Yep, today's a two fer. Neither one is big enough to stand on its own so there ya go.
First we start with the Super Bowl. Here are the clips of the Doritos ads which this year were the best of what I consider a mediocre SB Ad season.
The reason I am even mentioning the Super Bowl ads is kinda weird but it could very well be a true sign of the Apocalypse. Come on..$3 million for 30 seconds!
First a bit o' background...
My wife has grown into a commercial hater. Our Dish TV DVR has done this. I don't mean she is just annoyed with commercials...she hates them. Even the funny ones throughout the year I have to pause so I can track her down to watch them...and then she usually doesn't find them as funny as I do. (In some things we have wildly different senses of humor).
To wit: the commercial that came out last year with the baby in the highchair hawking E-Trade. I was falling out of my chair laughing...she left the room and refused to ever watch one because it creeped her out. I have loved every one of them and still laugh heartily at the golf one every time it is on. Shankapotamus is just the funniest golf term ever, and I have used it on the course several times.
Anyway, this past year has gotten even worse with the commercial hating. NOW...for the shows we have set up to record each week: 24, Lost, CSI's -Miami, New york, and Original, etc. We have to wait until the show has been recording for 15 minutes (ya know these puppies are only 45-minutes long) and THEN we can sit down to watch...and fast forward through all the commercials. So now our pre-watching conversation goes like this:
Me: "Honey, are we watching all three of our shows tonight?"
Honey: "Let's just watch the first two, NCIS and Lost."
Me: "Okay, then we need to wait until 7:30 to start so we can skip all the commercials."
Honey: "Okay, good"
Seriously, this conversation alone qualifies as a sign of the Apocalypse but it IS our matter-of-fact after work conversation. Not," how was your day" or any other really trivial stuff, but hardcore TV watching mathematics. Sheesh!
So the point of all this is...I watch the Super Bowl and she does not...BUT, she asks me to record the game sooooooooo....SHE CAN FAST FORWARD THROUGH THE GAME AND WATCH THE COMMERCIALS!!! Last year I accidentally deleted the game before she had watched the commercials and she was PISSED!! WTF.
Next...
Post-Super Bowl this year debuted a new reality TV show---Undercover Boss!
Watch this 8:11 trailer...
I watched this show after the game and I must change my original estimation of its worth.
I was wrong (this is the reason this ranks as a sign of the Apocalypse). I think this show is great. Some very good things came out the boss being down with the rank-and-file. Next week is going to be even better...Hooters.
The CEO of Hooters is going down in the "trenches" to find out what goes on in his stores. I'll tell ya now...he does NOT like everything he sees...no, not the girls, the way some are treated by management.
I am officially recanting my opinion for now of this show. Give it a watch Sunday night.
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