Superbowl: teaching America the Roman numeral system, one year at a time
I watch about one NFL football game a year. Superbowl XLI, well, what can I say? I didn’t watch it this year, because at 4pm I was due up at Jennie’s in Oakland doing a rehearsal for our upcoming Chinese New Year play. I put it on a few minutes after it started, right before I left, so I could record it. I missed the historic kickoff touchdown return.
I might watch it later, although it’s a little anticlimactic after knowing who won (yeah, I know who won — you can’t avoid all the spoilers on the web and radio).
I care nothing for the Bears or the Colts, so I suppose I’m more interested in the commercials. We saw a couple in the fourth quarter when we switched it on briefly, and I didn’t see anything exciting. My bet is there’s nothing that I think is worth the $2.6 million price.
UPDATE: Kimi and I watched the halftime show last night (she wasn’t interested in plays or commercials, but Prince playing Purple Rain in the pouring rain was worth a watch), and then I watched most of it after she went to bed. Some impressive rain-generated turnovers and fumbles, and this morning I’m not really thinking about any of the commercials so nothing really stuck. I did laugh a couple of times. But nothing earned $2.6 million.
February 5th, 2007 at 7:25 am
You shoudl watch the first quarter. Best firs quarer I’ve ever seen of any football game. Make you get it from the kickoff!
February 5th, 2007 at 7:25 am
I should spell-check before I hit “submit”…
February 5th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
First quarter was pretty exciting — if I had been watching it live I think I would have found it the most exciting first quarter of a Superbowl that I can recall.