Speaking for Steelers fans everywhere:
And now the main event:
Everyone is a winner.
And before the fashionistas chimne in, the ugly green throw on the table is to protect it from Steve’s 22 claws. See how paranoid you people have me about posting pics, knowing you all will analyze them to death.
Elizabelle
Jurassic World looks good.
Now to check out some Cole puppy guests.
JPL
I sure hope no one is gambling at your house.
Villago Delenda Est
Yo! Vile shitheads from GM:
I do not want one of your motherfucking trucks.
gogol's wife
My squee meter broke!
Steve is magnificent in his disdain.
ETA: That sound they make is hilarious.
Debbie
that one puppy’s a bully.
SuperHrefna
Puppies! They look like nice bite size morsels for Steve, too :-)
Elizabelle
Is that JCole’s voice? First time ever heard.
Puppies are adorable. But neither looks like a poodle.
Was Ginger a surrogate?
sharl
Woo-hoo! Puppies!!
gogol's wife
I wonder if BiP gets the ad I’m getting to view Russian ladies in your area.
debit
Thurston seems like kind of dick to be picking on his little sister like that. Nevertheless, adorable video. Thanks, John. Love the bonus of Steve watching from on high.
Morzer
@gogol’s wife:
The boy’s gotta earn a living somehow. He’s probably the leader writer on the damn thing.
Elizabelle
@debit: How is your pet? Apologies if I missed an update earlier.
Iowa Old Lady
The glimpse of Steve made me laugh.
Betty Cracker
Squeeee! Pups!
Now, to repost my survey from below: Which QB is the most handsome, Brady or Wilson? Damn tough choice!
JPL
So the first bad call of the game has already occurred. I’m sure they will balance out.
gogol's wife
@Betty Cracker:
Colin Firth.
Trabb's Boy
Aw, they’s awesome! So unsteady on their little feet.
Violet
Puppies! Yay! They’re getting so big. And soooo cute.
Debbie
@Betty Cracker:
They just showed Princess Bride here, so I’ll go with Carey Elwes.
Villago Delenda Est
Bryant and Katy….
Clueless Villagers, never change.
Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)
It always amuses me how puppies wrestle with full on growling and then just kind of wander away and forget the whole thing. Getting ready to shift some stuff around in the craft room so we can move the last bookcase into place and I can finally start unloading some boxes.
Elizabelle
The BMW i3 commercial was kinda cool. Most of them, not memorable.
I liked that Detroit is back car commercial several years back.
But what was the car company? Was it Clint Eastwood and Eminem …. hope there will be some good ads tonight.
muddy
Steve says, “No comment. Seriously, why do you even ask?”
JPL
@Villago Delenda Est: Can I get paid for being clueless.. The car was ugly imo.
Elizabelle
@Villago Delenda Est:
Can you explain that … whoever. Outsourcing, from way back.
OnkelFritze
@Trabb’s Boy: The Patriots or the Seahawks?
lamh36
@Elizabelle: I’m definitely intrigued.
BTW, H/T Micheal Beschloss on twitter
Here’s video of Muhammad Ali saying what you just heard:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LxLokrATgIw …
shelley
Is pulling on somebody’s tail a penalty offense?
****
I was starting to think ‘what green throw?’ But I do like that quilty blanket that looks like it’s been sewn from nice old soft flannel shirts.
Steve’s face radiates ‘who are those two little gnats?’
debit
@Elizabelle: The vet did an exploratory surgery after xrays revealed a mass and found tumors all through the abdominal cavity. There was nothing to do except put him to sleep. I’ve had several good cries now and, while still sad, am okay.
Villago Delenda Est
AND PICK!
Pogonip
@Debbie: His sister will be beating him up tomorrow, don’t worry. At that age, Top Dog changes from hour to hour. If she was in real trouble, she’d yelp and he’d back off, probably wagging and grinning apologetically.
Morzer
Looks like Brady’s deflating balls are the wind under the Seahawks’ wings. INTERCEPTION in the red zone!
debbie
Buscemi!
Pogonip
Thanks, John!
You have a nice voice. In a more civilized, less corporate era, you’d have been a late-night FM host.
Elizabelle
OK, that Snickers ad was genius. Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi as Marcia and Jan Brady.
Morzer
@shelley:
Doesn’t bringing a tail onto the field of play incur a penalty for non-regulation equipment?
JPL
@Morzer: Maybe Wilson will pay back in kind
Debbie
@Pogonip:
Yeah, I remember my brothers’ grins too.
Elizabelle
@debit: I am so sorry. You totally did the right thing, but sorry the news was not better. Hugs.
Pogonip
@debit: Sorry to hear that.
Morzer
Marshawn Lynch is just something else. He’s like a blend of an energizer bunny and a pile-driver.
Violet
@Elizabelle: Yeah, so far I’m completely underwhelmed by the commercials. The Katie Couric/Bryan Gumbel one was funny sort of. But that’s about it.
Elizabelle
JCole voice and JFK voice all in one night.
Embarrassment of riches.
I think that’s JFK. Isn’t it?
