MTV LAUNCH FIRST DAY SATURDAY 12:01 am AUGUST 1st , 1981 1st hour Part 1
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Uploaded by dalekenbuck on Sep 29, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen .....Rock and Roll....
On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., MTV: Music Television launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack. Those words were immediately followed by the original MTV theme song, a crunching guitar riff written by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. With the flag having a picture of MTVs logo on it. MTV producers Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert used this public domain footage as a conceit, associating MTV with the most famous moment in world television history.[5] Seibert said they had originally planned to use Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, but lawyers said Armstrong owns his name and likeness, and Armstrong had refused, so the quote was replaced with a beeping sound.
At the moment of its launch, only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it.
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...Music TeleVision And They Have All Crappy Reality TV Shows Like Teen Mom, Jersey Whore, & I Just Want My Pants Back, ect ect ect On There. SMFH
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I Want TRL Back!
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@TheSweetone1977 actually MTV invented the reality show
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MTV use to be all about what was cool now it's just kinda sad.......
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@jordapen The FUCKIN' reality shows!
The only reality shows I like and liked are Viva la Bam and Rob Dyrdeck's Fantasy Factory.
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Why did MTV ever deviate from its original format? I want my MTV! These videos of the first hour are truly history in the making. How fitting and awesome to start with Video Killed The Radio Star. What killed MTV?
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34 people didn't have cable on August 1 1981.
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wow i dont want to see fat americans train :/ i dont want reality shows!
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