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From Dyanna D – Mr. Pop – Can you give me a list of MTV personalities that made it big! Those whose careers got bigger after their MTV gigs. Thank you.

Mr. Pop History -  You’d be surprised. Here goes:
Ben Stiller has to be on top of the list. Here are others:
Adam Sandler
Pauly Shore
Jon Stewart
Adam Curry

And more –
Julie (Downtown) Brown
Julie (Just Say Julie) Brown (can you believe – two of them!)
Martha Quinn
Gilbert Gottfired
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Karen Duffy
Steve Issacs
John Norris

I took these names because they’re really from the heyday of MTV VJ’s – the 80’s through the 90’s.