Before MTV took over almost every cable system in America, HBO got a jump on them for a little while by offering a half-hour program of music videos called "Video Jukebox". Not to be confused with the Video Jukebox Network (a.k.a. "The Box"), and not counting the 1 or 2 clips HBO inserted between movies to kill time, this series ran from 1981 to 1986 and basically provided a cross-section of the popular mainstream music of the time, mostly geared toward the lite-rock and new wave crowd. My young obsessive-compulsive self managed to memorize the order the videos ran in, and I have decided to put this bunch of trivial memory to good use in the reference world. Here, now, are the listings of the Video Jukeboxes I managed to catch between August 1982 and September 1986, as well as recollections from other viewers.
If anyone at HBO or anyone else can supply me with playlists for this program, I will be happy to list them here. E-mail me at [email protected].
| No link means I have no data on this episode whatsoever, yet I know it exists. A yellow background means that this episode is fully accounted for. | |||||
| 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| January 1982 | January 1983 | January 1984 | January 1985 | January 1986 | |
| February 1982 | February 1983 | February 1984 | February 1985 | February 1986 | |
| March 1982 | March 1983 | March 1984 | March 1985 | March 1986 | |
| April 1982 | April 1983 | April 1984 | April 1985 | April 1986 | |
| May 1982 | May 1983 | May 1984 | May 1985 | May 1986 | |
| June 1982 | June 1983 | June 1984 | June 1985 | June 1986 | |
| July 1982 | July 1983 | July 1984 | July 1985 | July 1986 | |
| August 1982 | August 1983 | August 1984 | August 1985 | August 1986 | |
| September 1982 | September 1983 | September 1984 | September 1985 | September 1986 | |
| October 1982 | October 1983 | October 1984 | October 1985 | ||
| November 1982 | November 1983 | November 1984 | November 1985 | November 1986 | |
| December 1981 | December 1982 | December 1983 | December 1984 | December 1985 | |
| Country Jukebox 1983 | Country Jukebox 1984 | Movies Edition 1985 | |||
| Holiday Edition 1983 | Movies Edition 1984 | Comedy Jukebox | |||
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