According to my local tv coverage of the super bowl (WTAE), things are just a disaster in Dallas. People are in horrible lines for hours to get through security, legit ticket holders are being denied entry, etc.
Glad I’m on my couch.
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According to my local tv coverage of the super bowl (WTAE), things are just a disaster in Dallas. People are in horrible lines for hours to get through security, legit ticket holders are being denied entry, etc.
Glad I’m on my couch.
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BGinCHI
It’s Dallas. They’re probably checking for citizenship.
Yutsano
I take it this is the official game Open Thread?
And no big shock that things are a massive Charlie Foxtrot. Dallas hasn’t been right since the snow hit them hard it seems.
Paddy
For your viewing pleasure?
VIDEO: Entire President Obama v. Bill O’Reilly Super Bowl Interview
Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen
THIS IS OBAMA’S FAULT!
mr. whipple
The Super Bowl is Obama’s Katrina.
Citizen_X
Let’s see now: what are the odds that superbowl ticket holders are Republicans?
Well, they tend be a) male, and b) wealthy, or at least affluent. So the odds are pretty damn good. In that case,
WELCOME TO TEXAS, ASSHOLES!
mr. whipple
They are gonna read the DOI? WTF is wrong with these douchbags?
Cole must me on pins and needles…everyone is picking Green Bay.
frosty
Glad you made it home safely to your couch after the nightmare of warm chardonnay and Charlie Sheen overstaying his welcome. Travel used to be fun, y’know?
Michael
The Declaration of Independence read by NFL players? Really? Is this necessary?
hilts
Cole,
Are you surprised? A heavy majority of tv analysts are picking the Packers. 11 ESPN guys have the Packers vs 3 ESPN guys for the Steelers https://balloon-juice.com/2011/02/06/pre-game-open-thread/#comment-2412649 and on Fox, 3 of the guys picked the Packers and only Bradshaw picked the Steelers.
mr. whipple
@Michael:
Why not the Federalist Papers?
asiangrrlMN
Declaration: Someone mentioned that it’s been read every year since 9/11 happened. Ugh.
And, I can’t believe how little interest I have in this game. I almost feel like I’m watching out of obligation. And, in a stunning twist, I am rooting for the Packers.
Oh good lord. I have the mute on, and I’m gagging, anyway. It’s fucking football, guys! Sheesh.
wobblybits
We have the tv on the Puppy Bowl and will switch only after this Reagan and other nonsense is over.
ETA: Kitty halftime show!
Mr Stagger Lee
Earlier this year, there was an article by Jason Whitlock, predicting the NFL will decline in attendence, in the years to come, because of the better quality of HDTV’s. As a matter of fact, Cowboy stadium will be the high water mark of the big gigantic stadiums in the future.
Throwin Stones
Fox Sports reported many seat were not able to be used due to the ice / snow. I’d be pissed.
Cole – glad you made it out of your Spanish Moon fantasy.
TaMara (BHF)
While you wait for the puppy bowl: A cuddle of kitties
And yes, I know they are adorable and they use it to get whatever they want from me.
John Cole
@hilts: No, if I were not a rabid fan and going solely on which team is better, I would go Pakcers. Our O-line is swiss cheese, and I’ve really not been impressed with our secondary all year.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: I am not going back to Fox until almost game time.
asiangrrlMN
@TaMara (BHF): Awwwwwwwww! They are sooooo cute.
On which station is the Puppy Bowl? I bet it’s cable.
@Omnes Omnibus: If I actually knew when that was, I would be right there with you. Having it on mute helps, but still….How you holding up?
t
Did the nfl outsource the security and operations of the superbowl to haliburton or something?
J.
Think how much fun it’s going to be when it comes to New York! (I mean New Jersey.)
Martha
@Omnes Omnibus: Puppy bowl for me too until the game. This evening will be stressful. “it’s only a game…it’s only a game…”
wobblybits
@asiangrrlMN: It’s on Animal Planet but here is their website, I think they may be streaming it there.
Yutsano
@TaMara (BHF): KITTEH!!
Mine just discovered the beauty of bleu cheese this afternoon. Now she’s racked out on the bed next to me.
@asiangrrlMN: I may just deign to pay attention, but not until the last minute. And since I have to go run a quick errand in a few minutes, that should be rather easy.
Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen
Faulty seats, WTF?
J.
