This is summer TV's best? NBC unearths a woman who can break boards with her breasts

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JULY 03, 2008

I've often said NBC should have put a question mark at the end of the title of America's Got Talent.

And no act proved that saying better Tuesday than Busty Heart, a stripper and strip club owner who has been making the rounds of Jerry Springer-type TV programs and Japanese game shows for years, busting up beer cans and boards with her enormous breasts.

In a week where journalists got more bad news than ever -- including 250 layoffs at the Los Angeles Times and a 26 percent rise in newsprint prices -- I figured it might be nice to ride into the Independence Day weekend with something to smile about.

So here's Ms. Heart's appearance on America's Got Talent -- which I understand was censored for network TV viewers on Tuesday.

At least she got rejected by the judges...

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