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LMFAO to Madonna
She got a lot more hate directed to her than Justin did. America is racist and sexist.
The BBC Guy Goma interview was/is pure gold. Guy going along with it all and answering the questions as best as he could showed true grace under pressure. The BBC should have hired him!
I love that so much - what a champ. Didn't want to be rude so tried to play along. Sums up ALL main stream media really too!
Janet Jackson did not deserve the amount of backlash and hate she got for something that wasn’t her fault smh
No she didn't ....while Justin was unscathed. That's way worse on basic television and in general conversation.
She was in on it, how was it not her fault. In fact it was her idea, she admitted it.
Justin do the scene and Janet pays the mistake...
Exactly
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The Milli Vanilli producer threw them under the bus after that. But nobody realized this but he was also the singer behind the Boney M group, and he hired a male model to lipsync to the songs on tv and in concert. That info came out after the Milli Vanilli incident. Sinead O'Conner was a victim of Cartholic priest abuse. Janet Jackson was looking at Justin Timberlake like she wanted to kill him after he pulled that. Beyonce won later that night, and she stepped aside from doing the winning speech, and she called Taylor Swift onto the stage for her to do her proper speech. Even Beyonce was not too happy with Kanye that night.
I personally backed Sinead 💯. The Popes are evil especially this Jesuit up there. I honestly think the whole Beyonce/Taylor thing was a setup.
I totally remember watching Geraldo in the vault! The biggest ‘thrill’ was when he found some old beer bottle, held it up, and excitedly proclaimed, “I’m gonna keep this bottle forever!!”
I remember watching this with my Mom and my grandparents. We all laughed and laughed.
We watched it live and my mom kept saying "There won't be anything of value in there. Capone would have made sure his underlings got everything out years ago". I was SO mad they proved her right! LOL
I saw this too. I think there were a couple of other similar ones (the safe from the Titanic) that also came up empty. 😂
16:44 Sinead O'Connor was actually right about all the crap the Catholic Church had done behind closed doors though.
She had the right message, just poor execution on that message
@@lxi.. nope. F*ck that guy
She herself suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church. As a teenager, she was put into one of those Magdalene Laundries in Ireland.
🎯
The most infuriating part is that when the truth came to light NOT ONE SYLLABLE of apology was offered to her. Her entire career was derailed, she was labeled as a heretic and a loony, and to date not one of her critics has even said as much as "oops, my bad." Absolute bullshit.
“You’re either incredibly stupid or you were drunk Chaney” Chaney: “I wasn’t drunk” Ok 👍🏾
"Are you high or just incredibly stupid?" "I assure you, I am not high." Fucking South Park 😂😂😂
@@rvoyles91 😂😂😂😂
Ashley Simpson isn’t in the wrong for lip syncing. She’s in the wrong for leaving her band behind. Then later on she tried blaming them for playing the wrong song.
Yeah I've always thought that was way more slimy than anything else
Came here to mention this. I would have felt bad for her if she hadn't tried to throw the blame.
Saturday Night LIVE ! Not in her case .
@@romerjusu3804 no it was live live lip synching hahahaha😊😅😂😢
The Madonna performance was bad because it was demonic
The way John Travolta said Idina Menzel's name always cracks me up! 😂
He tries to be so graceful 😂😂😂
I can't even understand how Idina Menzel turned into Adele Dazeem in his mind lol
@brunotorres7239 lmfao I can't either. Everytime he ends with "Dazeeeeem" I crack up. And not to mention, Idina has been prolific in stage plays for upwards of 20 years! I can't believe he didn't know her name
@@thclark1996 I know right lol 😂
@@brunotorres9669 hahaha it's so weird lol 😂
Good on Steve Harvey for immediately taking ownership of his mistake. There was no malice, just an honest mistake. I like that guy.
Everyone in Colombia still want his head.
@@projectamis4772 But the Philippines on the other hand will welcome him with open arms lol
@@theanubis8345 lmao yes
I don't blame him for what happened in fact I blame the person whose job it was to have the card printed with the winner. They should have printed the card a lot more clearly.
@@hannahmabbott7370 Disagree. Steve Harvey is a professional, he can read. Besides, he apologized, took "full responsibility", and never claimed that the card was confusing.
That Max Headroom one genuinely terrifies me!
I grew up during the 80's, and I never even knew about that incident until after I saw it here on KZhead some years ago.
