Super Bowl XLVI

[Mowich]

I usually watch the Super Bowl just for the ads (I get all the US networks thus don't miss them by watching the game on a Canadian channel) as I find US football a little too under-entertaining compared to the Canadian game - just my opinion and granted it comes with bias. However, yesterday's game was one that I was glad to watch with lots of excitement right up until the dying seconds when Brady's hail mary went for naught in the end zone.

Back to the ads, one of my favs was the David Beckman ad - a woman would have to be blind or dead not to enjoy it, IMHO. :smile:

I gave the Chevy Sonic ad high marks - great music. The Teleflora ad must have stirred the er... hearts of many a man. Sketchers also scored high with me as did the Doritos Bungee Baby. The Kia Optima ad showed real imagination. Budweiser scored high with their end of prohibition ad. The best of the 'patriotic' ads, again, IMHO, was the Clint Eastwood piece about Detroit - it seemed to hit all the buttons.

I did watch Madonna's half-time show but somehow missed the 'gesture' by MIA that is in the news today. Thought ending the show with 'Like a Prayer' was pretty cool and her disappearing act was pretty neat too.

All in all a pretty good way to spend an otherwise lazy Sunday afternoon.

 

[Spade]

The super Bowl - a celebration of excess.

 

[Mowich]

The super Bowl - a celebration of excess.

I don't disagree with you on that, Spade.

 

[Spade]

That's okay; you must remember that I am one who does not wait with baited breath to see commercials. The game itself is entertaining; the hype, no!

 

[Mowich]

That's okay; you must remember that I am one who does not wait with baited breath to see commercials. The game itself is entertaining; the hype, no!

Can't say that I 'wait with baited breath' for the ads, Spade but I do enjoy the imagination and ingenuity that goes into the production of them.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I for one am very glad Pretty Boy and the Patriots lost. Can't stand him or his coach or his team.

 

[Cannuck]

I had a ticket worth $2500 with the score 22-17 Giants. Needless to say, I was not impressed when they chose not to kick the single point. I'm sure Coughlin could hear me yelling at him.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I had a ticket worth $2500 with the score 22-17 Giants. Needless to say, I was not impressed when they chose not to kick the single point. I'm sure Coughlin could hear me yelling at him.

He was informed of your ticket and changed from a single point to a deuce.

 

[spaminator]

I usually watch the Super Bowl just for the ads (I get all the US networks thus don't miss them by watching the game on a Canadian channel) as I find US football a little too under-entertaining compared to the Canadian game - just my opinion and granted it comes with bias. However, yesterday's game was one that I was glad to watch with lots of excitement right up until the dying seconds when Brady's hail mary went for naught in the end zone.

Back to the ads, one of my favs was the David Beckman ad - a woman would have to be blind or dead not to enjoy it, IMHO. :smile:

I gave the Chevy Sonic ad high marks - great music. The Teleflora ad must have stirred the er... hearts of many a man. Sketchers also scored high with me as did the Doritos Bungee Baby. The Kia Optima ad showed real imagination. Budweiser scored high with their end of prohibition ad. The best of the 'patriotic' ads, again, IMHO, was the Clint Eastwood piece about Detroit - it seemed to hit all the buttons.

I did watch Madonna's half-time show but somehow missed the 'gesture' by MIA that is in the news today. Thought ending the show with 'Like a Prayer' was pretty cool and her disappearing act was pretty neat too.

All in all a pretty good way to spend an otherwise lazy Sunday afternoon.

i found mia's music more offensive.

 

[Mowich]

i found mia's music more offensive.

Honestly, spaminator............had never heard of mia before today when I read about the NFL and NBC apologizing for the 'gesture.' I don't even like Madonna though have nothing against her, just not my type of music for the most part.

 

[Ron in Regina]

I usually watch the Super Bowl just for the ads...

http://mashable.com/2012/02/06/super-bowl-2012-commercials/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+(Mashable)

 

[gopher]

God's Team wins Super Bowl 46!

