Super Bowl blog

6:00–Apparently it starts at 6:30. See you then.

6:30–Welcome to the Long Island Super Bowl. At least that’s what Kath keeps calling it, because it says Super Bowl LI.

6:32–I wonder if H.W. feels good knowing his son is no longer the worst president in American history.

6:34–Kath is happy because as a former Atlanta resident, she is rooting for the Falcons.

6:36–Great Ford commercial, especially for someone like me who just hates getting stuck pretty much anywhere. I hate traffic lights, for God’s sake.

6:45–Yeah, sure, Google seems fine now, but when the machines rise up, does anyone doubt that Google will be leading the charge?

6:46–I find it interesting how many commercials seem to be slanted around families.

6:47–For some reason, I suddenly want Avocados. And to watch a movie with Jon Lovitz.

6:48–My favorite Jon Lovitz moment. He’s not in it, but you’ll understand when you watch it.

6:53–Well, Trump must be hating THIS commercial. He’s probably demanding that a video game starring him be fast tracked.

6:54–And Watson will be aiding Google. No doubt about that.

6:55–I’ve known Katie for thirty seconds and I hate her already. Frickin’ Skittles.

7:00–Eh. Beer. Don’t care.

7:01–You know, there weren’t an infinite number of dinosaurs in the world. Am I the only person who worries about fossil fuel running out?

7:01–Another Godaddy commercial. I’ve been watching their commercials for years and I’m still unclear who they are or what they do.

7:04–Dudes, water is water. It’s not art.

7:05–Well, SOME of us believe that whoever you are, we accept you. Others want to keep you out of the country.

7:06–Not interested in the tank video game, but I would totally watch “Real Bad Moms.”

7:09–FINALLY a pirates ad with Jack in it. Hoping this film will be better than the previous.

7:10–Well, I’m going to have to watch that Buick commercial again, because Kathleen was laughing so loudly I couldn’t hear the dialogue after Cam Newton showed up.

7:13–Okay, this song goes way better with the movie than the Pirates one did. But Logan is rated R? I guess Deadpool opened that door.

7:14–Say goodbye to limits? Can’t we just say goodbye to Justin Bieber?

717–I hate that that’s a commercial for Honda, but I loved the way it was put together.

7:18–Anthony Hopkins is in Transformers? What the hëll?!

7:20–Oh. Atlanta scored. I’m reading a book during the show and didn’t notice. Well, yay for Kathleen.

7:24–OK, that’s the best Tide commercial I’ve ever seen. Because I don’t recall any others.

7:30–I don’t really drink Coke anymore, but I like their commercials.

7:31–Handmaid’s Tale. I’m there.

7:32–Yeah, my bathroom’s ready. Got a toilet and a roll of toilet paper and that’s all I need, Febreze. And I never noticed before how weirdly you spell your name.

7:45–Jesus, the Falcons are killing them. Kath is happy.

7:46–We were taught all this? Really? I honestly don’t remember being taught any of that.

7:47–I dunno. I go to the gym all the time and nobody there knows my name.

7:50–Historical note. Humpty Dumpty wasn’t an egg. It was a cannon.

7:51–I’ve reached the age of 60 and I still haven’t seen a single Fast and Furious movie. Not sure whether to be proud of that or just indifferent.

7:53–That’s how I felt when somebody else had PeterDavid.com.

7:54–Eh. Wendys hasn’t had a memorable commercial since “Where’s the beef?!”

8:04–Music’s biggest moment of the year? Dude, it’s FEBRUARY.

8:06–So remember, if you have as much money as Lady Gaga, you can be a Tiffany’s customer.

8:10–That was a commercial for LUMBER? I thought it was a dramatization of a mother and daughter trying to sneak into the country. What the hëll was that about?

8:15–Well, now we know what Lady Gaga would be like if she was in Cirque du Soleil.

8:27–Okay, does anyone know if Einstein could really play the violin?

8:29–Scientology? REALLY?

8:32–Where the hëll are commercials with horses?

8:39–Well, yeah, you could tell her something different, but in the world we’re currently living in, the other stuff would be more accurate.

8:40–They sexed up Mr. Clean? Really?

8:41–Okay, that was a great Snickers commercial.

8:46–He probably wouldn’t have been allowed into the country within a few months.

8:47–Well, I’ve never heard of Persil, but if it’s good enough for Bill Nye, I may buy a bottle.

8:55–Between this commercial and her turn as Sean Spicer yesterday on SNL, Melissa McCarthy wins the weekend.

8:56–HALLOWEEN?! Aw, C’MON!

