Signs You Hired the Wrong Halftime Entertainment

The list for January 22, 1998
The Top 15 Signs You Hired the
Wrong Halftime Entertainment

  1. "Hanson, Manson — what’s the difference?"

  2. The theme? "Celebrity Tribute to Downhill Skiing"

  3. Choreographer evidently misunderstood when you told her you wanted to see "jocks."

  4. "Madame Foo-Foo’s Flying Flea Circus Extravaganza" sounded so much, well, *bigger* over the phone.

  5. The Mapplethorpe exhibit really doesn’t lend itself to this kind of venue.

  6. Violence breaks out just as the "Kathie Lee Singers" break into the fourth verse of "Kumbaya."

  7. One word: Mmmflop

  8. Military jacket, silver glove, pasty skin — hey, that’s not LeAnn Rimes!

  9. Sure the Nude Accordionist Symphony rocked the joint, you just didn’t anticipate the exorbitant worker’s comp claims.

  10. The "Travelling Tijuana Donkey Show" had such a nutty *ring* to it. Who knew!?

  11. Dirk Diggler: Baton Twirler Extraordinaire.

  12. In an attempt to make his show big enough for the Super Bowl, Gallagher’s dropping watermelons from the Goodyear Blimp.

  13. "Super Bowl Magic!" — 1,000 magicians on the field performing card tricks.

  14. You moron! *RICHARD* Jewel isn’t the one with the Grammy nominations!

  15. Star of the show plowed under by second half action after failing to find a way out of his "box."
And the Number 1 Sign You Hired the Wrong Halftime Entertainment…

  1. Booking agency mistakenly sends Chubby Pecker.
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CREDITS
Selected from 135 submissions from 47 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 1 (11th #1)
  • Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 2, Topic
  • Jennifer Markes, West Hollywood, CA — 3
  • David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 4
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 5
  • Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 6
  • Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 7
  • Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 8
  • Vickie Neilson, Carlsbad, CA — 9
  • Peg Warner, Exeter, NH — 10
  • Annie Fisher, Philadelphia, PA — 11
  • John Gennity, Woodhaven, NY — 12
  • Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 13, Topic
  • Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 14
  • Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 15
  • Josh Fruhlinger, Oakland, CA — 16
  • LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — Banner Tag
  • Supertramp, London, England — Ambience
  • Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/moderator
  • Jellyfish, San Francisco, CA — Ambience
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