MTV vidcheck (March 16, 1988)

With the second wave VJ Carolyne Heldman hosting, here is a sampling of what two hours of MTV had offered on that day.
1. Commercials:
a. Coors Extra Gold
b. Less Than Zero and The Pick-Up Artist on videocassette from CBS/FOX video
2. MTV "animated laughing band with aqua M" bumper
3. VJ commentary
4. Paul Carrack- Don't Shed A Tear
5. George Thorogood- You Talk Too Much
6. Commercials:
a. Clearasil
b. Pepsi
c. Levi's 501 jeans
d. Cable top box adjustable converter to prevent HBO from scrambling notice (Loves Park is in Illinois near Rockford for those who don't know)
7. MTV News featuring the "Rat Pack", Hall & Oates, and Hope and Glory (the new graphics had recently been introduced and would last into the mid-90s, with a slight change in 1991)
8. INXS- Devil Inside
9. MTV Top of the Hour bumper
10. Richard Marx- Should've Known Better
11. Def Leppard- Hysteria
12. MTV "Popcorn Longo" segment: "Girls can rock"
13. Commercials:
a. Amtrak
b. Playtex
c. Benetton
d. Bud Light
14. MTV "Guy with green jacket" bumper
15. VJ commentary including a scouting report on Spring Break '88 from Daytona Beach, Florida
16. Midnight Oil- Beds Are Burning
17. MTV "Power Tie" short with Peter Gabriel's Big Time sampled
18. Commercials:
a. Nestle Crunch
b. Jhirmack E.F.A. conditioner
c. Quark Video Dance Club at Clock Tower Resort
d. March 1988 highlights on HBO/Cinemax
19. So- Are You Sure
20. Rick Springfield- Rock of Life
21. MTV "Find the cure, think positive" short message
22. Aerosmith- Angel
23. MTV Spring Break '88 promo
24. Commercials:
a. Finesse
b. Coors Light
c. Domino's Pizza
d. Another Levi's 501 jeans
e. Foot Locker
25. MTV "crawling dude through a tube" bumper
26. VJ commentary
27. George Harrison- Got My Mind Set On You
28. George Michael- Father Figure
29. Commercials:
a. Another Pepsi
b. Pert Plus
c. Reebox
d. U.S. Centers for Disease Control PSA on AIDS
e. Cablevision
30. MTV News with Kurt Loder on George Michael's sexuality, the film Off Limits, and Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis, Jr.
31. John Cougar Mellencamp- Check It Out
32. MTV Top of the Hour bumper
33. Steve Winwood- Valerie
34. Belinda Carlisle- I Get Weak
35. Another MTV Spring Break '88 promo
36. Commercials:
a. Another Jhirmack
b. Another Benetton
c. Another Coors Extra Gold
d. Maybelline
37. "Who built this place?" with a fire burning a casket bumper
38. VJ commentary with Randee of the Redwoods reporting live from Daytona Beach
39. Bon Jovi- Wanted Dead Or Alive
40. MTV page 16 short: "Did Elvis die for our sins?"
41. a-ha: Take On Me
42. MTV: Your Channel with a young blonde woman on a swing short
43. Commercials:
a. Another Finesse
b. One more Levi's 501 jeans
c. Another Cable top box adjustable converter to prevent HBO from scrambling notice
d. More HBO/Cinemax in March highlights
44. MTV "black M" with newsprint on the background bumper
45. VJ commentary
46. Michael Bolton- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
47. Icehouse- Electric Blue
48. "You ever tasted electricity?" short
49. Bryan Adams- Heaven
50. MTV "The best new videos with just a splash of idiotic jargon)
51. Commercials:
a. (same as #1b)
b. Another Clearasil
c. Another Reebok
d. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
e. (same as #36a, the disc is starting to wear out here)
54. MTV "MTV News... New Music" promo bumper