 

[shadowshiv]

Honestly, spaminator............had never heard of mia before today when I read about the NFL and NBC apologizing for the 'gesture.' I don't even like Madonna though have nothing against her, just not my type of music for the most part.

I've got two MP3s of hers. One is Paper Planes(the regular version heard on the radio), and Paper Planes(DFA Remix). M.I.A.'s music isn't really my thing, but that song is okay(the remix version is cooler).

With regards to the "obscene gesture"? I mean, seriously?(not directed at you, Mowich, just the media and NBC) They are apologizing for it like it was some horrifying action? It's an overreaction, just like it was during Nipple-Gate(Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake)! I honestly don't see what the big deal of it was.

I wish I had seen the game, as I would have loved to see Tom Brady falter in the end...again.

 

[spaminator]

I've got two MP3s of hers. One is Paper Planes(the regular version heard on the radio), and Paper Planes(DFA Remix). M.I.A.'s music isn't really my thing, but that song is okay(the remix version is cooler).

With regards to the "obscene gesture"? I mean, seriously?(not directed at you, Mowich, just the media and NBC) They are apologizing for it like it was some horrifying action? It's an overreaction, just like it was during Nipple-Gate(Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake)! I honestly don't see what the big deal of it was.

I wish I had seen the game, as I would have loved to see Tom Brady falter in the end...again.

mia paper planes remix - YouTube

 

[spaminator]

Gisele Bundchen Blasts Tom Brady's Teammates Airdate : 2/6/2012


Gisele Bundchen is ripping into husband Tom Brady's teammates and triggering outrage among already-hurting Patriots fans.

Bundchen watched from a V.I.P. box as her husband's team went down to defeat.

Time and again, perfectly good throws from Brady were dropped.

Bundchen gave Brady a consoling hug when they met after the game. But the supermodel was caught on tape trashing the Patriots' wide receivers.

"They didn't catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball," she said. "My husband cannot throw the (blanking) ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."

Her tirade is causing a firestorm in Boston.
Howie Carr of WRKO radio in Boston said, "Tom obviously needs to say something."
Carr said Brady should give his wife this advice: "Keep your mouth shut. And don't say anything except 'Hi, how are you?' "
"She should never have thrown Tom's teammates under the speeding bus," wrote one blogger.

"Not cool to curse at people and even worse to criticize your husband's teammates in public," said another.

"Sore loser!" said a third blogger.

But Bundchen has some supporters too.
"She was defending her husband," says one. "Leave her alone."

Bundchen has long been viewed by some Patriots fans as a jinx on her husband and his team.

One newspaper recently called her: "Jinxelle Bundchen."

After Sunday's defeat, a fan blogged: "She's a curse."

While triumphant Giants quarterback Eli Manning was celebrating with 11-month-old daughter Ava Frances and wife Abby, Brady and Bundchen, by contrast, were both glum as they commiserated with each other in a stadium corridor.

Her angry blast at her husband's teammates came right after she was taunted by Giants fans, who yelled, "Eli rules. Eli owns your husband."

News - Gisele Bundchen Blasts Tom Brady's Teammates - InsideEdition.com

 

[Mowich]

I've got two MP3s of hers. One is Paper Planes(the regular version heard on the radio), and Paper Planes(DFA Remix). M.I.A.'s music isn't really my thing, but that song is okay(the remix version is cooler).

With regards to the "obscene gesture"? I mean, seriously?(not directed at you, Mowich, just the media and NBC) They are apologizing for it like it was some horrifying action? It's an overreaction, just like it was during Nipple-Gate(Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake)! I honestly don't see what the big deal of it was.

What I found really funny is how many news people had to go back and watch the performance again just to catch the 'gesture.' I didn't see anything as it happened so fast and so much was going on at the time besides the MIA thing.

It seems that Tom's wife's remarks about his teammates and the commercial by Clint Eastwood are getting far more air time than MIA

I wish I had seen the game, as I would have loved to see Tom Brady falter in the end...again.

