Uhmmm...was that a nipple I saw....

[daddy]

On Janet Jackson, when Justine seemed to rip off an article of clothing exposing her titty???? Or was I just seeing things...Oh BTW...it was on the suber bowl halftime show.

peace out,
daddy

 

[Double T]

You weren't seeing things, daddy. When Justin ripped of Janet's clothing, part of one breast was exposed. CBS issued a public apology, and stated that MTV would not be producing any more halftime shows.

 

[AffectionateDan]

Damn... I KNEW I shoulda taped it. And she's on my "List", too!

 

[primetime]

man, when that happened, everyone in the room was looking at each other and saying, "did we just see Janet's nipple?" no one is going to remember the game, everyone will talk about Janet's nipple. and what a cool nipple it was!

 

[asutickler]

By Jove, it was, it WAS a nipple you saw!

...well, sorta. Here's a picture, for those of you who missed it.


http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_861810.html



Also of note, Justin Timberlake's apology: "I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl, it was not intentional and is regrettable."

"Wardrobe malfunction?!?" WTF is THAT supposed to mean?!?

 

[Dave2112]

Costume malfunction, my ass! What a nice, slow choreographed way for a costume to "malfunction", especially one that's designed to rip away like that. Not only should MTV never have anything to do with the Super Bowl again, but should be barred from having anything to do with football, period. Remember the MTV Kickoff Special on ABC that saw Britney "Pig" Spears get pantsed on national television? Guess that was an accident, too.

I know some of you are thinking that this isn't the position you'd expect me to take on this, considering the stuff I've written and such, but it belongs here. Not on a globally-televised event that kids all over the world are going to watch. I'm sure there were a lot of really pissed parents. I have nothing against nudity or sensual entertainment, but in the right place and at the right time. What makes this even more creepy is that nothing even close to this (not even the "dance move" that caused it) happened during the many rehearsals. This was a planned move to shock a world-wide audience, of course as only MTV can provide.

Not only that, but the show itself sucked! Where does Janet Jackson even rate a Super Bowl, anyway? In her own words...What have you done for me lately? I always wanted to see a performer doing stuff that's 12 years old, gimme more of that. Oh, and pleasepleaseplease give us more obvious lip-synching. Aerosmith is asked nicely by the NFL to remain neutral (given that they're from Boston), yet P.Diddy Pupp Poop (or whatever his freakin' name is this week) has a Carloina uniform on under his dead-rat coat.

Leave it to MTV to suck everyone down into the slimy cesspool that they've become. Just when I thought that Janet might be the only Jackson who isn't a complete social freak. If this is what American popular culture has become, I apologize to the rest of the world for having to see that. Everyone at MTV, from the hip-hop "artists" (hee-hee) to the front office needs to grow the hell up.

 

[socksoff]

A message from Homer Simpson

"BOOOOOOOBIES!!!!"

 

[MrPartickler]

Ummm....dude, it's just a boob

not the end of civilization as we know it. lol

And why apologize to the rest of the world? ....especially when there are many other places not as (hypocritically) Puritanical as the US is?

If you watch the replay clips, you'll notice by Janet's reaction that she didn't expect the outfit would tear the way it did....that's not to say she/they didn't intend for <i>something</i> to tear away, but just that there was an unexpected result. (I have no clue what was actually supposed to happen...maybe it was supposed to show more? woohoo! 😛 )

but a one-second "boob shot??" ...I'm sure the children of the world will survive. 🙄 (Of course, now we get to see it replayed for the next month on every news channel as if it were a life-altering event.)

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Considering what the "Children of the world" are watching on TV today, I wouldn't be surprised if their parents were more shocked than they were. Of course, what really astounds me is that anyone could be so incompetant as to allow MTV to do a half time show. Haven't they seen what is aired on that channel recently? Sheesh.

 

[Moses25]

LOL, I thought it was hysterical.

