Call them the Sixburgh Steelers!
Hello, everybody. In what was quite an epic clash till the end, the heavily-favored Pittsburgh Steelers deflated Kurt Warner's Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII earning them their sixth unprecedented Vince Lombardi Trophy, all thanks to Most Valuable Player Santonio Holmes' last-minute touchdown with less than 45 seconds left.
The game was viewed by 95.4 million people, making it not only the second most-watched game behind Super Bowl XLII last year (when the New England Patriots' chances for perfection weren't to be), but is now the third most-watched program in televison history, sending the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of "Dallas" to #4!
Before and during the game, our entertainment was provided by Journey, Faith Hill with "America The Beautiful", Jennifer Hudson's first performance since the family murders with the national anthem, Bruce Springsteen rocking us at halftime...and of course, minutes of commercials. There are so many to look back to, so for the second time I'm counting down...
Hello, everybody. In what was quite an epic clash till the end, the heavily-favored Pittsburgh Steelers deflated Kurt Warner's Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII earning them their sixth unprecedented Vince Lombardi Trophy, all thanks to Most Valuable Player Santonio Holmes' last-minute touchdown with less than 45 seconds left.
The game was viewed by 95.4 million people, making it not only the second most-watched game behind Super Bowl XLII last year (when the New England Patriots' chances for perfection weren't to be), but is now the third most-watched program in televison history, sending the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of "Dallas" to #4!
Before and during the game, our entertainment was provided by Journey, Faith Hill with "America The Beautiful", Jennifer Hudson's first performance since the family murders with the national anthem, Bruce Springsteen rocking us at halftime...and of course, minutes of commercials. There are so many to look back to, so for the second time I'm counting down...
My Top Ten Favorite Commercials from Super Bowl XLIII
10. MacGruber featuring Richard Dean "MacGyver" Anderson for Pepsi (Will Arnett doesn't impress me)
9. Careerbuilder.com (I would've ranked it higher if it was just a five-second ad of just the koala being punched)
8. GoDaddy (DAMN YOU, DANICA PATRICK!!!!!!!! They should dump her and get Jamie-Lynn Sigler or Anna Kournikova!)
7. The return of the E*Trade babies (a bit more cuter than last year)
6. "Vroom Vroom Party Starter", aka Conan O'Brien pitching for Bud Light in Sweden (next year, it'll be Craig Ferguson hawking Miller Lite in Japan)
5. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head for Bridgestone (would've been funnier if the sheep were replaced by either Richard Simmons (from last year) or Vince, the ShamWow guy)
4. TIE: Pepsi Max "I'm Good" (more like "I'm really, really hurt and need to go to the hospital!"/Coke Zero's remake of the Mean Joe Greene Coca-Cola ad (I guess this is why the Steelers won)
3. ANOTHER TIE: Budweiser Clydesdale fetching the stick/Pedigree (for the latter, they tried to get a lion, but one of them were too busy mauling the Detroit Lions)
2. The two Doritos ads, including the "Free Doritos" one (By the way...the lady who got stripped to her lingerie in the "Power Of The Crunch" ad is Christina Wildes; keep an eye on her and take note of that name, 'cause just like Ali Landry, she's going to be very, very big!)
9. Careerbuilder.com (I would've ranked it higher if it was just a five-second ad of just the koala being punched)
8. GoDaddy (DAMN YOU, DANICA PATRICK!!!!!!!! They should dump her and get Jamie-Lynn Sigler or Anna Kournikova!)
7. The return of the E*Trade babies (a bit more cuter than last year)
6. "Vroom Vroom Party Starter", aka Conan O'Brien pitching for Bud Light in Sweden (next year, it'll be Craig Ferguson hawking Miller Lite in Japan)
5. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head for Bridgestone (would've been funnier if the sheep were replaced by either Richard Simmons (from last year) or Vince, the ShamWow guy)
4. TIE: Pepsi Max "I'm Good" (more like "I'm really, really hurt and need to go to the hospital!"/Coke Zero's remake of the Mean Joe Greene Coca-Cola ad (I guess this is why the Steelers won)
3. ANOTHER TIE: Budweiser Clydesdale fetching the stick/Pedigree (for the latter, they tried to get a lion, but one of them were too busy mauling the Detroit Lions)
2. The two Doritos ads, including the "Free Doritos" one (By the way...the lady who got stripped to her lingerie in the "Power Of The Crunch" ad is Christina Wildes; keep an eye on her and take note of that name, 'cause just like Ali Landry, she's going to be very, very big!)
The "Free Doritos" commercial may have been tops in "USA Today's" annual AdMeter poll, but this is my #1 favorite from Super Bowl XLIII:
1. Budweiser Clydesdale Circus
(Just like the Clydesdale Team from last year, purely tender)
The other big sports story of the weekend belonged to Olympian Michael Phelps, whose photo of him being caught smoking marijuana published in a British tabloid had him in hot water. In a statement, he said "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again." The International Olympic Committee ultimately accepted his apology.
I think Phelps took his new-found fame a bit too far, and I'm sure he's already learned from his mistake.
And last but not least...public radio listeners here in Fairbanks got some very super news when the cancellation of three shows led to the pickups of three new shows; one of them was worth the, uh..."wait, wait" after quite a while.
KUAC informed listeners on that "Calling All Pets", "AK", and "St. Paul Sunday", all airing on Sunday mornings, have been canceled. Starting next Sunday, "Pets" will be replaced by "On The Media", "St. Paul Sunday" by National Public Radio's "From The Top", and perhaps the most joyous news of them all...the extremely popular "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!" also from NPR, which I have been enjoying online and/or on my iPod for a couple of years, replaces "AK"!!!!
I think KUAC made a right move in revising their Sunday morning lineup, because after all...Ryan Seacrest with his "American Top 40" isn't all that entertaining but "Wait, Wait" is. So long and stay strong.
1. Budweiser Clydesdale Circus
(Just like the Clydesdale Team from last year, purely tender)
The other big sports story of the weekend belonged to Olympian Michael Phelps, whose photo of him being caught smoking marijuana published in a British tabloid had him in hot water. In a statement, he said "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again." The International Olympic Committee ultimately accepted his apology.
I think Phelps took his new-found fame a bit too far, and I'm sure he's already learned from his mistake.
And last but not least...public radio listeners here in Fairbanks got some very super news when the cancellation of three shows led to the pickups of three new shows; one of them was worth the, uh..."wait, wait" after quite a while.
KUAC informed listeners on that "Calling All Pets", "AK", and "St. Paul Sunday", all airing on Sunday mornings, have been canceled. Starting next Sunday, "Pets" will be replaced by "On The Media", "St. Paul Sunday" by National Public Radio's "From The Top", and perhaps the most joyous news of them all...the extremely popular "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!" also from NPR, which I have been enjoying online and/or on my iPod for a couple of years, replaces "AK"!!!!
I think KUAC made a right move in revising their Sunday morning lineup, because after all...Ryan Seacrest with his "American Top 40" isn't all that entertaining but "Wait, Wait" is. So long and stay strong.
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