A look back as 'TRL' pulls plug

Damien Fahey and Lyndsey Rodrigues tape the last regular ''Total Request Live'' on Wednesday. (evan agostini/associated press)

'Total Request Live" ends its more than 10-year run on MTV tomorrow night. Some of you couldn't care less. But others of you - those who spent the late 1990s and early 2000s watching preteens squeeze behind Times Square police barriers to catch a glimpse of a Backstreet Boy waving from a window - understand that the loss of the afternoon video countdown means the end of the era of glitter that came after grunge.

It was boy bands in matching suits. It was Britney before the fall. It was Limp Bizkit covering George Michael.

"TRL" wasn't always about quality, but it was certainly shiny.

"Total Finale Live," which will feature appearances by Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Travis Barker, airs tomorrow night at 8. Here, a selective list of memorable moments from the show's history:

Mark, meet Marshall

Hometown hero Mark Wahlberg may like talking to animals, but he didn't like talking to Eminem about the Funky Bunch on an awkward "TRL" episode from 1999.

Mob scene

New York City police had to shut down Times Square on an afternoon in 1998 because of thousands of fans who flooded the streets for the release of the Backstreet Boys album "Millennium."

Take that, Britney

Justin Timberlake uses a 2002 episode to introduce the world to his "Cry Me A River" video. "It's not about her, it's about me," he says. Yeah, right.

Mariah interrupted

Mariah Carey strips and asks for therapy during an episode in 2001. She also hands out ice cream and says that if you "don't have ice cream in your life, sometimes you might go a little bit crazy." Indeed.

A little too late

In 2006, pride of Foxborough JoJo goes on air to promote her second album "The High Road," which she says is all about her new, 15-year-old maturity.

Mass. takeover

In 2002, Damien Fahey - a Longmeadow native, former Northeastern University student, and former KISS-108 personality - is tapped to take over for Carson Daly. Helping him out is Methuen native and former Miss USA Susie Castillo.