The WORST HALFTIME SHOW in Orange Bowl HISTORY | 1985 Orange Bowl

[@scottarivett496]

I needed a halftime break to get thru this video

[@christopherwebb3517]

1985 Orange Bowl attendee and third degree burn victim Larry Shackelford was quoted as saying, "Yeah, the Ashlee Simpson halftime show was still worse."

[@matthewdaley746]

Won't, disagree, with, him.

[@RicoBurghFan]

LMAO 🤣. If people were actually burned, it would have made it better.

[@matthewdaley746]

@RicoCosta Only if John Landis, were, directing the show, burns happen.

[@donaldpaluga]

THAT'S NOT FUNNY!-Jason Pierre-Paul

[@matthewdaley746]

@donald paluga Played, in, two, SBs, one, against, Tom Brady, one, with, Tom Brady, won, both, very, interesting.

[@christopherwebb3517]

"It's a Class Action Lawsuit, Charlie Brown!"

[@matthewdaley746]

Considering that Lucy Van Pelt, was, wearing, Little Orphan Annie's, dress, they should have, already, been dealing, with, that type of problem.

[@jonp3890]

@@matthewdaley746 ! No, kidding,

[@matthewdaley746]

@@jonp3890 Nuclear explosion entirely dodged.

[@harrymann5523]

“Good grief!”

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

Good Grief

[@abfnjewbgalr]

This was also the first college football game that featured a skycam

[@stevenvitte]

To quote Charlie Brown himself; "Good Grief!"

[@82dorrin]

"You Don't Know Firework Safety, Charlie Brown!" LOL!!

[@RetroJR3379]

Im pretty sure we wont see this on Apple TV LOL

[@Ryansreviewsandoverviews]

The 1985 halftime show would have rated better than Ashley simpson if Charlie Brown just spiked the ball after every snap.

[@iyaoyas2969]

I don't know what they got for giving Ashley Simpson a live microphone, but it should have been 3-5 years.

[@mickeylynch8982]

Best comment of the day 😆

[@weeds526]

You've fucked up big time if you top Ashlee Simpson at the Orange Bowl

[@matthewdaley746]

Nepotism's a horrific plague.

[@jcngokai-76]

@@matthewdaley746 Ashlee can’t sing a lick

[@matthewdaley746]

@@jcngokai-76 Neither, could, Jessica, rotten.

[@GR-bn3xj]

I'm guessing this was before the SNL disaster

[@matthewdaley746]

@@GR-bn3xj Not, certain about dates.

[@brianarbenz7206]

21 injuries is a lot for one football game. Even more shocking a total when you realize they were not even on the field.

[@chrisbreezy3048]

9:36 As a longtime Peanuts fan, this made me laugh way more than I expected it to. 🤣🤣🤣

[@donaldpaluga]

Left Shark is NOT supposed to be a firework-Katheryn Hudson

[@patrickracer43]

The Ashley Simpson halftime was I believe a couple weeks after her disastrous SNL performance... Which the Orange Bowl performance is probably why she needed to lip sync

[@harrymann5523]

If I were NBC, I would have said “Go to Bob Costas and when the teams return to the field, go back to Miami!”

[@hoseahosanna6700]

You could hear someone scream "you suck" so loud

[@toddsands6000]

