Sunday, February 3, 2008

In Which Christopher Robin Blogs the Super Bowl (Second Half)

Having awoken from my Tom Petty-induced slumber, I eagerly await the second half of sweaty men and mediocre advertising.

Carl Edwards is far more articulate than I would ever have expected from a NASCAR driver.

Cars.com is sort of two for two, though neither one's made me fall out of my seat.

Cartoon pandas with bad Chinese accents? The fuck?!?!?

I love the primitive nature of the challenges. I understand why the onfield penalty flags (the yellow ones) are literally thrown, since the players need to have both visual and audio notice that something has stopped play. But Bill Belichick stood around for five minutes and THEN threw a red weighted nylon flag onto the field. It's so...physical.

The Bud Light cavemen ad is, for the record, the first ad I laugh at all day. I tend to like things busting up and people tripping and falling.

Why would Bridgestone threaten to kill Richard Simmons, then leave us blue-balled by not following-through? Lack of follow-through is definitely a pervasive theme of today's commercial selection.

Gah! The Patriots are not too exciting today. I can't figure out why they went for it on fourth down. This game is boring.

Etrade.com gets the #4 vote from the babymomma contingent. Baby puke is funny.

Scratch the order...it must be reset. That Chester Pitts NFL ad was just gorgeous. I couldn't figure out where it was going till it got there. OK, my new #1. All others move down one rung.

Nicely shot Coke ad, and of course I am a sucker for anything with Stewie in it. But it doesn't break the top 5.

I walk out to get another water...the Giants score a touchdown. Brady must be hating life right now. Giants 10 - 7.

OK, Etrade got me again. Clown rental, specifically. I'm glad the kid didn't barf twice.

The Patriots are about to look like schmucks.

Uhhhh...scratch that. Things get interesting with 5:22 remaining in the 4th quarter.

Go baby go baby go...

Point-after is good. Pats 14 - 10. Oh me of little faith...well, still 2 minutes left.

Giants threatening with this drive. OK, I just saw the first truly interesting play this game, and it was amazing. Manning breaks the sack and throws under pressure to Tyree, who. catches. it.

Giants on the 25, using their last timeout at :51. And now...Giants 17, Pats 14. Plaxico. Plaxico. Plaxico.

It's over. That last second lasted a long time.

Giants 17, Patriots 14.

Whoda thunk.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I sure wouldn't've thunk. Crazy ending to a mostly dull game. The two baby ads got the biggest reaction at the Bill/Betse party. Ironically, Mary Pat laughed so hard at the clown one that she hurt her broken rib.

Thanks for baby time, company and snacks!

mama_nata said...

The Littlest Patriot (Hope), noting Belichick's choice of RED hoodie (tsk tsk) was certainly crestfallen (i.e. asleep) following this devastating loss ("Blame Gisele!") but nevertheless celebrated 100+ yards of Wes Welker (c-u-t-e), while eating her quahog pie and drinking Sam Adams (a few hours after everyone else). Go Pats, 2009!