We’re casual football fans in the Atticus enjoys the game while rooting for the Giants.
3:00 p.m. – Fox ushers in The Big Event with a CGI robot dude that looks awfully similar to one of the “Transformers.” Hmm, wasn’t that a Paramount movie? I smell copyright suit . . .
3:01 – Ahhh, Joe Buck (a.k.a., “Buckhead”). My old nemesis. At least there’s no Tim McCarver (a.k.a., “Beavis”).
3:13 – Patriots take the field. History is about to be made. Or not.
3:16 – A “Sarah Connor Chronicles” ad. Terminators, baby! NOW we’re talking entertainment.
3:19 – Jordan Sparks, who apparently was a runner-up in American Idol, does a lovely job with the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Jets fly above, people cheer. Here at home, we have Abita beer and chips. Life is good.
3:21 – The first movie ad! Owen Wilson teaches kids about “mind over pain.” Seeing how he attempted suicide last year, I hope the kids aren’t listening too closely.
3:36 – The first "real" ads! Bud Light delivers a big laugh with a fire-breathing drinker and a singed cat. I’m still not drinking Bud Light. But Laura and I are smitten with the new Audi. We'll take two, please!
3:45 – NY draws “first blood” (thanks Joe Buck, for that riveting and obvious call). Still, it's nice to see the Giants winning. Wish this was baseball.
3:46 – It must suck to be Sales Genie, coming after the hilarious Pepsi Max ad.
4:00 – Patriots take the lead. Now it feels like our Giants.
4:07 – MyTalkingStain.com has got to be the nastiest Website we’ll see tonight.
4:30(ish) – Hey, a train! Pulled by a Budweiser Clydesdale . . . does that count as a remote unit?
4:40 – Laura is teaching Kat about football. She gets it, but is still more excited about the Prince Caspian ad.
5:00 – Halftime with Tom Petty. We’re reasonably assured of no wardrobe malfunction.
5:26 – Game resumes. Giants are keeping Brady and the Patriots off-balance.
6:10 – Giants make a biiig touchdown.
6:39 – Patriots make a bigger touchdown.
[*Side note - There’s always a moment in our place where the excitement drops noticeably and the game becomes background noise. That isn’t happening this year.]
6:52 – An amazing Giants catch. Our cheers cleared out the cats.
6:55 – WOW. Manning and Burress!! They score what will be the final touchdown. Giants lead again with 39 seconds left. Good thing the cats cleared the room.
7:00 (ish) – Giants win!
7:07 – “What do we do now?” asks one of the Giants players’ wives as they bask amid post-game confetti and media madness. “Just take it all in,” her smiling hubby answers.
After one of the best Super Bowls we’ve ever seen, Laura sums it up: “That was a game worth watching.”
A few non-game stats:
BEST AD: How inspiring was the “NFL True Story” ad for Chester Pitts, the "Oboe Man?" Bridgestone gets the runner-up nod.
BEST MOVIE AD: Iron Man.
Best ads for a beer that we’ll still never drink: Bud Light.
Hey, if we close our eyes, we can pretend it’s OUR Giants who just won the big prize. Nah, it still doesn’t work.
3:01 – Ahhh, Joe Buck (a.k.a., “Buckhead”). My old nemesis. At least there’s no Tim McCarver (a.k.a., “Beavis”).
3:13 – Patriots take the field. History is about to be made. Or not.
3:16 – A “Sarah Connor Chronicles” ad. Terminators, baby! NOW we’re talking entertainment.
3:19 – Jordan Sparks, who apparently was a runner-up in American Idol, does a lovely job with the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Jets fly above, people cheer. Here at home, we have Abita beer and chips. Life is good.
3:21 – The first movie ad! Owen Wilson teaches kids about “mind over pain.” Seeing how he attempted suicide last year, I hope the kids aren’t listening too closely.
3:36 – The first "real" ads! Bud Light delivers a big laugh with a fire-breathing drinker and a singed cat. I’m still not drinking Bud Light. But Laura and I are smitten with the new Audi. We'll take two, please!
3:45 – NY draws “first blood” (thanks Joe Buck, for that riveting and obvious call). Still, it's nice to see the Giants winning. Wish this was baseball.
3:46 – It must suck to be Sales Genie, coming after the hilarious Pepsi Max ad.
4:00 – Patriots take the lead. Now it feels like our Giants.
4:07 – MyTalkingStain.com has got to be the nastiest Website we’ll see tonight.
4:30(ish) – Hey, a train! Pulled by a Budweiser Clydesdale . . . does that count as a remote unit?
4:40 – Laura is teaching Kat about football. She gets it, but is still more excited about the Prince Caspian ad.
5:00 – Halftime with Tom Petty. We’re reasonably assured of no wardrobe malfunction.
5:26 – Game resumes. Giants are keeping Brady and the Patriots off-balance.
6:10 – Giants make a biiig touchdown.
6:39 – Patriots make a bigger touchdown.
[*Side note - There’s always a moment in our place where the excitement drops noticeably and the game becomes background noise. That isn’t happening this year.]
6:52 – An amazing Giants catch. Our cheers cleared out the cats.
6:55 – WOW. Manning and Burress!! They score what will be the final touchdown. Giants lead again with 39 seconds left. Good thing the cats cleared the room.
7:00 (ish) – Giants win!
7:07 – “What do we do now?” asks one of the Giants players’ wives as they bask amid post-game confetti and media madness. “Just take it all in,” her smiling hubby answers.
After one of the best Super Bowls we’ve ever seen, Laura sums it up: “That was a game worth watching.”
A few non-game stats:
BEST AD: How inspiring was the “NFL True Story” ad for Chester Pitts, the "Oboe Man?" Bridgestone gets the runner-up nod.
BEST MOVIE AD: Iron Man.
Best ads for a beer that we’ll still never drink: Bud Light.
Hey, if we close our eyes, we can pretend it’s OUR Giants who just won the big prize. Nah, it still doesn’t work.
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