A few early reviews,

Budweiser Donkey commercial - cute!
Bud light farting horse - gross!
AOL Top Speed - stupid! (Yeah, I would want my product equated with stupid rednecks.)

Halftime show - timewarp! How old are these songs, except for Justin Timberlake's.

Did Justin pop Janet's boob out? eek!

That's what it looked like to me! CBS did a quick cut-away, so, it was hard to tell. Where are the pics of the streaker? There were thosands of cameras going off as the streaker was apprehended.

BTW, my fave commercial so far was the Wisconsin Cheese commercial that was on early (right before The National Anthem). I also like the Budweiser True commercial about how a Referee really learns to take abuse from coaches on the sideline...he learns it from a nagging wife.

[ February 01, 2004, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: bobby78751 ]

Janet acted very surprised when Justin did that so I don't think it was planned. These young entertainers of today will do absolutely anything to cause controversies that get headlines. There's no boundaries.

[ February 01, 2004, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: amazin12 ]

No, it was completely part of the act - he pulled off a tearaway panel, and she had a big ol' pastie on.

But did that halftime show suck or what? Terrible. Why Janet didn't choose to show off her new single (which is pretty damn nifty, by the way - especially if you're a fan of Prince's Dirty Mind album wink ) is beyond me.

I liked the Bud commercial with the referee's wife screaming at him, too. "When are you gonna paint the porch?!" That and the Homer Mastercard commercial seem to be the ones I enjoyed the most. And as for the halftime, it may not have been the be-all, end-all, but it wasn't nearly as rotten (or long) as some have been. Except Kid Rock, I kept the mute button handy for his screeching - er, I mean, singing.

Inappropriate:

-edit-

NEW LINK, they changed it:

http://quickwired.com/janet_superbowl3.avi

[ February 01, 2004, 07:46 PM: Message edited by: golfer 20 ]

Personally, I laughed my ass off at the farting horse! That was hilarious.

Now, regarding the halftime show: Am I just too old-fashioned? I mean, the halftime show was geared toward an audience of 13-17-year-old girls, and maybe some guys for the rappers that were singing. Just who did CBS and AOL think was watching that game?

I couldn't understand 99.9% of the words the "artists" were "singing," and the music was just boring. Everyone else who was with me said the same thing, and our ages ranged from the late 20's to early 60's.

Who decides these stupid halftime shows like this one? Yuck!

[ February 01, 2004, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: MIB ]

Well, it was planned but not by CBS apparently:

look at my boobie

I couldn't get golfer's link to show video, but I checked it on the TiVo and she definitely had her nipple covered and it was a tearaway panel since it came off so easily, but still, that is a lot of boobie to show in such a setting.

Update: Timberlake says it was an unintentional "wardrobe malfunction". What was he trying to do, pull her whole top off?

[ February 01, 2004, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: Purdue Fan ]

I liked the donkey commercial. The dog trick one was good too, but it doesn't take much to come up with that one. At least the donkey one was pretty creative.

CBS just flat out sucks. They had absolutely no fun with the streaker who was dancing. They tried to act like nothing happened. The halftime show sucked, but what else could you expect from something produced by MTV??

I always look forward to the new commercials, as well as the game itself. At least the game was good, because the commercials sure sucked this year. And it's not surprising that the halftime shows keep getting worse and worse, although I have to agree the U2 show 2 years ago was the best in recent years.

You're right. The commercials did suck this year.

I kept asking "where's the funny commercials?"

The potato chip commercial (two old folks) was funny but the rest showed a severe need for some comedy re-writing.

I felt the best performance by far was Josh Groban's. I am ashamed to say, I really never seen him perform live, but I have to say I was in awe afterwards.

And he's so cute!

I TIVO'd the game and have watched the boob fallout over and over, it seems janet had something silver on the nipple, either a small cover or a piercing, she looked suprised, but acting is part of the effect. I am sure it was something her and Justin came up with on thier own. His version of the Madonna/Brittney kiss, I suppose!

bucman, I agree with you. I had misty eyes when Groban performed. His incredible voice on that wonderful song in memory of Columbia's astronauts was moving. It reminded me of one year ago when I watched live the TV coverage of Columbia's destruction. frown

I havent watched the superbowl for years. I didn't watch the game, but I tuned to CBS before it started and they were interviewing George Bush, then I saw Josh Groban singing to a skit about man landing on the moon. I tuned in later and saw the national anthem with camera shots of troops in Iraq. Was that just the weirdest thing? Does this happen at every superbowl since 9/11 or is this just Texas?

