24 thoughts on “HAPPY SUPER BOWL!

  1. Jeff Meyerson

    They look pleased to see you.

    I have no confidence in picking but I guess I’m in the majority in rooting for the ‘Niners tonight.

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  2. Richard R.

    With 2.5 hours to go, I’m not sure I’l watch it. I’m having some serious stomach and headache problems (I ate something that didn’t agree with me on Friday and though it’s not food poisoning it’s still knocking me out. We just spent a hour or so in the garden, doing some winter transplanting and light pruning, and the fresh, chilly air seemed to help, but I may retire to the book room and try to get a little reading done. Since Barbara will be watching, I can check in with her now and then to see how big the margin is in favor of the Niners. I hope.

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  3. Jeff Meyerson

    Bummer, Rick.

    We were having custard at about 2:00 and the TV was on. Let’s just say the six hours of pre-game coverage was not essential viewing.

    “Coming up next, we’ll be tailgating with Rachel Ray!”

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  4. Cap'n Bob

    All over but the cursing. A couple of bullshit calls, a dropped pass or two, or the Niners might have won. I even watched most of the commercials. The one with the Clydesdale and the God Made a Farmer ads were great. The rest were lame IMHO.

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    1. george Post author

      That “non-call” in the end zone changed the game, Bob. I’m with you on the Clydesdale and “God Made a Farmer” commercials.

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  5. Dan

    As usual, I bet on the Cowboys this year, and once gain they didn’t even show up.

    I’m starting to lose faith in my system.

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  6. Todd Mason

    Craig Ferguson and Lucy Liu’s sketch on why the power went out (which was almost the first I heard of the outage) from the post-game LATE LATE SHOW special is Utterly Convincing. As is the notion of all that strobing on the Knowles show (which was all Alice wanted to see once the game seemed to be going lopsided early on) helped a smidge. Knowles remains one of the most overrated performing artists of our time, in a tie with her husband and only a few others so overhyped. The only decent song in the medley was the old Destiny’s Child item…and her former chorusmates were at least as impressive.

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  7. RkR

    I’m with Bob on the crummy ref job and the best commercials. I saw a “making of” piece earlier in the week and thought the Clydesdale commercial would be 30 sec longer. The real killer of the Niners was that opening 2nd half runback.

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  8. Todd Mason

    Highest rated SB so far, when they take out the blackout period…but the lateness of the end as a result led the rather good episode of ELEMENTARY to not get much of a ratings boost afterward, and the LATE LATE SHOW special had even less of a tail to grab onto…

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  9. Todd Mason

    Nielsen has revised the estimate, and CBS is still not too upset to call this the third highest-rated SB so far. Meanwhile, PBS came in a strong second at 9p with a new DOWNTON ABBEY (1/18th of the SB audience, as opposed to NBC, ABC, and Fox/FBC scrambling to get 1/50th-100th of the SB audience each with repeats–with 6.6 million viewers, overnight estimate, PBS would’ve probably come in second again at 9-10p ET/PT on a normal Sunday night).

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  10. Cap'n Bob

    I’m an early to bed guy, too. Usually 3 or 4 a.m.

    Another killer non-call was on the Niners’ final third down play. Obvious holding, not called. It wouldn’t have scored a TD but would have put the ball around the 5 on the final 4th down play.

    I skipped the halftime show. I’m not a fan of those frantic pop stylings and making the word “I” sixteen syllables.

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