# Half-remembered show from MTV

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**Created:** [June 21, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-remembered-show-from-mtv/944765 "2021-06-21T15:19:31Z")\
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This would have been on MTV mid- to late-1980s (it’s dimly possible it was VH-1). It was a talk/interview show, and I’m reasonably sure it was a regular series.

In the episode I’m trying to remember, they were talking to a promoter/producer kind of guy who had (IIRC) worked with lots of bands, sometimes shaping them early enough on to help them decide on their band name. The specific quote I half-remember is him explaining that he would encourage bands to choose short names like “Yes” and [“GTR”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTR_(band)) because you can put a name like that in much larger type on a poster than you can with something like “The Fabulous Thunderbirds.” I remember being struck by the practicality of it from a promoter’s point of view.

I’m trying to remember what the show was but mainly who the person being interviewed was. Thanks in advance.