Directed by Bruce Gowers   Bruce Leddy   Written by Chris Kreski   Bruce Leddy   Cast Arsenio Hall ... Self - Host Downtown Julie Brown ... Self - Co-Host Paula Abdul ... Self Alice in Chains ... Selves Bell Biv DeVoe ... Themselves Bon Jovi ... Themselves Lara Flynn Boyle ... Self - Audience Member James Brown ... Self Mariah Carey ... Self Dana Carvey ... Self / Garth Cher ... Self - Presenter A.C. Ciulla ... Self - C & C Music Factory Dancer (as Anthony Ciulla) Bootsy Collins ... Self Phil Collins ... Self Color Me Badd ... Themselves Jennifer Connelly ... Self Cindy Crawford ... Self DJ Jazzy Jeff ... Self (as Jeffrey A. Townes) Shannen Doherty ... Self - Presenter EMF ... Themselves Richard Gere ... Self Christopher Guest ... Nigel Tufnel - Presenter Guns N' Roses ... Themselves Khrystyne Haje ... Self Linda Hamilton ... Self Heavy D ... Self Tera Hendrickson ... Prince Dancer Don Henley ... Self Dennis Hopper ... Self Billy Idol ... Self - Presenter Chris Isaak ... Self Wayne Isham ... Self Magic Johnson ... Self Lenny Kravitz ... Self Jani Lane ... Self LL Cool J ... Self M.C. Hammer ... Self Kyle MacLachlan ... Self - Presenter Michael McKean ... David St. Hubbins - Presenter Gerardo Mejía ... Self Metallica ... Themselves George Michael ... Self Mike Myers ... Self / Wayne Casey Niccoli ... Self Stevie Nicks ... Self Sinéad O'Connor ... Self Demri Parrott ... Self - audience member Wilson Phillips ... Themselves Poison ... Themselves Lisa Marie Presley ... Self Jason Priestley ... Self Prince ... Self Queensrÿche ... Themselves R.E.M. ... Themselves Riki Rachtman ... Self Paul Reubens ... Pee-wee Herman Harry Shearer ... Derek Smalls - Presenter Pauly Shore ... Self Tarsem Singh ... Self (as Tarsem) Christian Slater ... Self Will Smith ... Self Steven Tyler ... Self Van Halen ... Themselves Was Not Was ... Themselves Produced by Carol Eng   Joel Gallen   Doug Herzog   Judy McGrath   Greg Sills

Additional Info Premiere: September 05, 1991 Country: Distributor: MTV Networks Websites: Production Companies Music Television (MTV) Distributors Music Television (MTV)   (original airing) Filming Locations Universal Amphitheater - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.3 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #12,424 / 21,102 Site Ranking #12,420 Crazy Fat Ethel (2016) #12,421 Exorcist: The Fallen (2014) #12,422 Laundry Man (2016) #12,423 The Vicious Sweet (1997) #12,424 1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991) #12,425 Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers (1998) #12,426 The Winter Hunger (2021) #12,427 The Invisible Avenger (1954) #12,429 Bad CGI Sharks (2019)