My wife and I like to watch the various awards shows, including tonight's CMA Awards, especially to see which star will do something outrageous that everyone will be talking or tweeting about or posting to Facebook. Turns out, stars doing memorable things at the CMA Awards isn't a new phenomenon, however. Check out this video from almost 40 years ago, during the 1975 CMA Awards, when presenter Charlie Rich sets the card announcing that John Denver was the winner of the Entertainer of the Year, on FIRE!

(Charlie appears to have enjoyed a cocktail or two before getting up on stage to present the award and rambles on quite a bit, so skip ahead to about 2:15 to see when he reaches for his lighter...)

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