Super Bowl Wrap-Up

I was up in MA watching it with my family (i.e. - diehard Pats fans). My youngest nephew Sean was crying at the end. I planned to head back at the half but I hung out to the bitter end, since it was clearly not a route. I did not really have much of a dog in the hunt in terms of who won; I thought the Giants played much better even had the Pats stopped 'em at the end or pulled off a Hail Mary.....

We did a family pool (buck a box) - my brothers ended up with $25 and $50 respectively and my nephew got the final. I would have won had the Pats held the score to 14-10 at the end. Stupid football.

Commercials: I thought the Careerbuilder ones were creepy (the woman's heart popping out of her chest looked more like a breast implant at first, the spider eating the firefly was also unsettling). The Salesgenie ads struck us as downright racist (two ads, one featuring an Indian accent, the other a Chinese one - we were betting whether another ad might be in store with a mexican accent or something)

The Fed Ex / pigeon ad was good. We all loved the eTrade baby ads. The Coca-cola Macy's parade balloon ad had a sort of feel good finish, typical for Coke (good ol' Charlie Brown finally wins one). Come to think of it the Bill Frist / James Carville coke spot had a similar feel good energy. The cross-dressing schtick in the Pepsi Stuff ad was capricious and uncomfortable.

The Bridgestone tire ads were cute (Richard Simmons remains a cultural touchstone, everyone in the family from youngest to oldest laughed to see him). The Planters Nuts ad (vibing both Ugly Betty and Frida Kahlo) was weird but different. The Amp Energy spot (with the tow guy hooking the jumper cables up to his nipples) made us all squirm.

We laughed like hell at Shaq as a jockey (on a horse named Chunk of Love!). The Tide talking spot at was pretty great.

And finally, we loved the Fox NFL robot guy vs. Terminator spots.....at the start of the game, my sister and nephew were chatting about the robot guy even before the spots ran (he's all shiny for the Superbowl....he's got the Vince Lombardi trophy.....he's got new moves) so when the Terminator started fighting with him, we all were interested.

I was mostly pissed to not have been able to see House at the end; and was amazed at how much traffic there was on the road afterwards.....it's been eons since I've been to any sort of super bowl event that involved driving.