It was absolutely 100% real.

Yeah, no, I pulled on it many times.

Mark and I got in catfights.

You know, look, I think the genius of it was that they cast five people from various walks of life.

So it was kind of brilliant that they had all the demographics covered.

Nobody knew.

By the way, again, there were some genius people.

lot has been written about that period what books do you recommend i've gotten a bunch of different mtv books and histories and all that which ones do you think there's really only one book okay which one it's called

It was absolutely 100% real.

Yeah, no, I pulled on it many times.

Mark and I got in catfights.

You know, look, I think the genius of it was that they cast five people from various walks of life.

So it was kind of brilliant that they had all the demographics covered.

Nobody knew.

By the way, again, there were some genius people.

And we wrote

Where, where, where's Grateful Dead?

Well, there's so many criteria you'd have to nail down to say what is... w- who's the best.

I mean, The Grateful Dead, uh, extend across so many decades.

I think that's where their staying power is.

Like The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, from across the way, to me, are the greatest bands because, one, of their longevity.

I mean, some people would argue that The Rolling Stones should've stopped long ago, and they're just cranking out the same old stuff.

Same for AC/DC and any other... or Bon Jovi or Def Leppard, any band that's come out with new albums.

That first month of MTV, how would you sum that up for those who may not remember it or didn't see it?

Where, where, where's Grateful Dead?

Well, there's so many criteria you'd have to nail down to say what is... w- w- who's the best.

I mean, the Grateful Dead, uh, extend across so many decades.

I think that's where their staying power is.

Like The Rolling Stones and The Beatles from across the way, to me, are the greatest bands because, one, of their longevity.

I mean, some people would argue that The Rolling Stones should have stopped long ago, and they're just cranking out the same old stuff.

Same for AC/DC and any other... or Bon Jovi or Def Leppard, any band that's come out with new albums.

That first month of MTV, how would you sum that up for those who may not remember it or didn't see it?

And Wikipedia gets a lot of weird stuff thrown in there, but it says you were at a picnic at Central Park and you're a young actor trying to make it in Broadway or get acting gigs and met an executive from MTV and then like a month later you're one of the original VJs.

It makes no sense.

It is definitely the right place at the right time.

So I got no advice for young people who say, how do you get into the business or how did you get your job? It's like, you know, luck, but you got to be ready for luck.

Yeah, I went to a picnic, and Bob Pittman, who is of course the CEO of iHeartRadio and has been a major guy in the business all these years, was starting up this channel, and we talked about nothing.

I told him I was a bartender on Sixth Avenue, struggling actor, that I had just been in this video for David Bowie, so I knew what videos were, but I had no idea what he was talking about when he said he was about to start a channel They would play videos 24-7.

And it's like, okay, good luck to you.

no no that's for the interwebs no we don't need people of a certain generation can rattle that off probably better than they can any history lesson over there's any interaction or they when you guys were all on was was there interaction between the five of you

And then like a month later, you're one of the original VJs.

It makes no sense.

It is definitely the right place, right time.

So I got no advice for young people who say, how do you get into the business or how did you get your job? It's like, you know, luck, but you got to be ready for luck.

Yeah, I went to a picnic, and Bob Pittman, who is, of course, the CEO of iHeartRadio and has been a major guy in the business all these years, was starting up this channel, and we talked about nothing.

I told him I was a bartender on 6th Avenue, struggling actor, that I had just been in this video for David Bowie, so I knew what videos were, but I had no idea what he was talking about when he said he was about to start a channel They would play videos 24-7.

And it's like, okay, good luck to you.

Was there any interaction when you guys were all on? Was there interaction between the five of you?

He was happy to get out of the studio and harness the insanity.

When we did get to Daytona, and we did turn the camera around, people went absolutely nuts.

Alan Hunter here, party reporter.

What do people do in between sunbathing during the day and going out at night? Hi, how are you?

Thank you.

I would wander the halls and some two co-eds would be trying to jam into a hotel room and I would run to them and say, "What are you doing in there?" And they'd go, "Oh, you can't come in.

You can't come in." And of course I busted in.

Whoa!