Saw it live (the one during the news). Totally incredible that we still have no idea who it was.
saaaaaame
I never liked Max Headroom....
Me too!
Madonna was a true professional this night! She didn't blame anyone, she didnt remove the video on youtube, and she did the same performance at her tour. ♥
I can guarantee her ppl caught hell later
Milli Vanilli were victims. I feel sorry for them, especially after one of them committed suicide.
Yeah that was a glaring omission from this video. I guess they don't wanna fuck with the algorithm but I thought it merited a mention.
Especially when Frank Farian, who architected it with them and other groups, got away with throwing them under the bus.
The worst part is their manager and the producers lured them into the situation by promising them a chance for them to actually sing the songs live, and for them to sing on all future recordings - that's the only reason they agreed to it. They had decent voices, which would have benefited from a voice coach, and the "recording enhancement tricks" used in the studio, but they were persuaded to lip-synch in the meantime, in particular for the live show.
@@Kayjee17 which is insane, since lip syncing became common practice for singers over the decades
100% The Milli Vanilli debacle robbed 2 young men of any credibility and their careers and 1 young man of his life. They were exploited and paid a huge price for it. It is an absolute tragedy and blaming them for their downfall is repugnant.
Had the fortune of meeting Geraldo at my college, and he admits how much of a failure that vault opening was and is able to laugh about it. Truly kind guy, too.
I read that he exposed a terrible sanatorium for children with issues that was horribly cruel and unsanitary. After he exposed the vicious cruelty, he also met a young boy there and made himself responsible for him, helping him get to a safe place and always keeping in touch. Truly kind.
@@christineparis5607Investigative reporting is something of a lost art these days.
Personally I feel that the vault opening wasn't a failure = People wanted to know what was in there, and he showed them. Mission accomplished. It wasn't his fault that people had too high of expectations. What is the point of asking questions if you're not willing to accept the answer?
The funny thing is before this he did one on a safe they found on the Titanic which was highly successful.
If I was Madonna I would have just been like this is why Edna hated capes
NO CAPES!!!
Mr. I was seriously angling for one too haha!
“Ashley Simpson will never live this down”. That’s because WM constantly brings it up, and makes the same lists over and over again.
Ashlee
Sinead O'Connor was 100% justified.
If the opposite of being cancelled could be called reinstatement, O'Connor has it coming. Her career was pretty damaged by her protest and the world was wrong and she was right. I wish more people remembered this so that everyone could give her the mea culpa that she deserves.
She was ahead of her time!!! And telling the truth
@@jjochems I completely agree
@@manueltapia1859 She absolutely was
I was about to say this. "God" forbid talking trash about the Catholic church!!!!! She spoke the truth and got blacklisted for it.
That Max Headroom thing kind of freaks me out- it is SO creepy!! I heard that to this day no one knows how it happened and/or who is behind it; SO weird!!!
They don’t know who it was. It was an 80’s hacking.
Yes, you heard it in this video. LoL
It was me
The guy from Milli Vanilli can nail those songs live now, respect 🙌💗
My Mom was pregnant with me at the World Series game when the earthquake happened, I wasn't born yet but I was there!!
So you were shaken, not stirred?
A friend of mine's dad was the plate umpire that night.
In 1985 there was a football match in Bradford where the whole stadium burned down. Live on TV.
Shame Guy Goma never got the job after that mishap by the producers, they should have Giving him the job as a gesture of apology
I cannot imagine how embarrassed these actors and performers felt after these moments. I feel really bad for them
When the milli vanilli scandal came out, they offered a refund for the album. I had it in cassette, but I didn't want to return the cassette (which was the condition of the refund)......I declined. I liked the songs....no matter who sang them!!
The songs were solid. They sometimes come up on various playlists I occasionally listen to and I still enjoy them.
Same! My roommate and I danced around to that tape repeatedly. From my cold dead hands!!
Sinhead is NOT wrong..stand up to abusers
I admire Steve Harvey for coming out and admitting his mistake. He has such class.
Oh man, talk about egg on your face!! Capone's last middle finger to the media and the world!!! Open up his famous vault and finds... You can still hear his laughter from hell. 😄😄
How is Al Capone's vault so low on the list? Instead of a few minutes of discomfort or interruption the entire extremely hyped show was a bust.