It wasn't a skit about landing on the Moon. It was a tribute to Columbia and the loss of her 7 astronauts. The person in the space suit and the Moon were meant to symbolize NASA and its astronauts, 7 of whom perished when Columbia disintegrated one year ago today.

This just in: Janet Jackson's boob has taken a seven-point lead over John Kerry for the Democratic nomination. Party officials state that it will "take one to beat one."

The quality of commercials during this year's Super Bowl had to be the worst that I can ever recall....the only one that actually made me laugh was the old folks battling over the bag of potato chips and a few were either downright gross (the horse farting in the girl's face) or mindlessly insulting (in particular, the incessant AOL ads with the "disclaimers" suggesting that kids not try those stunts at home).

As for the halftime performance, could it possible get any worse? ....I'd like to think that I have a wide range of musical taste but this year's "show" was just flat out awful....I can only imagine the reaction that Paul Tagliague and longtime NFL owners like the Hunts, Rooneys, etc had after sitting through that -- the only one who might have enjoyed it was Dan Snyder because he's nearly the same age as the typical target audience for Justin T. and his group of talentless cohorts.

On a positive note, I agree with others who were impressed by Josh Groban's pre-game performance....every time I have seen him interviewed and perform I have never failed to be impressed and this young man should have one helluva successful career ahead of him -- which is definitely more than I can say for the writers and marketing teams responsible for many of those awful commercials.

LOL J.R. Plus, Janet Jackson's boob is more cuter than "Cadaver Kerry". LOL. This has got to be one of the most insane Super Bowls of all time. It looks like Janet Jackson's nipple is the highlight of this year's SuperBowl.

I had fun watching the Celebrity Football match today on M.T.V. before the SuperBowl. It was filmed in Houston as well. Nelly was given M.V.P. Big Ruben from American Idol was all over the field. He kept falling down. After he made a touch-down, Nick Lashay(98 Degrees) and Nick Cannon(Drumroll) tried to pick Big Ruben up in the air. They were straining and couldn't lift him. LOL. It was hilarious to watch.

It figures, I started channel surfing mid way through the halftime show and missed the boob. My favorite ad was the bud-lite ad when the ugly dog fetches a bottle by biting the preppy guy in the crotch. But on the whole, the ads were lacking in orginality. I was getting a little scared thinking this was going to be a boring game and that I would have to switch over to Bravos 'Gay Weddings.' Thankfully with just seconds to go the teams started scoring.

Well, the ratings are in (according to one site anyway):

Donkey Dream is the overall winner in AdBowl

Not to turn this thread political, but there is a breakdown by political affiliation that is quite amusing if you think about it.

I almost forgot about the extremely homoerotic Charmin commercial. Did anyone else think that?

Also, there is a closeup of Janet's boob on Drudge Report. She was wearing something less than a pastie.

ARRGH! My eyes! My eyes!

[ February 02, 2004, 12:24 AM: Message edited by: Purdue Fan ]

What? No mention yet of the soap in the mouth commercial for Chevrolet--all of us at Cyd's party were captive to it, wondering what this was about, and then when the car converts to a convertible and the keep speaks, we erupted into boisterous laughter. by far the fest commercial, and it took forever to get there, being so late in the game. In general the ads were just lame. Lays with the old people was good, Homer Simpson was good (but could have been better) and there were too many speedy car ads--how many times can you see a car manuever around a curve-simply not riveting tv anymore.

the halftime show was so bad, until the surprising finale--we had to replay it just for the fun of it. I did like the ?unintentional? tribute to A Clockwork Orange, but do the producers really know what that was about? Oh to be so...edgy.

the opening made Geo Bush proud--what can you expect? It's in Texas, Houston to boot. Very middlebrow

What? When he was interviewed during the pre-game for 5 minutes on (according to some on Outsports) what was supposed to be a day of no politics?

Groban was fantastic! I also thought Beyonce (who has PERFECT skin), looked beautiful and did a very good rendition of the National Anthem.

Ads -- one of the worst set of ads in years. I did like the Bud ands and the Pepsi bears, but cute animals and crotch jokes aren't that original.

Best SB ad in recent memory were the first Monster.com ads, (around the time of the Denver wins, I think), with the little kids and their "ambitions" (I want to be trapped in middle management; I want to have a brown nose, etc.).

I actually sorta liked the halftime show, but I am a member of the MTV generation. Who cares that Janet's boob was out, really? The Superbowl audience is (understandably) mostly hetero men, and I am sure that they all appreciated the very brief flash. America at some point really needs to relax about nudity. I suspect that my generation may be a bit more relaxed about these kinds of things. We will see if McDonald's really cancels Justin's deal, etc.

