake. Jadwiga did die in a tragic house fire, and CBC even have a plaque dedicated to her in their downtown studio.
MuscleJacker 10 months ago
@MuscleJacker can you please post the link to ANYTHING that says she's dead. Because I can't find any mention of it anywhere except HERE from your comment. Because if this was true I'm sure there would be an article somewhere and I would be interested in reading it. Thank you.
lcole1926 10 months ago
@MuscleJacker Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw is Samantha Taylor's real name...
CanScor74 8 months ago
@CanScor74 I am sorry CanScor, but you didn't go to school with her.
MuscleJacker 8 months ago
@MuscleJacker Wrong. Sam Taylor is still very much alive and her birth name is Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw.
p0llenp0ny 7 months ago 3
@MuscleJacker Huh?
landrykkb 6 months ago
@MuscleJacker
your joking?!
ghostgrabber 6 months ago
@MuscleJacker
It's so sad for you that you're completely fucking nuts.
MadHighway 2 months ago
@MadHighway It's so sad that her kids will once again be without their mother this Christmas.
MuscleJacker 2 months ago
Wow, CBC really went out on a limb to get that title sequence made. Holy crackers.
freqazoidiac 1 year ago
OMG love the memories:)
stefansmom 1 year ago
such a different time . . . I remember this being one of the ONLY ways I could watch videos when I was 7 or 8 . . . . now you can see any video for almost any song you want at any time - which is good and bad
nevmiles 1 year ago
blast from the past!
garycalgary 1 year ago
Let me clarify, Samantha is alive and well, and she is a successful real estate agent in the Greater Toronto area in Canada, she has two daughters, both of them are gorgeous models.
lilwildhorse 2 years ago 3
She is also a dreamy fornicator
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
@lilwildhorse She can't be a successful real estate agent if she's burnt to a crisp.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
@lilwildhorse Does she still read or expect any fan mail? I would love to write (yes, write!) her a letter!
derekmimi 1 year ago
Haven't seen this in 20 years. Thanks for posting.
Anybody know what Samantha Taylor is doing nowadays?
leafyutube 2 years ago
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Samantha died in a tragic housefire in 1995.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
That's terrible. I had absolutely no idea.
leafyutube 2 years ago
Where did you get that information, I've checked on internet and cannot find anything.
frenchdaniel 2 years ago
wow this brings me back, luv u sam
denismcdougall 2 years ago
OMG..memories of afterschools in the 80's all begin here.
ghostgrabber 2 years ago 23
@ghostgrabber I couldn't agree more!! I miss the 80's
althebunny 1 year ago
@ghostgrabber Especially when that was all a lot of us had because there was only CBC & CTV when you didn't have cable.
landrykkb 6 months ago
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daisee1010 6 months ago
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daisee1010 6 months ago
@landrykkb I grew up, here, in the Detroit Area, w/ no cable, lol. Had to tune into CBET-9, in Windsor, to get my video fix! The picture wasn't always crystal clear, but it was better than nothing! :)
daisee1010 6 months ago
@daisee1010 Especially when the internet didn't exist and the TV was one of the last resorts of entertaining yourself.
landrykkb 6 months ago
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"Samantha" Taylor was always such a flaky retard.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
u should be ashamed. sam brought hope and enlightment to many starstruck teens in the 80's. i will always love her. long live sam...
derekmimi 2 years ago 6
I am shocked. I didn't know that Jade had died. Her ex-husband and I work together and he never mentioned it.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
what? samantha taylor died?
derekmimi 2 years ago
ha ha...now i get it. hmmmm. samantha is alive and well...i hope!
derekmimi 2 years ago
Jade is still alive. Just career-dead.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
i thought you were sam's #1 fan. i am disappointed now...
derekmimi 2 years ago
i saw the pointer sistes last nite...
derekmimi 2 years ago
Where? With Issa? Did they do "Fairytale" and "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)"?
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
ha ha...i thought you meant jane siberry who is now known as issa. but yes, issa was the third member. they did not do those songs but looked great in their floor length chiffon and later, sequined blouses and flaired pants...
derekmimi 2 years ago
I sooo wanted to bang her........
woodbinedrinker 2 years ago 3
She's so wooden and awkward
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
It wasn't her fault. It was the producer Sandra Faire's dippy cardboard script. Jade would often tell me that she felt stilted reading from such amateur copy. Jade was certain Sandra wrote it on the drive to the studio.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
Who is Jade?
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
Jade is Samantha Taylor's real name. It's short for Jadwiga Zakrzewski.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
Well, I can understand that, Sandra Faire is and was a bitch. Amazing how someone of such little talent is now a bigwig at CTV.
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
omg im rember this show i use to watch this at home after school sam taylor rules
KANDYLEE72 2 years ago
She really enjoyed performing oral sex on Stu Jeffries.