@asiangrrlMN: Puppy Bowl WAS on Animal Planet at 3 p.m. ET. (I totally spaced on it, but you can watch some really cute video, including footage of the Most Valuable Puppy on Animal Planet’s website.)
asiangrrlMN
@wobblybits: Ta. I will check it out.
@Yutsano: Make me something to eat, plz. kthxbai.
@J.: Tanky, too. You wearing the J-E-T-S thong? (Almost same colors as the Packers).
Boudica
@Throwin Stones: How is that possible since it’s a covered stadium?
Plus everything here has melted now.
auntie beak
wow. holy crap. colin powell? really? on what, the 8th anniversary of that bs-fest address he made to the u.n. to get a bunch of young men killed in iraq? are you KIDDING ME? i just about lost it, ranting and spitting and yelling at the teevee. and the game hasn’t even started yet. GO STEELERS.
wobblybits
Egads, how many American Idols adverts will we have to suffer through?
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Hehehe. I didn’t even cook lunch for myself today. Though I suppose I could whip up something quick. I’m seriously contemplating figuring out sweet potato fries when I don’t have a fryer. I’m gonna mull on that for a spell.
@wobblybits: That’s an option. I’ll play around with the possibilities and limitations of my kitchen and see what cobbles together.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: I am good: I spent most of the day reading about Dreyfus Affair era France and doing my assigned reading from Nixonland. I did some food preparation and am now awaiting Mme. Omnibus’s return from Zumba and the start of the game.
Okay, I lied about the good part. Starting to develop knots in my stomach… With all due respect to Steelers fans, I really want this Green Bay team to win. They have done such a great job dealing with injuries and getting one player after another to step up that it would really be a shame to not get this one last win.
I am probably going to be offline during the game, so here’s to no injuries and a great game.
Go-Pack-Go!
Cacti
I can’t help but laugh that Dallas has to host a Super Bowl between Pittsburgh and Green Bay.
Choke on it Jerry!
wobblybits
@Yutsano: Oven?
Omnes Omnibus
@Cacti: Now that is funny.
BGinCHI
@Omnes Omnibus: +1.
Go Pack.
asiangrrlMN
@wobblybits: I read that as American Idiots, which is pretty apropos.
@Yutsano: Yum. Yum Yum. What errand do you have to run? Better do it soon. The game will start any minute now. I’m sure. It will. Soon.
@Omnes Omnibus: Well, I am rooting for the Pack. I also hope for no injuries–including to you!
ETA: Who is the Albert Einstein guy, and why is he on my teevee?
ETA II: Adam Sandler got a star? Really? REALLY?
mr. whipple
Is this actor gonna call one team ‘the dood’?
wobblybits
Someone let me know when Christine Aguilera is done um singing the anthem
Gordon, The Big Express Engine
Any thoughts here on the over/under (44.5)? I know the defenses are great, but with two weeks to prepare… Indoors, should be a bit of a track meet.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I’m resigned to missing the first few minutes. Or even the first quarter, since it all depends upon the final score, which will be a couple of hours away yet. And I’ll be long back by then.
But I do need to git.
Wildcat12
Sorry to go OT here, but my parents are looking into adopting a cat, preferably siamese. (They lost one of theirs about 3 months ago.) Anyone know some good websites?
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Go! Pack! Go!
Blue Carolinian
Is it really necessary to have TWO national songs?
Nicole
A high school classmate of mine is in the hospital, awaiting a lung transplant. She’s pretty heavily sedated, but was able to make clear her desire for a Terrible Towel to be hung where she could see. Good thing the hospital is in Pittsburgh; they had no trouble accommodating. Fingers crossed for her and for the Steelers. (though I have no issue with Green Bay; it’s hard to dislike a team owned by the town. Does that make me a Commie?)
asiangrrlMN
@wobblybits: How about we let you know when she starts? Someone is singing America the Beautiful at half-speed. Ugh. They just showed W.’s vapid face. Christina is singing. She can actually sing. I don’t like her stylings, though.
@Yutsano: This is true. I might fall asleep. I didn’t sleep much last night.
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): How YOu doing?
burnspbesq
@Michael:
Why is this surprising? The Super Bowl is the closest we have to Nuremberg Rallies.
Nellcote
ARLINGTON, Texas – Angry fans outside a Cowboys Stadium fence chanted “Let us in,” “Jerry sucks,” and “We want seats” while being denied inside access for Super Bowl XLV on Sunday.
