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What’s cooler is coming up with the idea for MTV, or being executive producer of Repo Man

> Nesmith created a video clip for "Rio", which helped spur Nesmith's creation of a television program called PopClips for the Nickelodeon cable network. In 1980, PopClips was sold to the Time Warner/Amex consortium. Time Warner/Amex developed PopClips into the MTV network

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nesmith

I'll raise you a Queen guitarist and astrophysicist.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May

Mike Nesmith didn't like being in the Monkees. They would headline concerts with the likes of Jimi Hendrix as a support act, while the Monkees would mime their set

> the Monkees would mine their set

Just to make sure I understand, did you meam "mime"?

Yeah mime - it wasn't bitcoin or anything

"Elephant Parts" is a music video/sketch compilation of Nesmith's that's worth finding.