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Michael Nesmith - of the Monkees - pretty much invented MTV.

Posted by Mop🧹 (aka rburriel) Nov 17 '24, 21:34

He came up with an idea called PopClips - a show with music videos introduced by comedians - which he sold to John Lack. John Lack launched it as MTV.

https://10magazine.com/mtv-the-most-conceited-arrogant-people/ (10magazine.com)

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not even close to inventing the internet :))))) -- nm - Hedy Lamarr Nov 17, 22:19
his mother invented Liquid Paper -- nm - mr mooch Nov 17, 21:46 2
- And MTV later had an animated show called Liquid Television! See, it’s all connected man! -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 23:31 1
  - I loved Liquid Television. That was appointment viewing before the term had been invented. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 18, 05:15
Nesmith had a couple episodes of a comedy show made up of video clips, like a pirate on sesame st saying the letter RRRRRRR -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 21:37
Part 4 of Hit Record’s history of the music video, telling about the birth of MTV. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 17, 21:37 [youtube]

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