Between 1996 and 2002, VH1 had a show called Pop Up Video which paired music videos with trivia and jokes that “popped up” on screen, mostly without controversy. Most of it is unavailable today, but the Internet Archive has a number of episodes taped off televion. Here is a list:

Episodes 1, 2 & 3, featuring these videos: Tina Turner, “Missing You”; Sheryl Crow, “Leaving Las Vegas”; Los Del Rio, “Macarena”; George Michael, “Freedom”; Olivia Newton-John, “Physical”; Tom Petty, “Walls”; TLC, “Waterfalls”; Counting Crows, “Round Here”; John Mellencamp, “Pink Houses”; David Lee Roth, “California Girls”; Celine Dion, “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”; Alanis Morissette, “You Learn”; Rolling Stones, “Love is Strong”; R.E.M., “Losing My Religion”; Culture Club, “Karma Chameleon”. Episode 4, featuring: Toni Braxton, “You’re Makin' Me High”; Blues Traveler, “The Mountains Win Again”; Janet Jackson, “Runaway”; Pat Benatar - “Love is a Battlefield”; Madonna, “Express Yourself”. Episode 5, featuring: Jewel, “Who Will Save Your Soul”; Mariah Carey, “Fantasy”; Meat Loaf, “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)"; Bruce Springsteen, “Glory Days”. Episode 9, featuring: Sting, “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying”; Hootie and the Blowfish, “Let Her Cry”; Joan Osbourne, “One of Us”; The B-52’s, “Love Shack”; Lionel Ritchie, “Hello”. Episode 10, featuring: Melissa Etheridge, “Nowhere To Go”; U2, “One”; Sting, “If I Ever Lose My Faith”; Blind Melon, “No Rain”; Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. Episode 17, featuring: Babyface, “Everytime I Close My Eyes”; Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”; INXS, “Never Tear Us Apart”; George Michael, “I Want Your Sex”; The Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian”. Episode 37, featuring: Jamiroquai, “Virtual Insanity”; Hootie & The Blowfish, “Only Wanna Be with You”; Miami Sound Machine, “Bad Boy”; Van Halen, “Hot for Teacher”; Cyndi Lauper, “Time After Time”. Episode 40, featuring: Bon Jovi, “Midnight in Chelsea”; Mariah Carey, “Always Be My Baby”; Aerosmith, “Cryin'"; Devo, “Whip It”; ZZ Top, “Gimme All Your Lovin'”. Episode 42, featuring: Lisa Stansfield, “Never Never Gonna Give You Up”; The Proclaimers, “(I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles”; Natalie Cole, “Unforgettable”; Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing”; Men at Work, “Down Under”. Episode 47, featuring: Meredith Brooks, “Bitch”; Gin Blossoms, “Allison Road”; Madonna, “Take A Bow”; Milli Vanilli, “Girl You Know It"s True”; Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry Be Happy”. Episode 48, featuring: Michael Jackson, “Stranger in Moscow; The Rembrandts, “I"ll Be There For You”; Robert Palmer, “Addicted to Love”; The Clash, “Rock the Casbah”; Blondie, “Rapture”. Episode 55, featuring: Texas, “Say What You Want”; Spin Doctors, “Two Princes”; Michael Penn, “No Myth”; Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight”; Billy Joel, “Uptown Girl”. Episode 63, featuring: Janet Jackson, “Together Again”; 10,000 Maniacs, “These Are the Days”; Tom Jones, “If I Only Knew”; John Fogerty, “The Old Man Down The Road”; Dexy’s Midnight Runners, “Come On Eileen”. Episode 97, featuring: Sugar Ray, “Fly”; 4 Non Blondes, “What’s Up”; Elvis Costello, “Veronica”; AC/DC, “You Shook Me”; Pat Benatar, “Shadows of Night”. Episode 136, featuring: R.E.M., “Shiny Happy People”; Sheryl Crow, “A Change Would Do You Good”; Madonna, “Nothing Really Matters”; INXS, “I Need You Tonight”; Kylie Minogue, “The Loco-motion”. Elton John special episode, featuring the songs: “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting”, “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues”, “Nikita”, “Candle in the Wind”, “I’m Still Standing”. Songs from movie soundtrack, featuring: Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You”; Los Lobos, “La Bamba”; Bryan Adams, “(Everything I Do) I Do For You”; Tina Turner, “We Don’t Need Another Hero”; John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, “Grease Megamix”. Songs from 80s movie soundtracks, featuring: Ray Parker Jr., “Ghostbusters”; Kenny Loggins, “Danger Zone”; Madonna, “Into the Groove”; Psychedelic Furs, “Pretty in Pink”; Michael Sembello, “Maniac”. 80s songs about dancing, featuring: Men Without Hats - “The Safety Dance”; The Hooters, “And We Danced”; Herbie Hancock, “Rockit”; Wang Chung, “Dance Hall Days”; David Bowie & Mick Jagger, “Dancin' in the Street”. 80s songs about the Cold War, featuring: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, “Two Tribes”; Culture Club, “The War Song”; Sting, “Russians”; After The Fire, “Der Kommissar”; Genesis, “Land of Confusion”. One hit wonders, featuring: The Outfield, “Your Love”; Tom Cochrane, “Life is a Highway”; Martika, “Toy Soldiers”; EMF, “Unbelievable”; Neneh Cherry, “Buffalo Stance”. Rock n' roll hall of fame part 2, featuring: Fleetwood Mac, “Hold Me”; Santana, “Black Magic Woman”; Eagles, “Hotel California”; David Bowie, “China Girl”; John Lennon, “Nobody Told Me”. Metal Mania part 3, featuring: Judas Priest, “Breaking The Law”; Metallica, “The Memory Remains”; Ratt, “Round and Round”; Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again”. Rock n' Roll Heaven, featuring: The Doors, “Break on Through”; Bob Marley, “Could You Be Loved”; Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Crossfire”; Roy Orbison, “You Got It”. Rolling Stone special episode, featuring the songs: “Start Me Up”, “Going to a Go-Go”, “Undercover of the Night”, “Has Anybody Seen My Baby?” Songs about social issues, featuring: Ben Folds Five, “Brick”; Stevie Wonder & Babyface, “How Come, How Long?"; Aerosmith, “Janie’s Got a Gun”; Rod Stewart, “Young Turks”. Greatest Artists of Rock n' Roll, featuring: Rolling Stones - “Start Me Up”; Tina Turner, “What’s Love Got To Do With It”; U2, “One”; Prince and the New Power Generation - “7”; Paul Simon, “You Can Call Me Al”. Greatest Dance Songs, featuring: Cher, “Believe”; Dead or Alive, “You Spin Me Round”; Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive”; Paula Abdul, “Straight Up”; Michael Jackson, “Billie Jean”. Big 80s part 1, featuring: Duran Duran, “Rio”; Culture Club, “Karma Chameleon”; Billy Idol, “White Wedding”; Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”; Olivia Newton-John, “Physical”. Big 80s part 2, featuring: A-ha, “Take on Me”; Pat Benatar, “Love is a Battlefield”; John Cougar, “Jack & Diane”; Lionel Richie, “Hello”; Van Halen, “Hot For Teacher”. Big 80s part 4, featuring: Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”; Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me with Science”; Billy Joel, “Keeping the Faith”; The Jacksons, “Torture”; J. Geils Band, “Centerfold”. There are no more whole episodes on the Internet Archive, but here are 332 individual songs in a big Pop Up Video playlist. Finally, here’s an interview with show creators Tad Low and Woody Thompson.

HT: Metafilter