SiubhanDuinne
@Elizabelle:
I saw it a few days ago and laughed. I smiled the second time I saw it. By now, it’s old and predictable. I don’t really get the whole thing about releasing crazy-expensive SB ads before the game itself.
Elizabelle
Not Kim Kardashian. Noooooo.
Morzer
@SiubhanDuinne:
I suspect the idea is to make the proles regret the “experience” that they are missing by not watching the ads in the stadium.
PurpleGirl
@debit: Good to hear that you are feeling better.
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Thanks for the video JC. They sure are getting big. Rassling is a good way to play with each other.
Pogonip
@Debbie: Ah, but did they wag their tails apologetically?
Don’t worry. Even if he’s the dog equivalent of autistic and doesn’t get what a serious yelp means, it would bring Mom running from the kitchen, and probably John’s other 2 dogs as well; female dogs will drop what they’re doing and run to help a puppy in real trouble. I’ve even had a couple of people tell me about males doing the same, though I’ve never seen it myself.
Villago Delenda Est
@Elizabelle: Dear Kim: I don’t want your data like I don’t want Chevrolet’s trucks.
Violet
Love the Budweiser puppy ad.
Villago Delenda Est
Ahnuld returns to the silver screen.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@debit: I meant to offer my condolences yesterday but I was late to the news. They leave such big paw prints on our hearts.
Morzer
@Villago Delenda Est:
That’s a big-ass… er.. truck.
JPL
@debit: It’s always difficult though.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Villago Delenda Est: Isn’t he a tad old for that? Then again the Governating didn’t work out so well.
lamh36
Sooo wait, the Terminator is a robot who ages…but ummm isn’t he supposed to be plastic?
I mean…ook
Violet
@debit: Condolences. You did the right thing, as you know, but that doesn’t mean it’s the easy thing.
JPL
As if deflategate was not enough… nbc is reporting The Atlanta Falcons are being investigated by the National Football League for using “artificial” crowd noise during their games.
just great
Violet
@BillinGlendaleCA: In that ad for the movie he looks sort of like Grandpa Terminator.
Violet
@lamh36: Did you see SNL last night where D’Angelo’s band/singers onstage were wearing “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t breathe” t-shirts? Making a statement!
NotMax
Know there are folks here who travel for business and bring along their computer. Some might be interested to find out there’s now a full function printer/copier/scanner roughly the same size and weight (2½ lbs.) as a laptop machine which one can also carry along. A tad pricey, but not outlandishly so.
Elizabelle
@Morzer: You made me laugh.
JPL
nice
Betty Cracker
@Elizabelle: Agreed. The winner so far.
And the Patsies score!
karen marie
Dear John, if you posted more pics more often there wouldn’t be time to analyze them to death. We would be busy catching our breath from so much awesome. The truth is you are too busy snuggling puppies.
I am sure your mother thinks you should be more sharing. Don’t disappoint your mother.
The Dangerman
If that’s the quality of the Seahawks 2nd string corner, I’m smelling blowout.
jl
Thanks for pupvid. I approve of Cole’s totally excellent fashion sense.
However, the implied moral imperative of the film’s story arc and the oppressive though hidden intrusion of the director, clearly a narcissistic and egotistical disciple of the auteur theory of film, in addition to the botched attempt at a Dogme 95 revival, and the botched Hitchcockian surreptitious cameo are the only flaws
All flaws of course attributable to the overweening producer/director, not at all the fault of the brilliant actors, who gave a bravura performance and valiantly almost rescued the enterprise, against all odds.
But it is Cole’s first attempt at long form ensemble canine-feline film. There are signs of hope, even in this ‘dogs breakfast’, that he will mature and better work will follow.
Elizabelle
Coke kills trolls. OOOOO kay.
The avocado ad was cute.
lamh36
@Violet: didn’t watch, but saw clips of it.
Haven’t really watched SNL in years.
But I will be catching the 40 anniversary show with Eddie Murphy
JPL
aah.. The Dove ad was sweet.
Violet
@Elizabelle: Yeah, I liked the avocado ad.
divF
My plane is about to land in Newark, it appears just ahead of the snowstorm. Layover for 2 hours, then another plane (a commuter jet) out to Hartford. I think I will make it.
Tomorrow I sit in a windowless conference room for 8-9 hours while the snow piles up, walk back to the hotel, then hope that there is a plane for me Tuesday morning to take to DC for the connection back to San Francisco. Where we have just had the first January since they started keeping records (the Gold Rush) with zero precipitation. Here’s hoping for a wet February and March, or it is going to be a tough year.
shelley
After Betty Cracker’s previous post, I think there should be an Owl Bowl.
Tree With Water
The best receivers on the market after this game will be very wealthy Seahawks next year.
Jeffrey Burr
(formerly known as … I’m not telling)
I haven’t checked in in a while, John, your dogs have all gotten younger! They’ve all become puppies.
Time must be going backwards here. Okay that means if I hang out here I’ll get to go through my 20s again. On the other hand it also means going through puberty. Yikes.
Well, carry on. Looks good.
Suzanne
The puppies are glorious. The end table still sucks. But PUPPIES!!!
