Milking Janet Jackson
Published February 07, 2004
Diddy is untouchable.
Among the winners in all of this has to be Panther kicker John Kasay. No one has even had time to mention that kickoff that went out of bounds and helped seal the Pats place in NFL history.
Colin Powell has spent the last year trying to manage the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Now his son, the FCC's Michael Powell, has launched an investigation to get to the bottom of the nipple caper. Knowing this family's recent luck, I'd be surprised if Michael Powell can find the bra clasp.
This was the highest rated SuperBowl in six years though it was one of the worst match-ups on paper. Didn't like the halftime show? With numbers like this, next year's halftime show will look like a director's cut of Caligula.
After much pressure, Janet Jackson released a statement that read: "MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended — including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL." Come on. No one could offend a major broadcast network, MTV and an organization like the Coor's Twins sponsored NFL. No one. Not even a Jackson.
Due to an unforseen sequence of events, it turns out that a new Janet Jackson single was released to radio stations on Monday. What a weird coincidence. Releasing a song the very day after the incident, what with the folks so offended and all.
On the plus side, at least Janet Jackson doesn't have to be nervous about telling her parents what happened. Probably not likely to get a huge reaction in that family these days.
AOL paid millions to sponsor the halftime show and now they want their money back. Guess they were hoping for more exposure?
The legal angle: Not too much has been made of this yet, but I hear that Lil' Kim just filed a copyright infringement lawsuit.
The Grammy Awards? Believe it or not Janet has been uninvited from the show this weekend. Apparently the Grammy organizers and CBS want to avoid anything that could be perceived as sexual or in bad taste. With that in mind, this year's show will feature nothing but a three-hour acoustic set by Neil Sedaka.
- Milking Janet Jackson
- Published: February 07, 2004
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- Filed Under: Video: Television, Video: News, Music: News
- Writer: davepell
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Well said, Dave. The whole 'this is a horrible, horrible assault on the American public and hey, hurry up and play the TiVo shot again,' response has my eyebrows raised so much they are probably going to lock into place.







Thanks Dave, very excited about the new blog and to have you with us. Killer ad also!