You can’t fine Ugly…
Posted by Lance Ballance on July 21, 2008
Stolen gratuitously from Paul Gough at The Hollywood Reporter…
“A federal appeals court on Monday squelched a lower court’s ruling to fine CBS $550,000 for a brief show of Janet Jackson’s breast during the February 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia rejected the FCC’s contention that CBS willfully violated indecency standards for the MTV Networks-produced show, in which Justin Timberlake ripped open Jackson’s shirt and briefly exposed her breast. It aired for less than a second.
CBS and its 20 owned-and-operated stations that each had to pay a $27,500-plus fine aren’t necessarily out of the woods yet. The 3rd District Court of Appeals sent the matter back to the FCC, which could either do nothing or ask the court to reconsider. The FCC also could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, consolidating the appeal with the earlier Fox case on the Billboard Music Awards. That case will be heard by the Supreme Court sometime after the new judicial year begins in October.”
In layman’s terms: “Staring at Janet Jackson’s boob did nothing for us, and we seriously thought that we were looking at a deflated football. We thought it was part of the game”.
Puh-leeze. Sorry to say, but not only was Janet Jackson NOT titillating, but it was rather ugly. Michael Jackson might just have nicer boobs. Besides, it only distracted from an AWESOME GAME! 32-29 Patriots, as Adam Vinatieri crushed the Panthers soul with 4 seconds left. Remember that? The bigger concern is that this caused the Super Bowl Halftime show to morph into the “Geritol Halftime Extravaganza”. As much as I love Paul McCartney…that was quite the 180 from the Janet and Justin show the previous year. And this past year….who was it again? Tom Petty? Great…who’s next…Herman’s Hermits??? The Who would be cool, just to see Pete Townshend smash his guitar into the Madden Cruiser.
If anything, I fell more in love with my wife that day, because it confirmed what I already knew…that she was sooo much hotter than Janet Jackson…still is. Bottom Line: You can’t fine ugly…and no, I won’t post the picture again.