We just heard the planes flying overhead that will be on the TV soon. I am rooting for Seattle, but more than anything, I just want this to be over and all the visitors to LEAVE so I can have my city back.
Litlebritdifrnt
OT but our neighbor’s kid is coming into our house on a daily basis and stealing beer and cigarettes. I hate that I am going to have to talk to them about it because they have been our friends for 20 years but this shit has to stop.
lamh36
What the hell was that Nationwide. First you had Lindsey Lohan, then dead kid…WTF
Violet
@Suzanne: You’re serving up some glorious weather for the game itself. The views of Sedona were gorgeous.
Tenar Darell
@Violet: That was great. The shirts and the red spot on the chalk outline at the end of “The Charade” were a powerful combination.
Morzer
@Elizabelle:
If Coke kills trolls.. just think what it can do for your intestines!
Violet
Wow. That was amazing.
Suzanne
@Violet: Yeah, weather-wise, they are lucking out, because it has been raining since Thursday, and it was all foggy this morning. That never happens here. But the fog burned off and it started being just awesome starting around noon today.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Violet: Who knew Tweety played football.
opiejeanne
THERE IT IS!!!
Violet
@BillinGlendaleCA: Agreed. It’s weird hearing the NBC guys talk about Chris Matthews and he’s playing not punditing.
Morzer
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Get enough concussions and you too can deliver hysterical shriekings about politics on TV!
Mike J
@opiejeanne: Fireworks in my neighborhood for the TD.
Baud
If I went to McDonald’s, I would stop going to McDonald’s.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Morzer: (Wonder’s if it’s worth it.)
Suzanne
Mr. Suzanne and I tried to go to downtown Scottsdale around 10 last night to check out some of the parties, but it was unbelievable madness and we couldn’t find a place to park.
This McDonald’s ad sucks. I think the one with Cat’s in the Cradle is the worst one for the day so far, though.
BillinGlendaleCA
@BillinGlendaleCA: Yup, it’s worth it.
(Bangs head on desk).
AliceBlue
Puppehs and a giant cookie. Win-win!
Southern Beale
Fun With Crowdfunding. Because the only thing funnier than a Texas Open Carry loon trying to raise money for his legal defense (and failing) are the comments from people who think Texas Open Carry are losers and idiots.
Violet
@Suzanne: This must be the Nice Super Bowl ads year. The one with Coke that’s going to stop internet trolls. The Cats in the Cradle one about dads. The McDonald’s “love” one. Boring.
Morzer
@BillinGlendaleCA:
To be fair, watching Tweety will probably have a pretty similar effect, so you might as well hold off on the actual head-banging.
Violet
Okay, the Fiat commercial made me laugh.
Elizabelle
I liked the Mindy Kaling “am I invisible?” ad for Nationwide.
OK, that was the best Viagra — oh, it’s a Fiat ad, I have ever seen. LOL.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Morzer: Sounds less painful. And I watch Tweety anyway. What were we talking about?
opiejeanne
@Mike J: we are in Greenwood/Phinney Ridge and the party is really noisy, so we didn’t hear a thing.
Elizabelle
Taking myself out of moderation:
I liked the Mindy Kaling “am I invisible?” ad for Nationwide.
OK, that was the best blue p i l l — oh, it’s a Fiat ad, I have ever seen. LOL.
danielx
Nominated for Understatement Of The Year Award: “Marshawn Lynch certainly is a big, fast, hostile, aggressive dude…”
Yes, he is.
“You people?” Sounds positively Romney-ish, Cole, eh?
Elizabelle
The drowned child ad — haunting.
And why can’t we ever talk about firearms as a cause of child deaths and toddler as murderer? It’s so dishonest.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Elizabelle: I liked both of those too.
Violet
I haven’t got into “The Blacklist” but I love James Spader. All the way back to “Pretty in Pink.”
Suzanne
@Violet: I agree that the commercials suck, but honestly, Phoenix is a great place for the Super Bowl. The weather is awesome and the stadium is top-notch.
Violet
@Elizabelle: Yeah, I liked the Mindy Kaling ad–I love her.
And the one with Bryan Cranston was funny.
Betty Cracker
Getting my wish: it’s a good game!
gogol's wife
I am getting the impression from this thread that they just dispensed with the game this year and are running ads continuously.
Villago Delenda Est
Shit, shit, SHIT!
shelley
‘Groundhog Day’ is playing on AMC tomorrow at 10 am. And again at 12:30 pm and again at 3 pm and again…….
Villago Delenda Est
@Elizabelle: Seconded.
Southern Beale
Oh, crap.
Morzer
@gogol’s wife:
The game’s been a rather dour performance so far. Lots of the usual Dinking Dunknuts from the Deflatriots and Seattle not getting going on offence.
JPL
@Villago Delenda Est: Well I was going to say nice but since I said that earlier word press would not let me. fwp
Elizabelle
@gogol’s wife: Come for the football. Stay for the ads.
Elizabelle
Jeff Bridges. What the hell?
Big Lebowski: Retirement.
