Post by nostalgianerd on Dec 26, 2023 18:18:57 GMT
Hi, As many of you may have seen, a month or two ago, I created a post about a Nick Jr night time screen that had a medusa on. Someone suggested it could have been from MTV dance when it came on after the bedtime business song between 2001-2002 time. I did mention this to the person who was looking for this “Creepy medusa night time screen” but they said they remember nothing about MTV dance. But its a coincidence as they said 2001-2002 as thats when MTV dance came on after Nick jr on the evenings during this time period only.
Does anybody have any footage or know if there’s any on the internet of MTV dance being on Nick Jr? I’m really curious to see what it is this person is thinking of and if its MTV dance or not and to see what this “medusa” character and night time screen looks like. It might have been a logo or part of a music video on MTV dance but they stated it was definitively a night time screen. I know someone did state there was a forum and sent the link and they were briefly discussing “a dancing man” or a “gyrating man” on MTV dance after Nick Jr. The person stated that this Medusa screen had a “spinning chain” and that she would pop up slowly on screen creepily. So it kind of matches the MTV thing a little. They also stated that they are sure the Medusa woman had green snake hair and I’m sure she also mentioned a cauldron being in this “night time screen” do we think this was a thing or any footage from this era will be found? It could stay lost forever…
I have one more theory related to this. When a channel shares time with another channel like that, it's possible for issues with cable systems to result in a situation where one of the channels is shown but not the other. It's like when Nick at Nite started on Nickelodeon, for several years not every cable provider in the country had access to Nick at Nite because it was considered another channel in all technical sense. This is something you don't see much talk about now, but 20+ years ago it was fairly common.
Point being, it could be possible that at that time, that user had cable which did include Nick Jr., but for whatever reason could not get MTV Dance. Ergo, when the channel went to switch over to MTV Dance, it wouldn't, and instead this Medusa animation would play during that time.
I think it’s finally solved!! Yep! Definitely a cable thing I believe! I have strong strong reason to believe it is this from Telewest (the front row guide idents) contains a medusa and a spinning chain. Almost everything matches up youtu.be/KsmiFJtvDxo?si=rjaAbWp9wIhftXiK
Someone commented on that video about it coming on after cbeebies so it makes perfect sense!
Thank you all who have commented on both the threads I have made regarding this. I’ve been wanting to find it for months and finally have’
I think it’s finally solved!! Yep! Definitely a cable thing I believe! I have strong strong reason to believe it is this from Telewest (the front row guide idents) contains a medusa and a spinning chain. Almost everything matches up youtu.be/KsmiFJtvDxo?si=rjaAbWp9wIhftXiK
Someone commented on that video about it coming on after cbeebies so it makes perfect sense!
Thank you all who have commented on both the threads I have made regarding this. I’ve been wanting to find it for months and finally have’
IMO, the setup is a little eerie. The dark lighting, the weird synth, at one point in the video there even is audio that sounds like a police siren. I can definitely understand why some kids would be freaked out by this.
Though that being said it is kinda cute that they gave the makeup choice to have Medusa's eyebrows also have little snakes.
Looking through the commercials on the channel hosting these, I think I may have even identified the woman who played Medusa starring in another commercial for the channel.
Just put on an elaborate wig + maybe some hair dye and green contacts and boom! Medusa. I'm guessing they probably just had the same actress do a bunch of things for them and this was one of them.
IMO, the setup is a little eerie. The dark lighting, the weird synth, at one point in the video there even is audio that sounds like a police siren. I can definitely understand why some kids would be freaked out by this.
Though that being said it is kinda cute that they gave the makeup choice to have Medusa's eyebrows also have little snakes.
Yeah, i can see why kids would be scared, the sound in the background is kinda weird
IMO, the setup is a little eerie. The dark lighting, the weird synth, at one point in the video there even is audio that sounds like a police siren. I can definitely understand why some kids would be freaked out by this.
Though that being said it is kinda cute that they gave the makeup choice to have Medusa's eyebrows also have little snakes.
Yeah, i can see why kids would be scared, the sound in the background is kinda weird