I'm part of the "I-want-my-MTV" generation, too, but Kid Rock makes me want to puke. At least it seemed like Justin was actually singing his music instead of relying on lip-n-synching.

Great game all the way around. My only wish would have been the CBS announcers would have projected more excitement. I would have enjoyed Al Michaels much more. The best commercial to me was Sierra Mist. "Dad, that ain't right". wink

MIB, you LIKED that inane Bud fart ad? Maybe there is some truth to the theory that conservatives are mentally ill! See you in the gulag, comrade!

I liked the nagging wife and attack mutt, too, but little else. The young Hendrix was "kinda cute," but the Pepsi bears dumb. Overall, the quality and originality of the ads reminded me of the decline of classical literature in the late Roman Empire.

I NEVER watch the halftime shows and this year was no exception. In fact, its din was so dismaying I muted it and called my sister to talk about our 93 y.o. great-uncle who'd just died. Now THAT'S entertainment! :cool:

The game itself took time gettin' going, but certainly made up for lost time. Both QBs are lookers, that's for sure! eek!

[ February 02, 2004, 08:33 AM: Message edited by: gmginsfo ]

Josh Groban.....ZZZZZZZZ please not at the Super Bowl and can we stop with the misty eyed tributes already at every sporting event

Beyonce..did a pretty good job with the national anthemn

Funniest commercial for me was the one with the ref which got downright hilarious when they cut to the wife yelling in his ear at all the things he hasnt done.

I was puzzled by the halftime show. Why did they pick these artists...all of who are not exactly the hot thing right now. They all played songs that were at least 2 years old. Why would Janet trot out the tired ass "All for You" from a few years back...its not like its one of her better songs. Do we need Kid Rock rehashing stuff he has done 5 years ago...ditto for Nelly. If I didnt know it was Super Bowl Sunday than I would think I wasnt watching the MTV awards circa 2000...get with the times MTV...that was lame..youre living in the past. You couldnt even produce the hot stars of today.

As for the boob I totally missed it. It clearly was a deliberate publicity stunt to push Janets new cd. She even hinted at a shocking moment on her website. Its no big deal..it was a split second shot anyone. America has to grow up and stop catering to whether 8 year olds are watching television.

I really liked the Chevrolet truck/convertible ad (the kids with soap in their mouths) and the NFL - "tomorrow we're all undefeated again" ad (Bill Parcells singing Annie? Priceless), but overall the ads were kind of blah (and since when does Bud have, what, 1/2 the ads?).

I liked everything I saw!

Scarlet Knight wrote "...whether 8 year olds are watching or not."

It's not a matter of "whether" they are watching. This is the superbowl on a BROADCAST network. Not cable. There are certain levels of propriety we assume to be present from NBC, ABC, CBS that we do not expect from Showtime and HBO.

as to the "whether" part.... in my house there were 4 children watching the game with us, ages 13,11,6 and 4. Do I want them to see Janet's boobie being flashed? Hell no!

It may be time for america to "loosen up" about its attitude about nudity and the human body. But there's something to be said for allowing the viewer to make an informed decision and not surprising them with unexpected, pre-planned nudity.



[ February 02, 2004, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: ung ]

I never watch the halftime show, but with these performers, who have secured their celebrity/noteriety with questionable videos, what did the NFL expect? Bring back Up with People!! Favorite ads: the donkey with Clydesdale envy and Dale Earnhardt racing the plane to return the lipstick, only to have the woman look at it and say "This isn't mine." I didn't expect that ending.

How many ads for erectile dysfunstion aired???

~Adam

If you went by the number of ads for guys who can't get it up, you'd think that was the number1 killer of americans today or something.
and what's with the baseball is limp while football is a hard dick analogy? :confused:

and also.. that one ad says it's effective for 36 hours? Does anyone really want a woodie for a day and a half straight? I mean..... even I get tired of masturbation after the first 3-4 times.

didn't CBS reject the political ad by Moveon.org because they wanted the commercials to project a "fun, family" feel?

anyway.... the latest is that the chairman of the FCC, Mike powell, watched the game with his kids and was outraged by the flashing. He has announced an immediate investigation with penalties pending.

lastly... what "wardrobe malfunction"? (per justin Timberlake) How does a regular bustier tear off in a perfect circle revealing a pastied nip a la Lil Kim? That excuse is about as lame as Timberlakes song. Maybe he should use some Levitra.

[ February 02, 2004, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: ung ]

And THAT'S your excuse for "sorta" liking it?

Come on, bro, please don't sell yourself (or our generation) THAT short. wink

The show was dated and cheesy and "shocking" for the sake of being shocking. I'd like to thiink that even though I grew up with videos and shock value, I sill appreciate good music and professionalism that doesn't have to be so slick and self-conscious.