Violet
That Jeff Bridges ad was funny. Weird funny.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Elizabelle: He’s looking like his dad.
phoebes-in-santa fe
Has Steve tried to jump into the puppy cage yet?
lamh36
any commercial that has Common as narrator wins with me. Good on you Microsoft
Villago Delenda Est
@JPL: FYWP is a very cruel mistress.
Whatever you do, don’t mention Sherlock’s sidekick.
Elizabelle
@BillinGlendaleCA: Ah. Will have to see it again for that.
I heart Jeff Bridges. Cool dude.
Lotta celebrity ads this year. More than usual? (Haven’t watched the Superb Owl in recent years …)
buddy h
Superb owl repeatedly attacks jogger:
http://boingboing.net/2015/02/01/superb-owl-repeatedly-attacks.html
Elizabelle
@lamh36: Cool that you recognized the narrator.
I was thinking “baby Oscar Pistorius” and “aren’t a lot of prosthetics advances actually due to some Americans’ lust for war?”
Violet
@Elizabelle: No more than usual. Always a ton of celeb ads.
debbie
I came across this link yesterday which has all of the Superbowl ads.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/best-super-bowl-ads-2015?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_135239651
JPL
@Villago Delenda Est: Well the other problem that I have is the pup doesn’t like cheering and definitely doesn’t like the word f.k…. I’m trying to be good but it’s difficult. My adult sons think it’s hilarious and will text me about the dog during games.
JPL
f.kf.kf.kf.kf.k
Villago Delenda Est
Very risky move…that pays off.
Violet
Wow! That was ballsy and amazing!
BillinGlendaleCA
Tweety catches a TD.
cckids
Woot!! Yay Seahawks!! Great game so far. For once, better than the commercials.
Elizabelle
This seems to be a really evenly matched game.
Also: glad someone redeemed the “Chris Matthews” name.
Morzer
Clearly I should denounce the Seahawks’ offense more often.
That was some catch for the touchdown.
Suzanne
Daaaaaamn, Seattle! That was awesome.
Tree With Water
I have never cared for Pete Carrol but that was a gutsy call, perfectly executed.. in a Super Bowl. Wow.. my hat is off to you, sir.
cckids
Why does whoever that announcer is keep saying “We’re knotted at 7, or 14?” I assume he believes it’s catchy?
Hey, dude, stop trying to make “fetch” happen.
Mike J
I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Villago Delenda Est
Katy Perry apparently drives the Christianists totally apeshit. Like that’s difficult to do with such mental people, but still….
BillinGlendaleCA
@Mike J: No, that was the commercial.
Morzer
@Mike J:
At least you got to see The Real Tweety catch a TD in the Superbowl.
Morzer
@Villago Delenda Est:
My heart warms to that fine young lady.
Note in case Madame Morzer should be reading this:
When I said “warms” I meant to express a strictly platonic and non-adulterous political admiration.
Villago Delenda Est
@BillinGlendaleCA: No, Chris Matthews caught it. Tweety would be too busy fapping over 737s landing on shoulders.
My Truth Hurts
I come to this blog because of Steve. All I care to see or read about is Steve. However the puppies are a good subplot. I approve.
Violet
I have been way down the rabbit hole looking at James Spader in “Pretty in Pink.” Sigh. Such a bad boy. I totally fell for him.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Tree With Water: The Seahawks were my NFL team, being we don’t have one in LA and I lived in Seattle for 3 years). But once they hired cheaty Petey, I lost interest.
Morzer
@My Truth Hurts:
Steve’s just here so he won’t get fined.
Mike J
@BillinGlendaleCA: The super bowl is a pretty good time to get your first catch ever.
Morzer
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I bet you can’t wait to root for the Los Angeles Rams.
Bobby Thomson
Who knew Tweety could make the big plays like that?
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Morzer: That made me chuckle, for which I thank you.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Morzer: Hell No. They broke my heart before, I remain bitter.
Morzer
@Bobby Thomson:
I am just imagining Gruden commenting on Tweety. It’s an interesting little hallucinogen that might have some potential in the politics-football crossover market.
Debbie
I don’t remember there being this many Dad commercials before.
Suzanne
@Violet: I’ve been crazy for James Spader since “Secretary”.
I hope I did not just over share.
Morzer
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):
Always glad to be of service, ma’am.
Note in case Madame Morzer should be reading this:
When I said “service” I meant to express a willingness to provide a strictly platonic and non-adulterous inter-impersonal cooperation.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Betty Cracker:
Bro’ man’s gay entourage is firmly in the Russell Wilson camp.
Elizabelle
@Debbie: Yeah, what’s up with that?
Elie
Just gotta say that I hate the Patriot kissing Chris Collingsworth and Al Michaels and their rank favoritism for the cheater Patriots. To hear them tell it, the Seahawks might as well give up and concede defeat to the always “perfect”, never can be anything but, Tom Brady and the Pats. I just hate having to hear them. The suck. Chris Collingsworth’s one appearance in the Super Bowl he cost his team, the Bengals, a costly fumble to the 49rs. He should shut up.
Villago Delenda Est
It’s Katy Perry on a giant mechanical WoW mount!
Violet
@Suzanne: Ohhh…loved him in “Secretary.” I love him in anything, really. He’s so great. If you haven’t seen him in “Pretty in Pink,” go watch it. You’ll fall in love all over again.
