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Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

G-Fafif Feb 27 2010 11:35 PM

Before he was on SNY, Ron Darling was "special guest" on FNV -- Friday Night Videos, that is. (The "FNV" bit never really caught on.) For those of you who went to bed early in the 1980s or perhaps weren't yet born, this was NBC's answer to MTV. It began in the summer of '83 and became video wallpaper by late 1986, which is when Ronnie joined that week's casual hosts, Bob Costas and Ahmad Rashad. Lots of talk about the '86 Mets, lots of meandering, some uneasy introductions of Van Halen videos, in three parts. Found via Neil Best. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 28 2010 05:02 AM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

The only thing I remember about Friday Night Videos is that it was the reason that, initially, David Letterman was only on from Monday through Thursday.

Ashie62 Feb 28 2010 05:30 AM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

Does Costas age?

Valadius Feb 28 2010 08:46 AM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

MTV is the most irrelevant channel on the tube today.

Ashie62 Feb 28 2010 02:01 PM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

And I thought it was the YES Network

MFS62 Mar 01 2010 09:27 AM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

[quote="Ashie62":hh3oq2t6]Does Costas age?[/quote:hh3oq2t6] Relax. No Dorian Gray stuff going on. My wife told me he dyes his hair. I guess its obvious to even a casual woman viewer. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2010 09:40 AM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

[quote="G-Fafif":8k4dy1fh] For those of you who went to bed early in the 1980s or perhaps weren't yet born, this was NBC's answer to MTV. It began in the summer of '83 and became video wallpaper by late 1986, which is when Ronnie joined that week's casual hosts, Bob Costas and Ahmad Rashad. [/quote:8k4dy1fh] You ain't kidding. Is anything less rock n roll than Bob Costas and Ahmad Rashad telling you how to rock? FNV in the early years was my only outlet for the whole emerging video scene (we didn't get cable). Somewhere I have a videotape with "Rock the Casbah" and Peter Schilling's "Major Tom" recorded off that show when they were new.

metirish Mar 01 2010 09:45 AM Re: Ron Darling Contracts FNV Fever in 1986

WOW, talk about campy and uncomfortable...Rashad and Bill Murray sat behind home plate for game 7?......wankers