Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These commercials aired on MTV on December 31st, 1982 and January 1st, 1983. Happy New Year!
1. Calvin Klein Activewear
2. Kiss "Creatures Of The Night" (Though not featuring 100% of the original lineup, this was essentially Kiss' final album of their classic period, and the last album they would record while wearing their trademark makeup until their reunion album "Psycho Circus" in 1998)
3. Amidar for Atari 2600
4. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring an interview with Marshall Crenshaw, the 1983 New Year Countdown for the Mountain time zone and The Producers)
5. MTV Promo (This is where local commercials would normally play. This appears to be an aircheck directly from the feed and not a home recording, so no local ads are present)
6. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring an interview with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie. Interesting to hear her talk about David Cronenberg's "Videodrome". The movie was shot in late 1981 but was not released until February of 1983 due to multiple edits mandated by the MPAA in order for it to receive an R-rating and further edits by Universal Pictures before release)
7. MTV Station ID (With the Producers)
8. Miller High Life
9. Calvin Klein Activewear
10. Frogger for Atari 2600
11. Twix
12. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Snickers, Parker Brothers, Miller High Life, PolyGram Records and Calvin Klein Activewear)
13. Snickers
14. Miller High Life
15. Calvin Klein Activewear (With Andie MacDowell)
16. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring A Flock of Seagulls. FYI it appears they never played "I Ran" or played it after this recording stopped)
17. MTV Station ID (With Joe "King" Carrasco)
18. Miller High Life
19. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Video Game for Atari 2600 (It would be fun to compile a list of every video game that depicts the Battle of Hoth over the years...it feels like at least 20. Also that box art is classic)
20. Kiss "Creatures Of The Night"
21. Twix
22. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring an interview with Annabella Lwin and David Barbarossa of Bow Wow Wow and 1983 New Year Countdown for the Pacific time zone and A Flock of Seagulls)
These commercials aired on MTV on December 31st, 1982 and January 1st, 1983. Happy New Year!
1. Calvin Klein Activewear
2. Kiss "Creatures Of The Night" (Though not featuring 100% of the original lineup, this was essentially Kiss' final album of their classic period, and the last album they would record while wearing their trademark makeup until their reunion album "Psycho Circus" in 1998)
3. Amidar for Atari 2600
4. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring an interview with Marshall Crenshaw, the 1983 New Year Countdown for the Mountain time zone and The Producers)
5. MTV Promo (This is where local commercials would normally play. This appears to be an aircheck directly from the feed and not a home recording, so no local ads are present)
6. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring an interview with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie. Interesting to hear her talk about David Cronenberg's "Videodrome". The movie was shot in late 1981 but was not released until February of 1983 due to multiple edits mandated by the MPAA in order for it to receive an R-rating and further edits by Universal Pictures before release)
7. MTV Station ID (With the Producers)
8. Miller High Life
9. Calvin Klein Activewear
10. Frogger for Atari 2600
11. Twix
12. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Snickers, Parker Brothers, Miller High Life, PolyGram Records and Calvin Klein Activewear)
13. Snickers
14. Miller High Life
15. Calvin Klein Activewear (With Andie MacDowell)
16. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring A Flock of Seagulls. FYI it appears they never played "I Ran" or played it after this recording stopped)
17. MTV Station ID (With Joe "King" Carrasco)
18. Miller High Life
19. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Video Game for Atari 2600 (It would be fun to compile a list of every video game that depicts the Battle of Hoth over the years...it feels like at least 20. Also that box art is classic)
20. Kiss "Creatures Of The Night"
21. Twix
22. MTV NYE Rock 'n Roll Ball (Featuring an interview with Annabella Lwin and David Barbarossa of Bow Wow Wow and 1983 New Year Countdown for the Pacific time zone and A Flock of Seagulls)
