Medium Cool just went up but Steeplejack asked for a Superbowl thread for those who watch. So here you go.
I am the wrong person to have cool links for the Superbowl material or the ads, but if you have good stuff in the comments I will promote them to the front page.
Have at it!
James E Powell
Several ads for films, one for Netflix.
Baud
Rams looking sharper early on.
Xantar
Oh good grief, I didn’t need an ad for a Meta VR quest or whatever it is. Just go away, Mark.
Benw
Can I just say that based on the music choices, it’s nice to be in the demographic that’s being catered to?
HumboldtBlue
Stafford, the dipshit anti-vaxxer plays for the Rams, the mercenaries of the sporting world owned by Stan Kroenke who is despised by every fan base of the teams he owns and also by fans of other teams and franchises across multiple sports leagues, are ahead and playing well, goddammit.
Baud
Damn. Extra point flub.
Baud
@HumboldtBlue:
Oh, I didn’t realize Stafford was an antivaxxer. That’s disappointing.
frosty
@HumboldtBlue: I got no dog in this hunt but this is an incentive to prefer CIncy.
mrmoshpotato
@Xantar: Hahaha!
Mike E
The Big Serena and then the Sopranos, two good ads back to back.
Benw
@Baud: Stafford was QB at Georgia, so dipshit checks out. HI RAVEN :)
Sure Lurkalot
@HumboldtBlue: Still rooting for the Bengals!
And they score! And the ribs are smelling delish!
Mike E
Philly Philly!
HumboldtBlue
@Baud:
His wife is even worse,
@frosty:
That certainly swayed my interest as well. Plus, the Rams have ruined what was an iconic helmet and uniform with this peep-colored-easter-bonnet-canary-yellow-pale-blue nonsense.
Baud
Ok. Game on.
debbie
They benched Burrow?
frosty
Nice pass by Mixon for the TD!
HumboldtBlue
@Mike E:
PHILLY PHILLY!
dmsilev
Today’s big news story: U.S. suspends Mexican avocado imports on eve of Super Bowl
Steeplejack
@HumboldtBlue:
Not ahead by much. And the over/under is about 48. So I wouldn’t be sweating it yet.
HumboldtBlue
Oh no, Odell!
You fucking hate seeing a guy go down with no contact!
Mike E
@HumboldtBlue: They cut away right before LeGarrette had Pederson show him the play on the chart, “Philly special!” He had a fun game, heh.
HumboldtBlue
@Mike E:
No doubt, I have never had more fun watching a football game then watching that win.
mrmoshpotato
@dmsilev:
Fuckers. Beat them with unripe avocados.
Baud
@dmsilev:
Holy guacamole, batman.
mrmoshpotato
Skeletor!
Baud
Intercepted!
Steeplejack
@HumboldtBlue:
Yeah, this isn’t soccer, for chrissakes!
Ben Cisco, MSCIS Padawan
@HumboldtBlue:
BWAHAAHAA
Baud
Idiots!
Benw
Oh man the towel guy drew a flag. That guy is FIRED
ETA: a non-active player. Still fired :)
brendancalling
@Mike E: that was a glorious SB. E-A-G-L-E-S! IGGLES!!!
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Gang violence! “Holy guacamole!”
dexwood
Not my heartbreak, my then girlfriend’s though, and I’m still not sorry. 2/14/74. Left her apartnent with my dog. Took that great dog to my parents. Picked up my pal, drove 2000 miles west. A month later, i went back for my dog. Hearts & flowers, y’all.
Baud
@dexwood:
One thread down.
Baud
What the hell is Sales force?
frosty
@brendancalling: Was that the Iggles Patriots SB? The one where the win came down to which QB was the best receiver? And Brady dropped the ball?
Steeplejack
Okay, the Larry David FTX ad was funny, but c’mon, man! Crypto?! GTFO.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Larry David at Independence Hall is my spirit founding father
Benw
@Baud: Biden’s rebrand of the Space force
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Steeplejack:
I lost so much respect for him when I saw that ad. It’s in the same vein as the Matt Damon “Fortune Favors the Brave. So buy this pump and dump scam that favors the wealthy!” crypto ad
Baud
Have we seen the sports gambling with crypto crossover ad yet?
Baud
@Benw:
Haha.
Commander Willie Loman reporting for duty, sir.
Benw
@Baud: hahaha!
HALFTIME
Aziz, light!
RE the Meta ad:
How old is Zuckerberg, 14? Why would anyone older than that think his silly cartoon world is cool?
