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If any act deserves to be on the list of worst Super Bowl halftime performers, it’s the squeaky clean “kids” of the human Muzak group Up With People.  Started as counter programming to the “hippie” counterculture movement of the 1960’s, Up With People performed inoffensive Muzak versions of the latest hits. Theoretically, they were supposed to be a group whose music would entertain people of all ages, but other than squares and grandmothers, Up With People just annoyed everyone. Obviously a perfect choice for eleven Super Bowl halftime shows.

Lazy "Left Sharks", Hot Dog on a Stick costumery, wardrobe malfunctions? Recent Super Bowl tastelessness doesn't hold a candle to the tacky, tawdry Super Bowl half times of the 1980's. Before the NFL just hired big name talent to perform for 15 minutes, they used to stage campy productions that made "Toddlers and Tiaras" look classy and understated by comparison. Eager to send the decade out with a bang, the NFL and Coca Cola commissioned what was billed the world's first live 3-D extravaganza- "Be-Bop Bamboozled". Viewers who purchased specially marked cartons of Coca-Cola were given 3-D glasses to view this landmark event. At halftime, the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers were tied 3-3; it was the lowest first half score in Super Bowl history. Viewers were watching a barn burner, but all that was paused as Bob Costas traded in his dignity to ask us to put on our ridiculous Coca-Cola glasses and watch "Be-Bop Bamboozled". W

Super Bowl halftime shows had been notoriously bad for decades before the NFL decided to just bring out A-List singers to perform on stage. This week we’ll be looking at some of the worst of the worst halftime shows.

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