Foam finger inventor: Miley Cyrus 'degraded an honorable icon

Just when you thought all that could be said about Miley Cyrus' twerkeriffic VMA performancehad been said...

Enter Steve Chmelar, inventor of the first foam finger prototype in 1971:

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"She took an honorable icon that is seen in sporting venues everywhere and degraded it," Chmelar told FoxSports. "Fortunately, the foam finger has been around long enough that it will survive this incident."

"For people who like that kind of entertainment, I'm sure that it met their needs," Chmelar said.

But it's not his entertainment cup of tea: "If I had a choice between Julie Andrews singing 'The Sound of Music' and Miley Cyrus doing 'Can't Stop,' I'd go the Julie Andrews route."