Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards. Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nesmith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Michael Nesmith
  • Popularity: 0.5929
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1942-12-30
  • Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Also Known As: The Monkees, Mike Nesmith
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Michael Nesmith Movies

  • 1988
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    Tapeheads

    Tapeheads

    5.3 1988 HD

    The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.2 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

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  • 1981
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    Elephant Parts

    Elephant Parts

    6.4 1981 HD

    Winner of the first video Grammy Award, Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) wrote and starred in Elephant Parts, a collection of comedy and music videos. Elephant Parts is one hour long and features five full length music videos, including the popular songs "Rio", and "Cruisin'", which featured wrestler Steve Strong and Monterey-based comic "Chicago" Steve Barkley. An off-beat collection that is very entertaining to view while in an altered state.

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  • 1992
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    Michael Nesmith: Austin City Limits

    Michael Nesmith: Austin City Limits

    1 1992 HD

    Michael Nesmith on Austin City Limits, recorded in 1992 and broadcast in 1993

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  • 1992
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    Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival

    Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival

    1 1992 HD

    Join Michael Nesmith and his band as they perform on the opening night at the 30th Anniversary of the historic Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon

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  • 1985
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    Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

    Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

    1 1985 HD

    A montage of sketch comedy and music videos

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  • 1985
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    Television Parts Home Companion

    Television Parts Home Companion

    1 1985 HD

    A 40-minute compilation of comedy skits and music taken from the series "Michael Nesmith in Television Parts."

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  • 2015
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    Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em

    Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em

    1 2015 HD

    The remarkable story of the 1960's duo Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart who created the sound of The Monkees, scored hit after hit and inspired a youth movement to lower the voting age. They were actors, activists, singers, songwriters and pop culture icons. The story of their unique partnership is told through their own movies, photographs and personal archives. Narrated by Bobby Hart and featuring commentary from Tommy Boyce, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Kim Fowley and others.

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  • 1982
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    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    5.3 1982 HD

    Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.

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  • 1997
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    Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

    Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

    8.8 1997 HD

    Documentary focusing The Monkees, the 1960s pop group originally created for a TV sitcom. Interviews with the band members, the show's creators, and musical collaborators and peers are featured.

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  • 1997
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    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    5.5 1997 HD

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees is a one-hour comedy special televised on the ABC Network on Monday February 17, 1997. The show features all four of the original Monkees and would be the last time Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork would appear together. Michael Nesmith wrote and directed the program.

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  • 1986
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    Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

    Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

    7 1986 HD

    Lydia Lunch and Penn & Teller jazz up the Jenkins' family picnic home movie, turning it into a backyard SOV slasher.

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  • 2019
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    I Want My MTV

    I Want My MTV

    7.5 2019 HD

    The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever - on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.

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  • 1969
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    33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee

    33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee

    3.5 1969 HD

    33 1⁄3 Revolutions per Monkee is a television special starring the Monkees that aired on NBC on April 14, 1969. Produced by Jack Good, guests on the show included Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, the Clara Ward Singers, the Buddy Miles Express, Paul Arnold and the Moon Express, and We Three. Although they were billed as musical guests, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger (alongside their then-backing band The Trinity) found themselves playing a prominent role; in fact, it can be argued that the special focused more on the guest stars (specifically, Auger and Driscoll) than the Monkees themselves. This special is notable as the Monkees' final performance as a quartet until 1986, as Peter Tork left the group at the end of the special's production. The title is a play on "​33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute."

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  • 1987
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    Burglar

    Burglar

    5.2 1987 HD

    Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.

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  • 1984
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    Repo Man

    Repo Man

    6.7 1984 HD

    A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

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  • 2007
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    Making The Monkees

    Making The Monkees

    6.5 2007 HD

    In 1967, four unknown actors in a kids TV show became the biggest pop band in the world. In America, they outsold Elvis and The Beatles combined. They were The Monkees. But The Monkees were not a real band, they were a man-made money making machine, driven by ego and ambition. A machine that would ultimately crash and burn. This is the inside story of pop music's first manufactured band.

