Super Bowl

I searched for Super Bowl alternatives out of curiousity. In all honesty, I’d forgotten it was this weekend. For many years, Andrew & I went to the same party with the same friends and it was a wonderful tradition – not for the football (at least not for me) but to see these wonderful old friends. But it has since died out – ever since the blizzard of 2000 when no one could get there….. But I digress.

A friend of ours is in tv production. I got an email this morning suggesting a show he did – that is on Sunday: The Puppy Bowl, on Animal Planet. Hard to figure out which is cuter – the puppies or the football players. I suppose I’ll have to choose.

The advertising is a highlight of Super Bowl for me – well really the only part I like. But it’s changing, as you know. Great story from All Things Considered yesterday about web ads being more adventurous than tv ads. And it talks about how last year’s halftime changed the standards of the entire production. It’s reality. But don’t you think it’s a little silly? That Janet Jackson’s stunt could be the impetus to deprive us all of good, interesting, creative television spots?

Kind of reminds me of the time when that kid Billy acted up in 3rd grade and we all had to miss recess. No fair.