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American Morning

90-Second Pop, Culture Watch

Aired February 02, 2004 - 07:47   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Super Bowl or bust. Our "90-Second Pop" crew is playing Monday morning quarterback as we take a look back at some memorable moments from super Sunday. And there were so many, weren't there?
Joining us this morning, the author of "Governor Arnold," humorist Andy Borowitz joins us this morning, also Toure, contributing editor for "Rolling Stone," and B.J. Sigesmund, staff editor for "US Weekly."

Good morning. Nice to see you, guys.

TOURE, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, "ROLLING STONE": Happy Black History Month.

O'BRIEN: Thank you. Thank you. You're the first person to...

TOURE: And perhaps the last.

O'BRIEN: No, I'm going to go ahead and spread the cheer as well.

ANDY BOROWITZ, HUMORIST: There we go.

O'BRIEN: This whole entire month. Wow!

BOROWITZ: Wow!

TOURE: Wow!

B.J. SIGESMUND, STAFF EDITOR, "US WEEKLY": Wow!

O'BRIEN: The game, the halftime show, Janet Jackson's boob.

TOURE: Game? There was a game? What game?

(CROSSTALK)

BOROWITZ: What do you want to talk about? What do you want to talk about?

O'BRIEN: Well, let's -- you know, OK. Janet. Do you think the whole thing was staged?

TOURE: Of course it was staged. Of it was staged.

O'BRIEN: You're such a cynic. TOURE: No, no, I'm not a cynic. I've worked on shows like this before. There is no way that it wouldn't be rehearsed and known. And Matt Drudge had it last night that top executives at CBS knew this was coming and signed off on it. Of course it was planned.

Justin says, I'm going to get you naked by the end of the song. He rips it off. It comes right off, and there's a silver pasty protecting what you can't see. I mean, of course she knew. She's got a new album coming in March. This is the beginning of the push, the sexiest album in her whole career.

O'BRIEN: Throw away all the rest of my questions. OK. She looked a little angry to me.

SIGESMUND: Yes.

O'BRIEN: She looked a little upset.

TOURE: But she doesn't cover her breast. Right? Naturally, a woman would just go like this. She doesn't cover her breast. Her hands stay here.

BOROWITZ: Right.

SIGESMUND: I didn't think it was anywhere near as interesting as the Madonna-Britney thing from last summer...

O'BRIEN: Really?

SIGESMUND: ... that was clearly trying to recapture it. It was clearly (UNINTELLIGIBLE) moment like that.

BOROWITZ: Yes.

TOURE: Clearly, the bar has been raised, in my moment.

BOROWITZ: I do not think Janet Jackson brings all the boys to the yard. I really don't. And I...

TOURE: I can't believe you stole that from me.

BOROWITZ: I'm sorry.

(LAUGHTER)

BOROWITZ: And I'm sorry. Well, you know...

TOURE: Oh, man!

BOROWITZ: And it was really -- it was -- I don't know. I saw it and I thought this was the fall of Western civilization.

SIGESMUND: No.

BOROWITZ: It was really the end of it.

O'BRIEN: Well, you know what? Viewers are really angry. I mean, CBS...

BOROWITZ: Yes, because they didn't see the other one. I agree.

SIGESMUND: It was a publicity stunt that backfired.

O'BRIEN: Well, I'm embarrassed (UNINTELLIGIBLE) again.

SIGESMUND: MTV, CBS...


Aired February 2, 2004 - 07:47   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Super Bowl or bust. Our "90-Second Pop" crew is playing Monday morning quarterback as we take a look back at some memorable moments from super Sunday. And there were so many, weren't there?
Joining us this morning, the author of "Governor Arnold," humorist Andy Borowitz joins us this morning, also Toure, contributing editor for "Rolling Stone," and B.J. Sigesmund, staff editor for "US Weekly."

Good morning. Nice to see you, guys.

TOURE, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, "ROLLING STONE": Happy Black History Month.

O'BRIEN: Thank you. Thank you. You're the first person to...

TOURE: And perhaps the last.

O'BRIEN: No, I'm going to go ahead and spread the cheer as well.

ANDY BOROWITZ, HUMORIST: There we go.

O'BRIEN: This whole entire month. Wow!

BOROWITZ: Wow!

TOURE: Wow!

B.J. SIGESMUND, STAFF EDITOR, "US WEEKLY": Wow!

O'BRIEN: The game, the halftime show, Janet Jackson's boob.

TOURE: Game? There was a game? What game?

(CROSSTALK)

BOROWITZ: What do you want to talk about? What do you want to talk about?

O'BRIEN: Well, let's -- you know, OK. Janet. Do you think the whole thing was staged?

TOURE: Of course it was staged. Of it was staged.

O'BRIEN: You're such a cynic. TOURE: No, no, I'm not a cynic. I've worked on shows like this before. There is no way that it wouldn't be rehearsed and known. And Matt Drudge had it last night that top executives at CBS knew this was coming and signed off on it. Of course it was planned.

Justin says, I'm going to get you naked by the end of the song. He rips it off. It comes right off, and there's a silver pasty protecting what you can't see. I mean, of course she knew. She's got a new album coming in March. This is the beginning of the push, the sexiest album in her whole career.

O'BRIEN: Throw away all the rest of my questions. OK. She looked a little angry to me.

SIGESMUND: Yes.

O'BRIEN: She looked a little upset.

TOURE: But she doesn't cover her breast. Right? Naturally, a woman would just go like this. She doesn't cover her breast. Her hands stay here.

BOROWITZ: Right.

SIGESMUND: I didn't think it was anywhere near as interesting as the Madonna-Britney thing from last summer...

O'BRIEN: Really?

SIGESMUND: ... that was clearly trying to recapture it. It was clearly (UNINTELLIGIBLE) moment like that.

BOROWITZ: Yes.

TOURE: Clearly, the bar has been raised, in my moment.

BOROWITZ: I do not think Janet Jackson brings all the boys to the yard. I really don't. And I...

TOURE: I can't believe you stole that from me.

BOROWITZ: I'm sorry.

(LAUGHTER)

BOROWITZ: And I'm sorry. Well, you know...

TOURE: Oh, man!

BOROWITZ: And it was really -- it was -- I don't know. I saw it and I thought this was the fall of Western civilization.

SIGESMUND: No.

BOROWITZ: It was really the end of it.

O'BRIEN: Well, you know what? Viewers are really angry. I mean, CBS...

BOROWITZ: Yes, because they didn't see the other one. I agree.

SIGESMUND: It was a publicity stunt that backfired.

O'BRIEN: Well, I'm embarrassed (UNINTELLIGIBLE) again.

SIGESMUND: MTV, CBS...