They should have absolutely hired that guy he was doing everything he could to keep the show rolling smoothly and they fucked him over
Milly Vanille was so ahead of their time. If they did this today they'd be megastars today.
Madonna demanding a bigger “Ooo” from the audience is just 🙄🙄 major side eye
Madonna had another memorable awards moment: MTV Awards did a live post-show interview with Madonna, and when Courtney Love wandered by, the host tried to interview both, but a visibly freaked-out and panicking Madonna looked uncomfortable, and couldn’t wait to flee for the hills. 😱 And Kanye West and you DIDN’T choose “George W. Bush doesn’t care about black people” (and Mike Myers’ incredulous stares and attempt to cover) from the Hurricane Katrina benefit?
Taylor should have knocked Kanye off the stage with her trophy. Assert dominance.
I would have loved that. It may have knocked his bipolar right out of him.
What happened to Janet Jackson always made me angry and sad. It’s upsetting she got hated for what happened to her when it wasn’t even her fault. Justin Timberlake was the one who did that. Despite it being completely on him, he got away with it. Poor Janet.
It was her boob. Apparently JT though there was a bra there.
nipple pasties = she knew what she was doing
@@ihearttoronto yep plus she choreographed it. What I don't get is if she had pasties then why is there controversy to begin with? Are Americans seriously that puritanical? She probably just assumed it was a bit risqué but nothing more.
The TOP layer was supposed to be ripped away showing the pretty layer underneath. The guy grabbed too much or ripped too hard. The whole thing came loose and showed too much and they blamed HER for it. But haters gonna hate, they are just jealous of her.
Janet deserves a comeback, I miss her!
RIP Richard Belzer.
I saw that footage of him passing out many years ago, long before I knew who he was. I saw it again on KZhead a while back, and I was like “Hey, that’s Munch!”
He is missed
Excellent excellent list.😍😍😍
I remember watching the all capone show live on TV and cursing all the dozens of commercials
I remember feeling like it was taking forever and then...nothing
The shit Janet Jackson got for the “wardrobe malfunction” that wasn’t even her fault is utterly astonishing! People should be ashamed of themselves for the hate she received! 🤬
THIS 👆⤴⬆
It was literally her fault. He literally orchestrated it. She added pieces to the wardrobe like the nipple pasties literally the night before without telling anyone.
@@kingkontinuum so if someone was to pull YOUR trousers down, for example, is that still YOUR fault? 🤔
@kingkotinuum Couldn't agree more, dude! I remember watching that live and thinking, "Well... that happened!" I honestly thought it was overblown then and still think that now. It unfortunately put her career unfairly at a stand-still for a while and it hasn't really recovered. Janet didn't deserve that fallout shit at all!
She wore a nipple pasty for god's sake. Big frickin' whoop. "Mommy, it's a tit. I've never seen one!!!"
People always forget the Joe Theismann leg snap in the 80s. I was watching that game when it happened. BRUTAL! 😮
The best was the dozen or so slow-motion replays. It made me nauseous to see it over and over again.
I was going to mention that.
Madonna is a BOSS for getting up and hopping right back into the performance. Legend.
What else was she gonna do? Run away? “Boss” 😂
It was satanic
@@puredust5797 Awesome.
@@poluticon Most people would have you fool. You don't become one of the biggest icons of all time without being a BOSS. Tard.
@@poluticon Well yeah, everyone else from Ashlee to Mariah did.
You should have added the Heidi Bowl game between Jets and Raiders in 1968. The comebacks was missed because they started the Heidi movie
Man, oh, man! I remember that one!
Good one!
Janet Jackson definitely didn’t deserve the hate.
If Justin had shown his penis, would that have been his fault?
I'm always astonished that only the woman got demonized. Justin didn't get hate...only the "bad" girl. Some things never change.
We should have known Kayne was messed up in the head back in 09.
Oh a lot of us knew. His mother somehow managed to keep him in check, but once she was gone, so was his mind.
I mean, we did
Madonna really proved what a professional she is, obviously hurt she got up and carried on like nothing had happened and nailed it.
I remember the Capone Vault fiasco..... i laughed soooooo hard... poor Geraldo Rivera was soo disappointed.... ive never liked him, but i did kinda feel bad. He looked like he might cry..😢 Man you gotta love the 80s line backer shoulder pads..lol
5:21 Ashley Simpson: "Improvise, Adapt, Overcome."
