Aretha Franklin's lengthy version of the Star Spangled Banner ahead of the Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings NFL match may have been as much a topic at Thanksgiving dinner as the game itself.
Franklin's anthem clocked in at four-minutes, 35 seconds on Thursday. That's compared to about two-minutes, 20 seconds for Whitney Houston's iconic rendition of the song ahead of the Super Bowl in 1991.
Franklin quickly started trending on social media. One Twitter user joked that there was enough time to cook a turkey, eat and do the dishes during the performance. Others opined that the 74-year-old "Queen of Soul" had earned the right to sing the anthem for as long as she wanted.
The CBS production team got in on the fun during the game by including Franklin in a time of possession graphic.
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