Tuesday, January 25, 2005

HOPEFULLY HE'LL PLAY "GOTTA TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE": The 25th anniversary of Paul McCartney's arrest in Japan with 7.7 ounces of marijuana quietly passed on January 16th. The Cute One's long history with narcotics came to mind this morning when I read that the NFL's thought police had pulled Los Lonely Boys from the pre-Super Bowl Pepsi Smash Concert Series after the band's drummer, "no-not-that" Ringo Garza, was arrested for marijuana possession. "We were uncomfortable with it," was the reason given by NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy for giving Garza and the Boys the boot. McCartney, you may recall, is the NFL and Fox's hand-picked choice to entertain the masses at this year's Super Bowl half time without barring his breast.

A look at the list of the league's past Super Bowl entertainers reveals some other moral stalwarts in game's history, including Super Bowl XXVII's dynamic duo of coin-tosser O.J. Simpson and half-time entertainer Michael Jackson.

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