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It takes someone who’s willing to give up a bit of themselves to go toe-to-toe with Madonna — say, a David Letterman or a Kurt Loder — and Goodman doesn’t seem to have the first idea how to handle her. He’s visibly and audibly shook when Madonna asks “do you think someone else could come up with this (look)?” she totally ignores the “Like a Virgin” question Madonna sets up herself, and she almost chokes on his own spit when she starts talking about the meaning of “Boy Toy,” immediately clicking back into VJ mode and throwing to the next batch of videos. WHO CARES ABOUT THE NEXT BATCH OF VIDEOS?

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This clip also shows the first hints of Madonna’s poor taste in picking movie scripts, as she hypes her impending appearance in “Vision Quest.”

Previously: Madonna pushes our love over the Borderline, Madonna’s Holiday: Who’s that dude in the background?, Madonna’s white wedding, Madonna burns up, Madonna goes from a dinky club to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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New Year’s Eve with the Four Tops at the Hotel St. Regis

Zombie, joined by former Marilyn Manson guitarist and Detroit native John 5 (who looked particularly like the Joker on Tuesday), jumped into the audience twice, and did a lap around Joe Louis while shining a high-powered spotlight on fans. she brought a lively, unkempt spirit to the performance, and proved that even though she spends most of his time these days behind a camera, he’s barely lost a step when it comes to performing.

The video, which marked Madonna’s first collaboration with director Mary Lambert (who would go on to direct clips for several of her biggest songs, including “Like a Virgin,” “Material Girl” and “Like a Prayer”) is simple but extremely effective, and Lambert alternates between color and black and white to illustrate Madonna’s dual worlds. Several of the video’s images — the opening slo-mo dance sequence, the spraypaint scene — would go on to symbolize the ’80s video era and Madonna’s early career, and the clip helped establish Madonna’s reputation as a fashion icon.