The first step of Tom Green’s rise to MTV infamy! From its first frames, Tom’s OG ‘90s public access show announced an original comedic voice from another dimension. His time spent at Canadian cable station Rogers 22 finds Tom’s unique clowning already fully dialed-in. He’s a Brundlefly of influences like Ernie Kovacs, Andy Kaufman, skate videos, and confrontational performance art. It’s quite something to see in its embryonic stage.

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Our first of two March takeovers sees longtime viewer/contributor Toby Jones (AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK, “Regular Show”) in the host chair. Toby’s jones for 21st-century digital Americana burns bright, and tonight’s megamixes are often from that POV. Headlining this special is THE ADVENTURES OF R.F. ANT: a nightmarish, kaleidoscopic mixed-media masterpiece that happens to be a Nineties anti-drug PSA from Arkansas. Among tonight’s tapestry of esoteric tastes is Toby’s third (and possibly final??) installment of his “YouTubers' Top 10 Films of the Year” series.

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MUSICVIDEODROME: A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you monthly! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more. Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.

About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.

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An overflowing pitcher of previously-unaired MTV News behind–the-scenes footage. This stuff was shot on location across the Nineties. Pure pop culture catnip: Cindy Crawford backstage at SNL, Eddie Van Halen chain-smoking in his home studio, Kurt Loder doing the Macarena with Biz Markie, a day in the life on the set of “The State,” and even Queen Latifah showing off the video store she owned!

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The great Shirley Hemphill’s TV sitcom legacy didn’t end with the cancellation of “What’s Happening!!” in ‘79.  The very-short-lived “One In A Million” from 1980 gave Shirley another opportunity to shine on the airwaves. Tonight we show the whole pilot! The rags-to-riches premise is she’s an L.A. cabbie who inherits a bazillion-dollar fortune from one of her regular fares: the newly deceased CEO of a multinational corporation.

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A big dose of ambiguous bohemian warmth! From the late 1980s up until after Y2K, the “Global Village Coffeehouse” aesthetic was a way for ad agencies and corporate America to snooker the average consumer into thinking their brands were environmentally friendly, somehow artisanal instead of being mass-produced, and mindful of community. Let’s revel in a big batch of TV spots that flaunted the aesthetic in service of fruit juices, online shopping, and piping hot soup from a drinkable can.

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ROCKY HORROR, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, HAIR, XANADU, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and the Eurovision Song Contest all rolled into one. For the past few decades, the whackadoo 1980 musical The Apple has held an iron grip on our imagination. This glammed-out “Adam & Eve”-type tale has everything going for it: coked-out costumes, bonehead lyrics seemingly written by children, amateurish choreography (by the future producer of “American Idol”, no less), an early appearance by Catherine Mary Stewart, and enough silly sci-fi touches for a dozen Star Treks. Tonight, we celebrate this cinematic milestone by mainlining all of the film’s musical numbers.

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MUSICVIDEODROME: A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you monthly! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more. Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.

About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.

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We close out the year with one of the Museum’s greatest episodes from its 2020 inception! Not only will you get to see Bret with shorter hair (natch), sitting on his front porch, but Ep. #10’s headliner is still one of the freaky-deakiest things we’ve ever aired on the channel. Nothing will prepare you for “The Ugly Little Boy”: a time-travel tale of a Neanderthal thrust into the dystopian future, and the nurse who loves him.

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The wildest city in the world gets even wilder at NITE! Filmmaker and nightlife guru Adam Baran (TRADE CENTER, CIRCUS OF BOOKS) curates an after-hours examination of the brilliance and beauty of New York, New York.

MUSICVIDEODROME: A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you monthly! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more. Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.

About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.

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Originally published in 2010, “Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas” is culture critic/Xmas movie scholar Alonso Duralde’s epic tome on the grimiest and silliest holiday cinema ever filmed. Tonight we snow-plow through three Fasterpieces that Alonso recommends: the 2024 viral Netflix hit HOT FROSTY, the Cold War-era Mexican mirth machine SANTA CLAUS (1959), and the saccharine smalltown union-busting BS of BELIEVE (2016).

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Martin Short, Catharine O’Hara, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Dave Thomas and Eugene Levy absolutely smash it. For some reason we’ve never tackled SCTV on MOHV before, so we’ll change that with this absolute doozy.  SCTV’s whole premise was transmissions from their fake TV station in “Melonville”; this full hour of their commercial parodies is an exercise in how long you can continuously LOL.

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Before “American Idol”, there was “Stairway To Stardom”: an Eighties NYC public access show that felt like a broadcast from the faux TV station in TWIN PEAKS. From homebrewed R&B party hits to aggro stand-up comics, from amateur magicians to interpretive dance by zombified children, “Stairway To Stardom” is an unending trove of bizarro entertainment that was a staple amongst OG tape traders for decades.

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As we reach Thanksgiving, we offer one of MST3K’s finest moments. There’s nothing quite like the spacey brain-broken witlessness of Sixties regional horror MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE…which might be the most mutated anti-film the gang ever attempted to riff on. Imagine a Beatles-era version of THE ROOM, but it’s a horror film.

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Unbelievably, it’s once again time for IVOR and Jenny’s Annual Double Birthday Extravaganza! Stop by and hang with these zany kids and their big, steamy pile of music video madness…and of course: CAKE.

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About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.

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In the annals of troubled Hollywood productions, Elaine May’s ISHTAR remains one of the wildest stories. This ‘80s adventure comedy (a cross between ROMANCING THE STONE and an Apatow-style riff fest) from idiosyncratic genius May drove Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, and Columbia Pictures to the brink of sanity as the project ended up costing today’s equivalent of $140 million and critics were lukewarm at best to it. Watch highlights from the thing and judge for yourself.

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Another magnificent two-hour blast of movie trailers from films left behind in the video store wastelands. 2000s thrillers, 90s ensemble casts, 80s Oscarbait, and 70s sleaze.

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A gazillion watts of entertainment value radiates from UK punk demon John Lydon (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.) as he terrorizes the BBC’s milquetoast panel show of celebrity record reviewers. Originally a Sixties thing, “Jukebox Jury” was revived for a single season in ‘79, and it’s one of the most watchable British banalities of its era. In this infamous episode, Lydon spars with fellow panelist Joan Collins over tacky musical opinions and professes his disdain for pretty much everyone and everything.

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