Alive from Off Center

MTV: The Reagan Years (8x3)

Air date: Jul 04, 1992

This program explores the programming of the promotional video channel MTV. Highlights of this episode include the following: brief clips of various videos from the 1980s; promotions for MTV; public service announcements created for MTV about voting, drugs, books, environmental awareness, racism, and AIDS; and a short entitled "Joe's Apartment," which tells the tale of a man who lives with cockroaches. Also, as the credits roll, shrieking comedian Gilbert Gottfried performs a stand-up routine about MTV.