Thank For The Video 🙊🤯🥰💕😍👍
Sinead told the truth and she suffered all the pain. I don't think it was not being a pop star that hurt more, as she really never stopped putting out some great stuff, it was the mental toll of fame then persecution by everyone that cause the most damage to her. But fans won't forget her for sure.....
Sinead is awesome and is not afraid to speak her truth and show her vulnerability- that takes strength
"Eh, no one's Perfect." - Cell
16:58 aaaaand she was right. A decade before anyone took on the archdiocese in Boston.
I remember watching the Geraldo Capone Vault Fiasco on TV... I was embarrassed for him
I definitely watched the Al Capone's vault disaster live
Al Capone's vault is just the funniest thing ever!
I remember sitting there watching and waiting forever it felt like for Geraldo to finally open the vault. so disappointing!!!
I remember number one and what happened afterwards... After this incident Consumer Advocate David Horowitz ramped up his criticism of realistic toy guns to the point where finally laws were passed banning the realistic toy guns altogether. By law, All toy guns had to have an orange tip and a warning was put on all toy guns- including the non- realistic NERF guns- that pointing the gun in the direction of anyone is illegal and the person could be shot by accident by a policeman responding to the motion of the user. These warnings are still in place, irregardless of how absurd the pop dart guns look.
There was nothing in Al Capone's vault, but it wasn't Geraldo's fault! - Homer Simpson
Rest in peace Sinead, you did nothing wrong. 😢
I remember watching that live Milli Vanilli performance like it was yesterday.
"Al Capone's Utility Service Tunnel" didn't quite have the panache necessary to draw 30 million viewers tho...
I was thinking of OJ Simpson's Bronco chase being broadcast during the NBA Finals, or the "Heidi Game" where the game was shut off by NBC between the Oakland Raided and New York Jets, in favor of the TV movie "Heidi" would be on the list.
Sinead was right for what she did… but we all thought it had something to do with Northern Ireland or something. Could’ve used a better Publicist.
The BBC also had a studio invasion in the 90's. In true "Keep calm and carry on" spirit, the anchor's sat on the protesters and continued with the news!
Girl you know it's girl you know it's girl you know it's girl you know it's 😂
*FAB MORVAN:* Crap! The world finally knows we lip sync our songs! What do we do?! *ROB PILATUS:* Quick! Blame it on the rain!
Didn’t a newscaster end her life during her live broadcast on the news? I think it was in the 70’s? I remember watching something about her and feeling so sad for her short life.
Yes, that happened in 1974 in Florida. There is a really good film called "Christine" starring Rebecca Hall about the incident.
Deaths and tragedies are not part of this video as she said in the beginning.
@@sureshmukhi2316 oh! I’m hard of hearing and completely missed that
@@kickingleaves5122 understood.
I worked with a guy name Larry arnt(pretty sure I spelt his last name wrong) who played for Oakland and was in that game when the earthquake happened. Told me it was a very scary situation but everyone seemed ok. I had his baseball card and he signed it for me, I thought he was a really cool guy. A week later he robbed the store I was working at and got away with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. Guess I was wrong huh.
what the fuck
Larry Ardnt. And I call BS. Ardnt played in 2 games for the A's and his highly unlikely he was on the post season roster let alone "in that game". Hell, legendary GM Billy Beane was on that teams and didn't get a ring.
I don't know if there's any known surviving video of it but in 1955, while brushing off the front of her blouse between scenes on the sketch comedy "Caesar's Hour", Nanette Fabray had a 75 pound stage ballast fall from the ceiling and glance her head knocking her unconscious and giving her a concussion (as well as knock a 6-inch hole right through the stage floor). Her scream was heard on the live show and Sid Caesar had to ad lib the rest of the show while she was taken to the hospital. Miss Fabray would later return to the show to perform and worked steadily for several more decades before her 2018 death at age 97!
🎶There was nothing in Al Capone's Vault. But it wasn't Geraldo's fault.🎶 D'oh!
I remember watching that live.
🎵Baby on board, something something Burt Ward 🎶
The Geraldo bust of the Al Capone vault is the reason why all reality shows are scripted and staged.
@@benarcher4005 What???
@@earlleeruhf3130 Watch The Simpsons some time.
Ah yes, the "Max Head Room" incident. Sometimes the narration on these videos makes them so much funnier.
