I wish I owned this card, just for Kenny Anderson’s sweet mustache, and Joe Montana’s wispy, yet playful, head of hair.  Seeing the two together on one card makes me tingle in my crotchal area.  And yes, crotchal is a word…suck it.

If you’re asking yourself where I’m going with this, just relax, we’ll get there.  Eventually.  Super Bowl XVI featured these two gridiron greats, back on January 24, 1982.  San Francisco prevailed 26-21 over the Bengals, and Montana was named Super Bowl MVP.

Present day, and it seems there’s a child advocacy group with their panties in a bunch over the performance of The Who during the halftime show.  More specifically, they’re upset that Pete Townshend will be there, what with his 2003 arrest on suspicion of possessing child porn (for which he was eventually cleared) and his inclusion on a sex offenders registry list.

I wonder if they had a problem with Michael Jackson’s halftime performance at Super Bowl XVII.  You remember it–the King of Pop, surrounded by 3500 kids.  Ironically delicious…or deliciously ironic?

But for anyone who has a problem with Pete Townshend performing at the Super Bowl, remember this–it could be worse.  Way worse.

Which brings me back to January 1982, and Super Bowl XVI.  Remember now, this was back in the day before the Super Bowl became more about the presentation, and less about the game, and the idea of a big name performer doing the halftime show was preposterous.

Anyway, the halftime show for this legendary Super Bowl was none other than “Up With People,” a motivational organization that is also a musical performing group, known for dancing, singing, motivating and being inordinately perky.

Their halftime show was a tribute to the 1960′s and Motown…which is only slightly less annoying than their “Hooray for Everything!” show.

Here’s the video of the halftime show.  Watching it is like getting kicked in the eyes with AIDS.  Give me “Pete the Perv” and Roger Daltrey anyday.

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