I Can Barwey Bweathe

Last night, sometime between going to bed calculating yards lost to penalties in the Super Bowl and Cheeky's successful attempt to thwart our sleep-training, someone must have snuck into our bedroom with a turkey-baster and squirted a gravy-boat full of mucus into my skull.  I feel like I snorted an inflated balloon, and when I talk my voice sounds like I'm sealed inside a milk jug.  My white blood cells are usually tough little hombres, but they're working overtime on something.  I'm heading to Jacksonville tomorrow night for work, and I'm hoping the weather down there will send whatever I'm getting into full retreat by the weekend.  In the meantime my garbage pail is filled with a solid mass that was once tissues and napkins and now is pulsing with life....

So what did everyone think of last night's commercials?  I thought it was a pretty good batch overall, although:

• I think it's hilarious that Gillette has finally crossed the line into the ridiculous
• I'm bummed the Burger King didn't make more in-game appearances.  That commercial with the song and dance number was pretty weird, but when it was over I did say, "I'd eat that burger"
• When the Go Daddy commercial came on, all the women in the room asked, "What's Go Daddy?" but all the men knew.  We remember...
• I miss you, MacGyver. 
• Except for the "Secret Fridge" ad, I thought Pepsi and Budweiser mailed it in
• That Hummer ad with the giant robot and the city-crushing monster...creepy, and not in the way monsters should be.
• I loved the ad where the guy zaps the fly with the defibrillator, but the winner for me was the FedEx ad.  I think I've had that exact conversation, except without the fatal ending.

Ah, television...without you replacing my independent thought with spoon-fed images, where would I be?

I'm off...I've got things to do. 

Comments

[Lori]

one word: AFRIN, I love the stuff. Florida always works wonders on my colds, good luck.

[the weirdgirl]

Hope you feel better soon! Enjoy the sun (it has vitamin D - not that I know what vitamin D does for you).

[WCG]

I liked the Fed Ex one, too, although I thought that insurance ad was pretty good. Take some vitamin C.

[Sarah]

Dammit! I clicked on mucus. You think I would have learned after clicking on pit sweat the other day, but no.

[WestCoastBrother]

CHEATERS!!!!!!!.........Well I didn't want to say it but I'm sure the guys in stripes will be getting a big paycheck from someone in a Steelers Jersey. They don't call them the Steelers for nothing because that's exactly what happened. Once again the state of Washington is not considered a part of the map by anyone unless it falls in the middle of California. Sad really...I'm not bitter, just frustrated. I'd give credit to the Steelers if they outplayed Seattle but they didn't. They failed in Total Yards, Time of Posession, Turnovers, and still managed to win. Its a sad world sometimes. Well at least the rest of the world thinks so. Don't beleive me, go to espn.go.com and check the poll about the officiating. 73% feel the game favored the Steelers in all calls. Don't feel bad Tony, this is something we live with ever day over here.

Anyway, good game Pittsburg.

[misfithausfrau]

I pretty much agree with your take on the ads. I still haven't been in LOVE with any ads since the linebacker office worker from a couple of years ago. That is my all time favorite.

And let me just say that if the Colts had been there instead of the Steelers, I would have been rooting for Seattle!

[suburban misfit]

Afrin rocks, just don't use it for more than three days in a row.

I, too, was burned on the mucus link. Thanks SO much for that visual during my lunch.

[crazyvirgo]

what about ameriquest. don't be so quick to judge?
that's hilarious...
overall, i feel like super bowl ads are just mailing it in these days. no one is really doing anything shocking. super bowl airtime used to be about shocking the shit out of the audience. it's the one time all of american is watching.
i miss the 90's.