MTV Prime Time vidcheck (December 24, 1996)

Taken from two hours worth of footage featuring nothing but Christmas (and one Hanukkah-themed) videos! 1. Very end of Singled Out 2. MTV Happy Holidays! wishes 3. RUN-D.M.C.- Christmas In Hollis 4. Daryl Hall & John Oates- Jingle Bell Rock 5. Holiday Greetings from MTV 6. Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas Is You 7. Bon Jovi- I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas 8. VJ commentary 9. Commercials: a. Beavis and Butt-head Do America movie trailer b. Lady Foot Locker/Fila c. Calvin Klein CKbe fragrance d. Finesse e. Volkswagen f. U.S. Army g. 1-800-COLLECT h. The Crow: City of Angels on home video i. Super Bowl XXXI coin by Balfour 10. MTV Don't drink & drive PSA with Rosenfeld Insurance sponsorship bumper 11. Band Aid- Do They Know It's Christmas 12. Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 13. Boyz II Men- Silent Night 14. More VJ commentary 15. Commercials: a. Another Beavis and Butt-head Do America trailer b. Vectorman 2 for Sega Genesis (you know the company was in dire straits when it wasn't supporting the Saturn) c. V link d. Vicks NyQuil e. M&M's Peanut f. Yet another Beavis and Butt-head Do America trailer g. Levi's h. Degree i. The Relic trailer j. Another Vectorman 2 k. Comics Come Home 2 on Comedy Central promo 16. More MTV holiday wishes 17. Melissa Etheridge- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 18. Vanessa Williams- Save the Best For Last (Holiday version) 19. Elmo & Patsy- Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer 20. MTV News up next bumper 21. Commercials: a. Idiot Savants/Singled Out/Loveline promos b. (same as #9i) c. Brown's Discount furniture (New Bedford, MA) d. (same as #15i) e. Clearasil f. Game Boy Pocket g. Another V link h. GX from Samsung i. MoneyGram (2 ads) j. Intel Pentium processor 22. MTV News 23. TLC- Sleigh Ride 24. Westside Connection Happy Holidays! wishes 25. U2- It's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 26. The Ramones- Merry Christmas Baby (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) 27. Snoop Doggy Dogg Featuring Nate Dogg- Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto 28. Even more VJ commentary 29. Commercials: a. Sony CD-IT (despite the name, cassettes were still relevant even after the Web was getting popular) b. Evita trailer c. (same as #9b) d. (same as #15e) e. Levi's silverTab at County Seat f. Pringles g. Two more MoneyGram h. Auto Alarms & Accessories (Westport, MA) i. (same as #9i and #21b) 30. MTV "Cartoon Girl" station promo 31. David Bowie & Bing Crosby- Little Drummer Boy 32. Adam Sandler- The Chanukah Song 33. Boyz II Men- Let It Snow 34. Even more VJ commentary (featuring the then-new Tickle Me Elmo!) 35. One more Beavis and Butt-head Do America trailer 36. Commercials: a. Nike b. (same as #9d) c. Vicks DayQuil d. (same as #9a) e. (same as #29f) f. Nick at Nite's TV Land 37. MTV "A Very Special Christmas" station promo 38. Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio- I Am Santa Claus 39. MTV "Santa Claus: The man, the myth, the Slam Dancer" station promo 40. Mariah Carey- Miss You Most (At Christmas Time) 41. Another MTV News up next bumper 42. Commercials: a. MTV Cheap Clicks featuring Beavis and Butt-head PC games b. Samsung gx TV c. Michael trailer d. Head & Shoulders e. Gillette f. (same as #9g) g. (same as #15e and #29d) h. Cover Girl i. Braun supervolume Twist hair j. Old Spice k. One more Samsung gx TV l. (same as #9h) m. (same as #9i, #21b and #29i) 43. Another MTV News 44. Mel Torme- The Christmas Song 45. Coming up on MTV: Buzzkill/Idiot Savants/Singled Out/Loveline