![]() IT WAS A CHEAP PILOT TO SHOOT.īob Small said he had just four hours to set up for the Unplugged pilot, with another four hours to film it-and all on a budget of $18,000. It was only when Burns and Small ally Judy McGrath got a promotion at MTV that a pilot got a greenlight. Burns and Small pitched the series to PBS after MTV initially said no. HBO passed on Unplugged when Shear proposed the concept to the pay channel. He wouldn’t even do the f***ing show until almost 20 years later.” 2. Jon Bon Jovi thinks he was the inspiration for it. (Springsteen would find his way onto Unplugged in 1992.)Įxecutive producer Joel Gallen has referred to Unplugged as his "baby" as well and, like Shear, was inspired by Bon Jovi and Sambora's VMA set, which he called a "jumping off point." In I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, Small said: “Please do not credit Bon Jovi for creating Unplugged. That's all well and good, but producers Jim Burns and Bob Small claim they got the idea for MTV Unplugged after Bruce Springsteen treated the two-and the thousands of other fans at one of his concerts-to a final encore featuring just himself and his acoustic guitar. In 1992, The New York Times wrote that Shear was inspired by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora's two-song acoustic set at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. Singer/songwriter Jules Shear has said that he came up with the concept for MTV Unplugged to promote his acoustic album, The Third Party. OPINIONS VARY ON WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA. In the meantime, here's a look behind the scenes of the music series that became a phenomenon. But now it looks as if Unplugged is ready for a reboot MTV has announced that the series will be back beginning on September 8, 2017, with Shawn Mendes as its first guest. Though it lost its regular time slot in 1999, in the near-20 years since, a handful of artists have popped in for brief revivals. ![]() Making its debut in 1989, MTV Unplugged-in which famous musicians perform stripped-down arrangements of their biggest hits-was a hit for both the cable network and the music industry, particularly in the early- to mid-'90s.
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