The CRAZIEST BROADCAST DECISION in NBC Super Bowl HISTORY | Super Bowl XX

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At Super Bowl XX, NBC decided, for their pregame show, to air a minute of nothingness. No advertisements. No talking. No entertainment. No nothing. Just a minute of pure silence, in what was known as the Silent Minute. And to the shock of everyone, the Silent Minute took the country by storm. This is the story behind NBC and one of the craziest broadcasting ideas in Super Bowl history
NOTE: Due to a copyright claim on the music during the Silent Minute, I had to mute the sound for a 30-second period. No footage was altered, none of my dialogue was altered, and nothing of the like was altered; just 30 seconds had to be muted
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[@pwinson]

The Patriots were involved in another "super flush" back in 1971 when Schaefer Stadium opened, and the Health Dept made them test the plumbing by flushing all the toilets at once.

[@classicsportsgames]

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[@CTubeMan]

This is what makes this such a great channel. The obscure history, as well as videos like this that provide more, ahem, context behind better-known moments.

[@stephenbuus7535]

Johnny Carson also did a version of this as a comedy bit. He said during the B-segment (after the monologue) they would take a minute so people could go to the bathroom. Instead of a clock, however, there was a crawl "hypnotizing" the viewers and telling them to send all their money to Johnny Carson c/o NBC. The crawl ended with the words "Wake up now," and it cut back to Johnny, who said, "If you went to the bathroom, welcome back; and to everyone else, thank you very much!"

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Ngl "The Silent Minute" should be an annual pregame stunt

[@mrmoose6619]

Best minute of pre-game coverage ever.

[@NickBeast-gy2es]

If the silent minute happened today, people would be confused by it or bash it on social media

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about a strange cartoon that CBS aired during the pregame show before Super Bowl 8.

[@michaelmalervy9066]

I remember the silent minute! I had always wondered why it never appeared in future pre-game shows. I also thought it was a great touch to switch from arabic to roman numerals at the 20 second mark to represent the first 20 Super Bowls.

[@leogetz3570]

The "Hello Fresh" plug that somehow featured Nathaniel Hackett!!! I totally forgot about the silent minute. I will always remember Super Bowl XX as the game 2 days before the Challenger explosion

[@BonyScribe]

I remember watching this and thinking that the NBC affiliate in Wilmington, NC (WECT-TV) was going to preempt the silent minute and run a loca commercial or two. But to their credit, they didn't. Congratulations on the win last night by the way.

[@CC-rb1yf]

A silent minute should have zero sound. Costas and NBC shouldve issued an apology.

[@luisreyes1963]

I actually saw SB XX with my dad & brothers, but I never could recall the "silent minute". 🤫

[@goldnuclear9859]

In all seriousness, this was a very intriguing video, and a little time machine back to the mid 80s. I honestly never knew of the silent minute until today. Now that I do know about it, I will stare at a blank screen for a minute.

[@richardsiemion5903]

19:32

[@mr1000Cent]

Actually, a minute is silence is kind of fitting, since all 5 year-old me remembers about this game was watching the local sports team getting obliterated by Refrigerator Perry and company. Definitely was quite the spectacle, LOL.

[@staubach1979rt]

I've watched every Super Bowl since 1976 (SB X) and not once have I ever, nor will I ever, watch a pre-game show. However, I regret missing this bizarre moment. You have to love how the clock turned to Roman Numerals once they got to XX seconds. Clever.

[@jfturner73]

As a young Patriots fan in 1986, knowing what I know now, they should have had a silent black screen for 60 minutes in the Boston media market.

[@JonHazelwood12]

The pregame shows start so early, the teams aren't even at the stadium yet