The ticketed fans, estimated between 200-400, were denied entry inside the stadium because temporary seating sections to be installed for the game had not been completed. In the meantime, the NFL has moved the fans to the Party Plaza area – the stadium’s standing room only section.
For fans who don’t eventually get granted seats, the league will issue refunds “triple the cost of the face value of their ticket.”
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Blue Carolinian:
I wouldn’t mind so much if one of them was This Land Is Your Land.
auntie beak
poor christina. guess she couldn’t get a hair stylist at the last minute there.
mr. whipple
God, that was horrible.
wobblybits
@auntie beak: Ok, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@asiangrrlMN:
I have the flu! YAY!
What’s the point of doing a flyover of a domed stadium?
Omnes Omnibus
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Of course, you know that will never happen, right?
gwangung
@Nellcote: BWAH HAHA HAH HAH HAHA!
hilts
@asiangrrlMN:
All due respect to Lea Michelle, but Ray Charles owns America the Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzJsKoH68Y&feature=related
demkat620
Bush is at the game. What else do you expect?
Blue Carolinian
Yeah, “This Land is Your Land” should be the national anthem. Plus its much easier to sing than the current one.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Dare to dream. :D
freelancer (itouch)
Ha! Won the over bet on how long Aguilara would sing the word “Brave”. It was 6 seconds, she stretched it out to 12.
Citizen_X
@Cacti: You might enjoy this; a fine bit of H-Town snarkery at the slow burn Jerry’s gotta be doing right now.
Blackfrancis
Watching Michael Douglas compare the super bowl to the fight for women’s right to vote & the actions of the 9-11 responders make me nauseous.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Uhm, NFL, Fox:
Face it- the Steelers were founded by a gambling bootlegger. Nice guy? Probably. But you keep avoiding the words “bootlegger” and “gambler” when discussing Art Rooney.
Blue Carolinian
So, when do we get to the part where they drag Ronald Reagan’s corpse onto the field?
Nicole
@Blackfrancis: What, you never heard about the salary cap struggles of Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
wobblybits
@Blue Carolinian: You so owe me a new laptop.
asiangrrlMN
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I am afeered I have it, too. And, because. Shut up. Also, too.
Lombardi trophy should go to Green Bay. I’m just saying.
@hilts: With all due respect to every fucking body else in the world, Marvin Gaye, National Anthem. Game. Over.
Game finally started. Sheesh.
Omnes Omnibus
Gotta go. Go-Pack-Go!
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Step it up, Zombo! Fire up, Chips!
Mike in NC
@Blackfrancis:
WTF? Maybe they should bring on Michelle Bachmann, also too, so she can compare the Stupor Bowl to the battle of Iwo Jima.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Whew…
passerby
gold/gold pants means I’ll have to pay close attention.
Comrade Mary
I’m going to duck in here every now and then from some work for a client to watch you guys watch football. Have fun!
Violet
They’re both wearing yellow pants. That makes it hard to tell who’s who in the middle of a pileup.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Damn, forgot to mention that I thought the Pack would open up 5-wide.
Violet
@passerby:
Yeah, that was a bad uniform decision.
Seanly
Go Steelers!
Seanly
Go Steelers!
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Dammit, Jordy!
asiangrrlMN
Yeah, what up with the pants? I wolud have thought the League would have considered that a no-no.
passerby
@Violet:
Yeah, how could they let this happen. It’s like two people wearing the same off-the-rack dress.
With all the throw back uniform days the NFL loves to trot out, you’d think they’d have been on top of this matchy-matchy match up.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@asiangrrlMN:
Honestly, I commend them of sticking by the policy of making teams wear uni combos that are approved before the season.
Violet
Audi/Kenny G ad was funny. Others were lame.
asiangrrlMN
Obviously, I meant ‘would’ in my previous comment, but FYWP would not let me edit. And, this pants faux pas would be right up UniWatch’s alley.
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Oh, I agree with that, but it’s very confusing to have two teams wear yellow-colored pants.
Seriously, Pepsi? What a nasty commercial.
Batocchio
It wouldn’t be a Packers game without at least one dropped pass!
suzanne
Christina Aguilera fucked up the national anthem. If we would just make it easy to remember, like, say, “This Land Is Your Land”, this wouldn’t happen.
