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It really shouldn’t have been any surprise, that the Bad Bunny performance would be so ridden with vile content (in whatever language it was “sung” in).   Or there was one person who is now a bit more educated on matters than I had been before this morning.  I understand now, and I see that “entertainment” like what happened at the Super Bowl is just going to continue and grow increasingly worse.

It turns out that ever since 2020 or so the Super Bowl halftime shows have been produced by Jay-Z.  The guy who made an unconscionable amount of money rapping about gangs, drugs, sex, violence… you get the picture.  I will never understand why it is that some of the most negative aspects of the human condition are so commonly deemed to be high art to be praised by all.  But we are far from the glorious years of ...

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I refused to watch the official Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny.  Seeing a grown man in a dress who has burned the American flag on a number of occasions isn’t anything I was interested in.

I did not watch the Turning Point halftime alternative either.  I was told that my doing so would be “supporting hate”.  Even though those making such accusations are responsible for more hate than anyone else in America right now.  But I digress.

So what did I see instead?

I opened YouTube and started up the legendary In Living Color halftime special from 1992!

From a time when it wasn’t demanded of us that we be angry enough to hate others without reason.  It was a better age.  More joyful and innocent.  In Living Color‘s halftime spectacular was a stroke of genius on the part of Fox Network and 34 years later ...

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Oops… I forgot. Am I even allowed to write “Super Bowl”? Might get hit by the NFL for copyright infringement by not calling it the “big game” instead.

Well anyway, no matter who who’re rooting for tomorrow or even if you’re not a sports fan at all, here’s something we can all enjoy: Andy Griffith’s classic comedy monologue “What It Was, Was Football”, accompanied by George Woodbridge’s illustrations from MAD Magazine!

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CatholicVote.org attempted to buy airtime to run this thought-provoking spot during the Super Bowl tonight. But NBC refused, on grounds that the commercial time isn’t for “political advocacy or issues”. CatholicVote.org is quick to point out that People for Ethical Treatment of Animals already received approval for a racy and suggestive promo it created.

Here’s the spot that CatholicVote.org came up with. I find it to be exceptionally powerful, and well within the bounds of good taste. And in my mind, there is no reason at all why NBC should have refused to run it…

Thanks to Geoff Gentry for the heads-up....

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Today is the Super Bowl, which means that big entertainment studios (among many other companies) will be dropping unconscionable amounts of coin on measly 30-second spots to shill for movies, some of which won’t even be coming out ’til August. And thanks to the glorious wonder of the Internet, we can take a gander at them several hours before they air.

This first spot is for Disney and Pixar’s Up. I know some folks who have seen advance footage of this one, and they cannot stop raving about how good it’s already looking. Go to Disney’s website to see the commercial in much higher resolution. This will definitely be on my “must see” list this summer…

The next one is for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, due out in May. Another one that I’m eagerly anticipating, for one reason because this looks totally unlike anything that has been ...

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If you’re watching Super Bowl XLII on Fox right now, you might have noticed that they’re making lots of use of Steve Jablonsky’s awesome Transformers score. I just caught them playing “Autobots” in the minutes leading up to the kickoff, in a spot featuring Troy Aikman. And earlier they were using some of the music from the final fight in a video spot with the Patriots and Giants introducing themselves. Very, very cool. Way to go Steve!! 🙂...

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