Was Kid Rock the only one who didn't "lip-sync" his performance?

Favorite ad: The car commercial with the soap bars tied with the Office Depot "half a danish" ad.

[ February 02, 2004, 09:40 AM: Message edited by: CatcherInNY ]

The halftime show was a completely overproduced mess. The sound was awful. For all the hype, they could have just gotten a drag queen to lip synch like Janet. I've seen her on numerous TV appearances and I don't think I've ever seen her sing live.

Oh and earth to Janet: your psycho brother is up on charges of child molestation. Maybe it's not such a good idea for you to flash your tittie to a worldwide audience in prime time. I don't want to go back to days of Up with People, but if I wanted to see pastie covered tits, I'd have shelled out the $20 for the Lingerie Bowl.

While it may seem insensitive, the group I was watching with groaned when the floating astronaut appeared during Josh Groban's otherwise touching performance. I understand wanting to pay tribute to the astronauts, but this looked like the old MTV logo. Really lame.

The Volkswagen ad with the kids getting their mouths washed out was very funny. I also liked the Pepsi ad with a young "Jimi Hendrix" choosing Pepsi over Coke. Very cute.

completely off topic.... but since you mention Michael "The Queen of pop"... here's a joke

Why did Michael Jackson call up Boyz2Men?
He thought it was a delivery service.

when is it bedtime at Michael Jackson's house?
When the big hand is on the little hand.

[ February 02, 2004, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: ung ]

I thought the commercials were singularly uninspired and devoid of any entertainment value. The farting horse ad was a disgrace. The Homer Simpson ad was okay, but not anything special. The one ad that got a good laugh from me came after the game, for Subway, where they redefined their "you can be bad since you had Subway" to point out that "being bad" refers to your diet, not your behavior. Announcer: "Sorry, Wang Chung, there's no reunion tour!"

Halftime: I picked up immediately that Janet was lip-synching an old song so I fast-forwarded through the others and when she reappeared I noticed she was lip-synching an old song again, so I fast-forwarded until Justin arrived. I'm pretty sure he wasn't lip-synching. eek! The boob shot was so quick that at first I wasn't sure what happened until I rewound the tape. It shouldn't be a big deal except for the fact that we live in this nation of self-righteous prudes and borderline morons. And while they (Justin and Janet) may have acted shocked, I think it was planned and I'll continue to think so until they pass a lie detector test.

The reason CBS didn't show or explicitly talk about the streaker is because most sports broadcasters have a policy of not giving people who run onto the field any camera time. The thought is if these people get on TV it encourages more such behavior.

[ February 02, 2004, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: Joe in Philly ]

I don't mind nudity, but it's the fact that absolutely nobody is taking responsibility for it. I mean, everyone involved is obviously scared to say anything that it wasn't just a 'mistake'. It was rather obvious that neither Timberlake or Jackson were surprised at all about what happened and of course MTV was dumb enough to put out those press releases about a 'shocking moment' during Jackson's performance and then go on and deny they knew anything about it.

And then of course there's CBS who refuses MoveOn.org's ad (which I don't even think is that controversial, politics aside) and then they've got this halftime thing going on.........makes them look pretty stupid.

That was my favorite, too--except it was the Chevrolet SSR. It's available at http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=39524

I think the reason it was quick is because CBS quickly cut away from it, as they should have. I for one don't believe that it's self-righteous prudishness or borderline moronic to object to seeing a woman have a portion of her top ripped off by a guy for absolutely no discernable artistic reason. And this isn't one of those situations in which we can say, "If you don't like it, change the channel," because nobody was warned this sort of thing might pop up, so to speak.

But maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps next year we can all shed our self-righteous, prudish, moronic inhibitions and enjoy the AOL-Pepsi All-American Halftime Gangbang starring Paris Hilton. You know, just a bunch of people f**king their brains out on live television. Why not? I'm convinced that at some point there's going to be a reality TV show in which someone gets killed as part of the plot, because there's really few places left for that genre to go. I think the Super Bowl halftime show is headed the same direction.

Having said all that, I have so little sympathy for the folks at CBS and the NFL who are shocked, shocked! that the halftime show would involve questionable or inappropriate content. In all these clean-as-a-whistle rehearsals the suits claim to have attended, did none of them notice JT's "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song" refrain? MTV basically gave CBS and the NFL a very literal representation of the song being performed, the song they wanted performed. So I do think they need to quit their goddam whining. But whining about self-righteous prudishness is just as tedious. Standards are basically good things.

