Pee Wee steals the show
Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, had a pretty bad year. See in 1991 he was caught performing some salacious acts in public. Therefore his show was canned and his toys pulled from the shelves. Then he appeared at the ’91 VMAs and immediately showed the crowd his self-deprecating humor, thus winning everyone back over again.
Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay gets banned
Notable for his leather jackets and edgy routines, Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay only needed three minutes to end up banned from the VMAs for life. Understandably his routine was so over the top that his career has tanked ever since the ’89 show.