I hate Katy Perry’s dress or outfit. It’s supremely unflattering.
Tree With Water
@BillinGlendaleCA: I know exactly what you’re talking about. I am nonetheless forced to give the devil his proper due on that call. That play will definitely be remembered.
Morzer
@Villago Delenda Est:
Those platonic thoughts of mine are really taking a beating.
Still, I console myself that it’s really about ethics in games journalism.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Tree With Water: I agree, it pains me deeply though.
Elie
@Steeplejack (phone):
I agree — Russel is a “fox”. Brady is a nice looking white dude.
Villago Delenda Est
@Morzer: Well played, sir. Well played.
Elizabelle
I kissed a dog and I liked it,
the taste of that Milk Bone chapstick.
Used to sing that to my pups.
Bobby Thomson
@Villago Delenda Est: I love it.
Villago Delenda Est
Dancing cartoon sharks. And beach balls.
Is this over produced or what?
BillinGlendaleCA
@Morzer: I’m sure that will work with Madame Morzer. Koreans aren’t known for their temper or anything.
(Looking forward to Korean food for dinner here).
Suzanne
Katy started off good, but shit just got weird.
Morzer
@Villago Delenda Est:
I think that’s what the folks in the academy call post-modern irony and the rest of us call over-hyped horseshit.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Villago Delenda Est:
Is it a Super Bowl halftime show?
Bobby Thomson
I think Jimmy Buffett got the brown acid.
Elizabelle
Missy Elliot ? to the rescue.
JPL
@Suzanne: I’m on antenna and the initial sound was weak. It’s better now but not good.
Morzer
@BillinGlendaleCA:
The judgment of Madame Morzer is invariably just, salutary and educational.
And I said that of my own free will without anyone leaning in over my keyboard.
Honestly.
Suzanne
Oooooh, Missy Elliott! Love her.
Bobby Thomson
This is great. I haven’t laughed this hard during the halftime show since Prince got away with shadow penis.
Elizabelle
I really liked Bruno Mars last ? year. He did not need all the gimmicks.
Mike J
@Villago Delenda Est: Would you complain about a Sigfried and Roy show being overproduced? It is what it is.
Debbie
Halftime is longer than the game!
Bobby Thomson
Oops. Should have known that would trigger FYWP filter.
Violet
@Elizabelle: Bruno Mars last year was great but my all time favorite is Prince.
Tree With Water
I just watched 7 seconds of Katie Perry et.al. with the sound off. Then I reflect that the first Super Bowl wasn’t even sold out. Times change, and not always for the better, eh?
Heliopause
First thought: Pats did almost everything they wanted in the first half.
Second thought: Game is still tied.
Third thought: More a question, really. I have the halftime show on with the sound down pretty low. Is any music being performed? In terms of visual production it rivals some recent Olympics ceremonies in pointless extravagance.
Jay C
OK: can someone explain this to me? Is the SB Halftime show actually live, or is it (this year, as opposed to a lot ive seen) heavily edited?
No one (not even a talent like Katy Perry) can change costumes THAT fast!!!
Elizabelle
Lenny Kravitz got the promo and Missy Elliot got more time. Strange.
The Dangerman
Lenny Kravitz: Dude, we gotta talk….
Violet
Pete Rose? WTF?
Elie
@Villago Delenda Est:
well I hate to reveal my bad taste, but I kinda liked the piece…I thought it was fun..not too overproduced with too much glitter, etc. Not so much after that, when the show adopts the usual glitter/rapper format, but there you go, different tastes…
Villago Delenda Est
@Jay C: Katy is that good. At disrobing and rerobing.
Bobby Thomson
@Elie: She embraced the absurdity. You have to do that.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Jay C: Velcro.
Mike J
@Jay C: Her regular stage show has a bazillion costume changes. Specially designed wardrobe, tear away stuff in layers. Yeah, she can change that quick.
Villago Delenda Est
@Elie: Well, it was many things but it wasn’t rock.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Suzanne: Call me obsessive, or just a curious and sloppy reader, but what was the problem with cookies in the closet? Were they taken/hidden without consent?
daize
Pete Rose! Well, that raised a chuckle. :-)
BillinGlendaleCA
@daize: Pete Rose sings? Who knew.
Jay C
@Villago Delenda Est: @BillinGlendaleCA: @Mike J:
OK then: shows what I know…….
Elie
@Villago Delenda Est:
Ok. I guess I just thought that the beach thing was kind of fun and didn’t have the usual glitter thing…
I like Katy Perry and Missy. No bad on them at all. I just want to see a fun performance…
Suzanne
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): We try to limit the sugary stuff and junk food, and she had eaten almost the whole box of cookies without permission. Not to mention, I don’t want her having sugary food in the closet bringing bugs.
Morzer
@Mike J:
A girl could get all hot and sweaty under those costumes. Might need some responsible older men to feed her grapes and cool her delicate young body with ostrich feather fans at critical moments.
John Cole, your new career awaits!