I remembered the 1985 Orange Bowl. It was hyped up only because the Washington Huskies were ranked No. 1 in the Pac 10 until they lost to a decent conference rival, the USC Trojans. Not too much shame in the loss despite the potential national championship implications from Washington's perspective. USC was jacked up for the game, and Washington did not properly respond. This Washington Huskies loss to USC finally opened the door wide open for BYU to finally claim the No. 1 spot during that season. Leading up to the Oklahoma vs UW game, college football fans used to enjoy these unusual bowl game scenarios. Of course, Oklahoma was semi-regular participant going to the Orange Bowl from the Big 8 if Nebraska didn't win the conference. It was usually either Nebraska or OU representing the 1/2 of the Orange Bowl. And the beauty of this nightcap New Year's The 1985 Orange Bowl is also remembered as one of the most hyped and controversial football games in college football history due to BYU being ranked number 1 in both major polls. The controversy of this bowl game was that Barry Switzer felt that the national championship should have been settled in the Orange Bowl because BYU was considered a non-power football program playing in what was described as a mid-major conference. The 1984 college football season sparked talks and controversy about how college football champions are determined today. It was also a strange college football game due to how the Orange Bowl often selected the at large team to play the Big 8 conference champion back then. It was the first time a team like the UW was invited to play in the Orange Bowl considering that they were located of course so far from Miami. A story that many may not remember was that Orange Bowl personnel were extremely concerned about the welfare of some of the Huskies the UW brought with them as mascots. The Miami humidity was an extreme concern in which many animal lovers were wary about the welfare of the animals. NBC often showed the huskies blasted by large cooling fans on the sidelines. The 1985 Orange Bowl was a great entertaining game. College football fans should watch at least the expanded highlights of this game. I loved watching Orange Bowl games back in the 1980's. Many blockbuster football games played during the decades prior to the modern college football championship structure. As for the 1985 Peanuts Halftime Show, it was one of the most unique halftime shows ever for TV viewers. I heard about the fireworks accident going into the stands and injuring fans a few days later. But from that show being televised on TV, it appeared to be a spectacular show! Fans must realize back in the day, the Orange Bowl Halftime show presented on New Year's night was a big deal! Even many non-football fans and families enjoyed watching the Orange Bowl half-time event every New Year's night before going to bed. People who grew up in the 1980's understood this. It was a bit of a New Year's tradition back in the day. Another example was that the Indianapolis 500 used to be sort of an American tradition to watch on a lot of TV households during the mid-1970's up to the mid-80's. Despite most Americans never having too much interest in Indy Car Racing period. Just weird traditions back in the day.

[@mrmonty86]

Good lord, this was dreadful. Ashlee Simpson proves she is worse than Frank Stallone in the worst talented celebrity sibling contest.

[@matthewdaley746]

Big sister's, already, talentless, yet, somehow, she makes her look, like, Barbra Streisand, by comparison, that truly takes total dedication.

[@chrisp679]

Dude. Stop hitting the comma.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@chrisp679 Everybody's got personal quirks.

[@thomasfinnell9681]

Frank had talent, did you watch Rocky and Rocky II? He had a solid baritone voice. His song "Far from over" reached number 10.

[@matthewdaley746]

@Thomas Finnell Thought that, was, from the infamous, Saturday Night Fever, sequel, Staying Alive, (directed by Sylvester Stallone), though, that could be all wrong.

[@abpob6052]

My girlfriend at the time was part of the OU flag corps and she told me they basically had to evacuate their seats because the embers were flying right into their stands and setting fire to sheet music, blankets, uniforms, hair...

[@calvincolon1523]

I swear that you referred to Oklahoma as Nebraska near the start… 0:31 Good video by the way.

[@donaldpaluga]

UH OH!-Carl Lewis

[@ericbuzzard2041]

0:30 USC curbstomped who? I've listened to it 10 times now and I have no idea what he's trying to say. Edit: after slowing it down it seems like he said Nebraska, but not 100% sure.

[@jayoakes7874]

Nah I had no idea Ashley Simpson ever made that performance - the SB blows, the SB commercials blow and the halftime show blows the hardest

[@inconnu4961]

Absolutely! I only like watching the game!

[@stephenholloway6893]

Plus the Peanuts gang would appear in an animated tv special called You're in the Super Bowl Charlie Brown a few years later, also airing on NBC.

[@matthewdaley746]

Actually, it, was, called, "The, Big Game," for, copyright reasons, except, for, a promotional offer at, Shell, it, now, appears to have, fallen into total obscurity.

[@akeffo]

I remember the Simpson fiasco. I laughed so much.