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
how tacky...
derekmimi 2 years ago
Oh my goodness! Remember when she used to say " O.K. all you Whammies and Duranies..." Fond memmories, thanks for sharing!
johnnycharco 2 years ago
DAN was the man !
kiaser111 3 years ago
Groovy graphics
somewhatlongdong 3 years ago
I used to watch this with my sister after school...one of my favorite videos was "Take On Me" by A-Ha...vivid memories.
JulianOttawa81 3 years ago
good times
derekmimi 3 years ago
5:30 p.m. nst from 1984 to 1986! the good ol' days...
derekmimi 3 years ago
I always hated these "suddenly, interrupted" openings. The worst were when "Samantha" would be caught on camera mid-sip from a mug. She twice mispronounced artists' names on air, *specifically* when she was giving the audience a pronunciation lesson. Cases in point: about the (then trio) Bros, she said that they pronounced their name "broze" and about Polish singer Basia, she said her name was pronounced "bassy-ah". Thank God she didn't try Basia's surname.
MuscleJacker 3 years ago
so, they are actually pronounced "bross" and "baws-yah"?
derekmimi 3 years ago
"Bross" and "Basha".
"Samantha" Taylor loved to introduce the final video of the day, then play only two seconds of it before the show went off the air. I was late for work waiting for 'til tuesday's "Love in a Vacuum", which I saw all 3 seconds of. Thanks "Sam".
MuscleJacker 3 years ago
i won so much stuff on that. especially on the friday giveaway...lol
derekmimi 3 years ago
I won a Simple Minds T-shirt and a UK picture disc album of Once Upon A Time.
MuscleJacker 3 years ago
they ran out of ghetto blasters one week and ended up sending me a complete stereo system. high quality! and, i just saw a "simply red" picture disc this weekend at a flea market for "holding back the years"...gotta love picture discs...i think i have to go back and get it...
derekmimi 3 years ago
There was even a companion "Video Hits" book, about only fifty pages long with screen saves from all the best videos of the mid-eighties. Two downsides of this pamphlet-disguised-as-a-book were the gaps of empty space left on every page reserved for your "notes", plus a horrific photo inside of "Samantha" (not her real name) herself, with mascara a la Divine in "Pink Flamingos". Quite a freakish woman ("Samantha") if you ask me.
MuscleJacker 3 years ago
it's not her real name? really? and the pic did not do her justice? no way? i met her a few times and she was very glam!!! tastefully dressed and very personable...i think the fall of 1985 was the worst for videos and music in general...i.e: arcadia, dream academy, sly fox, the outfield, and that garbage by starship. but, i think video hits felt that had to play it...
derekmimi 3 years ago
Her birth name is Jadwiga Zakrzewski. No kidding. No wonder she chose "Samantha" Taylor. (Taylor was her first husband's surname.)
MuscleJacker 3 years ago
Actually her birth name is Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw. But still, I can see why she chose Samantha Taylor, LOL!
MeanGene79 3 years ago
Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia. We used to call her "Jade" (short for "Jadwiga") in high school.
MuscleJacker 3 years ago
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MMan37 2 years ago
Try again. I went to high school with her and I have five yearbooks with her mug in it. In every one she is Jadwiga Zakrzewski however in three of these yearbooks she signed her name as Jade Zakrzewski. She appears in the gymnastics club photo and the girls' track team as Jade Zakrzewski however.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
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MMan37 2 years ago
Jadwiga says "Hi", and asks you to leave her alone. She is sick of you.
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
Jade has been following this on-line exchange ever since I told her about it a few days ago. She thinks MyMan37 is a riot!
MuscleJacker 2 years ago
the 1/2 hr. editions for one specific act annoyed me...1/2 hr. of duran duran with the same vid played at the opening and close...annoying...but same still rocked!
derekmimi 3 years ago
OMG! Honeymoon Suite! Expo 86!!
Imadeyalook 3 years ago 2
Oh.....MY..........GOD!!!! I used to watch this show ALL THE TIME!!! Man I miss it!!! Yes and Derekmimi I agree, it is amazing how many of those artists appearing on the theme are still around. It goes to show you what GREAT music the 80's had!! LONG LIVE THE 80'S!!!!!!!
thepen10 3 years ago 3
agreed. long live "video hits"...
derekmimi 3 years ago 2
omg i rember this show i missed this show
KANDYLEE72 3 years ago
I went to Expo 86 when I was 11
theryanfawcett 3 years ago
isn't it amazing that most of the artists featured in the montage are still around? except for spandau ballet...
derekmimi 3 years ago 2
Oh...My...GOD!!! Boy this takes me back. Used to LOVE this show!
jmacgirl1 3 years ago 4
sam will go down in canadian broadcast history! long live sam...
derekmimi 3 years ago 4
oh my goodness watching this again reminds me of my crazy days and nights watching music videos and avoiding homework!!!
rocky1344 3 years ago 3
is there anyway we can get samantha to appear SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE!!! on a sort of nostalgic cbc program. loved sam! on one edition, she played "time don't run out on me (by anne murray), and, "i want you back" (by sherry kean). loved that edition in the spring of `1984 for sure. sam rocked...
derekmimi 3 years ago
please go onto canada's walk of fame website and nominate her for a star.
artwithinme 3 years ago 3
really? how?
derekmimi 3 years ago
I met her a few times. She let me meet Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg.
