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Eight years ago, there was the infamous Janet Jackson's Wardrobe Malfunction.
Now, we have rapper M.I.A.'s "Middle Finger Malfunction":
The NFL and a major television network are apologizing for another Super Bowl halftime show.
There was no wardrobe malfunction, nothing like that glimpse of Janet Jackson's nipple eight years ago that caused an uproar and a government scrutiny. Instead, it was an extended middle finger from British singer M.I.A. during Sunday night's performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin.'"
In front of some 110 million viewers on NBC and uncounted others online, she flipped the bird and appeared to sing, "I don't give a (expletive)" at one point, though it was hard to hear her clearly.
Did you watch the Super Bowl halftime show? Whatcha think?
Link (Photo: NBC)
Do you watch the Super Bowl for the sports or the commercials? Back in the 1960s, a 30-second ad spot cost about $42,000. Now, it's $3.5 million, a whopping 8,300% increase. And something that costs that much money ought to be good, right?
This one above from 1973 is Noxzema's "Creamed" ad with football star Joe Namath and pre-"Charlie's Angels" Farrah Fawcett.
The Los Angeles Times has the timeline of the Best Super Bowl commercials through the years: Link
So, it's Super Bowl Sunday and you've gotten yourself invited to a football party but you know next to nothing about the sport or the two teams playing. What to do?
Don't worry, BuzzFeed has got your back! Here are some handy talking points if you found yourself amongst fans of either the New York Giants or the New England Patriots:
Read the rest over at Sly's post over at BuzzFeed: Link
Who showed up in MetLife's toon-filled Super Bowl ad? And can you find Waldo? Cartoonist Mark Anderson has the answers (and one question in his blog - see if you can identify the mystery character): Link - Thanks Mark!
Jen Yates has a roundup of cake wrecks celebrating the Super Bowl. Can you decipher the message on these cupcakes?
HINT: It’s starts with the word “gone.”
Both teams are represented equally in the collection at Cake Wrecks. Link
There you have it gamblers, go put your money down on the Giants. Teddy the Porcupine has called it and you can’t deny his foresight.
Methodist Hospital in Houston has some advice for football fans who are looking forward to the Super Bowl this Sunday: don’t forget to pee.
“During most sporting events people will get up and use the restroom during the commercials and not have any problem,” said Dr. Jeff Kalina, associate medical director of emergency medicine at Methodist. “However, most of the time the commercials are the best part of the Super Bowl, so we have seen people who have to come in and have a catheter put in to relieve themselves.”
Super Bowl TV ads: Annoying and dangerous.
Methodist says “people who drink too much and fail to get up and go to the bathroom can also develop a problem called urinary retention, a condition where the bladder gets so full that the muscles are not strong enough to generate a stream.”
Link -via The Big Game
Are you a die-hard football fan? Are you a real Super Bowl fanatic? Then you should be able to name all the quarterbacks who won the Super Bowl in its 45-year history. In eight minutes. I named four of them, although one was a gimme. Anyone can do better! Link
But why should we wait for the Super Bowl? When you have recipes like Smokey Jalapeño Cheese Dip, Spicy Bacon Cowboy Chili Cheese Fries, Barbeque Beef Pizza, and Bacon Explosion, you want to try them out now! Shown here is the Black Bean-Habanero Lime Dip, with looks as yummy as it sounds. Link
Yeah, so Christina Aguilera’s interpretation of the National Anthem was a pretty surreal moment. I actually enjoyed the show, as did will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, who tweeted “Xtina sing’n wonderful”, a sort of preemptive show of support in anticipation of the Internet exploding.
But one man wasn’t pleased – and that man is Weird. Weird Al, that is. You don’t run around changing song lyrics willy-nilly without his say so. You want to rewrite the National Anthem, you run it by the man who wrote “Eat It”, “Fat” and “Amish Paradise” first.
The guys from MST3K recognize fans celebrating a Super Bowl win in the crowd behavior seen in the 1975 film Giant Spider Invasion. The Packers were a recurring joke in the series. -via Buzzfeed
If you’re not a football fan, you might still find yourself watching the Super Bowl just for the new and very expensive advertisements the game is famous for. Take a look at years past and see some of the funniest and most memorable ads ever to grace the Super Bowl! Pictured is the EDS ad called “cat herding”, which is included. Link
This Sunday, the Packers battle the Steelers in the Super Bowl. You may be a fan of either, and you may know all there is to know about football, but how much do you really know about the two cities? Test your knowledge of Green Bay, Wisconsin and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in this Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I scored 62% (8 out of 13). Anyone who does better can claim bragging rights right up until kickoff time! Link
It looks like zoo animals everywhere are going wild for Super Bowl this year. Jenny the elephant, a Dallas Zoo resident, has just given her super bowl prediction. Jenny agrees with Baby Bob the orangutan that the Packers are going to win.