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

Official Jaguar Gator 9 viewers will remind you that another half time show in Florida during the 80s resulted in a fan getting injured by fireworks, as the half time show for Super Bowl 18 between the Raiders and future Commanders was the first SB Halftime show to involve fireworks, so they were inexperienced which resulted in a fan getting hurt.

[@DolFan316]

Imagine being so woke you can't even type the word *Redskins* and feel like typing "future Commanders" instead. SMH.

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@DolFan316 That's not "woke." It's just cowardice.

[@DolFan316]

@@encycl07pedia- Woke people are cowards pretending to be brave.

[@GR-bn3xj]

@@DolFan316 you realize you just typed out the R word??? 😳 Wow

[@kenowens9021]

The ONLY show I remember from the Orange Bowl was when they brought out the two surviving Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. That was long ago, but I still remember it well.

[@aapm74]

I was at the 1992 Orange Bowl, and always felt that its halftime show was the worst ever, since it was cancelled due to the torrential downpour going on. But assault by both fireworks and Ashley Simpson push 1992 to 3rd.

[@DMS-pq8]

Pretty sure its a law that if you have a fireworks show in Florida there have to be injuries

[@matthewdaley746]

JPP will absolutely concur.

[@charismatic9904]

It is. As a life long floridian yes.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@charismatic9904 Florida's got many errors.

[@charismatic9904]

@@matthewdaley746 yet here we are the best run and most free state their is. Thus why everyone is escaping liberal hell holes for the salvation of fl

[@matthewdaley746]

@@charismatic9904 Glad, positivity, was, ascertained.

[@bryantsteury8910]

"1985. Ashley simpson was 1. And she was there"

[@johncate9541]

USC was so good in that Orange Bowl that they curb-stomped Nebraska even though they were playing Oklahoma!

[@arcwiz]

Just curbstomping 2 teams at once

[@DolFan316]

Ironically, that's what made the NCAA suspicious enough to look into it and vacate that title.

[@ffwf222]

He said that he accidentally referred Oklahoma as Nebraska in the description

[@PinkysBane]

We Sooner fans call this one "Unhorsemanlike conduct" the penalty took a field goal off the board all because the Sooner Schooner got stuck.

[@MasterOfViewership]

That's an Among Us "UH!" "oof" and "wooooof" moment

[@briandonegan8480]

5:54 They essentially created a live clip show of previous halftime shows

[@johndor7890]

I was there and people in the stands were passing gas and lighting them and it looked like fire flys all over the place. The entire stadium smelled but it was incredible

[@jakearmstrong6993]

While the Orange Bowl’s parade and halftime show no longer exist and are a shell of their former self respectively, the Orange Bowl March still lives on as a fixture of Clemson’s pregame show.

[@TheSonicsean]

6:10 I cannot believe the disrespect for Up With People here.

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

In all fairness...Super Bowl halftime shows around that timeframe was terrible because... Three words UP. WITH. PEOPLE.

[@matthewdaley746]

Words, never, repeated, again.

[@TimmyTickle]

Hooray For Everything!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@TimmyTickle Hooray, for, occasional, exhilaration.

[@kennardpoole7877]

Started thinking "who TF is Ashley Simpson?" Then I heard that mess and said "well that's why I don't know."🤣

[@mikelliteras397]

The bad news was, Ashley Simpson wasn’t lip syncing 😳

[@PAGoTribe1963]

Red ass JG9 is my favorite JG9.

[@AnimalClans]

Like a gibbon's ass?

[@drewlaredo7220]

Washington got screwed out of the National Championship by a chump BYU team who played absolutely nobody all year long.

[@82dorrin]

Definitely. If BYU had played Washington, they would've gotten curb stomped. BYU nearly lost to a thoroughly mediocre Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl. Wyoming and Hawaii gave them all they could handle during the regular season. The only ranked team they beat was Pittsburgh in the first game of the season. Pitt was ranked Number 3 but would finish the season 3-7-1.

[@williamdawkins4731]

The best argument that the people who decide who performs at these major events has absolutely no business doing it !

