For many viewers, MTV is more synonymous with chiseled dumbasses on reality shows than it is underground freak art. But during the late ’80s and all through the ’90s, MTV was packed with bizarre animation, not only in shows like Beavis & Butthead and The Maxx but in the ads and network bumpers that the channel would run between programs. Now, a YouTuber has collected over an hour of some of the most visually delicious animated MTV bumpers — and it’s a multiple-course meal for anyone with a short attention span.Perhaps the most interesting part of this epic journey into music television is how each era distinctly expresses itself with these. The early-to-mid ’80s is all flash and star power, trying to use The Police and Pat Benetar to sel...