JPL
I’d like to see Matt Stafford get a superbowl ring, but these little ones convinced me to cheer for the Bengals. NowThis on Twitter: “WHO DEY: Kids at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital are cheering on their Bengals before the big game ? https://t.co/fPhuO0UIfY” / Twitter
HumboldtBlue
@Steeplejack:
Harry Kane is that you?!
Also, if I’m not mistaken that Telemundo/Peacock ad featured Andres Cantor who made the long “goooooaaaaalllll” call famous across the world and iconic in Latin America.
1986 World Cup in Mexico, first World Cup I ever watched and I did so in Spanish on Telemundo after having relocated to California.
Mike E
@brendancalling: A game so good, even shitty announcers Al and Chris couldn’t dampen it!
Baud
Snoop!
Steeplejack
Okay, middle-aged white America about to stroke out.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: Maybe that’s his reaction to the Super Bowl.
Martin
Totally forgot about the Super Bowl. Nursing duties going well. No sign of symptoms from me so far.
SoFi stadium is pretty cool. Most expensive stadium built in the US and with no public financing. It’ll also be handling opening ceremony duties for the olympics. See, you don’t need to pay the billionaires for their vanity projects – they’ll do it themselves so long as you stand firm on ‘no’. The NFL wanted an LA team, and they got their LA team(s), and we let them pay for their LA team(s).
Just say no, people.
HumboldtBlue
Snoop and Dre with Mary and Eminem to come, hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, the 14-word dipshits are gonna be very cross!
Steeplejack
@Mike E:
For some reason Cris Collinsworth doesn’t bother me, but, damn, Al Michaels. ?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Steeplejack:
NASCAR recently did their Busch Clash in the LA Collesiun and had Pitbull and Ice Cube for the halftime show. The camera panned over the audience to show very awkward white people dancing lol
Martin
@Aziz, light!: Oh, shit. The 14 year olds think that’s all bullshit. The ads are for the big investors who think the 14 year olds will think it’s cool.
You’d be better off investing in NFTs than this bullshit, and I think NFTs are worthless.
HumboldtBlue
@Martin:
It’s a poisoned chalice, the impacts the stadium has had in Inglewood and surrounding neighborhoods has been drastic particularly as it comes to housing.
citizen dave
Big Larry David fan. I think he is in a win-win position. When crypto totally tanks, he can say that’s the position he took on the ad, plus he got their money before they went under.
Agree with Humboldt Blue on the Rams uni comment, but as unis go these days, I think they are pretty good. I HATED the Gold and Blues Rams era. My preference would be the blue/white, followed by the blue/yellow classic in your link.
Xantar
So the sets made to look like houses are great, but doesn’t that means only half the stadium can see the performers at a time?
Mike E
Fitty! Waiting for Ye to bumrush the stage at some point, heh.
Martin
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Well, he has been arrested 8 times, including for rape and murder, both of which were either dropped or he was acquitted.
I don’t think he’s actively into illegal stuff, but he definitely was. That he hangs out with Martha Stewart either tells you he’s actually an okay guy now, or that he’s caught up in a bad crowd given that Martha had done more time than Snoop.
citizen dave
@Steeplejack: Have read in places–probably here–that Al is a Big Republican, and Collinsworth pretty much also. They don’t really bother me, though. I’m more annoyed by the Jim Nance/Romo team.
Tony Jay
Have to say that the UK coverage of the Superbowl has improved enormously since the last time I was up this late. They’ve figured out that just pointing a camera at the endless stoppages in play bores the shit out of non-native viewers, so they cut back to the studio at any opportunity where the ex-players can tell you what’s just happened and compete with each other at manspreading their enormous legs.
I’m sort of following what’s going on out there, mostly by ignoring the vast amounts of clearly made-up terminology the commentators are throwing out and just watching the replays. Its a fucking odd experience.
Bengals for me, please. Make the anti-vax contingent cry.
Your half time shows are bonkers.
debbie
@JPL:
So sweet. ?
JPL
It is an entertaining halftime show. I’m just glad that I’m not on phone duty at the FCC.
Martin
@Xantar: Normal. The show is for TV. And only half the stadium can even see it somewhat normally, and even they kind of have to be seated where the camera lines are.
That’s what the big fucking screen up top is for – so you can watch it on TV while you’re sitting in the stadium having paid $10 large.
Go rewatch the opening ceremony of the olympics and notice how the perspective on the floor only works for the cameras, and nobody actually in the stadium. That’s just how it is.
Steeplejack
@citizen dave:
For some reason I don’t encounter Jim Nance very often, but, yeah, he’s bad. Brent Musburger completes my trifecta of awful sports anchors.
citizen dave
Hey I just won a $100, I had the OVER on how many times Eminem would grab his dick.
