PopClips was preceded by the video Elephant Parts (which won the first ever Grammy Award for Music Video), and followed by a second series titled Television Parts, both of which Nesmith hosted and produced. The channel's owners at the time, Warner Cable, wanted to buy the name and idea, but instead, according to Dear, "they just watered down the idea and came up with MTV." Popclips was a very early Nickelodeon show created by former Monkee member Michael Nesmith and produced by Pacific Arts productions. The program was broadcast weekly on the youth-oriented cable television channel Nickelodeon in late 1980 and early 1981. Besides Harrison, the production team was made up of Bruce "Buz" Clarke, Keith Cornell, Marybeth Harris, and Leslie Chacon. With an infinity cyclorama as the background, set flats were made from the Styrofoam packing used to ship laserdisc players and 3/4" video decks. Production began in the spring of 1979 at SamFilm, a sound-stage built and operated in Sand City, California by Sam Harrison, a Monterey Peninsula College instructor with a motion picture background. When Thomas Wolfe immortalized Asheville, N.C. Nesmith won the first-ever Grammy Award given for (Long-form) Music-Video in 1982, for his hour-long Elephant Parts and also had a short-lived series on NBC inspired by the video called 'Michael Nesmith in Television Parts'. Time Warner/Amex developed PopClips into the MTV network. Michael Nesmith Creator Series Cast We don't have any cast added to this TV Show. In 1980, PopClips was sold to Time Warner/Amex consortium. įormer Monkee Mike Nesmith conceived the first music-video program as a promotional device for Warner Communications' record division. PopClips was preceded by the video Elephant Parts, and a second series titled Television Parts, both of which Nesmith hosted and produced. Most easily identified by his trademark blue wool hat with pompom, Nesmith fashioned a diversified career within music and also in film. His creation of MTV via his pilot, Popclips, is another worthy touchstone. Singer, composer, heartthrob, pioneer-all are accurate descriptions of Robert Michael Nesmith. Elephant Parts also led to Nesmith receiving the first. PopClips is a music video television program, the direct predecessor of MTV. Elephant Parts and spin-off television series, Television Parts. It led to Nesmith’s program PopClips on Nickelodeon, and today is recognized as the forerunner and direct inspiration for MTV.
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