9:06–“A Cure for Wellness.” Yeah, I’m definitely not the target audience for this.

9:07–Oh, “Walking Dead.” For a moment I thought it was a commercial for baseball.

9:11–You know, I never watched the Baywatch TV series, but I might check out the movie.

9:12–So that was Fifty Shades of T-Mobile, I guess.

9:12–Wait, is Geoffrey Rush playing Einstein? Okay, now I’m interested.

9:19–We’re three quarters of the way through the game. Where the hëll are the Clydesdales?!

9:20–I’m sorry, but Tim Horton’s has pretty much ruined Dunkin’ Donuts for me.

9:29–Okay, Morgan Freeman, bringing the class to the Super Bowl. And I’ve flown Turkish Airlines. They were VERY customer conscious.

9:31–All right, fine, I’ll watch Legion! Happy?

9:32–Spuds McKenzie. Jesus Christ.

9:36–My problem is that every time she opens her mouth I picture Mabel from “Gravity Falls.”

9:36–I can’t buy any new video games. All my video game players are out of date.

9:43–Was that Peter Fonda?

9:43–I don’t care about the Simpsons or even the commercials for it: I don’t give a dámņ about the Daytona 500.

10:00–Some cars take your breath away. And some car commercials just bore the crap out of you.

10:02–Finger licking gold? Seriously? Guys, KFC is insanely unhealthy. Just deal with that.

10:12–Christ, this game is going overtime.

10:16–So we’re into repeats on the commercials and the Clydesdales never showed up. I’m done. Good night.

30 comments on “Super Bowl blog

  1. Huh, not even 6:30 and Coke already ran their multi-language version of God Bless America.

  2. If Google-run machines do try to take over, can’t we just say “OK Google, shut down.”?

  3. So, the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ spot ran before the coin toss. I wonder if it will air again.

  4. Ever since we turned off the cable, I’ve been upset by the lie of improved reception with digital broadcasting. Broadcast t.v. for me is unwatchable for all the both audio and video data dropouts. At least with an analog signal it occasionally got through a little snowy, but it GOT THROUGH.

  5. “Anthony Hopkins is in Transformers? What the hëll?!”
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    I’ve been wondering since the tease at the end of Doctor Strange how Loki lost Odin. He apparently exiled him to Bay-land.

  6. Based on what I saw of the commercials during the pre-game and 1st quarter (all I saw while I was out at dinner), the theme seems to be diversity/immigration. Which probably means (more) calls for boycotts and sweet, sweet fascist tears… during a game where the majority of players are African-American.

  7. Hi, Peter.

    The lumber advertisement wasn’t allowed to show the ending. I can’t remember which if it was the NFL or the network. If I remember the Good Morning America story correctly, the ad was critical of Trump’s wall.

    1. That should read, “I can’t remember if it was the NFL or the network that refused to run the ending.”

      1. 84 Lumber also has the full ad up on YouTube. “84 Lumber Super Bowl Commercial – The Entire Journey”

      2. One of the first comments under the full ad talks about how the poster won’t go to 84 Lumber because the ad promotes illegal immigration. That’s assuming that some person in Mexico is watching the Super Bowl, has the internet to see the end of the spot, and says, “Hmmm, I think I’ll go sneak into the USA!”

  8. The story goes Einstein was playing Lina when he came up with E=mc squared. The presence of surfboards and Tasmanian apples is apocryphal at best.

  9. Re 9:36: Much as I loved Kristen Schaal on GRAVITY FALLS, when I hear her voice I think of Louise from BOB’S BURGERS. And when I see and hear her, I think of Carol on the (wildly misnamed) THE LAST MAN ON EARTH

  10. So, voting here was the Kia commercial with Mellisa McCarthy first, the Tide commercial with TB as second!

  11. I didn’t watch the Super Bowl, so I have no idea what most of your comments refer to. I did see the Lumber ad, though, on a news website which showed the whole thing.

    Anyway, the real reason I decided to leave a comment here is because I’ve often read that the Humpty Dumpty cannon story was apocryphal. The most common explanation I’ve heard for the poem is that it was originally a riddle, with Humpty’s identity as an egg being the answer.

    Anyway, I just checked Wikipedia, and it sounds like the true story is still being fought over, but the egg-riddle idea is pretty popular. They mention the cannon story, but it sounds like the evidence for that one is kind of thin (but it doesn’t sound like it can be ruled out completely).

    (I mean that the evidence for the cannon-humpty connection is thin. The cannon itself does appear to be real– there’s merely a lot of doubt that it’s the original HUmpty Dumpty)

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