Samantha was a very nice lady and I appreciate her kindness towards me. I hope she is well these days.
artwithinme 3 years ago 3
@artwithinme Didn't Liz die last nite? I heard it on the radio this morning.
derekmimi 1 year ago
@derekmimi
TERMINATOR6397 1 year ago
Cool! Forgot about this show until I was looking up 'Toronto Rocks!!!' Then the name 'Video Hit's' came to me and the name Samantha Taylor. These clips so make me long for the days of daily weekday video shows and when you could turn on MuchMusic and see a music video almost any time of the day. Not the bunch of crap they show now. Back when Erica Ehm, Chrisopher Ward, Michael Williams, Terri David Mulligan, J.D. Roberts were hosting and I believe Denise Donolon was running the show.
annie1fan 3 years ago 2
I remember this!
I was ten or eleven years old and everyday I would watch this after school at 5:00 P.M, daily.
I loved this show!
RogueTheElfFairy 3 years ago
I loved this show as a teenager. I also liked Good Rockin Tonite and the Kids variety show Switchback. Everything is so nostaligiac. As a Detroiter, I have to thank the CBC executives in Toronto for giving everyone in Michigan something else to look at besides Reagan TV. And believe me, I'm a Patriot. Bravo guys and gals. Please post more golden age 80's tv from CBC.
FMAStudent 3 years ago 3
I so wanted to be her when I was little. hehe I even owned a Video Hits sweat shirt which I received for one of my Birthdays. Nice blast from the past.
ryfan79 3 years ago
Wow. That was a serious wave of nostalgia right there. Damn near knocked me unconscious.
(but wow, were the video graphics really that bad!?!)
fatblueman 3 years ago 2
holy shit! this is where i first saw new edition
bertfreez 3 years ago 2
This was the show that I first saw Samantha Fox "Touch Me" video. The next day at my high school during first period history class a fellow classmate stood up and asked "Who watched Video Hits yesterday?" To which all the guys in the class responded "SAMANTHA FOX!!!"
Funny how things jog your memory.
ptota 3 years ago 3
This is an edition from the Spring of 1986. That intro had been used for two years prior...
derekmimi 3 years ago
Oh my god! Video Hits!! I forgot about this show.
mezaco 3 years ago
hey, so that's my mom eh. i'm completely serious :), her new name is samantha bojeczko, and she still looks great.
7ukiechick7 3 years ago 3
That is your mother? What an honour. I met her in November, 1986 at the CBC office (Yonge and College in Toronto). It was a Friday afternoon. She was getting off. We sat and talked about the Canadian music scene, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar and Roxy Music for about an hour. It was one of the most exciting days of my teen years. She gave me a signed 8" x 10". She was so classy! Two years later, I met her at Air Canada counter in St. John's, Newfoundland where I was working.
derekmimi 3 years ago
Could you ask your mom if she remembers the dude who invited her to Expo '86, and to pretend to be my older sister? I'm feeling much better now!
visaman 3 years ago
ok i was lookin up samantha taylor the one on the bus fight and stuff and this showed um lmao wtf!
MrFilipino29 3 years ago
OMFG me too.
dancrloveex3 3 years ago
Samantha Taylor....."whistful sigh".......
Rawd1976 3 years ago
This was my favorite video show in those days! :) The 80s ROCKED!!!
kooslap 3 years ago
This is priceless. Those graphics were ahead of their time.
halfasemitone 3 years ago
Good ol' Sam. Used to check this out after school back in the day.
600SELV12 3 years ago
I met her at WEM ages ago & she was so nice. she was having lunch with a friend & I went to her table to tell her how much I love Video Hits & she was nice & patient with me. Watching this clip brings back the memories. Please come back Sam.
jazem68 3 years ago
what is "wem"? does she work there? do you know of any way to send her a note???
derekmimi 3 years ago
west edmonton mall. No she doesn't work there & I have no idea how to get in contact with her.
jazem68 3 years ago
no no...take tracy melchor's job...
derekmimi 3 years ago
These were the good ol' days and I miss 'em!
CowboyPenner 3 years ago
samantha taylor was one of my fave cbc personalities. she was very much for the moment for this time in cbc programming. i bet she is still a real lady! i had the pleasure of meeting her many times...and besides she even played the anne murray video for time don't run out on me (1984).
derekmimi 3 years ago
this was a great show..those days were fun..miss them a lot...
samantha was great...whenever i would write to her, she always wrote back, and always took the time to answer any questions i had..
wherever she is, hope she is doing well.
rhymeandreasoning 3 years ago
Sam Taylor where have u gone?? Take Tanya Kim's job!!
ddl70 4 years ago
i agree!
rocky1344 3 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Lol @ government-owned television.
godawgs06 4 years ago
I haven't seen this show since I was 5!
88HJS 4 years ago