You can thank Nippelgate, dancing sharks, and the combination of Aerosmith and Britney Spears on what happened 25 years ago today. On January 31, 1993, Michael Jackson performed at halftime of Super Bowl XXVII, launching the trend of hiring big-name musical acts to keep people tuned into their TVs in between the first and second halves of the Super Bowl. Jackson performed a medley of "Jam," "Billie Jean," and "Black or White," followed by a choir of 3,500 children singing "We Are The World," who then Jackson for the finale, "Heal the World."
Of those songs, I'm going with "Black or White" for this week's Retro Video of the Week because it is such an iconic video, and maybe in these days -- where a bunch of old white men are trying their best to keep minorities and people whose skin color is darker then theirs down -- something celebrating diversity rather than trying to stamp it out is what people need to see. Because I'm sure members of the Trump Administration and Congress are reading this. And to be clear, I'm going with the 11-minute extended version that aired on national TV and featured the controversial crotch-grabbing dance and car smashing at the end.
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