Sunday, February 01, 2009

Super Bowl Ads So Far

The Super Bowl ads I've seen so far have not been so great. Many are Sexist. Pornographically so, in some cases. I think about the families watching and the image of women this portrays, both to little girls and little boys. The most notable, a Doritas ad where a man gets his wishes when he bites on a Dorita. This includes disrobing an unsuspecting woman walking the sidewalk. Then some website ad, where frat boys are building a website where they can put any woman they want in a steaming shower.

The woman bashing continues with two potato heads in a car speeding along a highway, with the woman potato head being an annoying nagger, until they plow into some sheep and she loses her potato head lips.

And with a strange ad about a woman getting flowers in a box, and what that really says, including dissing cats and telling her "nobody wants to see you naked".

Dissing cats is common in football circles and in women bashing circles I think. You won't see dogs dissed in super bowl ads I bet.

Reminds me of the wardrobe error of Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's performance. Although it was Timberlake who ripped off the article of clothing, it was Janet Jackson who took all the flack. None of it fell on Timberlake. And like a true man without balls, Timberlake did not defend Jackson whatsoever and let her bear the whole brunt of conservative America's wrath. I bet there will be no outcry over the pornographic portrayal of women in some of these ads, however.

I guess it's the mentality of those the ad companies think they're targeting. I think it's quite indicative of the stupid ad companies mentalities more than anything else. I would guess they're a bunch of control freak asshole self-hating lonely masturbating-in=the-rest area type triple AAA's who produce such ads. That's my guess. It's really very sad. When you can't think of something creative, disrobe women and diss cats. Very very sad. I cry for them. Wait. I can't make the tears come. Oh well.

I am waiting for the half time show. I am a diehard long time Springsteen fan.

I liked one commercial, some oil for your engine ad, I think it was. The guy has chimps everywhere working on his car. A friend walks up and asks "what's with all the chimps?" Anyhow, the friend finally says "Strange Days" and the guy with the chimps working on his car, and one his lap replies "Strange days indeed" and kisses the chimp on his lap. That was funny! That's the only one I"ve liked so far. The Cars.com one was sort of ok. The rest---not so standoutish, medicore in fact.

Wait, I liked the show off horse ad, too. And I liked the ad for "Heros". Now that was funny.

The funniest ad of all? A strange one for Hula. It featured Alec Baldwin mocking the American mush brained TV and computer users, equating the stupidification of human beings via mindless TV and computer use with an alien plot to conquer humans. It was funny, but guiltily disturbing and it made me want to blow up my TV and computer immediately. Obviously I didn't.

My gosh Bruce and the E street boys put on a show. He started with the song he started out with long ago===The E Street Shuffle/10th Ave. Freezeout then went on to perhaps his most famous song--Born to Run. "Tramps like us, Baby we were born to run".... He slipped into a new song and was joined in singing it by a church choir. And he finished with Glory Days, modifying the lyrics for football, instead of baseball.....
"Old buddy of mine was walking in, I was walking out. Man he could throw that "hail Mary" by you, make you look like a fool, boy. We went back in, sat down, had a few drinks, but all he kept talking about was, Glory Days.....in the mind of a young girl's eye, glory days......I hope when I grow old, I don't sit around, thinking about it, but I probably will......Sit around something something...leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories,ahhhhhh, of Glory Days." Yup, brings back the memories. The 80's, Bruce's glory days.

He's an entertainer through and through, an aging rocker who still obviously loves performing. Bruce, good show!

Clarence Clemens, a.k.a. "The Big Man" is impressive with his sax always. Little Stevie has gained weight over the years but can still wear that bandana without looking foolish. Love the E Street Band and always have. Patti, Bruces wife, is still playing guitar in the band, too.

It's over. Yay. It's just a game and who cares, really, except the guys playing making millions upon millions.

8 comments:

  1. I'm waiting to see the clips of Puppy Bowl V! (don't have cable so can't see the actual show on Animal Planet).

    I like Bruce Sp. too, and had the good luck to see him live in Delhi many many years ago -- of course I was WAY back in the stadium, but still, it was him in person!

    Nice comments on the ads. I can't believe more people don't object.

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  2. I am going to watch the Puppy Bowl now. You saw him in concert? I love Bruce, he just looks like he's having so much fun. What a rocker. He lit up a lot of depressing dreary days for me way back when. And on. My father hated him but my mother went ahead and snuck out and bought me the combination albums of all his hits, a nine album collection. I don't have that, lost in some move long ago. It was a great act of defiance by my mother. My father would not allow music in our house except for a couple of artists. One of them was Claudine Longet, of all people. He was in love with her, obsessed with her. I think she might have murdered someone later in life, or was murdered. I can't remember which. Something. OUrs was a dysfunctional household to be sure.

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  3. My father particularly hated that Bruce's nickname was "The Boss". He'd say stuff like "the boss? Who does he think he is? He's not the boss of me."

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  4. Bless your mom for that!

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  5. Anonymous2:04 AM

    I love his music, too - i'm a big fan of eighties music..and seventies and nineties lol....that was great of your mom to do that - often in abusive families one of he caregivers tries to ease things for the kids....

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  6. Anonymous2:04 AM

    I think she was once married to andy williams....

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  7. By the way, Whitesocks, what is your favorite Springsteen song?

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  8. I actually don't know that many :), but off the top of my head, My Hometown and Dancing in the Dark. And yours?

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