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Controversial actions by the band
Irreverence has been a mainstay of the band throughout its over 40-year history. In the 1970s, one halftime show lampooned Cal student Patty Hearst's kidnapping with a formation called the "Hearst Burger": two buns and no patty. The band gave a tribute for the anniversary of Jane Mansfield's death, by announcing over the PA the urban legend of how she had been decapitated in an automobile accident. Then band then played the song "Another Saturday Night and I Ain't Got No Body." The band is also reputed to have performed a "Tribute to abortion" halftime show featuring a coat hanger formation.
During any given show, members can be seen with trousers dropped. Obscene gestures and rude remarks towards opposing fans and teams are common themes within their shows. Network television sports producers are instructed not to televise the band.
The LSJUMB has been disciplined for controversial performances on several occasions:
* In 1972 the band was prohibited from marching in the Tournament of Roses parade because of their behavior in the 1971 parade. In the halftime show of the Rose Bowl game they spelled out "OHIO STATE" and then changed formation to spell "OH SHIT". This was broadcast on NBC to a national TV audience.
* In 1986, the University suspended the band from traveling to the UCLA football game scheduled on November 8th, 1986 after incidents in previous games that season. On October 11th, 1986, there occurred the infamous incident of public urination following the home football game against the University of Washington. (Although many swear that this incident occurred during the halftime show, it actually occurred after the game in a nearly-empty Stanford Stadium.) During the halftime of the home USC game on October 19th, 1986, the band spelled out "NO BALLZ". For the next game they performed an anagram show and spelled out an anagrammed four-letter word ("NCUT"). This final infraction is what cost them the Los Angeles trip. After the suspension was served, the band appeared at the Cal game wearing angel halos in an attempt to apologize and get invited to travel with the football team to a bowl game. The band attended the Gator Bowl that year, amid very close scrutiny.
* In 1990, the University suspended the band for a single game after a halftime show at the University of Oregon lampooning the spotted owl controversy. Governor Neil Goldschmidt (D-OR) issued a decree that the band not return to Oregon for several years.
After the spotted owl incident, all halftime shows were reviewed and approved by Stanford's Athletic Department. Nevertheless, the controversies continued:
* In 1991, the University of Notre Dame banned the LSJUMB from visiting its campus after a show at Stanford where the drum major dressed as a nun.
* In 1994, the Band was disciplined after several members of the band skipped a field rehearsal in Los Angeles to play outside the L.A. County Courthouse during jury selection for the O. J. Simpson trial.
* In 1997, the Band was again disciplined for shows lampooning Catholicism and the Irish at a game against Notre Dame. The Band put on a show entitled "These Irish, Why Must they Fight?" Besides the stereotypical Irish-Catholic humor, there was a Riverdance formation, and a Potato Famine joke.
* In 2001, the Band was sanctioned for off-the-field behavior, including violations of the University alcohol policy.
* In 2004, the Band drew national attention and Mormon ire for joking about church support of polygamy while opposing same-sex marriage. This occurred during a game against Brigham Young University. The Dollies appeared in wedding veils and the announcer referred to marriage as "the sacred bond that exists between a man and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman."
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
re: Stanford Band
I caught their act at a 1976 Cal game. They had two marchers out in front, just behind the drum major, both topped with beautiful, ten foot tall, foam rubber "icons" One was a stucco and red tile roof tower that looked like a marching dildo... the Hoover Tower, a landmark on their campus. The other was a Christmas tree... took me a while to figure out that this was "the Palo Alto."
I caught their act at a 1976 Cal game. They had two marchers out in front, just behind the drum major, both topped with beautiful, ten foot tall, foam rubber "icons" One was a stucco and red tile roof tower that looked like a marching dildo... the Hoover Tower, a landmark on their campus. The other was a Christmas tree... took me a while to figure out that this was "the Palo Alto."
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I've got a household full of people laughing so hard that they cannot breathe. I had no idea! Priceless!
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lvbuckeye
Silver Surfer
great stuff about the Stanford band... the reason that they can pull off so many stunts is that Stanford University does not sponsor the band. it is a club, pure and simple. when college students are running the show, hijinx will naturally ensue...
that is SO WRONG, on so many levels, but i can't help laughing.
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