The zoo painted watermelons in the team colors, and the five-ton pachyderm sized up the competition. She then put her foot down on the Pittsburgh melon and gave it a stomp, indicating the Packers will crush the Steelers.
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Baby Bob is an adorable orangutan at the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina. As part of his birthday celebration they thought it would be fun to have him predict the winner of the Super Bowl.
He was offered T-shirts for both teams, and chose the Packers’ shirt.
The executive director of the zoo is hoping he is wrong and is himself rooting for the Steelers.
We will find out Sunday if Baby Bob is as good an oracle as our dearly departed octopus friend. Rest in peace little Paul.
Super Bowl Sunday is nearly here and apparently Texas is need of a few good strippers. A few, as in additional 10,000 woman. Yep, that’s a whole lot of strippers. Before you pack up your pole and head out to the Cowboy Stadium area you should be warned that they are only looking for temporary help.
At the Clubhouse in Dallas, a manager who declined to give his name told the Daily News that he is expecting increased traffic and is willing to hire additional women who come in – but doesn’t have a blank check for new employees.
NY Daily News has more: Link
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Denny’s restaurants across America were jammed yesterday with customers seeking to take advantage of a promotion advertised during this past weekend’s Super Bowl game.
The promotion promised a free Grand Slam breakfast to anyone between the hours of 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
While I was too busy at work to go, some of my friends went. Did any of you take advantage of this offer?
Media outlets reported customers lined up outside the doors of many of Denny’s 1,500 locations.
Some patrons were still wearing their pajamas and slippers, and strangers were crowding together into booths, CNN affiliate KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah, reported.
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In 2004, Janet Jackson’s "wardrobe malfunction" caused a storm of a controversy, but this year viewers in the Tuscon area saw a whole lot more than that.
Viewers were astonished to see a woman unzipping a man’s trousers to reveal "full male nudity" followed with what was described as "a graphic act" between a couple.
With less than three minutes left to the game, viewers were "treated" to a 30-second excerpt from Club Jenna, an adult cable TV channel featuring Jenna Jameson, one of America’s most famous porn actresses. Somehow, the feed for the Super Bowl got mixed up:
I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up,” Cora King, of Marana, told the Arizona Daily Star newspaper. “Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out.”
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Why settle for chips and dip when you can watch the game noshing on Beer Ice Cream with Pretzel Crust and Dipping Sauces, or Puffed Sauerkraut, or Pizza Pebbles?
Wired Science asked leading molecular gastronomists for their own preferred finger foods recipes. Inspired by the experimental spirit of science, they’ve come up with new variations on old standbys, from Wylie Dufresne’s pizza pebbles to Homaro Cantu’s olive dipping chips.
Cake Wrecks, the blog devoted to photos of mistakes in cakes, has been featured on Neatorama in the past.
But with the Super Bowl imminent, this seemed like an appropriate moment to take another look at some sports-related cake atrocities.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.
Not to sound like a complete girl cliche, but I’m really not interested in the Super Bowl this year. There are some years I’m interested, but not this year. And I should probably care a little more, since Kurt Warner is from Iowa, but… meh.
But Puppy Bowl? That’s an event I can get behind. Plus, the website is kind of awesome. It gives you tips and tricks on how to throw the perfect Puppy Bowl party (tail-gate, hahaha), offers tongue-in-cheek interviews with the Puppy Bowl “ref,” lets you check out the starting lineup and even gives you a sneak preview of this year’s Star Spangled Banner Performer – Pepper the Parrot.
I confess – part of the reason the Puppy Bowl is awesome is because I think it’s funny to watch my dogs watching dogs on T.V.
Before the newest Super Bowl ads roll out today, refresh yourself with some of the biggest ads from Super Bowls past. I totally remember the Michael Jordan/Larry Bird commercial, and I’m amused by the Michael J. Fox ad for Diet Pepsi. It’s so ’80s! Warning: there are current ads sprinkled here and there as well.
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