Sarah Spain

What's also fascinating, and for the youngsters watching, they might not realize this, but Fox Network did not launch until 1986. So this is four years after the network launched. And if you remember, the beginning of the network was all about being disruptive to the traditional ABC, NBC, CBS. It was Tracy Ullman, The Simpsons, In Living Color, Married with Children.

It was all these things that were a little bit edgier. And the idea that Fox now... couldn't do those sketches because they want the rights and own the rights. Like, everyone's in bed with the NFL now or everyone feels like they have a chance to be in bed because you can even have games as Netflix and streaming services.

It was all these things that were a little bit edgier. And the idea that Fox now... couldn't do those sketches because they want the rights and own the rights. Like, everyone's in bed with the NFL now or everyone feels like they have a chance to be in bed because you can even have games as Netflix and streaming services.

Back then, Fox was like the little kid, the little brother that was never going to win

Back then, Fox was like the little kid, the little brother that was never going to win

rights to have the games so they felt perfectly comfortable skewering them like you just don't see that these days from major networks because they all have to be playing nice just in case they have a deal with them the same way like espn had to stop running that playmaker show and and the nfl was like yeah sorry you can't do that they have so much power now that to watch that is something to think about here where it's like oh you could just do that then because they didn't think they had a shot and now of course fox is is in bed with the giant

rights to have the games so they felt perfectly comfortable skewering them like you just don't see that these days from major networks because they all have to be playing nice just in case they have a deal with them the same way like espn had to stop running that playmaker show and and the nfl was like yeah sorry you can't do that they have so much power now that to watch that is something to think about here where it's like oh you could just do that then because they didn't think they had a shot and now of course fox is is in bed with the giant

Into, yeah. Just to be more specific, to put a finer point on it, Richard Gere allegedly put a gerbil in his ass.

Into, yeah. Just to be more specific, to put a finer point on it, Richard Gere allegedly put a gerbil in his ass.

To your point about going hard, once you pull out your Michael Jackson, so to speak, no one's really going to lay what they've got on the table to try to compete. So once you've established that this is what the halftime show looks like from here on out, it's no longer about trying to counter-program. It's about understanding that you're not winning.

To your point about going hard, once you pull out your Michael Jackson, so to speak, no one's really going to lay what they've got on the table to try to compete. So once you've established that this is what the halftime show looks like from here on out, it's no longer about trying to counter-program. It's about understanding that you're not winning.

No, I was going to say, we want nothing to do with controversy, so we're backing Michael Jackson.

No, I was going to say, we want nothing to do with controversy, so we're backing Michael Jackson.

Yeah, nothing to do with minors whatsoever.

Yeah, nothing to do with minors whatsoever.

I had only remembered seeing the photo of him where he got a bunch of fat injected in his face and he looked like that lady who got more and more progressively like a cat due to her plastic surgery.

I had only remembered seeing the photo of him where he got a bunch of fat injected in his face and he looked like that lady who got more and more progressively like a cat due to her plastic surgery.

That's the only reference point I had to this guy.

That's the only reference point I had to this guy.

I can't believe you know the cat lady's name.