the superbowl has become a parody of itself

[Problem Child]

How many people really look forward to it? I mean, seriously, six or seven hours of pre-game shows? And that's only on the day of the game.

Who's doing the half-time show this year, Jesus Christ, back from calvary with the George Harrison, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison backing him up? Maybe he'll turn all the fan's bottled water into wine for them.

The hype is incredible, even for America. And then the game usually sucks- generally a blow out one way or the other. As I type this, they are profiling some players dad who went to Viet Nam with the music from the Full Metal Jacket latrine scene playing in the background. Very ominous "I am in a world of shit, Joker...". Good God...what the fuck does the super bowl have to do with vee-ett fucking nam?

The Super bowl hype is a joke...sports in America is a joke. It's all too much money payed to a bunch of whiny crybabies. Fuck the market...$105,000,000 over 5 years is too much money for Lincoln, Ghandi, Einstein or ANY professional athlete.

Jesus Fuck! Some GI in Afghanistan just proposed to his girlfriend on air. I hope she says no. I hope she's fucking the bagboy at Ralph's grocery store and he's puttin' it in her ass and then giving her a facial. What the fuck does this have to do with football?

What happened to the days of the Lombardi's packers or the Jets vs. the colts. Guys would play with a broken leg for 50K a year.

I'll admit that I subscribed to Fox just to watch the game, but the whole time I'm thinking I'll probably just watch it until the Rams get a 21 pt. lead. Yeah, I'm a small part of the problem...I admit it.

 

[April]

I didn't even know it was on tonight until today.

Who's playing?

 

[morninggirl5]

It's the Rams vs Patriots.


Why on earth does the pre-game show last for 3 hours???? So everyone will start the party early and be so drunk they don't realize the game truly sucks.

 

[April]

Not many watchers here. Midnight on a Sunday is not conducive to either watching football or working the next morning.

 

[SimplySouthern]

So young.

So angry.

Damn that rap music.

 

[Cheyenne]

Ah, no wonder Target and the grocery store were just so empty! I knew the game was tonight, but I forgot about the hours of pre-show. Thank you to everyone who stayed out of the stores this afternoon.

As for the halftime show- I heard on a radio station that everyone is lipsyncing to their music except for U2. The quote was something like "pardon me, but we thought we'd do something novel, like actually perform for the show."

I'll watch the commercials and half time. During the actual game I catch up on my reading.

 

[Elizabeth]

Since I'm not working today, it's just another industrial-sized cooking marathon for me. I like the commercials and the half-time show is pretty amusing. Right now, I am just getting off my feet and taking a break..maybe no one will ask me for a beer in the next 5 min.

 

[riff]

PC, you STOLE MY LINE!

I've almost come to hate it like New Years Eve.

Sometimes it seems that everything is a parody of itself.

 

[Starblayde]

I think the superb owl is overhyped and over-exploited... for the equivalent soccer game in england (the F.A. Cup) we get a lot of hype one band on before the match, and thats it.

Its still the best cup competition in sport though...magic....

And the fact my team hold it at the moment is a moot point (but have got knocked out this year already, damn!)