Last night's game was a classic SuperBowl. Some thoughts:
*Like most SuperBowls, the teams played tight, the rhythm of the game was stiff and awkward, and big plays and turnovers basically decided the outcome.
*Seattle owned the game in terms of time of possession and yardage, but when you double up a team at half-time in terms of time of possession and you haven't scored more than 3 points (indeed, you're losing 7-3), you're giving the game away.
*There was definitely some questionable officiating (my Fantasy Football listserve chatter has been all over this).
*Mick Jagger showed us what happens to your 'singing voice' when you spend most of your life abusing it with various substances or just poor technique.
*My favorite 'spot' wasn't an add, but Harrison Ford along with others doing the SuperBowl re-mix of "Oh, The Places You'll Go" just before kick-off. I appreciate the nod to Dr. Seuss--although I have some issues with "The Cat in the Hat" that I'll save for another day's post.
*Several women students have told me that they love "Gray's Anatomy" and I got the idea that the ladies dug it more than the men. In consulting with Wesley Wilcox about this, she said that it was 'like E.R. but more soap-opera-y and less medical.' Does E.R. even do medicine any more? Anyway, I watched part of "Gray's Anatomy" after the SuperBowl and turned it off half-way without any problems. Can someone fill me in, here? What am I missing?
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in defense of "Gray's"... i will agree with Wesley for the most part -- it's less medical than ER. i find it to be a great mix between ER and Scrubs, there's drama, there's comedy, there's incredible character development. it's soap-y in that it helps to know the characters and basic plot line going into any given episode, but it doesn't take long to get the gist of it. george is quite possibly the greatest character ever written, i am terribly in love with him. cristina (sandra oh) is hilarious and raw even though she holds in any real emotion. i will say that last night's episode was for the 'already fans'. i noticed the ways that they really tried to suck those of us who know and love the characters into staying up too late post-football (yes, it's not the typical Sunday night football crowd that watches Gray's). there was less dialogue and more drama than usual, which doesn't highlight the shows greatest strength (i.e. not the best episode to judge it on). i watch it with my housemates as our great bonding moment of the week (Kristin is somewhat of an anomoly and has never watched a TV show regularly....until Gray's). but many of the biggest fans i know are men. just throwing that out there. you might want to consider giving it another chance. but then again, you've seen me get into medical TV shows ;-)
ugh. Harrison Ford's part in SBXL was my least favorite part. Every time he came on screen I thought, "What on earth does he have to do with football?"
But it was over soon enough and on to the main event! I was glad to see the Steelers take it.
katie, thanks for the help, i'll give it another shot if i don't have anything better to do...like trim my nose hairs.
macon, you're such a whiner about harrison ford. don't you realize he's like an american institution? what does al michaels have to do with football? all i've got to say is that indiana jones can be on any football pre-game show he wants.
well, I would prefer an actual American Institution, as opposed to someone like an American Institution. :-)
I think the opening would have been much better if they'd just played the "Are You Ready For Some Football?!!??" theme.
Macon, I can see your point. Indeed, lost in all the SuperBowl hype was the fact that after something like 35 years, the NFL is leaving ABC in order for Monday night football to move over to ESPN (still under the monolithic global hegemon of the evil empire of Walt Disney). I think that Al and John were getting a little wistful at the end of the game during their sign-off, although I can't imagine that they wouldn't be doing the games on ESPN.
Willis, I have to confess that I was drawn in by the sirens of the "code black." You're a better man than I am, to be sure.
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