I read about that Frankenstein debacle in Fangoria years ago. It was a great story.
you can also watch the episode
@@jsmith3946 Nice. I’m curious to watch that.
I love how when the record skips on Milli Vanilli's live song, they just dance faster and harder like it will make it stop! So funny!
I don’t get the backlash for Ashlee Simpson. She was lip syncing. So what? Tons of people do at live performances. At least it was her voice, not like Milli Vanilli.
She completely threw her band under the bus
@Chris Lair yeah that was shitty. However that is never what anyone ever brings up. Only the lip syncing which she didn't want to do anyway. Her father forced her after she realized she couldn't do it due to her acid reflux
@@aliciawentzshadows Yeah he sounded like a perfect father figure in my opiniono God I just can't even speak sarcasm without wanting to throw up
I was 10 when the Stollman incident happened but I still remember it. I remember because David Horowitz had a show called “Fight Back” at the time and I recognized him from that.
I left Laney College in Oakland at 2:30pm for a job interview in San Francisco. Got on the Cypress structure, and then the Bay Bridge. I got the job, but went to my visit family around the corner from CandleStick to watch the Game. At 5:39(somewhere around there), the sound of the plates shifting is what we first heard. The craziest day ever!! 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
"Anthea Turner's Accident" it says when the voiceover says "Incident"
I know it's been done to death but the Oscars slap should've been on the list.
Yeah, surprised it wasn't up there.
@@DarkPhoenixSaga Same!
I remember balloon boy, I live in Denver. I watched that for hours thinking that boy was in there lol.
It won't be on here as it's lost media but the BBC version of The Sad Story Of Henry.
Steve Harvey became a mainstay on Miss Universe after the bungle. Honestly, he didn't read the results properly on the card, before proclaiming the winner.
I love how British people think a cuppa tea fixes everything #7
Not the tea itself in this case as much as the sugar which was probably loaded into it - as that IS good for someone in shock.
@@vickicole4787 She just got burned from a motorcycle so lets get her some Hot tea, am I missing something?
As a British tea addict I can assure you it does! ☕️🇬🇧
@@earlleeruhf3130 - Tea is life. ☕️🇬🇧
Out of all of these I only saw 2 of them live. Al's vault and the Super Bowl
I'll forever remember the Malice at the Palace. Crazy
What is that?
@@DarkPhoenixSaga a huge brawl between NBA players and fans
@@Deathstroke4200 Oh ok, I saw the video. I'm not a basketball fan.
Awesome and Cool! ^_^ Mess Up! 🤦😄😆😂
That thumbnail though 👀
Now I understand Homer Simpson's song about Al Capone & Geraldo in 'Homer's Barbershop Quartet' 😅😅
I watched "Al Capone's Vault." I'll never get that time back.
Back in the day of live TV. Jackie Gleason was playing a child on his show. He make a leap from a 2 foot platform. When hit the floor he crumpled to the floor. We watched as the man playing the butler walked over to him, then the screen went black. He broke at least one of his legs. He was in an wheelchair for months after that.
I love Jackie Gleason, I watched the Honeymooners since I was a child in the 80's. I never knew about that incident, what a horrible thing that happened to him?
Michael Jacksons hair catching fire. Probably wasn't live. I think it was a commercial
Yes, shooting for a Pepsi commercial. Wasn't live.
Madonna needs to stop with the plastic surgery. I remember being excited for Al Capone's vault. What a let down!! Regardless who sang for Milli Vanilli, I liked there music! I actually remember almost all of these. Great upload 😊
Am I the only one who thinks lip syncing shows that some singers get a little TOO comfortable relying on back up tracks?
haha, love that latin accent the commentator tried to put on the Loma Prieta earthquake
Milli Vanilli was awarded Best New Artist AFTER the lip sync fiasco on MTV.
I was watching Geraldo's hilarious vault show. It was just sad.
good video
I was expecting for Elon's cybertruck windows to be on there 😂
Man I love Sifu and one of my proudest achievements is getting the one where you beat it at age 25 or under.
Al Capone's vault. Jerry Rivers, oops, Geraldo Rivera, made an ass out of himself.
Lol "borderline comedic". The malice at the palace is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
And if you saw the 30 for 30 on it you can understand why Meta went off.
Mojo loves the Max Headroom story.
Number 15 is really creepy!!