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Season 9: Episode 16

MTV Music News

Nina Blackwood …. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

[ Opens with the MTV “rocket” logo sequence. Zoom out to reveal it’s being played on a TV monitor behind MTV VJ Nina Blackwood. ]

Nina Blackwood: Aloha! This is Nina Blackwood. [ waits for the applause ] All right! Thank you! And I’ll be doing a special interview with a brand new band with a world premiere vid-e-o! But first, here’s some music news.

[ picture of John Cougar Mellencamp appears on the monitor ]

John Cougar Mellencamp has just announced that he is changin’ his name again. Me-OW! From now on he’s gonna be known as John Cougar Mellencamp Kahuna Walla Walla Niki Pooga Weenie! Okay!

[ picture of ZZ Top appears on the monitor ]

And following the success of our “Lost Weekend with Van Halen” contest, MTV has plans for a Lost Weekend with ZZ Top — All right! — where some lucky viewer gets to spend two wild days vacationing in one of the band’s beards. Fun.

[ the MTV “astronaut” logo appears on the monitor ]

That’s the music news! We’ll be back with a special interview and a world premiere video, right after somebody tries to sell you, something …

[ Fade to the “Foldger’s Crystals” commercial ]

Submitted by: G. Gomez

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Author: Don Roy King

Don Roy King is directing his fourteenth season of Saturday Night Live. That work has earned him nine Emmys and thirteen nominations. Additionally, he has been nominated for thirteen DGA Awards and won in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Mr. King is also the creative director of Broadway Worldwide which brings theatrical events to theaters. The company has produced Smokey Joe’s Café; Putting It Together with Carol Burnett; Jekyll & Hyde; and Memphis, all directed by Mr. King. He completed the screen capture of Broadway's Romeo & Juliet in 2013. - LinkedIn View all posts by Don Roy King