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Monday, February 02, 2009

Vegas Didn't Have Odds on THIS!

I did not watch the Super Bowl...well, OK, I watched the last ten minutes or so because I was waiting for the new episode of "The Office" to come on. Generally, I don't watch much football though I will more often than not watch a Packers' game: I mean, I work for them after all so I should give them a little love. But the Super Bowl? nah. My theory is this: if 94 million people are doing the same thing at the same time, I don't want to be doing it. I feel more than a little rebellious at the time, but, of course, I've missed some big events by adhering to that policy. To wit:
I missed the famous "wardrobe malfunction" featuring Janet Jackson. Well, I missed it live though there were replays galore (hey, I'm a guy!). All the hilarious commercials are available on the internet now so there's little real reason to watch the game especially when it features two teams in which I'm not really interested. People usually anticipate some kind of excitement or shocking development.
However, this year's shocker wasn't the way the game ended...not even close. This year's "malfunction" made Janet Jackson's quasi-covered breast nearly unmentionable. This year's contest featured an interruption following Larry Fitzgerald's second touchdown of the fourth quarter with a 30-second interruption from "Club Jenna" a porn channel sponsored by Comcast. The only thing that stopped most of us from seeing it was that it was aired solely in the Phoenix area. Comcast offcials are claiming to be aghast that something like that could happen...right! And I could see London Bridge in Arizona, too!
Fact is, Comcast makes a huge pile of money with porn channels, and it would appear that they have just gotten 30 seconds worth of "free" airtime in the Phoenix area...during the Super Bowl! Think of the millions they saved! Also consider the free publicity that's sizzling all over the internet and in print media as we write/read. Believe me, this was no accident. In case you're curious but not interested enough to search the internet for the video, let's just say that "the full Monty" just about covers the action...supposedly.
Awaiting such developments will not convince me to watch more football, though...this in spite of the fact that I am a guy.

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