MTV Day 1
MTV First aired on this date
What is August 1, 1981
Sixteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is given thirteen hours to solve an elaborate maze and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth, played by David Bowie.
What is Labyrinth?
This was the highest grossing movie released in 1984
What is Beverly Hills Cop?
Denzel Washington played Dr. Philip Chandler in this medical drama that ran from 1982-1988.
What is St. Elsewhere?
STS-1 was the first Shuttle mission with this orbiter, Serial Number OV-102
What is Columbia?
Everyone knows The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first video ever to play on MTV. This video was the second
What is "You Better Run" By Pat Benatar?
A scene from this 1989 movie was filmed at the famous Katz's Deli in New York City. There is now a sign over that table that hopes "you have what she had!"
What is When Harry Met Sally?
"Jump", Van Halen's only Billboard #1 hit, was released on this 1984 album.
What is MCMLXXXIV? (or What is 1984?)
Airing February 28, 1983, the final episode of this series was the most watched television broadcast in American history, passed only in total viewership in February 2010 by Super Bowl XLIV. It still stands as the most-watched finale of any television series, as well as the most-watched episode.
What is M*A*S*H?
This Orbiter, OV-101, was the first to be built. While it had no engines or heat shield, it was used to test atmospheric flight and landing capabilities.
This artist's videos aired 16 times on day one, the most of any artist
Who is Rod Stewart?
This Brat Pack coming-of-age film gets it's title from a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a sharp or pointed object in a strong electric field in the atmosphere
What is St. Elmo's Fire?
In 1984, French scientists reported isolating the virus that caused this disease. 7,000 cases had been reported in the United States; 3,300 of its victims were dead by the end of the year.
What is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)?
Each season of this coming-of-age comedy-drama, premiering in 1988, takes place 20 years before they were aired
What is The Wonder Years?
November 15, 1988 was the first and only launch of this, the Soviet version of a Space Shuttle.
What is the Buran?
This was the first artist collaboration to be played on MTV
What is "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" By Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers?
This 1985 film is based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings. It stared several Def Jam artists, such as Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J, and includes a cameo by Russell Simmons.
What is Krush Groove?
Exterior scenes from this 1984 movie's main location were filmed at the Hook and Ladder #8 firehouse in the Tribeca section of Manhattan. It became a makeshift memorial in 2014, after one of the stars passed away.
What is Ghostbusters?
This "All In the Family" spin-off ended it's 10 year run in 1985
What is The Jeffersons?
This shuttle was accidentally launched by kids in the 1986 film "SpaceCamp"
What is Atlantis (OV-104)?
This would have been the first concert video to air. It ended up being MTV's first technical difficulty
What it "Take it on the Run" By REO Speedwagon?
In this 1988 film, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper plays a drifter who discovers through special sunglasses that the ruling class are aliens concealing their appearance and manipulating people to spend money, breed, and accept the status quo with subliminal messages in mass media.
What is They Live?
This South African Bishop was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work against apartheid.
Who is Bishop Desmond Tutu?
Balki Bartokomous from the sitcom "Perfect Strangers" hails from this fictional eastern Mediterranean island.
What is Mypos?
These seven Astronauts were the crew of mission STS-51-L, the tenth and final launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099)
Who were Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe?