Classic Nick Wed. – PopClips

With set flats made from the Styrofoam packing used to ship laserdisc players and 3/4" video decks PopClips was broadcast weekly on the youth-oriented cable television channel Nickelodeon in late 1980 and early 1981 and was the direct predecessor of MTV.

The first music-video program was a promotional device for Warner Communications' record division, which was first conceived by former Monkee Mike Nesmith with production beginning 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; the first "VeeJay" was Jeff Michalski.

== Early Videos Broadcast On PopClips ==

Split Enz -- "I Hope I Never"

Pretenders -- "Brass in Pocket"

Kim Carnes -- "More Love"

Mike Nesmith -- "Rio"

Huey Lewis and the News -- "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)"

Huey Lewis and the News -- "Don't Ever Tell Me That You Love Me"

Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons -- "Security"

The Police -- "Walking on the Moon"

Rolling Stones -- "Waiting on a Friend"

The Tourists -- "I Only Want to Be with You"

Madness -- "One Step Beyond"

Split Enz -- "I Got You"

Squeeze -- "Cool for Cats"

The Police -- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"

The Waitresses -- "I Know What Boys Like"

Mi-Sex -- "Computer Games"

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions -- "Drivin"

Toto -- "99"

Thin Lizzy -- "Waiting For An Alibi"

Tycoon --"Such a Woman"

Lucifer's Friend --"Goodbye Girls"

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions --"Drivin'"

Boney M --"Rivers of Babylon"

Poco --"Crazy Love"

Graham Parker --"Protection"

Carly Simon --"Vengance"

== PopClips ==

Genre – Music television

Created By – Michael Nesmith

Developed By – Michael Nesmith & William Dear

Directed By – William Dear

Presented By

Howie Mandel

Jack Armstrong

Jeff Michalski

Charles Fleischer

Bill Martin

Country Of Origin – United States

Original Language(s) – English

No. Of Seasons – 1

== Production ==

Executive Producer(s) – Michael Nesmith

Running Time – 30 Minutes

Broadcast – Original Channel – Nickelodeon

== Chronology ==

Preceded By – Elephant Parts (video)

Followed By – Television Parts

Related Shows – MTV Channel