Vivian Leigh

The kinds of videos that I remember watching as a kid.

Pioneer released their last English-language karaoke Laserdisc in 1999 and announced the end of all Laserdisc products in 2009.

Neil Altnew stayed with the company until 2008, and he thinks that had Pioneer come out with their karaoke products on CDG format from the beginning, karaoke would have probably been just as popular.

That could be true.

And had Pioneer not commissioned their karaoke videos, they would have saved millions of dollars.

But in making these laser discs, they provided a lot of people with something that seems increasingly rare these days.

The opportunity to make something cool.

Nikki Smedley again.

She was the producer that worked on these videos in London.

And in case you forgot, was also a f***ing Teletubby.

Nikki still works in the arts.

She practically has her whole life.

And she says that it was a blessing to receive even a little bit of money to support herself when she was younger.

I got asked this question a lot as I was sending emails to the legends of karaoke past.

And yes, the idea of talking about weird ass karaoke music videos was the initial draw.

But really, I think it's probably because I wish I could have been there.

I originally moved to Los Angeles to work in production.

And had Pioneer still been commissioning these videos, I 1000% would have done this.

Making even the worst short films is so hard and so expensive and so exhausting.

And I loved it so much.