Shakira and Jennifer Lopez seem like natural choices to execute the halftime show at this year’sSuper Bowl , but the event did n’t always sport musical acts from major tonic stars . Michael Jackson kicked off the trend at Super Bowl XXVII in 1993 , but prior to that , halftime shows were n’t a platform for the hottest celebrities of the clock time . They centered around themes rather , and may have feature appearance from Peanuts theatrical role , Jazzercisers , or a magician dressed like Elvis . In honor of Super Bowl LIV on February 2 , we ’ve polish up up some of the weirdest act in halftime show history .
1. Return of the Mickey Mouse Club
The era of Super Bowl halftimes before wardrobe malfunctions , illuminati confederacy theory , and Left Shark was a more innocuous prison term . For 1977 ’s event , the Walt Disney Company produce a show that doubled as a squeaky - uncontaminating promotion of its brand . Themed “ Peace , Joy , and Love , ” the Super Bowl XI halftime show unfold with a 250 - piece ring rendering of “ It ’s a Small World ( After All ) . ” Disney also used the platform to showcase its of late revamped Mickey Mouse Club .
2. 88 Grand Pianos and 300 Jazzercisers
The theme of the halftime show at Super Bowl XXII in 1988 was “ Something Grand . ” Naturally , it feature 88 tuxedoed pianists playing 88 grand pianos . Rounding out the political program were 400 swing band performers , 300 Jazzercisers , 44Rockettes , two march bands , and Chubby Checker telling everyone to “ Twist Again . "
3. Elvis Impersonator Performs the World’s Largest Card Trick
Many of the music industry ’s most successful pop stars — likePrince , Madonna , and , uh , Milli Vanilli — were at the height of their fame in 1989 , but none of them appeared at Super Bowl XXIII . Instead , the NFL hired an Elvis Presley - portray magician to execute . The show , titled “ BeBop Bamboozled , ” was a tribute to the 1950s , and it featured Elvis Presto performing “ the universe ’s declamatory card trick . ” It also may have admit the macrocosm ’s declamatory oculus exam : The show swash 3D effect , and watcher were urged to pick up special glasses before the secret plan . If the visuals did n’t pop like they were suppose to , people were told to see an eye doctor .
4. The Peanuts Salute New Orleans
Super Bowl XXIVfeatured one of the last halftime human activity that was entirely innocent of any melodious megastars . The swelled fame at the 1990 halftime show wasSnoopy . Part of the show ’s theme was the “ fortieth Anniversary of ' Peanuts , ' ” and to celebrate the milestone , performers dress as Peanuts characters and danced on stage . The other half of the theme was “ drink to New Orleans”—not necessarily the first thing that comes to intellect when you retrieve of the mirthful strip .
5. A Tribute to the Winter Olympics
Super Bowl XXVI preceded the 1992 Winter Olympics — a fact that was made very clear by the consequence ’s halftime . The show was title “ Winter magic trick ” and it pay protection to the wintertime games with ice skater , snowmobile , and a cameo from the 1980 U.S. hockey squad . Other acts , like a radical of parachute - trouser - wearing kid do the “ Frosty the Snowman Rap , ” were more generally winter - theme than specific to the Olympics . About 22 million TV audience changed the epithelial duct during halftime to watchIn Living Color ’s Super Bowl special , which may have convinced the NFL to lease Michael Jackson the following yr .
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
“ Peace , Joy , and Love ” was n’t the only Disney - helmed Super Bowl halftime . In 1995 , Disney produce a halftime show called “ Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye ” to twit the newDisneyland rideof the same name . It centered around a skit in which actors play Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood steal the Vince Lombardi Trophy from an exotic temple , and it included choreographed stunts , fiery special result , and a serpent . Patti LaBelle and Tony Bennett were also there .
7. The Blues Brothers, Minus John Belushi
