Oops / Can U C the Pride in the Panthers?
Well, I bet someone, say the FCC chairman*, wished he was chilling with us at Jenn & Dave's instead of joining in 'national family bonding experience' that is watching the Super Bowl...*aside #1: Everyone is talking about how Jackson & Timberlake must have done this as a promotional stunt (new album coming soon, all the vague pre-performance commentary), but no one seems to notice that FCC Chairman Michael Powell is getting unreal facetime, especially considering that he's the chairman of an organization that supposed to be behind the scenes. And, was I the only one who noticed that it's a bit of a conflict of interest to have a father (Big "Gen-e-ralllll" Colin) and son in such high levels of government power and control at the same time? Wait, we're already desensitized to that; we've had to deal with Kennedys and Bushes for 50 years...
*aside #2: The Super Bowl is a 'national family bonding event'??? And we wonder about society. Shouldn't we have a better family bonding activity than a football game that is always, always, more spectacle than substance? And since when is family bonding a 'national' thing... this isn't the Cosby Show, folks; it's a football game. In my family, you can get my mom to watch (sometimes), but my sister doesn't care if it's not the Ravens. So much for bonding...
aside #3: my bad... those two asides were more like monologues. Hmmm, ex post facto disclaimer on the asides there...
Anyway, the commercials were weak. The car commercial with all the kids with full bars of soap in their mouths was intriguing (but, where was the decency censor to call it 'tasteless' to use a bunch of children with the implied idea of some kid uttering a obscenity when they see a new concept car?) Mike, you've got a workload and a half this week. Maybe you can work on my AT&T cell phone service problems while you're at it; there is definitely something indecent when my reception is better in Vancouver than it is in New York and Boston.
The best commerical was probably either the IBM Linux spot with Muhammed Ali or the MasterCard ad featuring Homer Simpson. Too bad I use Visa, but it was good anyway. Come to think of it, it wasn't as good as an episode of "The Simpsons", but that was the prevailing theme on Sunday. It was a continuous stream of "ehhh... that could have been better" and "uhh... that's an ugly car", or even worse "Cialis. Cialis? Cialis! Oh my... Cialis". Of course, they couldn't have shown a "Simpsons" episode, because that might be indecent for the general viewing audience during the primetime family block... wait, it airs Sundays on a regular station during primetime. Someone should tell Micheal Powell.
Actually, he's probably busy watching quality programming like Fear Factor with his wife while his kids gather upstairs and watch decent people curse, use racial slurs, and have sex with near-strangers on The Real World ... Mike probably wakes up every morning saying, "so many fines, so little time."
(Note: if you missed or want to view any of the commercial spots, try AdCritic.com... just like Adweek.com, only free)
The second title to the entry is simple. I'm in Boston, having to deal with reports of ig'nant frat boys acting rowdy and drunk in public (surprise?!) and all these gushing news stories about the upcoming parade (Boston is all over the Pats... must be because the Red Sox are to Boston sports fans what eating hot wings and ice cream is to a person with heartburn and lactose intolerance). Lost in all of that is the fact that without a bad kickoff and a kick from a guy who is being hailed as a hero because he did his job correctly 33% of the time Sunday night, Carolina might be the dirtiest of Dirty South jumpoffs this week.
So, a tip of the hat and a toast of the glass to the 'Cats. They have pride, they're for real, and Jake "No Fat Man in Sight" Delhomme is a better Cajun national representative than Emril Legasse.
Chuuuuuuuccch: (ie, where Powell wishes we all were instead of watching Super Bowl halftimes)
Ciao, people.
Tweet feat. Missy Elliott / Mos Def & 2Pac
*aside #2: The Super Bowl is a 'national family bonding event'??? And we wonder about society. Shouldn't we have a better family bonding activity than a football game that is always, always, more spectacle than substance? And since when is family bonding a 'national' thing... this isn't the Cosby Show, folks; it's a football game. In my family, you can get my mom to watch (sometimes), but my sister doesn't care if it's not the Ravens. So much for bonding...
aside #3: my bad... those two asides were more like monologues. Hmmm, ex post facto disclaimer on the asides there...
Anyway, the commercials were weak. The car commercial with all the kids with full bars of soap in their mouths was intriguing (but, where was the decency censor to call it 'tasteless' to use a bunch of children with the implied idea of some kid uttering a obscenity when they see a new concept car?) Mike, you've got a workload and a half this week. Maybe you can work on my AT&T cell phone service problems while you're at it; there is definitely something indecent when my reception is better in Vancouver than it is in New York and Boston.
The best commerical was probably either the IBM Linux spot with Muhammed Ali or the MasterCard ad featuring Homer Simpson. Too bad I use Visa, but it was good anyway. Come to think of it, it wasn't as good as an episode of "The Simpsons", but that was the prevailing theme on Sunday. It was a continuous stream of "ehhh... that could have been better" and "uhh... that's an ugly car", or even worse "Cialis. Cialis? Cialis! Oh my... Cialis". Of course, they couldn't have shown a "Simpsons" episode, because that might be indecent for the general viewing audience during the primetime family block... wait, it airs Sundays on a regular station during primetime. Someone should tell Micheal Powell.
Actually, he's probably busy watching quality programming like Fear Factor with his wife while his kids gather upstairs and watch decent people curse, use racial slurs, and have sex with near-strangers on The Real World ... Mike probably wakes up every morning saying, "so many fines, so little time."
(Note: if you missed or want to view any of the commercial spots, try AdCritic.com... just like Adweek.com, only free)
The second title to the entry is simple. I'm in Boston, having to deal with reports of ig'nant frat boys acting rowdy and drunk in public (surprise?!) and all these gushing news stories about the upcoming parade (Boston is all over the Pats... must be because the Red Sox are to Boston sports fans what eating hot wings and ice cream is to a person with heartburn and lactose intolerance). Lost in all of that is the fact that without a bad kickoff and a kick from a guy who is being hailed as a hero because he did his job correctly 33% of the time Sunday night, Carolina might be the dirtiest of Dirty South jumpoffs this week.
So, a tip of the hat and a toast of the glass to the 'Cats. They have pride, they're for real, and Jake "No Fat Man in Sight" Delhomme is a better Cajun national representative than Emril Legasse.
Chuuuuuuuccch: (ie, where Powell wishes we all were instead of watching Super Bowl halftimes)
Ciao, people.
Tweet feat. Missy Elliott / Mos Def & 2Pac
