Winner or Loser? The 2004 Superbowl Halftime Show

[McKenna]

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[shereads]

It wasn't nearly as embarrassing as the pregame salute to dead astronauts. Man, does America know how to demean the dead, or what? What was the floaty man-putting-flag-on-the-moon business about. Did the President script the thing?

 

[shereads]

Best thing to ever come out of a SuperBowl was the Bud "Whazzup" commercials, of which the series pinnacle was the Young White Executives' version: "What are YOU doing?" Heehee.

 

[McKenna]

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[McKenna]

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[shereads]

I might have to disagree with this one. I thought the Budweiser frogs were quite the thing, when they first came out that is. But, as with most things, they start to get annoying if they're over done.

Case in point: Can you hear me now?

Whazzup?

WHAZZUP?

Wasabi!

 

[Guest]

 

[McKenna]

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[dee1124]

lackluster at best...even Janet's tit couldn't revive it...

That pretty much describes most Superbowls, except for the ones my team won.

 

[dee1124]

Oh yeah, McKenna, I meant to add, "Oy vey iz mir! Ich darf es vi a loch in kopf!" Oh woe, I need it like a hole in the head!

 

[McKenna]

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[dee1124]

Oy vey! Ik heb een gaat in mijn hoofd helemaal niet nodig!

Hey! My Instant Yiddish book doesn't do Yiddish to English!

 

[McKenna]

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[dee1124]

It's Dutch. I just said I didn't need a hole in my head.

Should have known, those double vowels should be a dead give-away.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

Who cares about the half time show???? My team is down by one!

 

[McKenna]

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[dee1124]

You mean there's a game going on? WTF?!

Heh. No worries, hon, baseball starts soon.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

Heh. No worries, hon, baseball starts soon.

yeah, then it can be the sox torturing me

 

[dee1124]

yeah, then it can be the sox torturing me

Well, people eat hot peppers, whose active ingredient works directly on the pain sensors in the mouth (not to mention the rest of the digestive tract), so rooting for the Sox can't be that bad.

 

[dee1124]

I take it back, that game was a close-run thing.

 

[English Lady]

I am soooooo glad you Americans weren't impressed with all the halftime shinanigans either...I was really starting to doubt the integrity and sanity of the American public....


So what was the score and such...I couldn't stay awake till the end*L* (went to bed shortly after the tit flashing....she had to do something..her miming was dreadful!)

 

[Vincent E]

I was going to start a thread titled "Janet Jackson's Tit," but since this is a Super Bowl themed thread I don't think I'm hijacking it.

Once again the league that does not allow excessive celebrating in the endzone puts on an over the top production. The league that has uniform police on the sidelines handing out fines if shirts are not tucked in gave us a glimpse of Michael's sister's boob.

From Beyonce's ovedrawn and sappy "rendition" on the national anthem, to bearded country western singers, to ancient rockers cutting down the length of their signature song (I missed the beginning. Did Aerosmith parachute in?), and a ridiculous half-time production by the braindead trust at MTV (Moron Television), the NFL gave me plenty of time to refresh my hot wings and top off my beer.

Then there was a football game.

I turned down CBS and listened to the local radio broadcast so I was spared the horse flatulence commercial, but I bet it sucked. I did see the dog-bites-man's-crotch commercial. It sucked. When will the adolescent dickwads who make beer commercials come to understand that crotch humor hasn't bee humorous since 1981. Benny Hill did it, and then everyone else should have stopped. But nnnnoooooo, we keep getting more broken testicle jokes. Maybe the Jimmy Hendricks commercial was good. At least it was tasteful.

As for Janet and Justin and the "wardrobe malfunction," hey Justin, please don't make the mistake of thinking that I am as brain dead as the teeny boppers with shit taste in music who buy your crap and hand off a half-assed excuse in which you hedged.

Oh well, if anyone was offended I apologize. Hey junior, when you apologize, apologize without hedging your language. Who the hell do you think you are, Bill Clinton?

As for the perported malfunction, Janet - Miss Jackson if you please - did not exactly seem surprised at the liberation of her mammary. Ladies, tell me something, in real life away from the bedroom if someone pops your tit loose, is your reaction to stand there and look at it or is it to cover up immediately? It seemed to me that a couple of media whores decided to make a spectacle of themselves to get just a little more attention than a billion people watching the game provided.

It would be nice to see Tom Jones or Tony Bennet doing a halftime show, but that isn't happening anytime soon.

That being said, damn what a game!

Go Pats!

English Lady, Carolina went up 22-21. New England went up 29-22 on the next drive. Carolina tied it at 29-29 on the next drive. New England won on a 41-yard field goal with 4 seconds left in the game on the next drive. Final score was 32-29.

New England finishes the season with a 15-game winning streak, the second longest in NFL history. They now have won ten games against opponents with 10 or more wins, an NFL record.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Produced by M-TV...

I know I am dating myself here, but does anyone else remember when M-TV played music videos?

As to Janet's boob, you should all remember she did a fully nude photo shoot for playboy. Love her, hate her, or totally indifferent to her it has to be accepted that nudity dosen't bother her. Unless you were too young to buy it yourself, or to get your older brother too, I have the feeling most of the guys who were watching the game have alreeady seen a lot more than her boob

I am not really scandalized by it, this is the era of self promotion and if they aren't already out there you can bet that little clip of the half-time show will get as much play on the internet as any highlight from the game.

-Colly

 

[Vincent E]

Colleen, not to split hairs but I think you're confusing Janet with LaToya. Now if it had been Latoya out there she would have gone on stage naked. however, I do agree with your assessment that janet is probably not to shamed by being nude in front of 75,000 football fans live. I would just imagine that anyone's first natural reaction would be to cover up somehow, not stand there shining her nipple ring in the lime light. It is the disingenuousness of the "apology" that gets my ire.

Speaking of naked, how about super dope dancing an Irish jig before the start of the second half. Here we are in the age of tight security and a permanent yellow alert and the Reliant Stadium security lets some dope run out onto the field to drop trou for an impromptu Riverdance. The Patriots' Matt Chatham laid the fool out when he ran towards the Patriots receiving team.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Colleen, not to split hairs but I think you're confusing Janet with LaToya. Now if it had been Latoya out there she would have gone on stage naked. however, I do agree with your assessment that janet is probably not to shamed by being nude in front of 75,000 football fans live. I would just imagine that anyone's first natural reaction would be to cover up somehow, not stand there shining her nipple ring in the lime light. It is the disingenuousness of the "apology" that gets my ire.

Speaking of naked, how about super dope dancing an Irish jig before the start of the second half. Here we are in the age of tight security and a permanent yellow alert and the Reliant Stadium security lets some dope run out onto the field to drop trou for an impromptu Riverdance. The Patriots' Matt Chatham laid the fool out when he ran towards the Patriots receiving team.

Thanks Vincent. Getting my Jackson's confused No disagreement from me on your first reaction theory. In general an accident causes you to react quickly, if not always in the most rational way. It looked staged to me.

-Colly

-Colly