Pop-Up Video is a popular VH1 television show that "popped up" bubbles ( bloop) — officially called "info nuggets" — containing trivia and spry witticisms throughout music videos. The show was created by Woody Thompson and Tad Low and premiered October 27, 1996. For a time, it was the highest-rated program on VH1, though Behind the Music had overtaken it by 1998.
Although VH1.com still lists Pop-Up Video in its programming roster, it has not aired regularly on the network since 2002. It used to run on Canada's MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic. The show, until recently, aired nightly on VH1 Europe, but is currently run only on special occasions, such as Pop-Up Video weekends.
As of January 2008, Pop-Up Video airs on VH1 Classic.
This series features old and new music videos, with a twist: As the video plays, "information bubbles" will "pop up" with facts about the production of the video, things contained in the video, and things vaguely connected to the video, or at the very least, to the last information bubble... Written by Jason A. Cormier
