MTV's 'Total Request Live' Was Not Always Live Or Based On Requests
Sorry to ruin your adolescence.
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There are some things you can count on in life: death, taxes, and Carson Daly's honest music video countdown. Or so we thought. Turns out Total Request Live was not always totally requested or live. Read more below.
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