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  • 1981
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    An Evening with Sir William Martin

    An Evening with Sir William Martin

    1 1981 HD

    A half-hour comedic monologue by Bill Martin, made up of short routines each delivered in a different character voice. Martin wears a smoking jacket and plays host in a manner spoofing Orson Welles, tended by butler Nesmith.

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  • 2003
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    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    7.1 2003 HD

    The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.

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  • 1966
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    Monkees Screen Tests

    Monkees Screen Tests

    8 1966 HD

    Rare black and white footage of Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones auditioning for the 60s hit NBC television program The Monkees.

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  • 1987
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    Square Dance

    Square Dance

    4.5 1987 HD

    An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.

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  • 1982
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    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    5.3 1982 HD

    Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.

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  • 1984
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    Repo Man

    Repo Man

    6.7 1984 HD

    A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

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  • 1981
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    Elephant Parts

    Elephant Parts

    6.4 1981 HD

    Winner of the first video Grammy Award, Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) wrote and starred in Elephant Parts, a collection of comedy and music videos. Elephant Parts is one hour long and features five full length music videos, including the popular songs "Rio", and "Cruisin'", which featured wrestler Steve Strong and Monterey-based comic "Chicago" Steve Barkley. An off-beat collection that is very entertaining to view while in an altered state.

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  • 1982
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    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    5.3 1982 HD

    Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.

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  • 1986
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    Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

    Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

    6 1986 HD

    A montage of sketch comedy and music videos.

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  • 1988
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    Tapeheads

    Tapeheads

    5.3 1988 HD

    The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.

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  • 1997
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    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    5.5 1997 HD

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees is a one-hour comedy special televised on the ABC Network on Monday February 17, 1997. The show features all four of the original Monkees and would be the last time Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork would appear together. Michael Nesmith wrote and directed the program.

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  • 1997
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    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    5.5 1997 HD

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees is a one-hour comedy special televised on the ABC Network on Monday February 17, 1997. The show features all four of the original Monkees and would be the last time Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork would appear together. Michael Nesmith wrote and directed the program.

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  • 1997
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    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

    5.5 1997 HD

    Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees is a one-hour comedy special televised on the ABC Network on Monday February 17, 1997. The show features all four of the original Monkees and would be the last time Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork would appear together. Michael Nesmith wrote and directed the program.

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.2 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

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  • 1976
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    The Northville Cemetery Massacre

    The Northville Cemetery Massacre

    5.3 1976 HD

    Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

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  • 1986
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    Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

    Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

    7 1986 HD

    Lydia Lunch and Penn & Teller jazz up the Jenkins' family picnic home movie, turning it into a backyard SOV slasher.

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  • 1981
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    Elephant Parts

    Elephant Parts

    6.4 1981 HD

    Winner of the first video Grammy Award, Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) wrote and starred in Elephant Parts, a collection of comedy and music videos. Elephant Parts is one hour long and features five full length music videos, including the popular songs "Rio", and "Cruisin'", which featured wrestler Steve Strong and Monterey-based comic "Chicago" Steve Barkley. An off-beat collection that is very entertaining to view while in an altered state.

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  • 1981
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    Elephant Parts

    Elephant Parts

    6.4 1981 HD

    Winner of the first video Grammy Award, Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) wrote and starred in Elephant Parts, a collection of comedy and music videos. Elephant Parts is one hour long and features five full length music videos, including the popular songs "Rio", and "Cruisin'", which featured wrestler Steve Strong and Monterey-based comic "Chicago" Steve Barkley. An off-beat collection that is very entertaining to view while in an altered state.

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  • 1985
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    Television Parts Home Companion

    Television Parts Home Companion

    1 1985 HD

    A 40-minute compilation of comedy skits and music taken from the series "Michael Nesmith in Television Parts."