Actually, Shadow..........he didn't falter so much as his receivers did when they dropped pass after pass that really should have been caught. The hail mary aside, he didn't do such a bad job, IMHO. I just don't 'get' US football, besides trying to understand all their rules and penalties, I find it almost boring compared to the wide-open game we have in the CFL.........again, just my opinion.:smile:

 

[shadowshiv]

Gisele Bundchen Blasts Tom Brady's Teammates Airdate : 2/6/2012


Gisele Bundchen is ripping into husband Tom Brady's teammates and triggering outrage among already-hurting Patriots fans.

Bundchen watched from a V.I.P. box as her husband's team went down to defeat.

Time and again, perfectly good throws from Brady were dropped.

Bundchen gave Brady a consoling hug when they met after the game. But the supermodel was caught on tape trashing the Patriots' wide receivers.

"They didn't catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball," she said. "My husband cannot throw the (blanking) ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."

Her tirade is causing a firestorm in Boston.
Howie Carr of WRKO radio in Boston said, "Tom obviously needs to say something."
Carr said Brady should give his wife this advice: "Keep your mouth shut. And don't say anything except 'Hi, how are you?' "
"She should never have thrown Tom's teammates under the speeding bus," wrote one blogger.

"Not cool to curse at people and even worse to criticize your husband's teammates in public," said another.

"Sore loser!" said a third blogger.

But Bundchen has some supporters too.
"She was defending her husband," says one. "Leave her alone."

Bundchen has long been viewed by some Patriots fans as a jinx on her husband and his team.

One newspaper recently called her: "Jinxelle Bundchen."

After Sunday's defeat, a fan blogged: "She's a curse."

While triumphant Giants quarterback Eli Manning was celebrating with 11-month-old daughter Ava Frances and wife Abby, Brady and Bundchen, by contrast, were both glum as they commiserated with each other in a stadium corridor.

Her angry blast at her husband's teammates came right after she was taunted by Giants fans, who yelled, "Eli rules. Eli owns your husband."

News - Gisele Bundchen Blasts Tom Brady's Teammates - InsideEdition.com

She sounds like a stuck-up snob. Perfect wife for Tom Brady it seems!

She should have just kept her mouth shut. Throwing the teammates of your husband under the bus like she did won't garner any good feelings towards him.

What I found really funny is how many news people had to go back and watch the performance again just to catch the 'gesture.' I didn't see anything as it happened so fast and so much was going on at the time besides the MIA thing.

It seems that Tom's wife's remarks about his teammates and the commercial by Clint Eastwood are getting far more air time than MIA

Actually, Shadow..........he didn't falter so much as his receivers did when they dropped pass after pass that really should have been caught. The hail mary aside, he didn't do such a bad job, IMHO. I just don't 'get' US football, besides trying to understand all their rules and penalties, I find it almost boring compared to the wide-open game we have in the CFL.........again, just my opinion.:smile:

I know, but I just like to bash him whenever he can. Having an over-inflated ego tends to make me want to do that.

I actually liked the Clint Eastwood commercial. It was certainly more thought-provoking than the average commercial that airs.

 

[Bar Sinister]

I enjoyed two things about the Superbowl. One was the fact that the dog who picked New England to win on the Tonight Show was wrong, in spite of Leno's claim that the dog was always right; and the other was the Abarth commercial.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I enjoyed two things about the Superbowl. One was the fact that the dog who picked New England to win on the Tonight Show was wrong, in spite of Leno's claim that the dog was always right; and the other was the Abarth commercial.

The rhinoserous picked the Giants and he was never wrong. Clearly when sports betting, one must go with the larger animal.

 

[Walter]

Here's a link to a parody of the Clint Eastwood Super Bowl commercial. I heard it on the Rush Limbaugh show.
Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad Parodied By Rush Limbaugh (Video) - The Hollywood Reporter