The Pale Scot
@Pogonip:
Yep the Art Bell of West Virgina;
Revealing that JRT’s are an alien species bent on world domination………….
daize
@BillinGlendaleCA: He’s not allowed in the hall. :-)
Shana
I suspect it’s a response to the NFL domestic abuse, both wife and child, this season.
Gravenstone
Went out at the end of the half to clean my drive off. Come back in and it’s still fucking halftime? Ridiculous.
Morzer
Damn, Tweety got slim and good suddenly.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Suzanne: I get it now. Stealth sugar/junk is to be discouraged, as are bug encouraging activities. Thanks for the answer.
Bobby Thomson
TWEETY!!!
rikyrah
1. the puppies are cute as hell
2. Steve is HUGE
Elizabelle
I loved the little girls in the “throw like a girl” commercial.
Wish we saw more of that.
Violet
Liam Neeson–bwahahaha.
Mike J
@Morzer: I volunteer as tribute!
Villago Delenda Est
OK, that Liam Neeson commercial just rocked!
Elizabelle
@Villago Delenda Est: Lime?
Violet
Okay, I missed the first bit of the second half. How did Seattle get the ball down the field so quickly?
Yatsuno
@Elie: Gronk tho…
Bobby Thomson
Unfortunately you get only a handful of commercials repeated over and over when you stream it over the net.
Mike J
@Violet: http://weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/its-magic-shia-labeouf-gif.gif
BillinGlendaleCA
@Violet: I missed it too, but so far it’s been Tweety.
Suzanne
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): We let them have junk food, but in limited quantities. I don’t like not knowing what they eat, yanno? We try hard, and are mostly successful, to have good stuff that they like to eat in the house, so finding out that she’s hiding cookies makes me pissy.
Bobby Thomson
@Violet: Tweety made another big play.
Violet
Love the old people in the commercial!
Baud
Bunch of Juicers in that Dodge ad.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: Speak for yourself.
Violet
@Bobby Thomson: Thanks!
Baud
@BillinGlendaleCA:
:-)
Suzanne
Man, these ads have been really emotional tonight.
Violet
@Suzanne: Don’t get pissy. Get even. Channel your inner Liam Neeson.
Villago Delenda Est
And again….THE PICK!
Debbie
Is that a tear on Tom’s cheek?
2liberal
*groan* another INT – time to start drinking
Randy P
Not watching the game. But I am surfing this site:
http://www.superbowlcommercial2015.com/
Has not only the ads, but some backstories, some older ads and some interesting related info.
The McDonald’s “pay with lovin'” campaign is… weird. And the other video they show about the making of McNuggets, that’s supposed to make me feel better about eating them (which I haven’t in years) made me so disgusted that I know I will *never* eat another one of those things.
The Doritos ads are great (all the finalists from their 2015 contest).
ETA: I guess it’s not all of them, at least not yet. Only those the advertisers were ready to release early.
Suzanne
@Violet: Oh, I did. Don’t worry. LOL. The Joe-Joe’s have come out of the closet.
Mary G
Here’s how long it’s been since I watched television: First I spent 5 minutes looking for the remote, then I had to find new batteries for it, then I had to move a chair that got relocated by my physical therapist before I could turn it on.
I don’t follow football, but I am rooting for the Patriots because of betting. Every Thanksgiving the people that I love predict who will win the Super Bowl and the World Series the next year, among other things. I said the Patriots totally off the top of my head and am thrilled they made it this far. I’ve never won the contest and was hoping to get at least one thing right this year.
Redshift
@Bobby Thomson: You can see most of them at admeter.usatoday.com
Violet
@Mary G: You can be proud your team got this far! Pretty good guess.
Announcers mentioned that Chris Matthews Wikipedia’s himself and “the other guy” keeps coming up. Heh.
Elizabelle
wow
Betty Cracker
BOOM!
Bill Murray
@Villago Delenda Est: Katy Perry apparently drives the Christianists totally apeshit.
well she started out as a gospel singer and now works for gay rights
Bobby Thomson
No Fun League strikes again.
Elizabelle
owl sighting!
Violet
Love the Pierce Brosnan ad. But a toenail fungus ad? WTF?
Howard Beale IV
Seattle just may win this.
Baud
@Howard Beale IV:
What gave it away?
PhoenixRising
Is Tom Brady pouting?
Debbie
@Violet:
That ad signaled the end of creativity for the night.
Elizabelle
obnoxious Budweiser commercial.
reminds you of all the better brews you could be drinking.
I don’t care if they brew it in titanium casks. It’s … not that good.
Violet
I wish the NFL would adopt the Rugby Union rule regarding the extra point kick. The kicker lines up aligned with the point where the score (the try) was made. That means the kicker doesn’t always kick from directly in front of the goal–it could be from the sideline or anywhere else.
Elizabelle
@Violet: Didn’t Pierce look a lot like Saint Reagan, driving that car?
But — owl!
Elizabelle
@Howard Beale IV: I think they might. They look good.
Back to back works for me.
Suzanne
I don’t like Tom Brady. I enjoy watching him haz a sad.
Violet
@Elizabelle: The owl was awesome. Brosnan is gorgeous. Not sure about the Reagan comparison.
