February 3, 2014

Super Bowl XLVIII

The Seattle Seahawks of course absolutely dominated the Denver Broncos last night to win Super Bowl XLVIII, 43-8. For some that game being a blowout may have meant for an early evening. It certainly wasn’t the case for the 27,800 people who traveled via the New Jersey transit system. There were reports of people waiting up to two hours after the game to get on a train. The city of Seattle partied like they had won their first major sports championship in 30 years. It’s safe to say no work is getting done in Seattle offices this week.  300,000 people are expected to attend a parade on Wednesday afternoon honoring the team. John  Schneider, the general manger of the Seahawks might be “sleeping it off” until the parade. He might have been hanging out with Joe Namath a little to much.

Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers gave a well-received halftime performance. The Red Hot Chili Peppers apparently debuted some technology never seen before. Flea and Josh were playing instruments that weren’t plugged in. No wires. No wireless pack. Nothing.

Renée Fleming belted out the National Anthem to great reviews after Queen Latifah sang “America the Beautiful” before the game.

9/11 Truther Hangs Out With Malcolm Smith

Matthew Mills got way too close to Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith during his post-game press conference.

“Puppy Love” Wins USA TODAY Ad Meter

Budweiser’s “Puppy Love” commercial placed first in the 26th edition of the ad meter. Another of their commercials,  “A Hero’s Welcome”, finished third. The two commercials that Doritos aired were the top two finalists from their Crash The Super Bowl contest. Their commercial featuring a cowboy riding a large dog finished second in the USA TODAY poll. Coca-Cola aired a commercial that certainly stirred up some ‘muricans.

Jamie Casino‘s commercial aired only in the Savannah, Georgia area but thanks to the internet, the world can see it in all its glory. The Church of Scientology also aired a local commercial and it made about as much sense as The Church of Scientology.

**Update** That 1:30 you saw of George and Jerry was actually just a teaser for the newest episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Check it out. 

Non- Super Bowl Commercials Score Big

Commercials airing during the game weren’t the only thing to score big. Doritos gave random New Yorkers tickets to the game and had them all wear orange. Bud Light continued their #UpForWhatever marketing angle by showing up at a Super Bowl party.Esurance created the biggest splash with their commercial, the first one after the game. Saying you’ll give away $1.5 million will do that. 200,000 people entered the Twitter contest in the first minute after the commercial aired.

Stan Buys Land

News broke on Friday that a company owned by St. Louis Rams owner Stanley E. Kroenke bought 60 acres of land in Inglewood, California. Does this mean he is intent on moving the Rams to Los Angeles? Of course no one really knows because Stan doesn’t say much of anything. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn’t letting anything out if he does know anything. Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was on the excellent local sports talk show, The Ryan Kelley Morning After, this morning talking about the situation. He said he is hearing that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is trying to reach out to Kroenke’s people to talk about the team, but apparently can’t get a phone call back. Host Tim Mckernan said that Kevin Demoff, COO of the Rams, will come on the show sometime this week to talk about the situation.

Aeneas Williams Makes Hall of Fame

Former Ram and current Pastor Aeneas Williams was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the weekend.

Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers Coming to the Big Screen

Robert Rugen is pitching the idea. He does good work.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46

The actor was reportedly found with a syringe in his arm and almost 50 envelopes of heroin in his apartment. Apparently there is such a thing as a “bad batch” of heroin and that is what got Hoffman. Hoffman had roles in such hits as The Big Lebowski and Moneyball. He won an Oscar for Capote. Hoffman had a pretty big role as the villainous Plutarch Heavensbee in the upcoming Hunger Games films. Reports are that he had already filmed most of his work for the films and his role will not be recast.

Did Charlie Dooley Go Crazy?

KMOX is reporting news of a pretty crazy speech from St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley last Wednesday night. The whole event seems pretty suspect considering attendance by non-merit county employees was mandatory and Dooley or his people “suggested” those in attendance donate 1% of their salaries to his re-election campaign. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is waiting on a call back from state election officials about whether Dooley’s action were legal. Considering those employees in attendance could easily be terminated by Dooley this has to be unethical and hopefully is illegal, right?

‘The Force” Wins Globalhack 1

Globalhack 1 took place over the weekend at Union Station. “The Force” took home the $50,000 top prize. TopOpps, which sponsored the prize, elected to also award a $10,000 prize to team ‘Zebra Hat’ for second place. Teams coded throughout the weekend with the understanding that TopOpps would make a $50,000 offer at the end of the weekend to purchase the winning team’s product.

Dylan Farrow Speaks

Dylan Farrow posted an open letter on Saturday in the New York Times detailing her allegations of abuse at the hands of famed director Woody Allen. The story originally made headlines when Allen and Dylan’s adopted mother, Mia Farrow, split in 1993. Frank Maco, the Litchfield County state attorney in 1993  said that he did not have evidence to prosecute Allen at the time but did believe abuse happened. Allen can not be prosecuted for the abuse because the statue of limitations has long passed. Allen issued a statement on Sunday morning calling Farrow’s letter “untrue and disgraceful”.

This issue is coming up again now after the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement was given to Allen at the this year’s Golden Globes. Allen’s son, Ronan Farrow, and Dylan both tweeted about the event.

New Red Bull Stratos Video Released

Felix Baumgartner set records back in 2012 when he decided to skydive from the edge of space and film it all with GoPro cameras for Red Bull. New video of the event was released on Friday and has already been viewed over 6.6 million times

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