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On This Day: April 1 1984 Al TV Premiered on MTV

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On This Day: April 1 1984 Al TV Premiered on MTV.

On this day April 1 1984 Al TV premiered on MTV as a one of a kind parody takeover hosted by Weird Al Yankovic. The show was a spoof of traditional music video countdowns and news programs with Weird Al injecting his signature humor into fake interviews, twisted music news segments, and offbeat video picks.

Al TV originally aired as a one time April Fools’ Day special but it became so popular it returned multiple times throughout the 80s and 90s. The series produced 10 total episodes and...
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