Seriously, is it all that bad that I don't own a television set or watch what apparently settles for television programming these days?
Pop culture... I believe I've taken a pass on this sorta stuff.
Posted on 08/29/2013 1:35:10 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The foam finger, a staple at sports events around the country, is Iowan Steve Chmelar's baby. He created it in 1971. So when Miley Cyrus began touching Robin Thicke's manhood and pantomiming digital penetration with her foam finger at the VMAs on Sunday night, it hit Chmelar in a way that most of us can't truly comprehend.
"She took an honorable icon that is seen in sporting venues everywhere and degraded it. Fortunately, the foam finger has been around long enough that it will survive this incident," Chmelar told Fox Sports. Clearly, the foam finger was the victim at Barclays Center on Sunday night, an unwilling participant in Miley's much-talked about assault on culture.
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Miley, for her part, in case you missed it, used the finger to rub Robin Thicke's crotch, and then proceeded to hump it (the finger, that is) like an unfixed chihuahua. "For people who like that kind of entertainment, I'm sure that it met their needs," Chmelar said, adding: "If I had a choice between Julie Andrews singing 'The Sound of Music' and Miley Cyrus doing 'Can't Stop,' I'd go the Julie Andrews route."
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Until now.
“it hit Chmelar in a way that most of us can’t truly comprehend.”
Actually, I fully comprehend what he’s going through as I was the one that first invented sticking out your tongue during live performances.
You don’t know where that foam finger’s been.
Also, tongues everywhere were outraged!
Fat fingers cause flash crashes.
Foam fingers cause...never mind.
...and I thought Ashley Simpson at the Orange Bowl was the worst musical moment in tv history...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PZRrnQYVN0
I grew up with American Bandstand. The male singers all wore suits and the girls were all dressed up as well. Simpler time. (I would say better music but some would just call me an old fart, come to think of it, that is what I am, an old fart :)
Dick Clark is rolling over in his grave at what passes for musical entertainment today.
It was no longer a foam finger. It was a foam “something” that begins with an “f”.
Idle foam hands are the devil’s workshop;
Idle foam hands are the devil’s workshop;
A lot of the catchy old songs can be sung to by memory. This modern garbage is so forgettable—who is going to be singing ‘You make we wanna la la” in the future years? Todos basura!
Nerfelzebub
I suppose we should all be thankful it wasn’t a vuvuzela.
Oh great... Many drunken college students will have foam fingers on national TV this fall!
Seriously, is it all that bad that I don't own a television set or watch what apparently settles for television programming these days?
Pop culture... I believe I've taken a pass on this sorta stuff.
Right up there with the sacred "Cheesehead".
There's gotta be a dirty anagram there somewhere.
I hope Miley was wearing a sponge when she did that foam finger
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