--- description: At half time of Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, the NFL and Disney will unveil "Tapestry of Nations," a global-diversity play narrated by Edward James Olmos and featuring aerial dancers, puppets, a... title: No Polka? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # No Polka? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 24, 2000 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 24, 2000 5:00 AM CUT At half time of Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, the NFL and Disney will unveil “Tapestry of Nations,” a global-diversity play narrated by Edward James Olmos and featuring aerial dancers, puppets, a multigenerational choir, a symphony orchestra, and music by Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and Christina Aguilera. Too much? Perhaps, though the quality of the Super Bowl’s 10-min. themed extravaganzas may actually be improving. Some historical evidence: THEME SUPER BOWL IV: Mardi Gras ENTERTAINMENT Carol Channing and jazz trumpeter Al Hirt MEMORABLE MOMENT The tractor carrying Channing and Hirt stalls on the 35-yd.-line, while a prop hot-air balloon almost crushes costumed Southern Belles \[THEME\] SUPER BOWL XII: Carnival \[ENTERTAINMENT\] An army of steel-drum bands \[MEMORABLE MOMENT\] Removal of field-size Caribbean map causes 11-min. game delay \[THEME\] SUPER BOWL XXIII: Bebop Bamboozled \[ENTERTAINMENT\] Magicians and dancers…in 3-D! \[MEMORABLE MOMENT\] Bob Costas’ acrid tone of voice when introducing the show: “This is the single proudest moment of my life.” \[THEME\] SUPER BOWL XXIV: Salute to New Orleans/Snoopy’s 40th Birthday \[ENTERTAINMENT\] Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw, gospel singer Irma Thomas, Peanuts characters \[MEMORABLE MOMENT\] The cognitive dissonance brought on by having Charlie Brown and a performance of the song Shall We Gather at the River? on the same stage \[THEME\] SUPER BOWL XXIX: Indiana Jones Adventure \[ENTERTAINMENT\] Patti LaBelle, Tony Bennett \[MEMORABLE MOMENT\] Indiana Jones chases after a lost Super Bowl trophy, while LaBelle, obscured by a giant hat, gamely tries to lip-synch \[THEME\] SUPER BOWL XXXIII: Soul, Salsa and Swing \[ENTERTAINMENT\] Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy \[MEMORABLE MOMENT\] After support staff is briefly delinquent in assisting Wonder from his vintage car, the star recovers splendidly and tap-dances with Savion Glover ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6740201/no-polka/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6740201/no-polka/"},"headline":"No Polka?","datePublished":"2000-01-24T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-28T11:53:30.925Z","description":"At half time of Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, the NFL and Disney will unveil \"Tapestry of Nations,\" a global-diversity play narrated by Edward James Olmos and featuring aerial dancers, puppets, a...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6740201/no-polka/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"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":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6740201/no-polka/","name":"No Polka?"}}]}] ```