THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2001

Here we are: the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center.



CJ, his wife Chessa, and Arturo in row N, the Ramones section.



Ben Stiller takes Marky through the incredibly high-tech Communications Center.



Marky, Johnny and CJ get ready for their close-up.



Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - more precisely, the bar.



After the Awards, it's like old times. The guys got to hang out together at the party thrown in their honor at the Hudson Hotel, one of the hottest spots in New York City.



Collider's Jed Davis tries to steal CJ's statuette, only to realize that it was stuck to CJ's tongue.



Yep, it was an open bar! With lots of the good bubbly.