Benw
Eminem takes a knee
ETA: great show. My faves: California Love, Mary’s set, Kendrick’s set – loved the militant dancers, and Lose Yourself.
JPL
@Benw: What a great halftime show! FCC is still going to get a lot of calls.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Martin:
Well, granted. But her reasoning was a little silly was my point
HumboldtBlue
@Martin:
Stewart doing hard time is actually what brought the two together, and I find it one of the funniest and most charming pairings ever.
Mike E
Chock and Bates are tremendous.
Steeplejack
I made a special trip to the liquor store today and haven’t even had a drink yet! Mesmerized by the Hallmark Monk marathon and then the fear of missing a Super Bowl ad. Time to grab a marg.
HumboldtBlue
@Tony Jay:
Ain’t it grand?
tom
Crypto ad! Drink!
Suzanne
AHHHHH that halftime show was fabulous!
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: Nice touch throwing in some of California Love.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@tom:
I watch the SB for ads and the halftime show mostly and the Crypto ads are kinda ruining it for me a bit
mrmoshpotato
@Tony Jay:
It’s the Superb Owl, you silly Englishman!
Benw
@JPL: so great! I hope the racist assholes have a sad
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I never thought I’d miss Viagra ads.
mrmoshpotato
Cable guy! Hahahaha, nice!
zhena gogolia
So glad I missed that halftime show.
Benw
That was fast
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@JPL:
“Get this gosh darn urban music OFF mah TV!!!! They shoulda gotten Brooks n Dunn for the show!”
Mike E
That was as well an executed halftime show as can be hoped for…. Touchdown!!
JPL
What just happened? I just blinked.
Sure Lurkalot
yeah!
debbie
WHO DEY!
HumboldtBlue
@mrmoshpotato:
Makes a ton of sense with Snoop, Dre from Long Beach.
Mike E
That reception was positively Republican!
Omnes Omnibus
Why? Did you forget about Dre?
Martin
@HumboldtBlue: Yeah, fair point. It would have been appropriate for the city to mandate the stadium owners address housing as part of the project. Not unusual to do that. Would have been even better if they told them the housing couldn’t be in the landing path, because living there *sucks*.
Sherparick
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): l don’t think the check was in crypto.
JPL
@debbie: Dey came to play.
UncleEbeneezer
@Benw: Oh you know that mayo containers are definitely exploding right now all across America ?
Mike E
Right on cue, some Stafford interceptionitis!
Tony Jay
@HumboldtBlue:
The game or the show?
I’m actually enjoying the game. I was going to bed but it’s drawn me in. Poor Odell, he was ripping it.
The show fell a teeny but flat for me. Though that’s probably Prince’s fault for doing it alone, in the rain, in heels, and sooooooo well.
UncleEbeneezer
This Critical Race Theory halftime show is ?????????
https://twitter.com/Bakari_Sellers/status/1493032127859937282
Anyway
I find the gambling ad with the Manning boys and dad highly annoying. Where’s my nanny state??
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Lotta dudes in their 50s who listened to Dre and Co. in their 20s.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Holy shit, a fight!
Anyway
@Baud:
Bwahaha!
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: And a shout-out to 2Pac.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
I can only imagine those lmao!
Tony Jay
@mrmoshpotato:
“Right. We’ve got 30 minutes and we have to be in and out before the players get back. Oh, and we can’t mess up the turf. Whaddwedo?”
“SCALE MODEL OF LA AND CARS AND DANCERS!”
“Brilliant. They’ll never see it coming.”
Steeplejack
@tom:
Good call.
And I almost missed that Bengals touchdown!
Jackie
brendancalling
Was just remarking that the half time show basically caused the white population of Alabama to collectively shit their pants
JPL
@UncleEbeneezer: ???????
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Omnes Omnibus:
True, but I’m talking about the rural yokels
WV Blondie
My hubby got his steps in – he danced through most of the halftime show. (I chair-danced.)
Suzanne
And that Google Pixel ad almost has me in tears.
Tony Jay
@Omnes Omnibus:
Was Dre the white chap? Everyone seemed pleased to see him.
I keed. I’m far too uncool to even know who he was.
Benw
@UncleEbeneezer: hehehe. It’s a white fright!
Mike E
@UncleEbeneezer: from the comments:
*my add, heh
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Sherparick:
Probably not lol.
HumboldtBlue
This halftime show will not be taught in Florida schools. — Schooley
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Tony Jay:
No, the white guy was Eminem. The bald guy was Dre
ETA: Whoops, didn’t catch your “I kid” lol
Steeplejack
@Sherparick:
I agree with citizen dave at #58:
mrmoshpotato
@Tony Jay: They know what they’re doing. ?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Steeplejack:
He still lent credibility to them. A lot of people are going to be hurt when these cryptocurrencies tank
Omnes Omnibus
@Tony Jay: Dre was not the white chap. He was the bald dude who made the careers of the others happen.