[@imrustyokay]

You know, I kinda feel bad for Ashlee Simpson. It kinda felt like she kinda had to get into singing because she was sisters with Jessica Simpson, especially since seeing interviews with her, she seems very down-to-earth and just a nice person who can look back and laugh at the embarassing moments in her career.

[@anthony0358]

Wow I remember watching this . I love college football but even my whole family used to gather on New Year’s Night to see the halftime back in the 80s

[@Mr.Sidenote]

1985 + time machine = Back to the Future

[@noodleschalepah5934]

Yeah I hate to remember I'm a sooner fan my Sooners played like Ashley sang 😅

[@PaulSebert]

Pinocchio was featured in the 1984 Disney-themed halftime show because that movie got a theatrical re-release the same year. Theatrical re-releases used to be a BIG deal for Disney and one of the reason they were hesitant to put their films out on home video. In 1985 the film was the second Disney animated movie (after Robin Hood) to get a VHS release

[@matthewdaley746]

1986, saw, what is, likely, to be the last theatrical release of, Song, Of, The, South, I saw, Pinocchio, and, even at the time, I realized that film is, The, Poster Child, For, Only, The, Leads, Get, A, Happy, Ending.

[@bondoly66]

How Ashlee Simpson got as far as she did is an amazing story. Terrible no talent.

[@mtrainluv]

Love me some Orange bowl history

[@metpach]

I still think Ashlee Simpson's halftime performance, was worse.

[@matthewdaley746]

It was, so, bad, it killed her sister's career, that's really hard to do.

[@NMV-eq5jt]

Idk no accidental attempted murder firework attacks live on ABC at Ashlee Simpson. Maybe the actual performance was worse but idk bout anything else ☠️

[@matthewdaley746]

@@NMV-eq5jt Just disastrous, nothing else.

[@brucedavis3816]

This is also where the sooner boomer came on the field to soon and OU got assessed a 15 yd penalty.

[@abpob6052]

Strangely, Ashley Simpson album Autobiography is one of my favorites of all time and I am an 80's hair band and hard rock kind of guy. Must have been one hell of a producer to get that album together based on all the live songs I've heard from her.

[@randymillhouse791]

"Did you hear about the bomb threat?" "Ashley Simpson might perform..."

[@thadalicious-i4k]

Listening to you explain is more painful that getting lit on fire with firework. Arrrrgggggggg

[@briandonegan8480]

9:36 Best. Meme. Ever

[@nasetvideos]

Oh my gosh--This was an absolute disaster. Whoa--No words. Can't believe I don't remember this. Fantastic job reporting on this halftime show. What an absolute train wreck and dangerous situation. Outstanding video--Excellent story-telling.

[@Tubewings]

And I thought the craziest thing to happen in this game was the Sooner Schooner getting stuck on the grass.

[@GR-bn3xj]

Back then the Orange Bowl was so big. I remember so many non football fans would just tune in for the halftime show. It rivaled the super bowls HT show. It was always kinda weird to me but people loved them

[@jamessimms415]

Didn’t one of the Orange Bowl halftime shows leave all kind of ruts & divots in the turf due to heavy rains just previous to the ball game?

[@j.d.orozco6530]

Back in my day football was played by real men. Teams were allowed to play real defense and were encouraged to play physically and viciously no matter what. Football fanatics back then would also act like real men and just rub dirt on their third degree burn wounds and leave hospitals before midnight. I miss those days.

[@andrewhosfeld]

Is it worse to get booed because you got caught lip synching or getting booed for actually singing ? 🤷‍♂️ It’s pretty difficult to be a father and a manager to my daughters so I’ve pretty much given up on the father thing.-Joe Simpson, MadTv

[@trippnorris2599]

I witnessed another firework incident again in the state of Florida this time in Orlando at WWE's Wrestlemania 24 in 2008. Fireworks from the Undertaker's celebration at the end of the show went zooming into the stands in the section I sat in injuring several ppl.

[@mangrove]

Kids today know nothing about the horrors of an Up With People halftime show.

[@buzztp5119]

I'd rather take a firework to the face than be forced to listen to Ashley Simpson.