I don't think CBS refused to MoveOn ad because it was "controversial," but rather because it was political, and CBS has a policy against running explicitly political ads during the Super Bowl. I think the idea is to make things fun. Fun is good. Political ads, liberal or conservative, are generally not fun. Even the good ones are preachy and snide. Also, if we are to believe CBS's version of things, it's not like they approved a tit shot but refused a political ad. If CBS could have stopped the Janet/Justin thing, I'm sure they would have. But in this particular situation if Janet had been wearing a MoveOn.org nipple ring, CBS couldn't have stopped that either. If MoveOn could have orchestrated some sneak attack, they would have gotten publicity, just like Janet Jackson's titty.

And yet, they talked to the punk ass chimp for 5 minutes during the pre-game show. I hope he has some pretzels left over for a snack tonight. Okay, off of politics.

William,

I agree with you about the half time show and the flashing of the tit. as I said earlier, there was no prior notice of this so that the viewer could make an informed decision to watch for it or not.

This is not about being a prude or whatever. I don't think the human body is shameful and I love sex. But I don't think we should be seeing a live sex show on TV. and that doesn't make me a prude. That means I have common sense.

I do disagree with William about his second post. If the criteria for the ads were "fun"..... How are all those limp dick ads "fun?

But overall William and I are on the same page.

Well, saw some video of the incident on CNN and saw some up close photography at Snopes.com. The item on Janet's nipple is jewelry...it looks like a sun. It's conceivable that she could wear that all the time. Lots of people have nipple rings. And, in the video at least, Justin reaches over and pulls his hand away but then looks down in what is seemingly surprise that he's got a hold of something. He reaches right over and pulls it off, though. So, I'm not sure whether or not it was intentional. I can see either viewpoint.

In the end, I think too much fuss is being made of this. Now the White House has released a statement! C'mon...It's just a boobie. Maybe I've lived in New York too long and my senses have been dulled to this kind of stuff. But I can't help but think that there's a suicide attack practically every day in Iraq, people are starving, entertainment is riddled with death and violence...but what makes people get in a tizzy is five seconds of breast. I understand everyone's concern, but in the end, there are bigger issues in the world than Janet Jackson's breasts.

I am certainly not a prude, and don't really care about "nudity" like was apparently on the half-time show (the TV at Titan lost the satellite signal right after Timberlake showed up, so we missed that little portion of the show) - the cheerleaders were wearing less overall clothing and certainly celebrities have worn just as little at awards shows (which I realize are not normally watched by a lot of kids).

My problem with this act (and I saw the "dirty deed" this AM on Today) is that it was not a sex show - it wasn't even erotic. All we saw was a quasi-straight man (sorry, you're never going to convince me that Justin "Hey Girlfriend!" Timberlake is not family) ripping off a piece of a woman's outfit and staring at a loose tit - it wasn't sex, it was just shock for shock's sake, and therefore B-O-R-I-N-G.

If the music had been halfway decent (I mean I think Jackson has put out some good music, and so has Timberlake, but to focus on these crappy songs?!) or the show had been produced with some kind of plan - it seemed like a constant mishmash of images that didn't relate to one another - maybe then the ending would have been really shocking. But as it was, the show was hopelessly confusing and poorly done (and even if Kid Rock didn't lipsynch, is it really respectable to the flag, which conservatives so want to protect, to have it draped around his sweaty red neck?).

Hell, I say bring back the Bud Bowl!

you're right that there are bigger issues in the world. But that doesn't mean that we ignore the smaller things if they don't measure up to terrorist attacks in scale.

I mean.... I'm having relationship problems with my boyfriend right now. Do I ignore that because there are bigger issues in the world? No.

Showing breasts at a halftime show is not gonna get anyone killed. But speaking out on inappropriate behavior has its place also.

I see your point, but I just don't feel as offended as the rest of the world seems to. It was Janet Jackson - one of the most sexually provocative performers of the past decade - performing a show that promised "shocking moments." What did people expect? It's not like Justin was gonna reach over, remove her bustier, and doves would come flying out. The network was drumming that aspect of the show up for days, too, because they wanted to compete with alternative programming like "The Lingerie Bowl" on pay-per-view. If it was planned, then execs knew. If it wasn't planned, then it's an unfortunate mistake. But the real key here is that if CBS wanted to keep the Superbowl as wholesome family entertainment, signing Janet Jackson as the headliner was a mistake from the get go. But now that there's outrage, everyone's looking for someone to blame. You can't have your breast and milk it, too.

just out of curiosity.... and it's a tangent. I know.

Isn't janet a Jehovah's Witness? Don't they keep bringing that angle up when defending their family from charges of child molestation, indecency, posing for playboy etc? They talk about their beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness while flashing titties all over the place. Nice!