40. TED DANSON PERFORMS IN BLACKFACE
Travel back in time, if you will, to 1993, when Ted Danson is the biggest, most beloved sitcom star on the planet, Whoopi Goldberg is a bankable film actress, and the relationship between the two is keeping the supermarket tabloids in business. At a Friars' Club roast for Goldberg, Danson appeared on stage in blackface and delivered a mock minstral routine that reportedly contained the N-word and ''jokes'' about Goldberg's privates. Depending on who you believe, Goldberg either blessed the routine or wrote it herself.
CAREER IMPACT Minor. Perhaps because the event occurred in an era long, long before scientists discovered YouTube. Danson has maintained a thriving TV career, most recently appearing in the FX drama Damages. Goldberg succeeded Rosie O'Donnell as co-host of The View.