ETA: Eh, go bugger yourself.
Tony Jay
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Oh come on, boy! Give some credit to my salty mayo sarcasm.
I even recognised Fiddy doing his Gary Oldman impression
Mike E
Another LII flashback! Nick Foles is the only QB who can catch a pass apparently
Kathleen
@HumboldtBlue: The history of Paul Brown stadium is also checkered. The county was really screwed.
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Dre is clearly old but he’s aging well. Eminem looks more and more like Timberlake as he ages. Would it kill him to dress up a little? He always looks like he just rolled out of bed. Adore him, though.
Brachiator
Pretty good game
I almost feel sad for the people who may get sucked into investing in crypto currencies
OK half time show, but a lot of rap has become tired oldies music. Still probably scares some people.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Frank Drebin must be calling the Rams’s plays
debbie
Guess I’ll be missing All Creatures Great and Small.
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: Watch it with the old shit. I am six month older than Dre.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
That Pringles ad was pretty funny
Mike E
The Pringles ad was funny.
eta that 4th EV car ad with the robopup was cute
Steeplejack
Guy Fieri has really bulked up.
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: But he looks good! He wears age well!
Fitty has gained some weight, but also still has the energy.
dnfree
No one here has mentioned the blatant face mask violation that preceded the Bengals touchdown? The announcers didn’t say anything either, which surprised me. They just said the Rams player was surprised there was no call.
HumboldtBlue
Guy Fieri might have an awful restaurant or two, but he’s actually a decent man who has helped out communities across northern California and Oregon, particularly with wildfire relief and such. He’s a genuine guy, Humboldt native.
Baud
@dnfree:
The announcers talked about it.
Steeplejack
@dnfree:
I don’t know what you’re watching, but Michaels and Collinsworth discussed it and ran a replay of it.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Tony Jay:
I saw your “I kid” a tad too late heh. I stand corrected, my good sir
Mike E
Oof, ankle tweaked on that sack
Tony Jay
@Omnes Omnibus:
Haaaaaaaaa!
You’re the ones with the Global Cultural Imperium. We mere natives cannot but recognise all y’all references.
‘Streets of San Francisco’.
Starsky’s wet cardigan.
“When they met, it was murder.”
Oh yeah. All the old-school cultural touchstones. 8-)
OGLiberal
Re: Halftime. Was not expecting 50 Cent. One of the best halftime shows. Not Prince level – don’t think any one will be – but very good.
Steeplejack
@HumboldtBlue:
My one complaint with Guy Fieri is that I tried a barbecue place in Baltimore that he recommended on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and it sucked. Big-time. Made me wonder if they just churn through places to get enough content for the series.
Mike E
Wow they are teeing up Burrow
Tony Jay
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
There’s no sin in wanting to be helpful.
I don’t think the Rams are having the best of nights here.
mrmoshpotato
Social investing? How about they all suck a horse’s ass?
Brachiator
@Suzanne:
75 Cent?
HumboldtBlue
@Steeplejack:
I’ve always been under that impression. He did a local joint and then I knew it was fact because that place was well below average.
VOR
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Mike Zimmer. Must establish the run, even if it just isn’t working.
Apparently the usual suspects are having a sad over the halftime show.
Suzanne
@Brachiator: I don’t think it was a 50% increase.
At first, since he was, like, upside down, I wasn’t sure it was him.
Suzanne
@VOR: The Usual Suspects are sad because their aesthetic preferences don’t matter.
Tony Jay
Are some people seriously whining over the half-time show?
West Coast Rap plus that kid from Detroit? What the fuck is more ‘Your Dad’s America’ than that?
Mike E
@Suzanne: Inflation! Biden! ;-)
Brachiator
@Suzanne:
Ha! Yeah, probably not.
Upside down or obverse side of the coin.
Baud
Uh oh. Burrows down.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Tony Jay:
I guess it depends on who’s dad we’re talking about
Jackie
@Baud: YIKES! ☹️????Please let him be ok!!!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Suzanne:
Is the Usual Suspects code for conservatives ; )?
Omnes Omnibus
Apparently the NFL told Eminem not to take a knee. Ha!
Tony Jay
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Ha! All the Dads. Some of them just discovered they got real old real quick and developed strong opinions about it.
James E Powell
@Tony Jay:
Higbee out, Beckham out, no running game. They just can’t move on offense. Barring a turnover or a miracle, the Rams are done .