And yes, I do believe that it was pre-arranged...unless Janet always walks around with a star-studded nippy cover.

Just another case of another Jackson exposing him/herself to children.

I want MTV to do my Bar-Mitsvah!!

What...?

Cheers.😀

 

[maverick83]

Re: Ummm....dude, it's just a boob

not the end of civilization as we know it. lol

And why apologize to the rest of the world? ....especially when there are many other places not as (hypocritically) Puritanical as the US is?

If you watch the replay clips, you'll notice by Janet's reaction that she didn't expect the outfit would tear the way it did....that's not to say she/they didn't intend for <i>something</i> to tear away, but just that there was an unexpected result. (I have no clue what was actually supposed to happen...maybe it was supposed to show more? woohoo! 😛 )

but a one-second "boob shot??" ...I'm sure the children of the world will survive. 🙄 (Of course, now we get to see it replayed for the next month on every news channel as if it were a life-altering event.)

I echo Partickler's sentiments. Seems like no big deal to me. The fact that it happened doesn't offend me in the least. What does annoy me is the way our society reacts to this type of thing. We're always looking for an excuse to get pissed off and make a scene.

 

[Knox The Hatter]

Here's a Super Bowl Halftime that I'm sorry I missed! I never dreamed I'd ever say that...

 

[red indian]

OK Dave do your worst.........

.....It seemed to me that Janet Jacksons "accidental" exposure simply added to the large number of tits whom I had the misfortune to watch playing the first half of the superbowl. Let me get this straight, Americans find the game of Cricket, incomprehensible, tedious, and boring, is that right? and the same applies to soccer? ....well what the hell was so different about that first half of the superbowl?....yeah ok, it warmed up a little in the second half, but I had a real tough job keeping my eyes open for the first half guys.

I agree with Dave about the half time show, it was bloody rubbish. If that kind of show was tried at the F.A. Cup Final there would have been a riot. One thing that really pissed me off with the coverage we recieved was the lack of air time for the cheer leaders. I really could have done with a lot more of them, especially in the first half, in fact I suspect they could probably have played a better game than either of the quarter backs.

The other thing that pissed me off was the "singing" of your national anthem. Dont you have ANYBODY who can get through it without giving us the benifitt of their "artistry" which to me just sounds disrespectfull and cheap? I suspect part o the reason is the likes of Beyonce are not capable of simply holding pitch on a note for more than a fraction of a second, so they fall off the note as soon as they can and subject us to some of their gratuitous warbling as a cover for ineptitude.

OK Dave, I am at your mercy......but you have to agree with me about the first half surely?

 

[Dave2112]

I agree and disagree, red. I think to fully understand what was going on in the relatively boring first half, you have to understand the intracies of American football. These were two fantastic defenses doing what they do best. Actually, I thought the first half might be low-scoring so it wasn't a big surprise. And as for "doing my worst", I have no intention of berating you for your opinion. We see things differently at times, and that's cool. 😎

As far as the negative responses to my tirade on the halftime show...you're all also entitled to your opinions. Yes, kids are seeing more and more things they shouldn't these days, but just because they have, does it make it right? It's not the fact that we saw someone's tit that bothered me, it's the way it was done. At least be mature enough to own up to what you did, don't start crying "costume malfunction" and crap.

Again, I don't think it's a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but there is a time and a place for things like that, and the Super Bowl isn't one of them. If we start saying "it's no biggie, they see stuff like that all the time", then where do you draw the line? High school games? Church?

I still stand by my assertation that MTV is a social cesspool, though...even if this event had never happened. I grew up on MTV when there were 5 VJ's and all they did was play videos. Good videos. Now all you need is a grafitti-covered brick wall and 12 near-naked dancers. MTV has become nothing more than a vehicle for the "Gangsta" lifestyle. And before I get a ton of responses that are sure to jump on the all-to-easy "racist" bandwagon, notice I didn't say "black culture" or "hip-hop culture" or "R&B culture". I'm talking about the whole "violence is cool-only money matters-only naked women count-put a cap in yo ass" type thing. It drags everything down.

