41 Afterthoughts

1) I wasn't going to do a post-game blog, but you talked me into it.

2) For the record I don't know who "you" is

3) Since I don't want the big, bad, omnipresent NFL coming after me, I will refrain from using their trademarked terms.

4) The 42.6 rating was pretty huge. And the average viewership of of 93.18 million makes it the third most-watched TV program of all time. Behind the game eleven years ago (Dallas v. Pittsburgh) and the MASH series finale

5) Speaking of the Dallas v. Pittsburgh game, why wasn't a bigger deal made of the name of the game? The Porn Bowl would have been a great title. Granted I was in sixth grade at the time, but I still should have picked up on that.

6) The rain did not play a factor in the game

7) The USA Today chose the Budweiser Crab commercial as the best ad. Really?

8) So which ad was my favorite? Easy.


9) Best beer ad


10) Best use of an inanimate object


11) Which of course reminds me of my favorite ad of all time with an inanimate object


12) This list is going to be a lot harder than anticipated

13) Beep Bop Boop Bip

14) Rex Grossman was who we thought he was. And the Bears should let him get away.

15) The rating was greatly helped by Chicago playing. Chicago is the number three market in the country, so a big number there can boost the overall rating. Where were the two lowest ratings? New York and Los Angeles. The number one and two markets respectively.

16) Imagine how huge a New York v. Los Angeles game would be. Maybe NBC will be lucky enough to get that in 2009. Oh, wait........

17) Here's a new one. Out with a hiccup. It could happen. She could get away with it.

18) Moment of silence for the late JT Yorke. Just think at least they had to kill you off instead of just letting you disappear into oblivion. (See: Terri McGregor, the black kid who dated Liberty, and Kendra Mason)

19) Move over football, make way for March Madness...which is a great segway for the Masters which means that Summer is practically here!

20) Maybe

21) I

22) Can

23) Get

24) Away

25) With

26) Killing

27) Time

28) Like

29) This

30) Hahahaha Porn Bowl. I'm mature

31) Oh man I almost forgot. The ten-second promo spot for the Late Show was genius. Letterman cuddling with Oprah after their long time fued. Well played sirs. Side note Letterman originally wanted the ad to be with Trump and Rosie.

32) Read this entry in a sexy voice. Like Ricardo Montalban.

33) What is it with celebrities that gives them a different aura than most people. When I was walking downstair I passed Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera, and Martha Stewart setting up for a Today show piece and it felt different than watching say...Joe Schmo setting up something...I don't know, shut up

34) I got a laser pen at work this week. I'll give it away to person with the lowest unique bid so that I don't go blind by next week. Did I mention it has a built-in 1GB flash drive. Bidding starts now.

35) Is that Enya playing? OH MY GOD THAT'S CM POINT'S ENTRANCE MUSIC!!

36) .....ladies.....

37) Why did CBS let Salesgenie.com run a spot so early in the broadcast? If I worked in compliance I would have blocked it due to its horrific nature. I guess it shows money talks. However, I guess people are talking about it and isn't that what commercials are meant for.

38) Interesting fact. Advertisers usually fight for the early spots and those tend to be the most expensive, but generally the third quarter features the highest ratings.

39) One of Letterman's top ten excuses why the Bears lost was: "Because Peyton said he would put us in a commercial with him if we let him win." If you hated all the Peyton Mannning commercials before, get ready for even more. Sidenote, he makes $10 million a year in endorsements as of now. Just as a comparison, D. Wade makes $15 million

40) Chubbs still $4.99 a pound

41) It's lessthan3.....I going to catch Goulet today....