And we were looking at the release dates and we're like, it seemed weird that it was all this stuff was happening after Halloween. Wouldn't have been a Halloween, you know, premiere. Well, turns out On this day in 1983, Michael Jackson's 14 minute film thriller debuted in Los Angeles. It became the most popular video in MTV history. And it just kind of reinforced what I was saying is back then, the early 80s, Halloween was not nearly the holiday it is now. (33:47–34:01)
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Asserts that Michael Jackson's Thriller debuted in 1983 and became MTV's most popular video.
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