Blackfrancis
@Mike in NC: They did include a photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, didn’t they?
MsSkwEsqs
As a Chicago Bears fan, I cannot by way of my genetics, root for the packers. I wasn’t too thrilled to root for the Steelers either because of their rapist quarterback. But I decided that I really like their coach, so: GO STEELERS!!!
Also, I think Obama mangled O’Reilly on Fox. I’m sure Fox News watchers everywhere had their brains bleed watching him on their TVs…
Mark S.
Doritos has spent a lot of money for a couple of shitty commercials.
That Pepsi one sucked as well.
Texas Dem
We won’t get another Texas Super Bowl in my lifetime. Thank you Jerry! The man destroys everything he touches.
Morbo
I blame Jerry Jones.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Texas Dem:
Houston wasn’t so bad, was it?
emdee
@Mark S.: The Doritos and Pepsi Max commercials were user-created as part of a contest. There’s a couple more of them yet, I think. (Saw them last night on an NFL Network special.)
suzanne
Does anyone else think the commercials are dumb so far? That Doritos one was creepy.
TruthOfAngels
F-ing hell, title clarity fail.
Anyway, I’m rooting for for Green Bay because the team are soshulists in good standing, and I’m f-ed if I’ll root for Roethlisberger. I’d never even hang with the guy, he’s well dodgy.
PACKERS!
burnspbesq
@Blue Carolinian:
This week, it is necessary to ask: real blue or weak blue?
auntie beak
@suzanne: creepy and lame. yep.
wobblybits
@suzanne: The commercials have been craptacular so far.
suzanne
Okay, I thought that Chevy one was clever.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
O, the shitty state of the American cinema…
The Pale Scot
Bud Bowl? What about the Puppy Bowl? There’s going to be a Puppy Bowl? Right?
Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal
liked the rich guys in prison commercial, hated the doritos ones
asiangrrlMN
Seriously. SB commercials used to be funny.
And, another cop-takes-the-law-in-his-own-hands series? Yawn.
The fuck Alex Rodriguez and Cameron Diaz and why the fuck should I care?
@suzanne: I muted it after she warbled her way through the first sentence.
Oh, and TD, Pack.
suzanne
Thought I’m seriously wondering how many Reel ‘Murikanz noticed the star-spangled fuckup.
wobblybits
@The Pale Scot: It’s on Animal Planet
Mr Stagger Lee
Bush, Condi, Madden, A-Rod and Cameron Diaz! Another Fast/Furious movie.
Mark S.
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):
I’m going to have to skip that Fast and Furious because I haven’t seen any of the earlier ones and probably wouldn’t know what’s going on.
Mike G
People are in horrible lines for hours to get through security, legit ticket holders are being denied entry, etc.
I thought this only happened in bread lines in soshulist hellholes like the Soviet Union, not in freedumb-loving, “free enterprise” crony capitalist Texas.
The magic of the marketplace will fix this soshulist abomination. If we had competing Super Bowls with competing security lines staffed by Tom DeLay’s Chinese sweatshop-labor from the Marianas, ticket holders could take their business to another stadium with another Super Bowl next door…uh…tax cuts! Jesus!
Violet
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Houston was the infamous Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction Super Bowl.
Mark S.
Touchdown!
gwangung
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Ah, well…I know the director slightly.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
WOO FUCKIN’ HOO!
Batocchio
Great call – 3rd and short, go for the end zone! Nice touchdown!
gwangung
@Mark S.: Hee hee hee hee.
Moonbatting Average
Hell yeah
Binzinerator
Touchdown Green Bay!
passerby
Touch down Green Bay. Breathe John. We all know Big Ben and the Stillers know how to pull it off–even if its the 4th quarter.
auntie beak
grandpa! finally a good ad.
plaindave
Back to Nelson after that muff? Must have surprised the Steelers as much as it did me.
Texas Dem
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Nothing wrong with Houston. But does Houston have a facility that can handle a game this big? Dallas does, but between the weather, the long lines, the security and traffic nightmares, not to mention the lack of seating (how in the hell did that happen?), I can say with some confidence that there will be no more Dallas Super Bowls for a good long while, and probably no more Texas Super Bowls either.
Violet
@suzanne:
I was in the other room. What did Cristina Aguilara mess up about the national anthem?
