In 1988, Pennebaker, Hegedus and David Dawkins followed Depeche Mode as they toured the U.S. in support of "Music for the Masses", the band's commercial breakthrough in America. The resulting film, "101", was released the following year, and prominently features a group of young fans travelling across America as winners of a "be-in-a-Depeche-Mode-movie-contest," which culminates at Depeche Mode's landmark concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Because of this, the film is widely considered to be the impetus for the "reality" craze that swept MTV in the following years, including "The Real World" and "Road Rules". In various interviews, DVD commentaries and on their own website, both Pennebaker and Hegedus have cited "101" as "their favorite" and "the one that was the most fun to make" out of all their films to date.