There was a time not too long ago when MTV was a channel worth watching. As recently as the early 1990s, it had a lineup full of music videos that could be like great short films featuring bands that occasionally played great music. Between the blocks of music were some fantastic, though often bizarre, original programs. A pre-fame Ben Stiller had his own sketch comedy show that ran for a season before moving on to FOX. A pre-fame Jon Stewart had his own talk show for two seasons long before
The Daily Show. There were scores of strange game shows. But, without question, my favorite MTV original was
Liquid Television, an animated anthology show that ran on MTV from 1991 through 1994.
