Currently, all the master copies of the episodes from the original run are being held by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They were donated by Tad Low, the creator of the show. Although master copies are known to exist, they are not publicly available due to licensing. […] With the sheer number of episodes produced, the fact that both runs of the show are no longer rerun on VH1 or MTV Classic, and the fact that the show did not receive many home media releases (apart from a 1999 80’s-themed VHS / DVD) due to licensing issues, episodes of the show are very hard to come by. The only way that episodes can be found is through home recordings of the show from when it aired.
This show was so much fun. It made even boring video great to watch and listen to. I love random facts too.
To be fair, I think most media fits the definition of lost media. Most things aren’t sold anymore, and often aren’t on streaming services. News broadcasts, music shows, talk shows, everything
At least it’s not actually lost. Just not easily available
Some of them are lost. Some have been recovered. Some are only partially recovered. The list shows there’s a mix.
Thanks for posting this. These used to be my go-to entertainment to watch while exercising at home. They really made the time fly. It’s sad and unsurprising they are generally unavailable.
I liked watching these as a kid. They played in the early morning before school. Sometimes the bubbles were just jokes or humorous observations. Othertimes, they were interesting bits of trivia in an age where the internet was still in its early days.
That really sucks. It was so much fun. I remember in the Pop-Up Video for Til Tuesday’s Voices Carry, they kept adding facts that rhymed with the title of the song.
Boring dystopia.
This is not the depression I needed on a Saturday night
Yeah but it’s so fun to go through and watch what you can on the Internet archive and YouTube 🙂
Not very interesting story - in college, I was on the special events committee that brought talent to the campus for entertainment. Sometimes, I was able to meet the talent. We had the pop up video guys come do a talk, afterward they had dinner with the committee members. I ended up getting an invite to intern on the show… but totally blew it. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m a total idiot, or just didn’t know how to interview yet. Probably a little of both!
Same with complete episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head.
Them making fun of music videos was so much fun. And now those are dead and buried because labels are worried they might not make literally all the money.
