Monday, February 07, 2011

Cheeseheads tower over the Terrible Towels in Texas!

Hello, everybody. With the help of MVP Aaron Rodgers, the heavily favored Green Bay Packers prevented the Pittsburgh Steelers' chances of a seventh Vince Lombardi Trophy as they possessed their fourth with a 31-25 victory in Super Bowl XLV Sunday. It was their first win since the Brett Favre era in 1997.

Pittsburgh's Ben Rothlisberger said that his defeat let the city down. Well, there was one other person that grew up in Steel City who also shares the same sentiment: Christina Aguilera!

In what was pretty much a tribute to the late Leslie Nielsen's Frank Drebin character in "The Naked Gun" movies, Aguilera for some stupid reason screwed up the national anthem when she substituted "what so proudly we watched" for "o'er the ramparts we watched." Afterwards, she told the Associated Press,
"I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of it's anthem still came through."

Okay...really???? Let's see: Your last album tanked; you're a single mom after divorcing Jordan Bratman; and your first film "Burlesque" with Cher bombed. Christina, my dear, you butchering the Star Spangled Banner live in front of a billion people on the biggest stage in American sports is not really the end of your career right there, but wasn't one of your songs called "Fighter"? You'll fight through this, I'm sure.

I've live tweeted the game and noticed that one of the trending topics was "Femme Fatale", which happens to be the next album by Britney Spears coming in March. Even though Christina Aguilera's career appears to be in jeopardy after that Super Bowl snafu, Britney's is still flourishing.

However, due to a fire hazard, thousands of fans did see the game alright...outside Cowboys Stadium, as 1,250 temporary seats weren't ready by game time. The NFL apologized for that and said they will invite those disappointed fans to a future Super Bowl and will issue $2,700 in refunds.

The Super Bowl was also couples' night, as Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough, and even former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush. Also in attendance: John Travolta, Keith Urban (both minus their spouses), and Jennifer Aniston.

By the way: The game was watched by 111 million viewers, which is enough to eclipse Super Bowl XLIV last year (won by the New Orleans Saints) as the most-watched television broadcast of all-time by five million!!!

"Glee's" Lea Michele prior to Aguilera's foul-up did "America The Beautiful", and Fergie stay true to her word by not pulling a Janet Jackson while she and the rest of the Black Eyed Peas along with Slash and Usher rocked halftime. Apparently, the only malfunction Fergie suffered was an audio malfunction, as her microphone shorted out while performing. Overall, it was Usher who overshadowed the Peas.

And then, of course, were the additional bits of entertainment between the game we call "commercials". There are so many of course, so here are:

My top ten favorite commercials from Super Bowl XLV

10. Mini's "Cram It In The Boot" (I'd rather cram this down my throat!)

9. GoDaddy with Danica Patrick (of course), Jillian Michaels, and Joan Rivers as the new face of GoDaddy.co (excuse me while I puke at the sight of the latter when you realize that the body double is that of Tabitha Taylor)

8. Snickers with Roseanne and Richard Lewis (We love Betty White; Betty White has been a television icon for generations young and old...sorry, Roseanne, you're no Betty White!)

7. Pepsi Max's "Love Hurts" (hurts so much that that couple should be arrested for hitting that blonde in the can)

6. Best Buy featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber (looking forward to the sequel in which Ozzy asks, "What's a Ke$ha?")

5. Kia Optima's "One Epic Ride" ('nuff said)

4. Kim Kardashian for Skechers Shape-Ups (okay...this has to be the sexiest Super Bowl ad ever, blowing Cindy Crawford (Pepsi) and Ali Landry (Doritos) out of the water! And why is that? It's Kim Kardashian, dammit!!!)

3. Bud Light's "Dog Sitter" (Talk about who really let the dogs out! By the way, it was also tied for #1 in "USA Today's" Ad Meter)

2. TIE: NFL's "Best. Fans. Ever." (I even tried to keep count of how many shows they featured in the ad)/Volkswagen's "The Force" (which has gotten over 15 million views on YouTube and counting)

The other #1 in "USA Today's" annual Ad Meter also belonged to Doritos for its "Pug Attack" spot, but this is my #1 favorite commercial from Super Bowl XLV:

1. Chrysler's "Imported From Detroit"
(Let's face it: Car ads dominated this year, and Chrysler's with Eminem was proof that the American automobile industry is back and stronger than ever)

Coca-Cola once again doesn't make my top ten, but I did like "Border" and "Siege." Mercedes Benz's "Welcome" featuring Sean "Diddy" Combs also gets an honorable mention as well. Some of the ads were already on YouTube a few days before they aired during the Super Bowl, which explains the immense buzz.

The Green Bay Packers returned home Monday with a victory rally to follow Tuesday at Lambeau Field. But there's one person from one area who would love to bring that trophy home for all to see, and that is North Pole's Daryn Colledge. Sure, the Stanley Cup will be coming here for public display later this month, but I would rather plant my lips on the Vince Lombardi Trophy instead of drinking from the Stanley Cup. You talk about a hometown boy really making good? We have it. So long and stay strong.

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