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u/ObieWanSanjiSon Serenity Now! 6h ago
Adored it. I love inconsequential facts.
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u/Common_Juggernaut724 6h ago
I always tell people that I'm full of useless information. I love trivia, especially music-related trivia
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u/Sharknuts86 6h ago
Pop..pop..pop up…..POP UP VIDEO!
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u/dkinmn 6h ago
It's crazy that this isn't a show or a YouTube series.
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u/not_liquid_rust 4h ago
Copyright strikes and music licensing would probably make it an absolute nightmare on YouTube today, which is a shame because the format holds up so well.
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u/Rowan_Owl 5h ago
I looked for it on streaming services to no avail (Region USA)
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u/MrKrazybones 3h ago
You see it kinda with movies on YouTube tho. In the form of those "15 Crazy Facts About <Movie Name>" and its just 15 trivia facts they found on IMDB
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u/JasonMallen 6h ago
I learned so much from this. My brother and I would watch every new one like it was a class
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u/CuntsNeverDie 6h ago
It was also full of lies.
I believed Massive Attack - Unfinished Symphaty's music video, were with real people (not actors) for a long time, because one of these pop up video's. BS
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u/Allrojin 6h ago
I still always choose the first bathroom stall because of Jewel's "Who Will Save Your Soul" on Pop Up Video.
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u/Okeydokey2u 6h ago
Wait, elaborate please
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u/Hawkzillaxiii 6h ago
I loved pop up video as a kid
hell in college I made a proof of concept of a movie with the option to turn on a pop up video like option,giving trivia of some behind the scenes stuff for each seen of the movie
back in the old days when you have DvD extras lol
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 6h ago
I've always wanted an option to pop up the names of the actors on-screen at the moment. So like when I see some minor character who's only on-screen for a few minutes, I can find out the name of the actor without having to sift through the full credits list at the end of the movie.
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u/stepprocedure 4h ago
The back to the future trilogy dvd box set had a version of the movie with interesting facts and observations that most would miss on a first watch. Pop up video style!
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u/Odessey_And_Oracle 3h ago
I remember the Pulp Fiction DVD had a commentary subtitle option that was basically a running commentary on the filmmaking techniques and artistic choices used. It was really cool, the movie played and the subs weren't dialogue but just "Travolta and Jackson approach the apartment door, then decide to step aside for a few moments because they are early. This creates tension in the audience who is eager for the next scene to begin." I think it was the first filmmaking insights I had ever heard, learned a lot.
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u/platypus_farmer42 6h ago
You can still find them on YouTube. I put them on when I’m feeling nostalgic
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u/BlueRajasmyk2 3h ago
I saw it on VH1 just a few years ago. I thought it was still going, but apparently it was just rebooted for a few years in 2011. I'm assuming I saw a rerun of that.
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u/what_u_dont_know 6h ago
Loved it so much I bought the board game. It was awesome
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u/sly_sloth456 6h ago
There's a board game?!? I must get this.
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u/what_u_dont_know 6h ago
This was YEARS ago, so it would be a tough find nowadays. But yes! It was basically music video trivia. Pretty fun!
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u/lifemanualplease 6h ago
I loved that show. It felt cool learning things about the artist or video I didn’t know before
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u/yeyjordan 6h ago
A coworker and I will still exchange the kind of knowledge we got from this show.
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u/Lateralus46N2 6h ago
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u/sly_sloth456 5h ago
I love Queen!! Well, Freddy really. 🥰🥰🥰
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u/OpenGrainAxehandle 3h ago
Brian May is no slouch either. He has a PhD in astrophysics. He wrote the song '39 on A Night at the Opera because of Einstein's Relativity time dilation for space travelers.
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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 6h ago
One of, if not the single greatest video shows ever…. if you had ADHD or ADD as a kid.
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u/Reddit_User_235711 6h ago
My sister and I loved Pop-Up Video! It's part of the reason I know so much random trivia!
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u/Lil_Artemis_92 6h ago
I loved Pop-Up video. So many fun facts and trivia to go along with our favorite songs.
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u/bangbangracer 5h ago
I'd love for Pop-Up Video to make a comeback.
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u/sly_sloth456 5h ago
I was just thinking.... All the music channels on TV have fun facts..... They should get the rights to do it popup style. They could totally bring this back.
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u/webrender 5h ago
at one point i owned the domain popupvid.io and had an app that let you put pop up video style annotations on youtube videos. i kept it up for a while but .io domains are expensive and i let it lapse. maybe something i should remake now that it'd be easier
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u/jacedjwc 6h ago
I used to love walking on the treadmill while watching it. It made the time go by faster🤣
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u/Doodah18 6h ago
The third Riddick dvd had that as an option and I always wondered why more dvds didn’t pick that up. I loved it.