Suzanne
That Jeep ad was beautiful. Once again, we should make “The Land Is Your Land” our national anthem.
MomSense
@debit:
Oh I’m so sorry. I was really hoping it was something treatable. You did the right thing for your kitty but it’s heartbreaking for you. Big hugs to you.
Pogonip
@Suzanne: I’d vote for that. But the 1% probably wouldn’t.
Elizabelle
Keyboard cat. And it was an NFL commercial.
PhoenixRising
@Suzanne: You mean it’s not?
The 4th verse didn’t quite fit the theme, I guess.
Baud
Look at all those iPads!
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@PhoenixRising: He does appear to be (wandering into thread 15 minutes later).
Bobby Thomson
@Suzanne: Fuckin’ Bush supporter.
Gravenstone
What a fucking horse shit call on the Seattle D.
Bobby Thomson
That unnecessary roughness call was total bullshit.
Tree With Water
Tom Brady.. the lion in winter is still a lion.
Villago Delenda Est
NE is back in the game…Seattle needed to terminate that drive to break their morale, and they failed.
This thing is very much not over.
Villago Delenda Est
@Violet: “I like fireworks!”
Mary G
@debit: I haven’t been commenting much, but I have been reading along about Rufus, his tumor, the emergency Saturday surgery and the bad news and hard decision you have to make. You have my sympathy. You are probably in the “seeing the toy he loved and bursting into tears stage.”
Violet
@Mary G: How are you doing , Mary? Back home? Is the recovery moving along? Hope all is well.
Tree With Water
@Mary G: “You are probably in the “seeing the toy he loved and bursting into tears stage.”
Well, if she wasn’t, she probably is now.
Pogonip
@Bobby Thomson: I disagree. Thurston really was being awfully pushy.
Villago Delenda Est
The “when pigs fly” Doritos commercial was good.
Bobby Thomson
@Pogonip: Heh.
MomSense
The 11 year old girls at my house loved Katy Perry and the 11 year old boys were transfixed. They didn’t say much but I’m pretty sure there will be furious googling when they go home.
Mary G
@Violet: Hi Violet, yes I am home in my own house and appreciating it more than ever before. My leg swelled up very badly and my physical therapist made me call 911. I was hauled off again for a bunch of tests in the ER, which were all good. No clot showed up. Just to be sure, they admitted me and “observed” me for three more days and wanted to make it four, but I talked my way out. The bones on the outside of the ankle are completely healed up, but the inside ones still have some little pieces that are taking their time with it. I understand it is normal and not to worry. No pain at all, thanks FSM,
The Sailor
Pete Rose was a good choice, he lied and cheated even more than Brady & Belichick.
MomSense
Edelman!!!!
Villago Delenda Est
Shit, shit, SHIT. Again.
Iowa Old Lady
@MomSense: LOL. Well then everyone’s education was furthered.
Bobby Thomson
Can’t believe they left Edelman wide open. He’s the MVP in a world where sports writers have a clue and don’t just give it to the QB.
Betty Cracker
Wow! What a game!
Violet
@Mary G: Sorry you had a bit of a setback but glad things are generally improving.
MomSense
@Iowa Old Lady:
I almost threw popcorn in their mouths from across the room–they were wide open!
Tree With Water
This has been a humdinger of a Super Bowl.
Mike J
I picked the wrong week to stop shooting smack.
Elizabelle
Not so much of a football fan, and this has been a really good game. Exciting.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Fuck me.
Botsplainer
The Pete Rose commercial was great. Wife (who has done a 180 since realizing on Friday I was hunting awesome apartments a three block walk from my office, multiple bars and restaurants catering to 30 something’s in the same block) asked about the bit with the hall. I got to explain about Hustle and Pete Rose.
Made me happy.
Violet
@Betty Cracker: It really is a great game.
Callisto
@MomSense:
Also, I’ll bet they looked her up on the internet.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Botsplainer: That sounds like good news!
Jay C
@Elizabelle:
Yes, for once the football has been better to watch than the ads. Super Bowl success, I guess
Though ISTM that the Seattle defense seems to have taken the first half of the 4th Quarter off…
Mike in NC
@Suzanne: Absolutely
Suzanne
….and the Victoria’s Secret ad makes it official: this Superb Owl is all about the boobs.
Violet
@Jay C: Yeah, the commercials have been unimpressive this year.
MomSense
@Callisto:
:D
Violet
Holy fuck!
Jay C
O
M F G!!!!!!!!!!
Baud
holy cow!
Morzer
Kearse! And the Cheatriots’ collective bowels open massively!
cckids
That was NUTS. Love the expression on Brady’s face :)
Villago Delenda Est
Now THAT was an immaculate reception!
Bobby Thomson
Holy shit. This is the best superbowl ever.
Baud
wow
Villago Delenda Est
And…the pick! (sob)
Jay C
O
M
F G!!!!!!
AGAIN!
opiejeanne
Damn.
Violet
OMG!
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Bobby Thomson: Indeed I believe that it is.
Gravenstone
Fuck. That is all.
Botsplainer
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):
Not completely exited the woods (she did get me unbound from the unthinkable, and put me in a position to consider life without meeting mercurial demands and constantly compromising with someone who runs through resources madly while complaining.
