Many people would suggest that I missed the real MTV generation. After all, I wasn’t even born when the channel launched in the early 1980s, I never swooned over Michael Jackson‘s controversial “Billie Jean” video and I never watched Headbangers Ball. But let me tell you something: I was a devoted viewer long before those pesky Teen Moms took over the airwaves.
In my humble opinion, the mid-1990s were the height of the VJ craze. Maybe it’s because the Internet came along and started raising the visibility of everything, or maybe I’m completely wrong about all of this. But all I’m saying is that I know that my friends and I cared more about the VJs than the celebrities they talked about sometimes.
Since MTV is heavy on my mind thanks to tonight’s Video Music Awards (check out my gallery here that showcases the history of the Best Kiss Award), I decided to compile a gallery of my favorite former VJs and share a little bit about where they are now. Yes, I know using Carson Daly as a lead image was silly because everyone knows what he’s up to, but look at that pudgy delight! Ugh, Tara Reid was a lucky gal…
Click through and spread the love!
This just made me feel older than dirt since most of the ones I watched aren’t on here, except Julie Brown .
Wow. Jesse Camp. That is a sad demise!
Thanks for making me feel ancient. I know you warned us, but not even a word about Martha, Nina, Alan, Mark, and J.J. I guess “They were last seen napping in the rocking chair on the porch” doesn’t make for good blogging, huh?
They work on the Big 80′s on 8 on Sirius/XM
Martha! What about darling Martha?!
where the hell do i click?
Yeah, where do we click? I see no pics or any real article with photos attached. Did you forget something?
lazy blogging, as usual, with no link.
Apparently they kept the article and feature it in the “you might like this” section, but they didn’t bother to keep the photos. Stupid.
Um, not JJ. He died a few years ago.
really poor editing on whoever’s part when they invite us to click on some link that doesn’t exist….
What the fuck kid? I’m sooooo glad you left out the pictures. I only really clicked the link to read you bitching about being a mid 90s MTV fan. Fucking lazy punks these days.
Wow. Morons