
Flashback: 19 Random Minutes of MTV From the Network’s First Month in 1981
MTV is celebrating its 40th anniversary by airing 47 straight episodes of Ridiculousness, so let’s take a look back to the beginning when things were very different

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MTV is celebrating its 40th anniversary by airing 47 straight episodes of Ridiculousness, so let’s take a look back to the beginning when things were very different

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