[@steverussell932]

Anybody remembers few years later when Ashlee’s sister Jessica Simpson recorded a Country music album? It bombed.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, her sister's performance, was, so, terrible, that it, ultimately, wound up destroying two careers, for, the price of one.

[@Jared40]

My wife owns it 🤣🎵

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Jared40 Terribly, sad, horrible, development.

[@ricknibert6417]

NBC actually promoted the "pageantry" of the halftime in its promos.

[@Maestrohbill]

Wait…..curb stomped NEBRASKA???? 0:32

[@spartacus3250]

My Dad and I have watched that 2005 Orange Bowl so many times because we're big USC fans, had no clue the halftime show was that terrible lmao

[@matthewdaley746]

The, Postgame, for, The, Rose Bowl, the following year, was, worse, but, seeing, as they, were, only there, because, of, "The, Bush Push," that, was the only fair outcome, period.

[@inconnu4961]

Not too much to cheer about as a USC fan, is there?

[@spartacus3250]

@@inconnu4961 there's actually a lot, but it'd prob be annoying if I started listing them all

[@spartacus3250]

@@matthewdaley746 honestly man I can't disagree, Texas earned the W and my respect for a lifetime after that game, I was so young I couldn't really remember USC losing, but Vince Young taught me nothing is ever a guarantee in the real world.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@spartacus3250 Vince Young's relentless attack.

[@jodymcgowan1170]

My parents were burned in this accident! It's very surprising that some of the newspapers said the fans were only "slightly" burned? The lady seated behind us had the front of her hair burned off to her ears.

[@DolFan316]

At least there were no fireworks involved when my team ended the big bad '85 Bears' undefeated dreams that same year 😎

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

That night the Dolphins reminded the Bears that they were not the best team ever, and that THEY were 13 years before

[@matthewdaley746]

Patriots, somehow, thwarted, fruition.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Nolibtards_allowed 1984 49ers, titanically superior.

[@jPHQ]

@@Nolibtards_allowed At least the ‘85 Bears have a ring. Marino…where’s his?

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

@@jPHQ he wasn't around in '72. ..goodbye

[@CTubeMan]

Even though Add Fire was not trying to pull off a terrorist operation their actions can’t help but make me think of the movie Black Sunday.

[@matthewdaley746]

Great, film, alas, overlong.

[@richardkoch5941]

"Curb-stomped Nebraska" in 2005?

[@82dorrin]

Washington got robbed of a National Championship that season. If BYU had played Washington, they would've gotten curb stomped. BYU nearly lost to a thoroughly mediocre Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl. Wyoming and Hawaii gave them all they could handle during the regular season. The only ranked team they beat was Pittsburgh in the first game of the season. Pitt was ranked Number 3 but would finish the season 3-7-1. BYU was NOT that good.

[@karenbaisch2868]

I moved to Utah in 2004 and am now a huge BYU fan but in 1985 lived 90 min from Washington and they were my team. I agree with you that BYU should not have been #1. Washington was an amazing team that I just can't see BYU being better then them.

[@erose964]

I totally agree. I think Mich was 6-5.

[@evanschneider7123]

I was proudly part of the booing masses for this.

[@rickbower1598]

My wife and I danced in that half time along with a number authur Murray students. Tony Tennille choriagraphed the show. It was a exciting night and we will never forget it.

[@jamessimms415]

Had the entire crowd @ the Inaugural Music City Bowl boo Larry Carlton & sing the National Anthem a cappella after he butchered the Anthem prior to the start.

[@donaldpaluga]

UH OH!-Carl Lewis

[@brandlyscottconner9824]

37 Years Ago

[@mattbradford8227]

The 1984-85 season was so strange because the preseason #1 Auburn ended up 8-4 finishing up in the Liberty Bowl. A Pac-10 team playing in the Orange Bowl and won with two more victories than the Rose Bowl champion. And the national champion was decided on Dec 21st coming from a mid-major conference. This bowl game really didn't matter. So it having a halftime show causing bodily harm - in this season makes sense.