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@gwangung:
I’m sure it’s a fine action flick…But a great film it will not be.
How many Fast and Furiouses is this now?
gwangung
@Violet: Pretty much everything.
Garbo
Since we’re talking about uniform fail, can I say I find the font used for the Stillers numbers to be odd and distracting? It’s too italic and the two numbers don’t relate to each other. I’m probably overthinking this.
Mark S.
Cowboys and Aliens. WTF?
Maxwel
Cowboys and Aliens – You can’t be serious!
debit
@Mike G: The unlucky ticket holders were fisted by the invisible hand.
ETA: Okay, I’ve been in bed with a migraine all day (can just now bear to read) and was going to skip the game, but after “Cowboys & Aliens” I must turn on the tv.
Texas Dem
Now all we need to complete this total fiasco is for the game to be a blowout. Most of the audience switches over to HBO or the Puppy Bowl.
Tom
@Violet
Let’s hope Fergie doesn’t have a collegan malfunction this year.
The Dangerman
OK, perhaps it’s because I’m getting old or have low testosterone, but WTF happened to Cameron Diaz? And she can’t do any better than Alex Rodriguez?
wobblybits
Wow, the movie offerings look bleak.
Martin
@Maxwel: That’s going to be 9 degrees of awesome. Saw the first trailer about 4 months ago.
gwangung
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Oh, I’m certain it’s not a great film.
But the paycheck (for the fifth one) is. And finds a lot of other work….(He also does shoots for COMMUNITY and other offbeat shows).
Batocchio
Hot damn!!!!!
asiangrrlMN
Fuck, yeah!
mr. whipple
FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wobblybits
Ok, that was awesome (sorry john)
Mark S.
Nice pass you stupid fucking rapist!
Violet
Oh, wow.
James E Powell
Wow! Think that block in the back penalty was big?
Texas Dem
@Mark S.: Saw the trailer at the movies yesterday (ice and snow finally started to melt). Might not be too bad, depending on how they handle it. And it stars Olivia Wilde! Reason enough to buy a ticket.
Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal
Pick 6 !!
I am loving this so far !!
Garbo
Whoa. Cole, still breathing?
Moonbatting Average
this game has taken a turn for the awesome…
auntie beak
um. ok, ouch. maybe the steelers need adversity to get their act together? or is it time to go make the pizza already?
passerby
@Garbo: That font is the classic “we-win-superbowls” font from way back in the 70’s. Iconic.
Pick 6 GB. Repeating: Breathe John, Breathe.
gwangung
Pick six!
The Pale Scot
Ok, I feel dumb, read before u post. read before u post. read before u post. read before u post.
Binzinerator
Pack interception TD!
Texas Dem
Packers appear to be on a roll, and the game could turn into a rout. I’ll bet Jerry is reaching for the extra strength Malox right now.
The Dangerman
Got no dog in this hunt…
…but this is starting to feel like a dog of a game. Shit, the people getting 3 times face value are probably going to be the only happy ones there.
gwangung
@Texas Dem: Looks like a throwback to the John Campbell style Golden Age of SF. Or maybe they should be giving John Ringo a percentage of the gross….
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Texas Dem:
70K is the minimum seating for a Super Bowl, and has been for a while now. Houston has that.
Listening to the Packers (radio)pre-game show, and the guys there were saying that everything in Dallas was too spread out. Hotels are too far from each other, the stadium and the
WAIT- NICK COLLINS! YES!
and the nightlife hot spots. New Orleans has a relatively small stadium, but everything’s centralized, and Mardi Gras and…Well, it’s everyone’s favorite SB setting. And, hell, everything in Detroit, the last time the game was there, was all around downtown and Greektown.
Blackfrancis
Someone is updaying the score on the super bowl XLV page within seconds. Go team internet!
auntie beak
@passerby: isn’t the font futura? pretty sure it is.
Violet
@Texas Dem:
Yes, Houston has a big enough stadium. They hosted the Super Bowl in their stadium in 2004. It was the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction year.
Batocchio
As awesome as that was, as a true Packers fan, I will not breathe easy until the game is well and truly over — the Steelers are a great team, and still dangerous. As the announcers say, “There’s a lot of time left on the clock!”
Garbo
@passerby: Thanks for the background. I guess I thought the Packers-style font was universal and forever. Looks more natural to me.