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  • 1981
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    An Evening with Sir William Martin

    An Evening with Sir William Martin

    1 1981 HD

    A half-hour comedic monologue by Bill Martin, made up of short routines each delivered in a different character voice. Martin wears a smoking jacket and plays host in a manner spoofing Orson Welles, tended by butler Nesmith.

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  • 1981
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    An Evening with Sir William Martin

    An Evening with Sir William Martin

    1 1981 HD

    A half-hour comedic monologue by Bill Martin, made up of short routines each delivered in a different character voice. Martin wears a smoking jacket and plays host in a manner spoofing Orson Welles, tended by butler Nesmith.

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.2 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

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  • 1964
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    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops

    6.6 1964 HD

    The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

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  • 1996
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    E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

    8.1 1996 HD

    E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

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  • 1966
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    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    6.5 1966 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.

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  • 1997
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    Behind the Music

    Behind the Music

    7.2 1997 HD

    An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.

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  • 1984
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    MTV Video Music Awards

    MTV Video Music Awards

    7.8 1984 HD

    An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.

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  • 2020
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    Laurel Canyon

    Laurel Canyon

    8 2020 HD

    Featuring all-new, original interviews with Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Michelle Phillips, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Roger McGuinn and more, this uniquely immersive and experiential two-part docuseries takes us back in time to a place where a rustic canyon in the heart of Los Angeles became a musical petri dish.

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    7 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    7 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

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  • 1968
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    6.6 1968 HD

    An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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  • 1970
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    7 1970 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

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  • 1970
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    1 1970 HD

    PopClips is a music video television program, the direct predecessor of MTV. Former Monkee Mike Nesmith conceived the first music-video program as a promotional device for Warner Communications' record division. Production began in the spring of 1979 at SamFilm, a sound-stage built and operated in Sand City, California by Sam Harrison, a Monterey Peninsula College instructor with a motion picture background. With an infinity cyclorama as the background, set flats were made from the Styrofoam packing used to ship laserdisc players and 3/4" video decks. The first "VeeJay" was Jeff Michalski. The director was William Dear. Besides Harrison, the production team was made up of Bruce "Buz" Clarke, Keith Cornell, Marybeth Harris, and Leslie Chacon. The program was broadcast weekly on the youth-oriented cable television channel Nickelodeon in late 1980 and early 1981. The channel's owners at the time, Warner Cable, wanted to buy the name and idea, but instead, according to Dear, "they just watered down the idea and came up with MTV." PopClips was preceded by the video Elephant Parts, and a second series titled Television Parts, both of which Nesmith hosted and produced.

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  • 1970
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    5 1970 HD

    Michael Nesmith in Television Parts is a summer TV series run by NBC in 1985. It was a 30-minute comedy-variety series created by Michael Nesmith as a continuation of his Grammy Award-winning video production Elephant Parts, and earlier series PopClips. The first episode was a stand-alone television special which aired on March 7, 1985. The following series premiered on June 14, 1985. The show was a mix of music videos mixed in with comedy sketches, commercial parodies, and general silliness. It was hosted by Nesmith himself, who also participated in many of the sketches. Television Parts also featured guest appearances by a number of comedians, including Martin Mull, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Martin, The Funny Boys and Garry Shandling, whose appearance on the show was the seed for It's Garry Shandling's Show. One of the show's featured pieces, "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey" was later picked up by Saturday Night Live. The show was cancelled after one short summer season that same year. It would return in 1985 as two separate home video releases on VHS and Betamax, Television Parts Home Companion and Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce. The first was a 40-minute compilation of original show featuring the comedy skits and music by Michael Nesmith only. Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce was a 90-minute montage of sketch comedy with a variety of stars and music videos. The stars included Bobcat Goldthwait, Ed Begley, Jr., Jimmy Buffett, Rosanne Cash, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld and Garry Shandling.

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