Here is my Superbowl Rantings from a Fair-Weather Football fan:
The commercials: sucked. I remember when watching the commercials was THE THING to do if you were a fair-weather fan and didn’t care about the teams. I remember the Budweiser frogs and the pulled heartstrings of Coca-Cola polar bears. Where were these commercials? Have we as a society become so damn cynical that Doritos cheese dust licked off our hands seems funny and acceptable? (who can say they didn’t cringe when that commercial happened?!) And why does it seem like all Bud Light commercials are made by low-brow, fresh out of the frat house, advertising drones who think all people that watch football games are their frat brothers? Please tell us we’ve evolved somewhat, please…
The only ones I did enjoy (because really, there weren’t many good ones to choose from), were the Chevy commercial of “Timmy fell in a well, again?!” (although not an original idea) and the Darth Vader one (because all parents and Star Wars fans can relate). Want to see them all? Go here: http://www.superbowl-commercials.org/
The Groupon controversy: People are up in arms about this one. Ok, so it was in poor taste. (I’m saying who really enjoys fish curry anyway?). People are saying, “Why Timothy Hutton?” (I’m saying because he was the only Chicagoan actor available or willing to work for less money). People are saying that using Tibet was in poor taste. (I’m saying they probably lost all hope at a Groupon China website). But here’s the kicker that no one is paying attention to: people are still talking about it. Wasn’t that the point all along?
The Christina Aguleria f*-up: Opps. People were complaining that she was singing the National Anthem too “poppy”. Hello?! She’s a pop singer. Hello?! She’s got the pipes, at least she was on-key and not lip syncing. Ok, so she screwed up the words in front of the whole nation while they were showing the troops in Afghanistan. Yeah, that was kinda lame. But at least she wasn’t this (I’ll spare you the Rosanne Barr one):
The A-Rod / Cameron Diaz popcorn feeding frenzy: Seriously? This one is just stupid. A-Rod complains to Fox executives (who probably comp-ed his seats, btw) that he was purposely targeted by the cameramen so they could get a “paparazzi-esque” shot of his are-they-or-aren’t-they girlfriend, Cameron Diaz. Give me a break. What man wouldn’t want a hot girl feeding them popcorn while watching the Superbowl?! Come on, A-Rod. I’d rather have seen you guys be all lovey-dovey than the millions of shots of Former President Bush you made the Fox exes feature after your repeated threats to Fox cameramen. Dude. You’re a sports star at a LIVE Superbowl game in the VIP of VIP seats, sitting a couple seats down from Aston Kutcher, President Bush, and your girlfriend is a movie star. Quit your bitchin’, and grow a pair.
Bring on baseball.