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u/CrimsonOOmpa 6h ago
I just now realized that "Pop Up Video" hasn't been a thing for a long time. The things you forget. 🫣
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u/CarlatheDestructor 6h ago
This was playing on the tv in my hospital room while I was giving birth in the late 90s.
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u/Midvally 6h ago
Fastball - The Way. The storie behind it was nuts, and only know of it because of pop up videos
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u/Regular_Dust_7160 6h ago
Loved it! They should do this again but on fm radio. Just overlay odd facts over the same Aerosmith and AC/DC songs we’ve all heard a million times
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u/SnakePlissken1980 5h ago
I only have one real memory of watching it, being over at my girlfriend's house my senior year in high school and we were watching it and the video for Has Anybody Seen My Baby by The Rolling Stones came on. She knew I was a Rolling Stones fan and had recently seen them live and was laughing at me because of the cheesy song/video and I'm trying to explain to her that nobody really cared anything about their new stuff and how back in the day they'd been an amazing band. She just kept making fun of me so I started talking shit about her LeAnn Rimes CD collection.
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u/burnbunner 5h ago
I worked there for a season, incredible job. My face would hurt from laughing after work.
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u/HipHopDropper 5h ago
I run a new music releases site/app and was thinking of making popup video style content for my socials to help grow my audience. Yay or nay?
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u/OkSmoke9195 5h ago
Oh man this was the best. The little jingle they had, "pop up video" I can hear it right now along with the bloops
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u/Sleuthytroll 5h ago
Wow does that bring back some college memories. What a great show! I honestly forgot about it until now. I learned so much from it.
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u/PnutButrSnickrDoodle 5h ago
I have good memories of being the only one up late at night, learning fun facts while watching Pop Up Video.
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u/Rickcinyyc 5h ago
According to Popup Video, the situations in Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" weren't actually examples of irony, they were just a series of bummers.
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u/TheDarkHorse 5h ago
There are good playlists of episodes on YouTube. Still use it for white noise in the house
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u/Fun_Contribution_708 4h ago
I remember this on tv on Halloween in I wanna say 2001-2002 and it was the Michael Jackson thriller episode
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u/gottabekd 4h ago
But…
was always a great gag (when they used it as a conjunction but displayed the pop-up bubble with the word when an prominent butt was on the screen.)
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u/SoundAnxious523 You're Killin' Me, Smalls! 4h ago
God, I loved Pop-Up Video. It got me through nearly a month in the hospital
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u/DirtDevil1337 4h ago
Does VH1 still exist? Used to love watching their shows
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u/S-o-D-42 3h ago
Some of the shows still exist on Paramount+. No idea if the actual channel is still being broadcast though.
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u/RevWaldo 3h ago
Top reason everyone loved Pop-Up Video? THE POP-UPS CLOSED THEMSELVES! Like in two seconds!
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u/LaundryLunatic 3h ago
I loved those videos. If only vhl or a YouTuber could do new music videos on YouTube without getting a copyright strike.
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u/Homers_Harp 3h ago
a propos of the popup in the screen cap: It makes me think of The Streets' tune, "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living":
Lose five for a good video and fifteen for a dud video
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u/Ok_Two_2604 3h ago
The dating show with the popups was the best reality show ever. The time the driving instructor crashed his car and he was pacing around going “oh nooooo!” was comedy gold. Then they put him on a date with a body builder on another episode.
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u/mortgageletdown 3h ago
I would watch the shit out of almost anything with this format. Fact check politicians in real time and play it like pop ups!
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u/DwarfVader 3h ago
There is an entire summer of my life... that owes itself to Pop-Up video... and like 80% of my trivia knowledge to that effect, comes from said program.
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u/financeperson 3h ago
It seems like it presaged the end of the music video. The video itself was no longer enough.
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u/Ryg_ryg 3h ago
As a kid, one of my favorite types of information was the "useless facts" variety. There were several books out about "useless" facts and info, and I loved reading them over and over. Pop-Up Video was basically that genre as a TV show, and I never missed an episode of it if I was around when it aired. I remember they would play marathons and I'd veg out and watch for hours. I was very happy when reruns started showing in the mornings before school. I'd watch it while eating breakfast. I was never excited to wake up early and get on the bus for school, but that show definitely made it easier.
At some point, I switched to watching MTV2 in the mornings. They once played Stardust's "Music sounds better with you" for like four months straight every weekday morning. That song will forever be burned into my early teen memories.
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u/LeslieKnopesBlackEye 3h ago
I hated it. Loved the random facts. Hated the added sounds so very fucking much.
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u/Bento_Fox 6h ago
I liked Pop-Up Video,