Everyone's entitled to thier opinion, and I won't knock any of yours. Just don't knock mine. 😎

 

[The Pianist]

What I've actually found most amusing about this whole incident... is that I found out about it on the TV today like this:

5:30pm you know, the time just after all the little kiddies have got home and are flicking between channels after their shows have finish.

>>>9 News shows the clip, unaltered.


6:30pm where adults are watching the news programs...

>>>9 A Current Affair, shows the clip, with the boobie blurred out.


I dunno if its just me or not... but I would think that if Channel 9 deemed it nessicary to blur out Jackson's nipple at 6:30, why they wouldn't think it was worth it at an earlier time when more children are watching TV.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Re: OK Dave do your worst.........

Originally posted by red indian I agree with Dave about the half time show, it was bloody rubbish. If that kind of show was tried at the F.A. Cup Final there would have been a riot.

Well, yeah...but you guys'll riot if geese fly overhead, or if the wind changes direction, or out of sheer boredom, I suspect.

 

[tommytikl]

Apperantly, it was "staged" Justin was supposed to rip off the black top, but their was a red bra underneath that was supposed to stay on and cover the "nipple covering".
Justin apparently was a little to happy and ripped off more than was
"planned"...Jackson now admits that she and Timberlake knew what was to happen but boobies were not to come flying out...
Yeah and her brother didn't molest little children

 

[red indian]

Well Bill.............

......I cant argue with much of that, other than to say I watched some of your grid iron fans on TV "celebrating" their victory with probably the most feeble attempt on record of trying to overturn a automobile ever wittnessed. You still have much to learn from us in the black arts of sports hooliganism.




WARNING!!! THIS POST WILL SERIOUSLY AFFECT YOUR SENSE
OF HUMOUR IF TAKEN....ER.....WELL, SERIOUSLY.

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

Right on, Dave2112.

I too, remember when MTV was really cool. Back in 1981-82, when they had Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson, Nina Blackwood, and Martha Quinn. (and it was even better when Nina and Martha went barefoot)

This is also when they showed good videos, and not just the pop stuff. Obscure things like Martin Briley's "You're Not Worth the Salt of My Tears", or The Producers "What's He Got That I Don't Got".


Drew

Although it is a little sad that I STILL know the original 5 MTV VJs names😱

 

[Fairfeather]

Let's see...Michael Jackson is a boob...and Janet Jackson has gone to great lengths to show us one of hers.

Since it seesm to run in the family is it possible that I've been pronouncing Tito Jackson's first name incorrectly all these years?

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Re: Well Bill.............

......I cant argue with much of that, other than to say I watched some of your grid iron fans on TV "celebrating" their victory with probably the most feeble attempt on record of trying to overturn a automobile ever wittnessed. You still have much to learn from us in the black arts of sports hooliganism.

God, you are so right, Red. The only decent riots we've had Stateside in recent memory were all non-sport affairs.

 

[grippedchimp]

Janet Jackson flashing her boob? PAH! We've had streakers at Wimbledon finals and numerous football matches, and the papers here in the UK only blur out genitals. Tits? We in London would usually say "GET 'EM AAAAAAATT, LAAAAAAAAAV!!!!" The Yanks ain't heard of Page 3, then...

 

[red indian]

Yes indeed Chimp.............

......well said, I have no idea why the septics are getting so wound up about it. I am reminded of the scene in Apocalypse Now when Kurtz talks about the absurdity of napalming and bombing women and children but the air crews who did the bombing were not allowed to paint foul language on the side of their planes.

In other words, who gives a shit about one plastic tit when the show was so crap?

 

[MrMacphisto]

this thought came to mind...

Outkast music starts...

"I'm sorry Miss Jackson... Those tits aren't real
Never meant to make the public cry
I apologize a thousand times"