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On the evening of September 12, 2010, Rich Juzwiak -- blogger extraordinaire at FourFour and VH1 and proud owner of flat-faced kitty Winston -- sent out an important Tweet. In it, he let all his followers (including moi) know that, instead of witnessing the disgusting spectacle that was the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, anyone with a television in the New York tri-state region could witness something significantly more splendid: Aretha Franklin acting super weirdsies.

Dressed in a tarp the color of sorbet, Aretha sat at the piano in a live broadcast on PBS (Channel 13 for the locals), singing the praises of public broadcasting when not sputtering off bizarre non sequiteurs about roller skating and her abrasive grandmother. And, honestly, she's grabbing her crotch, too, right?

While Gaga wore a meat dress and Kanye and Taylor engaged in a sort of bizarre apology via performances, Aretha Franklin was left with a microphone and starry background to help sell stuff for an hour or two, and it was nothing less than magical (if only the cast of Jersey Shore invited her into a hot tub...).

Check out Rich's excellent supercut of the nuttiness after the jump.