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Michael Jackson's Super Bowl halftime show that changed the game: King of Pop's blockbuster 1993 performance featured body doubles, a catapult entrance and TWO minutes of silence


The King Of Pop was in the prime of his career at 34-years-old when he took the stage at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California at Super Bowl XXVII on January 31, 1993.

Don Mischer - who produced and directed Michael's halftime show - told the Post last year: 'They flipped over to Fox, and the trouble is they never came back [to CBS]. This resulted in the NFL rethinking their strategy in hopes of booking a more contemporary act in order to attract and retain more mainstream viewers so they reached out to Michael Then Michael is finally revealed as he is catapulted from center stage and then stood completely frozen and silent for nearly two minutes as the crowd raucously cheered on in arguably the most iconic moment of the performance.

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