--- title: The Best 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show Memes description: Twitter had plenty of jokes about the Super Bowl halftime show, from Maroon 5's shirtless frontman, Adam Levine, to that SpongeBob cameo. canonical: https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-04T15:42:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:36.556Z og:title: Here Are the Best Jokes About the Super Bowl Halftime Show og:description: From shirtless Adam Levine to that SpongeBob cameo og:url: https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c8886021ee646a6/69894478096a9442156a47d4/super-bowl-halftime-show-jokes-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Best Jokes About the Super Bowl Halftime Show twitter:description: From shirtless Adam Levine to that SpongeBob cameo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c8886021ee646a6/69894478096a9442156a47d4/super-bowl-halftime-show-jokes-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Very Best Jokes About the Super Bowl Halftime Show From Twitter ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. From shirtless Adam Levine to that SpongeBob cameo_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 4, 2019 3:42 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 4, 2019 3:42 PM UTC The [2019 Super Bowl halftime show](http://time.com/5519688/big-boi-super-bowl/) was always going to be a hot topic of conversation online, thanks to [the controversy surrounding this year’s headliners](http://time.com/5505825/super-bowl-halftime-show-controversy-2019/), Maroon 5 and guest performers Travis Scott and Outkast’s Big Boi. Despite a tame and tepid musical show from Maroon 5, the show provided plenty of fodder for the Internet to have a little fun at the show’s expense thanks to a slew of elements ranging from the inclusion of [a highly anticipated cameo from SpongeBob Squarepants](http://time.com/5516450/spongebob-super-bowl/) to [Adam Levine’s questionable decision to go shirtless. ](http://time.com/5511271/adam-levine-super-bowl-2019/) As might be expected, Twitter wasted no time in creating jokes and memes about Super Bowl LIII’s halftime show and everything that went down during it. While the New England Patriots may have taken home the victory from the 2019 Super Bowl, Twitter emerged as the real winner of Super Bowl Sunday, thanks to the field day they had with this year’s halftime show. See the best jokes and memes from Super Bowl LIII’s halftime show below. Many people had thoughts about Adam Levine’s decision to take his top off, especially given the controversy surrounding past performers. > [](https://twitter.com/katienolan/status/1092231898540240903) > [](https://twitter.com/maryjoymcdaniel/status/1092243223836274689) > [](https://twitter.com/Josherrino/status/1092267644223406083) While others were much more focused on SpongeBob — or the lack thereof. > [](https://twitter.com/joshhart/status/1092231809255890944) > [](https://twitter.com/CreepyPastaJr/status/1092234785974616064) > [](https://twitter.com/lifeaseva/status/1092230396790530049) Even LeBron James got into the fun on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1092230757437734913) > [](https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1092239095621857280) A lot of people also had feelings about this show being in Atlanta. > [](https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/1092233424981643266) > [](https://twitter.com/talkhoops/status/1092229919952711680) > [](https://twitter.com/bruce%5Farthur/status/1092230921124806657) In other news, this halftime show also made others reminiscent for halftime shows of the past. > [](https://twitter.com/PabloTorre/status/1092233616309002241) > [](https://twitter.com/anildash/status/1092268771295809536) > [](https://twitter.com/brokeymcpoverty/status/1092229443022667777) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/"},"headline":"Here Are the Very Best Jokes About the Super Bowl Halftime Show From Twitter","datePublished":"2019-02-04T15:42:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:36.556Z","description":"From shirtless Adam Levine to that SpongeBob cameo","url":"https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime","Super Bowl 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c8886021ee646a6/69894478096a9442156a47d4/super-bowl-halftime-show-jokes-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c8886021ee646a6/69894478096a9442156a47d4/super-bowl-halftime-show-jokes-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show","caption":"Pictured here Adam Levine with tattoos and no shirt","creditText":"Jamie Squire—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/","name":"Here Are the Very Best Jokes About the Super Bowl Halftime Show From Twitter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"From shirtless Adam Levine to that SpongeBob cameo","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5520071/best-super-bowl-53-memes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```