In other words, my money is our money and her money is her money
Tree With Water
It’s like God said to Brady, “Just fooling with you this time. Congratulations”.
And like the devil said to Carrol, “Dues time”.
chopper
Holy shit!
Suzanne
Holy. Balls.
Bobby Thomson
Son of a bitch!
Betty Cracker
Christ on a pony, what an idiotic throw.
Morzer
You didn’t run BeastMode from the frickin’ half yard line?
Jesus, Pete Carroll, what the hell are you smoking?
Mike J
Why do you not hand it to Marshawn?
Mr. Twister
Worst call in Superbowl history.
MomSense
Interfuckingception!!! YES!
Bobby Thomson
What the fuck was that? You had a guaranteed 7 and you do that? Oh my god.
cckids
W the everloving F
Bobby Thomson
@Mr. Twister: Yep.
Yatsuno
And that was STUPID play calling.
Jay C
Victory handed to them on a silver platter….
And they dropped the platter, slipped on it, and fell on their ass.
Unbeliveable
Violet
That was a terrible decision to throw that ball. WTF?
chopper
What. The. Fuck.
Suzanne
What the fuck?
Villago Delenda Est
@Mike J: My question too. Give it to the crazy unstoppable running back.
Bobby Thomson
I would be livid if I were on the Seattle defensive unit.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Fuck me again.
@Bobby Thomson: I’m livid and I’m not.
chopper
Seriously, they didn’t think lynch could get half a yard?
Zinsky
Wilson throwing a pass on the 3 yard line may be the worst call in the history of football. And then to end with a fricking fistfight – what a clusterf*ck!!
Betty Cracker
Ooo! Fisticuffs!
Violet
The end to this game is fucking nuts.
Villago Delenda Est
@Betty Cracker: I was at the Superbowl, and a hockey game broke out!
chopper
Nice.
F
Might be the worst call in NFL history too.
Suzanne
Bunch of savages in my town.
Baud
Super Bowl
XLIXWTF.Congrats Pats fans!
Violet
Fucking Patriots. Ugh.
Mary G
Wow! Glad I turned in on, that was some ending!
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Betty Cracker: Fisticuffs is about the only good thing that could happen right now. I haz a sad (maybe a mad) for the stupid play calling. Situations like that are what Marshawn Lynch is for, fer fuck’s sake.
@Villago Delenda Est: Indeed. Sorry Seahawks. Now get a new coach, por favor.
chopper
Ejected!
Tree With Water
@Violet: It is an historic blunder that NFL fans will remember and point to forever. People will cogently argue it’s the worst blunder in the history of the game. Marshawn Lynch was parked on the goal line, and they threw the ball. In a Super Bowl, with time running out..
Villago Delenda Est
Pete Carrol is going to have some ‘spainin to do for that call.
chopper
That was seriously the dumbest call ever. Ugh.
Elizabelle
New thread up.
WTF?
raven
All I can think of is how Georgia didn’t run the best running back in college football on the goal line against South Carolina and it cost us dearly.
Villago Delenda Est
If that call had worked, we’d all be talking about how very ballsy it was.
But it didn’t. So sorry, Pete, but it didn’t work, so you’re the goat.
JPL
Definitely the top two teams in the superbowl.
the Conster
HAHAHAHA who’s got deflated balls now??
Debbie
@Tree With Water: @Villago Delenda Est:
hilts
Congrats to the Patriots. Enjoy the off season grabbing your crotch, Marshawn.
Violet
@the Conster: Still the Patriots.
Tenar Darell
Oops. I couldn’t watch. What happened at the end? A brawl?
raven
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Cheap shot chicken shit motherfuckers deserved to lose like that.
debbie
Pete Carroll may want to contact Bill Buckner for counseling.
2liberal
YESSS Patriots WIN !
Suzanne
All right, everybody get outta Phoenix now.
Mr. Twister
@raven: Yep, anyone that stupid shouldn’t even be let near a football.
Tree With Water
@Villago Delenda Est: Honestly, I would not have. I have always held in that scenario a QB should hand it off to his best back in expectation the offensive line get it done. Even if that back doesn’t happen to be Marshawn Lynch. I’m with Collinsworth, and will never, ever understand the thinking behind the decision to pass the ball. Never.
Elie
What the fuck seattle. You had this and you called THAT play?? Really? WHO called that play?
Jordan Rules
@Suzanne: Sooooo agreed!
Elie
@Violet:
I hear THAT…
p.a.
A little payback for David fucking Tyree and his magic helmet. WooHah
Elie
so we get to see all the sore winners emerge. All class.
p.a.
Kraft sounded less drunk than usual. Hope UMass doesn’t explode.
fuckwit
@Suzanne: Well, I mean, Katy Perry. There’s a theme.
satby
@debit: nearly 400 comments in, but just wanted to say how sorry I am to hear about your loss.
Mike in NC
Was there some sort of major sporting event tonight? Totally missed it.
Violet
@Mike in NC: Yeah, the Puppy Bowl. Huge deal!
Montarvillois
Luv it.