# Lame Football Half-time Shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 28, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198 "2000-01-28T23:03:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198/1 "2000-01-28T23:03:00Z")

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Okay, they have to do _something_ to entertain the folks at the game, but why do they have to subject the viewing audience to this torture? I don’t believe I have EVER seen a half-time show that was worth remembering. My brother was in the High School Band and even HE can’t stand watching the silly things. Where’s the Stanford Band when you need them?

The show intended for the Big Game on Sunday looks really [weird.](http://www.cnnsi.com/inside_game/david_fleming/news/2000/01/27/flemfile_super_bowl/)

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**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198/2 "2000-01-28T23:10:00Z")

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i’ve never actually seen a halftime show, but i was in the '97 grey cup one. holy hoo was it fun!

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“human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust; we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” - albert einstein

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**Author:** ![ConMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ConMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ConMan)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198/3 "2000-01-28T23:17:00Z")

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I have to tell you that the Super Bowl has nothing on the Orange Bowl when it comes to half-time shows! They are GREAT! The Super Bowl shows are definitely duds.

BTW, did you see the Rose Bowl this year? Stanford played Wisconsin and YES! ABC let the TV viewers watch the Stanford marching band at halftime! I love those guys!

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“Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore.’”  
E A Poe

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198/4 "2000-01-28T23:23:00Z")

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Did you catch the Simpson’s superbowl episode? They managed to show none of the game or halftime show but the show somehow involved Dolly Parton wearing a Snoopy costume and flying on a jet pack.

The show is always weird but it’s a plus when the game itself has always sucked. I have to admit I didn’t even know who was going to play this year until I heard a commentary on NPR this morning. The Tennesee _what_?

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-football-half-time-shows/13198/5 "2000-01-29T01:05:00Z")

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Did anyone click on my link? I have to admit I’m curious to see what a “20-foot-high, happy-groin, Disney puppet” looks like.

Mickey Mouse with a hard-on, I guess…

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