I had no idea that the Nielsen Company was this detailed. They actually provide individual ratings for the TV commercials shown during the Super Bowl. The most-watched commercial was the Doritos “Snack Attack Samurai” ad, followed by the “Green Police” Audi ad. The least-watched? The Focus on the Family anti-abortion ad starring Tim Tebow and [...]
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Peyton Manning refuses to shake Saints’ hands
I don’t want to pile on to the Colts’ loss in the Super Bowl, but when other people have avoided post-loss handshakes it’s made headlines so I think this deserves some comment. It seems Colts quarterback Peyton Manning wasn’t interested in sticking around to shake the hands of the New Orleans Saints after he blew [...]
CBS: No gays. But violence, sex, drugs OK.
I’ve rarely been as pissed at the Super Bowl ads as I was yesterday. CBS rejected two gay-themed ads (albeit the production value of one was so low that I would have rejected it) because of their “standards,” yet the commercials they allowed unleashed a barrage of violence, alcohol and nudity. They rejected a fun, [...]
Watch the bizarre Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad
What were they thinking? The Focus on the Family ad that aired during the Super Bowl aimed at fighting abortion instead promoted domestic violence with Tim Tebow tackling his mother. When it aired, everyone at the party looked at each other with a “what in hell did I just see” look. You can see it [...]
Donny Deutsch: Not enough gays watch football
Outspoken advertising maven Donny Deutsch has weighed in on the rejected Mancrunch ad for the Super Bowl saying not enough gays watch football to warrant the ad buy. He told Larry King:
It’s hard to argue that it makes sense to reach a very targeted audience of gay males in America by advertising to this mass [...]
CBS helped write Focus on the Family script
Not only has CBS agreed to break its policy against political advocacy ads, but they helped the anti-gay Focus on the Family craft their anti-abortion commercial starring Tim Tebow! Gary Schneeberger, spokesperson for Focus on the Family, told the Daily Beast:
We’ve worked with [CBS] almost since the beginning. Our senior vice presidents talked to CBS [...]
Mancrunch Super Bowl ad is really bad. Hoax?
For everyone (including myself) who wanted to say CBS’s potential rejection of the Mancrunch ad featuring two men kissing implied some homophobia, I present you evidence to another possibility: This is a terrible ad. It’s clear the site owners had absolutely no intention of this ever making it to the air; It wouldn’t pass the [...]
CBS hasn’t approved Mancrunch, GoDaddy ads
The excuses are running out for CBS regarding their decision to air an advocacy ad against abortion, created by the hate group Focus on the Family and starring Tim Tebow, during the Super Bowl. The latest is news they rejected a gay-themed ad from GoDaddy.com that showed a former pro football player who had become [...]
Tim Tebow’s really bad day on- and off-field
Yesterday was not a good day for Tim Tebow. On top of a bad day of practice for the Senior Bowl, the former Florida quarterback who has cut a commercial for Focus on the Family is the target of a protest by a coalition of women’s organizations unhappy with the anti-abortion-rights message of Tebow’s commercial. [...]
Would you trade three rings for 19-0?
On his ESPN radio show yesterday, former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin said he’d trade in his three Super Bowl rings and his Hall of Fame jacket to go 19-0 one season.
I’d give them all back for perfection. Being the best for a season (Super Bowl champ) is great but being one of the greatest of [...]
SB XLIII: sloppy but fun
Before the Super Bowl got under way I came up with what I thought might be the typical perspective on the game coming from an Eagles fan:
Arizona wins: “I can’t believe the Steelers lost! What a bunch of chokers!”
Pittsburgh wins a close one: “Dammit, the Eagles could’ve beaten Pittsburgh — if only they had beaten [...]
Brenda Warner’s baaaaaack
During the St. Louis Rams’ two runs to the Super Bowl, one wife somehow grabbed the attention of the TV cameras more than any in a long time. Kurt Warner’s wife Brenda seemed to the Georgia Frontiere of the Warner family, even though Warner was taking home MVP trophies. The cameras at the Super Bowl [...]
A snoozer in Tampa?
Is it just me, or does this Super Bowl have all the makings of a snoozer? No disrespect to the two teams involved, but I can’t remember a Super Bowl I had less interest in. For each of the last seven years, I feel we’ve been blessed with great storylines, heroes and villains headed into [...]
Obama roots for Steelers, inspires Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are playing the “no respect” card in the Super Bowl to the hilt, pointing out that President Barack Obama is rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dan Rooney, Steelers owner and lifelong Republican, was a key supporter of Obama in the election in the key swing state of Pennsylvania. In addition, Cardinals owner [...]