[@brianarbenz7206]

9:52 is there actually such a word as "firework?" (I guess so, it goes through my spellcheck.)

[@mrmoose6619]

Amazing. Just amazing

[@DolFan316]

Do I really have to be the first pointing out how both horrific halftime shows involved the Sooners? I blame OU for all of this. They were responsible somehow, I tell you!

[@CTubeMan]

Versus a Pac-10 team no less?

[@jdawgbroski]

In their bowl game, BYU beat a *6-6* Michigan team after running what was a terrible WAC conference. This should have been Don James' and Washington's first NT.

[@RetroJR3379]

Least the SuperBowl 24 tribute to Peanuts was good LOL

[@cjs121675]

I barely remember that show- I think I remember seeing that at my grandparents house- not realizing something had happened in the stands because when you are 9- you are not thinking about that but rather the cartoon characters you see on the then 1980s TV screens... I really love your channels- I have found your take on both NFL and college football fun and fascinating! I look forward to seeing what you release and learning something about the sport my grandpa taught me as he was a HUGE football fan! Thank you for hours of enjoyment!

[@randallreed9048]

Give it a rest. Was there a point somewhere in this overwritten, over-hyped mess? This was not the Kennedy assassination or 9/11! It was a fireworks mishap, of which there are dozens every year. Your peculiar fetish for halftime shows is not something that is shared universally. This was 16 minutes of living that I will never get back.

[@thomasasiano9195]

Let alone his fingernails on the chalkboard voice.

[@markpenske7]

Damn, you really dragged that story out

[@DolFan316]

3:37 I was almost 12 at the time and it took even me a second to get the reference.

[@jmt5887]

Seems Florida has issues with fireworks. These ones, the SB ones, and WM 24 when a cable broke sending a fireworks that was suppose to follow the cable and be launched into the sky instead sent the fireworks into the crowd injuring fans.

[@conradhauser17]

Florida only regulates women ...the freedom of Red States

[@NickCC23]

This was the Sooner Schooner game (where the Schooner was penalized for premature celebration)

[@GetBenched2010]

Elvis Presto at Super Bowl XXIII has entered the chat...

[@davidhunt3689]

You have faith in Hollywood 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KN_1]

ESPN doesn't televise the Orange Bowl halftime show. More important to listen to Desmond Howard and David Pollack.

[@gregsells8549]

Except for a few seconds. These days it's just a mini-concert.

[@Libertyjack1]

What really sucks is that people prefer a fully dubbed performance, so they can watch some corny dance and firework display, over a hardworking singer compromising an aerobic performance, while singing.

[@WVUer21]

Wonder if it was the same company who ran both firework displays...

[@TheNewChevyRoll48]

For a sec I thought you said Acme Fireworks, but Acme Fireworks sounds like a much worse name for a Fireworks company.

[@matthewdaley746]

Almost as bad as John Landis Helicopters, that's, seriously, the, worst, truly.

[@Kiddman32]

Makes me think of a silent comedy movie I've seen... The action took place at a place called "Boom Powder Works". :)

[@jasonshaneyfelt1039]

'USC curb stomped Nebraska 55-19" As a Nebraska fan, I wish we'd gotten curb stomped by USC in the 2004-2005 National Title game.

[@colbystoos7804]

I 100% came here thinking I was gonna see two college marching bands break into a fist fight or something I’m more disappointed than the people who listened to Ashlee Simpsons halftime performance

[@ralphwilliams2396]

Y don't I remember this I used to watched these bowlgames religiously

[@RetroJR3379]

Surprised you havent made a video about the 1994 Youre in the SuperBowl Charlie Brown

[@matthewdaley746]

It's an absolute atrocity.

[@jeromehoward1249]

I forgot about the Ashlee Simpson halftime disaster.

[@williamhaynes4800]

Back then every Orange Bowl was Oklahoma or Nebraska against some poor sucker.. I think they even had 1 that set up OU -UN The Rematch.