Super Bowl XLII
While the pre-kickoff events were going on, we flipped it over to Animal Planet and watched a bit of Puppy Bowl IV. I had heard of this in previous years, but never even thought of watching it. For some reason, tonight I decided to give it a try. Well, let me tell you, Gretchen absolutely loved it! 
Here is a great picture of her being totally enthralled by the Puppy Bowl action! I mean, everything came to a halt for her - she was not taking her eyes off of the television! It was priceless. Eventually, we did switch back to the game. So far, through the 1st half of the game, EP & I have seen a few Super Bowl ads that have “tickled our fancies”. One of those is the Doritos commercial with the mouse trap. As they showed the guy in the commercial setting up the mousetrap, EP is next to me say “No! No! I can’t watch this! No way!” and I’m thinking “There’s no way Doritos is going to show that!” We were stopped dead in our tracks as a giant “mouse” crashes through the wall and tackles the guy with the mouse trap and proceeds to beat the crap outta him! Priceless! Two other commercials that had us chuckling were the “Women like men with accents..” Bud Light commercial and the Justin Timberlake Pepsi commercial. Those were pretty good. So far, the “cute” vote goes to Budweiser’s classic Clydesdale commercial.
But, by far, the highlight of the Super Bowl, thus far, was the revelation that my dancing referee was officiating this game!! 
For anyone who has never paid close enough attention, you have got to watch Mike Carey when he officiates. He is just too smoove! Particularly when he is indicating a first down or announcing posession after a penalty. There’s something about the way he moves that seems like 1980s Solid Gold coreography. And, if you click the link above you’ll discover what I just did - that Mike Carey is the first African-American to referee in the Super Bowl. I am not sure where this fascination started, but EP is well aware of it. I was seriously upset at the beginning of the season because we never seemed to be watching any of the games he was in. It took a few weeks before I saw him. And now, with this being the last game of the season, I have to endure 7+ long months without him! EP has already informed me that, when an angry black woman shows up at our door asking “Where is she!?!?!?” he’s giving me up without hesitation!
Oh, and yeah, the game. Meh. I hate New England, and I think Eli is a pathetic excuse for a professional athlete. However, I think my desire to see New England decimated, overpowers my dislike of Eli - GO G-MEN!!
Okay, back to the game. Second half highlights later!!!
(Shaq as a jockey!!! PRICELES!!!)
3rd Update: Okay, so we missed a few minutes of the 3rd quarter as a result of a DVR-malfunction. Namely, EP hit a button, and in our rush to cancel it so channels didn’t change, we changed the channel. The Patriots had just won a challenge on whether NY had 12 men on the field and then we jumped to the Giants having the ball and the Patriots had not scored. DOH! But, immediately following that, saw another commercial that had EP and I laughing - the E-Trade baby and him puking on the keyboard! LOL!!!
Anyways, my reason for really updating right now was because when I saw Pam Oliver it reminded me of somthing I don’t remember hearing before tonight - she said “green zone” instead of “red zone”. Can you tell I’ve either ignored commentary this year or have fast forwarded through it. What is the “green zone”??
DOH! I just missed the commercial we’ve been waiting for - the NFL player story that people voted to hear. Rewind…
Oh, that was good! Chester Pitt of the Houston Texans - playing the oboe and bagging groceries to being a 2nd round pick!
But that did remind me of a commercial in the first half that I forgot about - T-Mobile’s “Fave Five” with Charles Barkley and Dewayne Wade. That was hilarious how Wade has been trying to get into Barkley’s Fave Five forever and when he finally does, Barkley turns into a stalker to rival Margaret R. Ray.
Okay, this has got to stop somewhere! Now the Stewie & Underdog Coca-Cola parade balloons commercial is on. Classic! Okay, back to the game!!!
Disturbing ad of the night - A tie between the Wil Farrel movie (Bud Light - “Suck it down!”) and the Amp(?) commrcial with the guy dancing to Push It!!!
OMG! Just saw Eli escaping the sack with less than a minute left. WTF is this guy Tyree???
Oh, I almost forgot, the James Carville and Bill Frist Coca-Cola ad. That was just perfect!
GIANTS WIN!!! GIANTS WIN!!! GIANTS WIN!!!
The end. Happy Super Bowl Sunday to everyone..and to everyone, a good night! 
