Comments on alfred lives here: Superbowl Sunday: I'm skipping the whole damn thing

Oscar Sunday. Now THAT'S something I can get e...

2010-02-13T09:52:49.104-07:00

Oscar Sunday. Now THAT'S something I can get excited about. Especially, since my hero, Randy Newman has been nominated for TWO songs this year.

Brahm! I didn't watch the Superbowl myself bu...

2010-02-09T14:31:38.237-07:00

Brahm!

I didn't watch the Superbowl myself but mainly because I'm not into sports!

I figure if the commercials were really spectacular that they'd be rebroadcast on the next morning's news.

-Dean

I will be watching, but I'll be drinking cockt...

2010-02-04T09:10:26.592-07:00

I will be watching, but I'll be drinking cocktails during the ads and stuffing my face.. apparently the host of the SB party is tryng new cocktail recipes out on us, so I might be too blurry eyed to even see the game ;-)

Interesting how many people arent watching, like m...

2010-02-04T08:04:16.363-07:00

Interesting how many people arent watching, like me, and are aware of this stuff going on -- maybe is clever controversy PR generation rather than CBS just being inept and homophobic? This Super Bowl seems to be more newsworthy than past years, and as Michael says above I don't even know who is playing the half-time show this year, when in past years have known when was Diana Ross, Rolling Stones, or whoever...

I haven't seen a Superbowl game since I was a ...

2010-02-04T07:18:06.652-07:00

I haven't seen a Superbowl game since I was a kid, and my dad watched them, and even then I didn't really "watch". But this is just like everything these days, the media has to be SO over the top to get people's attention, and they don't care if it's positive or negative attention.

From what I've heard about the prices necessar...

2010-02-03T13:23:15.770-07:00

From what I've heard about the prices necessary to get an ad placed during the Superbowl, I'm amazed that there's even the merest whiff of equal opportunity or even-handedness.

But I'd be the first to admit that the Superbowl is just a big deal somewhere else, as far as my life is concerned - so if I'm talking crap, just say the word. :)

I have a pretty good hunch that the CTV broadcast ...

2010-02-03T12:00:43.451-07:00

I have a pretty good hunch that the CTV broadcast in Canada will not show Tim Tebow's anti-abortion ad but will hit us over the head AGAIN about the Olympics. "Donald Sutherland says the Olympics are coming to Vancouver! Really? I had no idea! Why didn't anybody tell me this?!"

CBS has accepted an anti-abortion ad from Focus on...

2010-02-03T10:37:46.334-07:00

CBS has accepted an anti-abortion ad from Focus on the Family, and refused a gay dating ad from website Mancrunch.com; both are advocacy ads, one on the right and one on the left, so what is going on with CBS?

Must be that "liberal media bias," Brahm - Ha!

Yeah, refuse the gay-dating ad when the main action is guys in tight pants slapping each other's asses. Makes perfect sense to me . . . .

I totally agree with you. It's complete homop...

2010-02-03T09:55:19.892-07:00

I totally agree with you. It's complete homophobic bullshit. I think they should pull the anti-choice ad or at least be an equal opportunity offender. In other words, if they're going to piss off the left then then should piss off the right, as well.

P.S. I only watch for the Clydesdales.

I'm not interested in football at all either a...

2010-02-03T09:02:55.806-07:00

I'm not interested in football at all either and couldn't care less. The ads don't surprise me as football seems to be a mirror of homophobic American culture.

The advertising is fascinating. I won't be wa...

2010-02-03T08:14:02.342-07:00

The advertising is fascinating. I won't be watching either. I don't care about any of it. Some years I've watched the half-time show. Remember Diana Ross flying away in the helicopter?! I almost had a heart attack! I don't even know who's performing this year.

I notice that Anderson Cooper didn't make your...

2010-02-03T07:04:15.729-07:00

I notice that Anderson Cooper didn't make your Freebie Five list. Was he number 6? Silver hair is sexy!

Totally agree with you about the ads. CBS must be even-handed if it's not going to allow any advocacy ads.

I'm with you, I won't be watching either. ...

2010-02-03T06:14:08.216-07:00

I'm with you, I won't be watching either. Not out of political protest over the Tebow ad and the lack of Mancrunch, but out of simple, "I don't care."
Still, I am quite mazed that a TV network would air a politcal ad--especially one from as vile a group as the AFA--during a sporting event.
What's next?
Powertool ads during The Tonys!
I won't have it!