MTV Total Request Live - Best of Carson (2000)

The wildly popular afternoon video request show hosted by Carson Daly on MTV, a modern American bandstand featuring a live audience, appearances by pop stars, and a crowd of onlookers who clog the sidewalks outside the cable network's Times Square studio, is given both a "best of" and "behind the scenes" treatment in this video. Christina Aguilera appears in the studio to wiggle and lip-sync her way through "Genie in a Bottle," and a few boy bands, including 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, show up to look serious, croon their tunes, and make the young girls in the audience squeal and squirm. Seemingly as a deliberate counterweight to the carefully packaged entertainment that's a mainstay of the show, production personnel appear in interviews to talk about how the live show is spontaneous and often plagued by mistakes, including guests who don't show up on time and audience members whose behavior or language isn't exactly ideal for afternoon television. A remote segment with Limp Bizkit, whose heavily tattooed frontman Fred Durst ends his performance at a beach resort by literally blowing up a boat, seems to have been tagged on the end to counter the sugary quality of earlier performers. This is an entertaining look at the show, and those who wouldn't miss it every afternoon will no doubt love seeing how the show gets produced. --Robert J. McNamara Amazon.com

The Melting Pot.......

"Total Request Live" mixes pop with rock, rap,and r&b throughout their hour time slot. Preteens and teens enjoy voting via phone or through the official TRL Website at the MTV.com, then wait for the results to emerge. Totals often are shown, during the earlier years 1998,1999.
Kids pack the studio, or the streets below in anticipation of their favorite acts being closeup,unscripted,and in your face!
No matter how many times an artist returns,viewers see them in a raw, and open setting. Sometimes, the famous get in on the own requests, by shout outs, during videos!
This gives a behind the scenes look at the studio, Host Carson Daly, and those crazy fans!See how a number of stars graced the TRL Stage, becoming newly found sensation........ July 30, 2008

STP!!

I bought this tape SOLELY for the Stone Temple Pilots song "Sour Girl" the rest is boy band garbage and Chrustie Ugliera. 5 stars for STP no stars for the rest. November 22, 2005

Ugh!

This tape could've been so much better. The best parts, in fact they are the only parts you should watch, are the performances by the individual artists and groups. The rest is thoughts from other people and it's very boring. I had to pinch myself to stay awake when I was watching it, and I love TRL. Honestly, even if you love the show, you will probably HATE this video. It is not a masterpiece. It's not a work of art. It's a boring tape that is only redeemed in the performances of the singers that have made the show so popular in the first place. So, please, do not waste your money on this tape. March 22, 2002

OK

This video was ok, i watched it as soon as i got it, but i have not watched it since, it is not one of those movies where you can watch it over and over again. January 15, 2001

Kind of boring

This video is boring. I love TRL and it just didn't really interest me. The performances were cool, but the whole "behind the scenes" parts were very boring. If you want this video because you love TRL, I would highly recommend not buying it. If you want the performances, then, by all means, get it! January 14, 2001

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