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'Money for Nothing' Wasn't the First CGI Music Video — But It's the One That Changed Everything
Everyone remembers the blockhead movers from 1985. Almost nobody remembers the two animators behind them — or that their next act was the first all-CGI TV series in history. Let’s trace the wire.
First, let’s kill the myth
Ask anyone to name the first computer-animated music video and you’ll get the same answer: Dire Straits, “Money for Nothing,” 1985. The blocky delivery guys. The floating dog. “I want my MTV.”
Wrong — and the real story is better.