JoJo

[ِDogs @lovedoggods]

A wonderful love story; love grows from innocence to wisdom.

[Brian4new @GustBrian]

The childhood that didn't kill us 🤭

[JoJo @rwbjrp]

never gets old 🤩

[TheMechanicJune2010 @TheMechanic1967]

Tuuuuuuuune, in the days before Mark Wahlberg became famous...

Marky Mark

Good Vibrations

https://t.co/wd3bALgiOH

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Stephen A. Smith looks visibly betrayed as he reveals he took 3 COVID shots and wore a mask just like Fauci told him, and he STILL got COVID, and it almost killed him.

SMITH: “We were told, ‘Hey, you ain’t gonna get Covid if you do that.’ And I GOT COVID!”

“And damn it, it almost killed me! Going into 2022, I’m in the hospital 90 minutes before the ball is about to drop, and the doctor says, ‘We’ve been at this for three plus weeks. You got double pneumonia. You look really bad. If this antibiotic and this steroid do not work, Mr. Smith, I’m sorry, we’re gonna have to call your family. Looks that bad...’”

“And through the grace of God, three hours later, I felt better after they gave me that steroid and that antibiotic. But those were the longest three hours of my life because I thought it was over.”

“And I remember I had done exactly what Dr. Anthony Fauci was imploring us all to do.”

This is the look of a man who finally understands he was being lied to this whole time.

[MR. POP @MrPopOfficial]

MTV ad teasing the premiere of Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” music video.

(1984)

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

MTV first came on the air 45 years ago today (August 1, 1981)

[Les Inrockuptibles @lesinrocks]

MTV, dès ses débuts, était totalement révolutionnaire : la chaîne lance les clips à la télé en 1981 avec “Video Killed the Radio Star” des Buggles - en prophétie annonciatrice... 44 ans plus tard, les chaînes de MTV s'arrêtaient définitivement, le 31 décembre 2025.

Son émission la plus mythique, le MTV Unplugged aura vu passer toutes les plus grandes stars, parmi lesquelles Mariah Carey, Neil Young et Nirvana - et ça c’était après le matraquage légendaire, matin midi et soir de “Smells Like Teen Spirit” le single qui a propulsé le groupe en 91.

“Thriller” de Michael Jackson, “Toxic” de Britney… C’est sur MTV que ces clips iconiques ont été vus pour la première fois. La proposition y était pop, accessible, défricheuse, mais avant tout visuelle.

[The Movie Professor 🎬🎥📺 @FunMovieTVFan]

MTV FACTS:

-MTV debuted on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 a.m.

-The first words spoken on MTV were “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,” delivered by network executive John Lack.

-The opening sequence mixed Apollo 11 moon-landing footage with the first Space Shuttle Columbia launch, complete with an astronaut planting the MTV flag. They wanted to use Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” line but he refused.

-MTV's 1st ten videos to air:
“Video Killed the Radio Star” – The Buggles
“You Better Run” – Pat Benatar
“She Won’t Dance With Me” – Rod Stewart
“You Better You Bet” – The Who
“Little Suzi’s on the Up” – Ph.D.
“We Don’t Talk Anymore” – Cliff Richard
“Brass in Pocket” – The Pretenders
“Time Heals” – Todd Rundgren
“Take It on the Run” – REO Speedwagon
“Rockin’ the Paradise” – Styx

-The five original video jockeys were:
Mark Goodman
Nina Blackwood
Alan Hunter
J.J. Jackson
Martha Quinn

-MTV nearly failed in its first year. Cable systems were reluctant to carry it, the video library was tiny, around 250 clips at launch, and it lost tens of millions. The legendary “I Want My MTV!” campaign saved it. Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Pete Townshend, Cyndi Lauper, and others shouted the line; viewers bombarded cable companies and carriage exploded.

-POPULAR MTV SHOW DEBUTS
-120 Minutes- March 10, 1986
-Headbangers Ball- April 18, 1987
-Yo! MTV Raps -August 6, 1988
-MTV Unplugged- November 26, 1989
-The Real World -May 21, 1992
-Beavis and Butt-Head- March 8, 1993

-The MTV Music Video era ended with “Video Killed the Radio Star” once again, the exact video that launched the original.

[Growing Up Retro @GrowingUpRetro]

Happy Birthday MTV

[Possum A-ko @KaiserBeamz]

One of his best performances on The Sopranos is the scene where he's talking to AJ about how Tony was always there for him in difficult times. All while he's wearing a wire to incriminate Tony. And you feel his remorse emerge more as the scene goes on

RIP

[JoJo @rwbjrp]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters in film and TV, most notably Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos, has died. He was 80. The veteran actor was found dead in his Bronx residence today, Aug. 1, by a neighbor after he had not been heard from for the past three days. The circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated.

Read More: https://t.co/OoEWunv6dj

(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty)

[TMZ @TMZ]

Vincent Pastore, best known for playing “Big P****” in "The Sopranos," has died at 80 💔🕊️ https://t.co/LM6B4IAa8G

[Torchwood 3^🎗🧡 💙🖤 @TorchwoodThree_]

The First 3 Hours of MTV - August 1, 1981
https://t.co/2pixdCqwuk

[Retro Coast @RetroCoast]

Today in History - MTV
On August 1, 1981 a new cable channel aired with the words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.”

“Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles then played- the first music video broadcast on MTV.

The station would go on to define the #1980s

[🌏PEACE✌️☮️🕊♻️☘️ @PeaceOutPeaceIn]

Today in History: On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on the new cable TV network was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles.
https://t.co/UN4Zj6tTAJ

[Welcome to Boomtown @boomtownpodcast]

“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.”
45 years ago today (1981), MTV launched and began shaping the look and feel of the #80s. #80smusic #80sTV #IWantMyMTV #MTV

[SpanglerSellsHomes @Spangler4Homes]

August 1, 1981 — At 12:01 a.m., a brand-new cable channel called MTV officially signed on with six unforgettable words:
"Ladies and gentlemen... rock and roll."

5 o.g. VJ’s at the helm: Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter, JJ Jackson, Mark Goodman & Nina Blackwood. Which 1 was YOUR fave?

[FOX 29 @FOX29philly]

MTV launched on August 1, 1981, with a shuttle launch and the famous Moon Man planting the station’s flag. https://t.co/ckS77EZ9CD

[Killer 80s @killer1980s]

The video music channel MTV was launched on August 1, 1981. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the first music video to air on the new cable television channel.