Texas Dem
I got a tweet from a friend showing a pic of a hamburger that goes for 25 bucks at Jerry World (as we affectionately call the new Cowboy Stadium). I would never pay 25 dollars for a damned hamburger, unless it’s personally served by Olivia Wilde in a string bikini.
auntie beak
ben limping on GOOD leg? steelers looking doomed. gonna go root around in the freezer for a container of roasted tomato sauce…
passerby
I hereby nominate Big Ben for an Oscar. He’s clever.
Hurt? my ass. Watch him…he’s a winner.
asiangrrlMN
I hate the Go Daddy commercials. Actually, I’ve hated all the commercials thus far.
auntie beak
@passerby: i like your theory. imma go with it.
Violet
New second quarter thread up top.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Batocchio:
Indeed. I was at the snow-globe game against the Seahawks. Seattle put up 14 in the firsat two minutes of the game (right in front of me in the south end zone) and the Pack still boat-raced ’em.
Garbo
@asiangrrlMN: Re: Go Daddy, seriously.
enplaned
Hmmm. Packers up by two touchdowns. At what point do we put John on suicide watch? Should we be worried about him beating Rosie?
Texas Dem
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Everything depended on good weather. Jerry gambled on having good weather in north Texas in January/February, and lost. Given that we have at least one or two ice and snow days every year, you’d think they would have been better prepared.
Houston would obviously be in a better position to host a Super Bowl, given it’s Gulf climate, but I suspect the bad feelings from this week are going to keep any Texas cities from successfully competing, at least for a few years.
plaindave
My Packers are on their favorite plan, building up a lead, then becoming good sports, not embarrassing their opponent, and allowing the lead to vanish. This makes the game extremely entertaining in the last minutes. Which I love.
passerby
@Garbo: Not really background, I was a teenager when Terry Bradshaw (a Looziana boy) and Franco Harris were hot shit back in the day. In pro football, Pittsburgh Steelers were glory hounds…as they are today.
Mr Stagger Lee
That Bud Commercial really sux!
suzanne
That flower commercial was really funny.
Martin
Well, that was very nice of the Packers to allow the Steelers to not get shut out. How embarrassing that would be.
And ZOMG, Michael Bay didn’t shame humanity enough with Transformers 2?
Nicole
The Bud commercials match the quality of the product.
Admiral_Komack
The snow in Dallas is God saying:
“Fuck you, Jerry!”
Violet
@Texas Dem:
When Houston hosted the Super Bowl in 2004 it was cold and rained the entire week before the game. National reporters gave Houston really bad reviews.
wobblybits
New Superbowl thread is up
Martin
@Nicole: Nah, the ads could be worse. I don’t think the beer could be.
suzanne
@Violet:
The words. Her delivery was also shit, but fucking up the words was more noticeable.
passerby
@wobblybits: Thanks for heads up.
MonkeyBoy
Ahhh – donkey scrotum in saran wrap.
The 4 avocados I bought 2 days ago felt like they were ripe now so I cut them open. They were mostly brown inside and the little bit of green flesh I was able to extract tasted watery.
No guac makes people unhappy and maybe violent.
Texas Dem
My vote for best commercial so far: the Volkswagen commercial with the kid in the Darth Vader costume.
S. cerevisiae
OK, I thought the Darth Vader kid ad was funny.
Texas Dem
@suzanne: Christina is not exactly the sharpest tool in the drawer, but you’d think she could remember the words. Most people learned them in grade school (at least I did). What’s her excuse?
The Pale Scot
Nobody ever heard of the Aurora TX UFO back in 1897?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Texas_UFO_incident
that’s almost cowboys and aliens.
Texas Dem
Interception!
Texas Dem
More Malox for Jerry, please.
Texas Dem
And touchdown!
Batocchio
@asiangrrlMN:
I’m with you there – Go Daddy ads stink, and there have only been a few good commercials so far.
auntie beak
@Texas Dem: she’s canadian
Batocchio
It’s a game now…
piratedan
supposedly 400 seats weren’t completed in time, i.e. installed, but naturally they had no issues at all about selling them. They have offered three times face value for them, completely oblivious that people have propapbly paid five times face value for them not including air fare and hotel and meals. If I ran the NFL, I would head off that freaking freight train of bad publicity with tickets to next year’s game and comp those folks for their trip and HOPE like hell they stay quiet.