House of Style-No, there was nothing groundbreaking or even particularly interesting about this show's look at fashion, but it did give us a chance to see more of Cindy Crawford for a while.

MTV gave us a great guilty pleasure in two of the funniest, dorkiest, most hysterical guys ever back in the early 90's-no, not Beavis and Butt-head…Nelson.

The channel has always been committed to diversity-after all, it shows us all sorts of people: young and beautiful white people, young and beautiful black people, young and beautiful gay people...

Whenever there was a new record to hype, or an artist wanted to let us know about an upcoming tour or project, thanks to MTV News, WE HEARD IT FIRST!

Unplugged: This show revealed the true talents of musicians who got back to their roots by stripping away the pretense and just playing with no electricity…except maybe every now and then…and maybe adding an orchestra…and maybe adding some guest stars…and maybe-ah, at least it was music, what more do you want?

J.J. Jackson was just plain COOL. And if you don't remember him, well, that's your problem

Provided valuable insight into our nation's celebrity culture with its Rock and Jock specials by showing athletes are just as moronic as entertainers.

Its reality programs have occupied dozens of our whiny, self-absorbed youngsters an outlet for months at a time and prevented them from actually entering real society.

Jackass has resurrected the time-old (but previously fading) tradition of "guy getting nailed in the crotch" humor.

Its revolutionary "Choose or Lose" coverage motivated a whole new generation to get out, register to vote, and then not show up on Election Day.

In case anyone forgot how utterly fantastic Michael Jackson is, MTV helpfully agreed to his demands to be referred to as "The King of Pop."

Helped influence a generation of filmmakers, who in turn helped wean movie audiences from relying on outdated tools like "attention spans" or "patience."

How exciting would it be for Madonna's records to be "banned" from Casey's Top 40?

Tune in to the channel during the summer, wait 15 seconds or so, and you'll probably see a girl in a bikini (the rest of the year, you might have to wait a full minute or so).

Prevented a possible drought of vapid awards shows by seemingly coming up with a new one every year.

Who can even calculate how many parents were encouraged and pleased to turn on the MTV, see Jesse Camp, and say, "At least my kid didn't turn out like THAT"?

Without MTV, Warrant never would have popular, and if Warrant had never been popular, I never would have made out with that chick to "Heaven " back in '93. (OK, that one's a little personal)

Their inexplicable reluctance to play videos by black artists in the early 80's probably saved us from some really lame Kool and the Gang videos.

They secured the place of The Buggles in music history.

Those couple of videos they played. You know, the other night at 3:00 AM?