1972, Super Bowl VI: Girls from Tyler, Texas take the field with twirling fans and fancy formations for halftime of the 1972 Super Bowl VI, which was played in New Orleans.

1973, Super Bowl VII: What's the mileage on these?? Helmeted bumper cars roamed the turf of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

1991, Super Bowl XXV: Boy band Kids on the Block, Michael Jackson, and 3,500 local children from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. Television audiences did not see the show until after the game was over, as ABC chose to cut to a Peter Jennings report about Gulf War I.

1993, Super Bowl XXVII: Michael Jackson returned to the halftime show two years later to perform "Heal the World", when Super Bowl XXVII was played in Pasadena, California. Once again, he was joined by 3,500 local schoolchildren. Because of Jackson's popularity, Fox chose to show the performance live. Never again would a network cut away from a Super Bowl halftime show.

1996, Super Bowl XXX: At the conclusion of the show, singer Diana Ross sang her hit song, "Take Me Higher" and departed from the field in a helicopter.

1999, Super Bowl XXXIII: Narrated by Tori Spelling, pre-game show depicted the festive mood of a Caribbean cruise, somehow incorporating KISS into the mix.