MTV: In the beginning...

CYNDI LAUPER (1984): (singing a capella) Should old acquaintance be forgot...

JJ, MARTHA QUINN, NINA BLACKWOOD & ALAN HUNTER, former MTV VJs, toast champagne glasses ('83).

MARTHA QUINN ('84): (sitting on couch) If you want Guy Lombardo, if you want egg nog, forget about it, change the channel because that is not what you are going to get here.

Montage of early years: DURAN DURAN performs "Rio," BILLY IDOL pumps his arm, and THOMPSON TWINS dance ('84); JOAN JETT claps fast at her mic ('85), and ROBERT PLANT does guitar in a circling motion ('89). Back to DURAN DURAN singing "Rio" -- SIMON LE BON is now singing without his mic on.

MTV: The Love...

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD performs "Relax."

DAVID LEE ROTH, Van Halen ('85): Something like this is gonna be better than your G-Spot!

Drunk DAVID LEE ROTH kisses MARTHA QUINN on cheek ('84).

JOE PISCOPO hugs GILBERT GOTTFRIED ('87).

BILLY IDOL fake strangles ALAN HUNTER.

MARTHA QUINN kisses DAVID LEE ROTH.

FRANKIE, of FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, pushes a dancer down under his crotch ('85).

Montage: Shirtless MARKY MARK performs "Feel It, Feel It, Feel the Vibration"; BOBBY BROWN does pelvic thrusts ('89); and the B52s get down.

CINDY CRAWFORD (to MARKY MARK in '92): So I've just gotta say, your body looked pretty amazing when you took off your shirt in that first number!

MTV: The New Year...

KEVIN SEAL (onstage, 1990): It's time for us to honor a very ancient and venerable tradition. I'd like to start a countdown here spanning the years - so I'd start with a "10!" from 1982, then a "9!" from 1983 and an "8!" from 1984...

KEN OBER (with SEAL): Yes, it's practically 1990 and we're all one year closer to death, so hey! - why not celebrate?

SEAL AND CROWD : "7!" and a "6!" and a "5!"

STEVE ISAACS with KARYN BRYANT: In less than 15 minutes 1991's gonna bite the dust!"

BRYANT: Whoohoo!

SEAL AND CROWD: "4!," "3!," "2!"

KENNEDY in Times Square: New York is about to take a big dookie and it's called 1995!

SEAL AND CROWD:"1!!!!"

MTV: The Mayhem...

BEASTIE BOYS sing "Fight for Your Right."

ALAN HUNTER (onstage, '86): Are you ready to lose all respect for yourself as a human being tonight?

SAM KINISON (with a bottle of champagne in hand, screams): All right!! ('87)

AXL ROSE spins around with his mic stand extended ('92).

MCA pours beer all over himself and then spews it back out.

KEVIN SEAL wearing nothing but a diaper ('90): I'm not embarrassed.

ADAM CURRY ('90): Try and top that Dick Clark!

NIRVANA Montage: NIRVANA performs "Lithium" ('94): Yeaheah, yeah... KURT COBAIN spits into the camera; KRIST NOVOSELIC throws his bass into the speakers, and KURT smashes the "In Utero" statue with his guitar.