Ohio Mom
@Steeplejack: The diner in my neighborhood was visited by Guy Fieri and was on his show. They’re proud of that.
I eat there, like the feeling of being a regular customer, but there is just about nothing on the menu I couldn’t make at home, just as well, if not better — the exceptions are deep-fried things because I don’t have the equipment. And I am not much of a cook!
So yeah, I think most of his “finds” aren’t anything but a way to fill up a show’s worth of time.
HumboldtBlue
@Omnes Omnibus:
They told everyone!
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Eh, I’m sure they don’t really care. The NFL can’t be stupid enough to think that MAGA people have any capital (financial or social). They’re not going to let trash people ruin their brand.
Tony Jay
@James E Powell:
It’s far too late for me to be up so I’m going to bed now, and if by morning I discover that the Rams clinched a tight victory with some crushing defensive blocks and a miracle turnover I totally will not blame you for singlehandedly jinxing the Bengals.
Others may, though. 8-)
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: I am just amused because that was the surest way to ensure that Mathers would do it.
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: LMAO right?! Like, do they remember his career?! Has he ever given the impression that he is someone who does what douchebags in suits ask him to do?!
gwangung
Huh. Was there too much black music for some people at the halftime show?
HumboldtBlue
That holding call was worse than the missed face mask!
Suzanne
@gwangung: Maybe I live in a bubble, but, like, I and all of my white friends in this age cohort loooooove that music. I’ve been texting with my (very white) college roommate, because we listened to that music all the time in our dorm room.
Mike E
Wow what a bs hold call to get that 1st down
eta that next one was actually a holding penalty
mrmoshpotato
So, about those white fascist faces exploding…
gwangung
@Suzanne: Well, I thought so, too, even though I’m…um…considerably older than you.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@mrmoshpotato: they’re gonna find that boy in a cheap backroad motel room before too long, autoasphyxiated and wearing his mother’s underwear.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Suzanne:
Umm, I replied to one of your comments
Suzanne
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Uhhh sorry I missed it. Yes, the Usual Suspects are the asshole conservatives who complain about These Kids Today and their Black Hippety-Hop and Get Off My Heavily Manicured Artificially Fertilized Lawn. I’m sure they also complain about the waistband of their pants.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Well, hell.
Mike E
LA Rams are now the 2nd LA team to win a SB (Raiders are the other)
HumboldtBlue
BOOOOOOOOOO! Fuck Kroenke and fuck the Rams.
Jackie
Heartbreaker ending for Cinncy.
Benw
Good game. Hard loss for the Bengals. Great halftime show
debbie
Really think Collingsworth could have been a bit less one-sided.
mrmoshpotato
Bummer.
Suzanne
We just got Dave McCormick’s “Let’s Go Brandon” ad. Aside from being dumb as shit, it seems in especially bad taste during the Blackest Superb Owl ever.
Suzanne
Old white people and their landscaping. Damn.
UncleEbeneezer
@OGLiberal: Loved Prince for the show and music, but this one stands out for the unapologetic Blackness. Having Dre and Snoop, who were once demonized by White People saying “still not loving the police” on a national stage, Kendrick performing a modern day anthem to his people, in Los Angeles (a city that Red America loathes), and Eminem taking a knee for Kaepernick…that’s just next level. Prince’s performance was incredible but it didn’t have ANY of that. It was a phenomenal set but had no major socio-political context. Apples and oranges.
hilts
Disappointed with the final score but as far as play-by-play announcers go, Kevin Harlan is still God!
Suzanne
@UncleEbeneezer: Can I also speak up for Mary J Blige, who brought an amazing and exceedingly black aesthetic to her performance? The whole halftime show was about the “glitter” of black LA culture, and it was awesome.
Brachiator
@mrmoshpotato:
Jesus.
I thought the show was relatively tame.
But I forget that some white fools feel intimidated by displays of unapologetic blackness.
UncleEbeneezer
@Suzanne: Absolutely! She was awesome too. Looked, sounded and moved amazing.
mrmoshpotato
@Brachiator: Well, Charlie Kirk is an assclown.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Suzanne:
Hah! “Pull those pants up!”
Suzanne
@Brachiator: Like, a couple of years ago, J. Lo pole-danced.
Whatever. Conservative white people and their bland aesthetics do not matter.
Steve in the ATL
Blue state triumphs over red state!
tom
@Brachiator: Gleefully imagining Mr Kirk’s reaction if Lil Nas X performed at that show.
Cacti
Loved the half time show.
All that was missing was my mother telling me I was grounded for listening to it. lol
HumboldtBlue
Talk about a day to remember.