Mark Goodman (born October 11, 1952, Philadelphia, PA) is a radio DJ, TV personality, and actor. He is best known as one of the original five VJs on MTV, from 1981-1987. He is also best known for hosting Illinois Instant Riches and its successor Illinois' Luckiest alongside Linda Kollmeyer for the Illinois Lottery and WGN-TV. He started out as a radio personality at WMMR-TV in his hometown of Philadelphia and later moved to New York to work at WPLJ, the number one rock station in New York.