MTV dancers 1981

[Jay Henley]

Does anyone out there remember when MTV first came out and they did not have enough videos to fill up the time slots so they would show these women doing some kind of aerobics for about twenty minutes straight. I searched for info on it but could not find anything and everyone I have mentioned it to lately says they do not remember it. Just looking for some kind of verification that I remember that correctly and not going crazy.

[jdwme]

check out retrojunk.com they usually have info on everything 80s

[lscottpht]

I remember those, made sure they were off when my boyfriend came over...lol! I'm sure a lot of guys used to watch them.

[Jay Henley]

Ha Ha...... Yep, you definitely remember. The boyfriend comment made me laugh. I remember they would be exercising then one of them would look straight into the camera for a couple of seconds. Sure did hate to see those ladies leave the program.

What was weird about it, was there was'nt much to it, or what they were doing but it was like I could'nt quit watching them. What they were doing was real repetitive. It was like "Okay, I have watched this for ten minutes now. I need to get up and do something else" but I couldnt.

Originally Posted by lscottpht

I remember those, made sure they were off when my boyfriend came over...lol! I'm sure a lot of guys used to watch them.

[lscottpht]

Originally Posted by Jay Henley

Ha Ha...... Yep, you definitely remember. The boyfriend comment made me laugh. I remember they would be exercising then one of them would look straight into the camera for a couple of seconds. Sure did hate to see those ladies leave the program.

What was weird about it, was there was'nt much to it, or what they were doing but it was like I could'nt quit watching them. What they were doing was real repetitive. It was like "Okay, I have watched this for ten minutes now. I need to get up and do something else" but I couldnt.

Hahaha, yep, you are a guy! LOL! Yeah, and they did some pretty erotic angles and such with the filming. I think all the guys were glued to the tv during those 20 min.

[Gambit]

Originally Posted by Jay Henley

It was like "Okay, I have watched this for ten minutes now. I need to get up and do something else" but I couldnt.

Wasn't that kinda the point of all of MTV?

[rdcole]

The Videos were called Aerobicise.produced by Ron Harris.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i1ytV7OHaak

[rdcole]

I worked in TV in those days and those videos were quite popular around the TV stations I worked at.

We ever produced a workout show back then.
However they were not the same as Aerobicise...

[Jay Henley]

thanks for the info Ron.

[swanny338]

Whats the 80s?

[steve817]

I don't remember it on MTV. I remember it on Showtime in between movies. I till remember the famous quote "Don't forget to breathe out"

[okcwannabe]

lol When you click on that link, youtube makes you log in for "Adult Content", but this used to air on MTV???

[Steelsun]

I remember it on SHowtime too (funky light also), but not MTV. I thought at the beginning they just kept replaying the same dozen vids over and over.

[bands321]

I watched MTV from the first video on and I do not ever remember these.

[AndrewCCM]

I remember hacking my cable box to see MTV the day it came on...Stayed home from school and everything.. LOL

Of course, they played music back then.