Pebrero 6, 2011

Watch the Super Bowl with us!

Come, hang out at Meadhouse.

UPDATE: Packers win the Super Bowl!!!!!!

UPDATE2: It's 28° outside, but guys are opening their doors to yell to each other what everybody already knows: Packers win the Super Bowl!

UPDATE3: I must say I enjoyed seeing George W. Bush there. George and Laura and Condi.

185 komento:

joewxman ayon kay ...

i will bring the sweet potato biscuits!

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Sorry but I am going to stick with Jerseylious.

TMink ayon kay ...

Most of the family will be in the house, but likely only the wife and I will watch the game. I will bring the beer. Yazoo Dos Perros will work very nicely I think.

Trey

bwebster ayon kay ...

So, do you think Ezra Klein's head exploded during that extended recitation of the Declaration of Independence? I mean, it's even older than the Constitution.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

What no (pictures of) chips and dip?

mesquito ayon kay ...

Now for the ritual slaughtering of Our National Anthem.

bwebster ayon kay ...

BTW, i'm in my hotel room in Manhattan with a large meat-lovers pizza and plenty of Coke Zero. Go, Steelers! (Actually, my heart's with the Packers, but my wife lived in Pittsburgh as a young girl - she already whacked me for rooting for the Jets over the Steelers a few weeks back).

Patrick ayon kay ...

I hope Ben got the hookers I sent.

Greg Hlatky ayon kay ...

Now for the ritual slaughtering of Our National Anthem.

Duly slaughtered by Miss Aguilera.

joewxman ayon kay ...

it was excruciating. why oh why do singers today feel they have to bend notes to excruciating lengths..just sing the song.

Beldar ayon kay ...

Our flame was still there?

Who PICKS these singers? When will they stop torturing us and our national anthem?

wv: "supedp," which means all suped up (except for u).

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

We're starting it late, because my husband has to work. But I have beer chilling and a fabulous chili in the fridge just waiting to be turned into a most unhealthy and delicious dip.

Hopefully, we'll catch up by fastforwarding through the actual game a bit.

- Lyssa

The Dude ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
bwebster ayon kay ...

Favorite Natl Anthem celebrity performance: Jose Feliciano in the 1968 Word Series. Not for his performance, but because - as my friend Alan pointed out the next day at school - no one appeared to consider the obvious pun.

Jose Feliciano was blind.

"Jose, can you see?..."

AllenS ayon kay ...

b,

That was bad. Funny, but bad.

Hunter ayon kay ...

So Christina Aguilera managed to skip a whole line of the Star Spangled Banner? That should cut her fee by 20%.

AllenS ayon kay ...

TOUCHDOWN!!

Revenant ayon kay ...

Meh.

AllenS ayon kay ...

TOUCHDOWN!!

bwebster ayon kay ...

That's gonna leave a mark.

James ayon kay ...

I hope McCarthy doesn't call off the dogs like he did against the Bears.

Unknown ayon kay ...

The Zero has sort of picked the Steelers. Given his track record last election, Meadhouse can start celebrating now.

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

I didn't know McFadden played for the Packers. He is a local sports hero.

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

Steelers and packers are appropriately masculine occupations to be the mascots for this game.

David ayon kay ...

Woodson! Baby!

Deb ayon kay ...

Here's and interesting Super Bowl related story. Sort of.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I'd be willing to go through another dot-com crash and take the hit to my portfolio if we could just get rid of GoDaddy.com this time.

David ayon kay ...

No shutout.

By the way the ads suck.

Like this Bud ad.

Henry ayon kay ...

I didn't think I cared enough to have a favorite in the Superbowl yet now, every time Ben Rothlisberger throws the ball, I want to see an interception.

Henry ayon kay ...

Hey it's the BMW Advanced Diesel ad. Tax credits for rich people!

Deb ayon kay ...

Here is how the National Anthem should be sung.

Henry ayon kay ...

@Paul Zrimsek -- Couldn't agree more. I'll pay the extra buck to avoid them.

And for good reason.

I have one client that uses them and they are relentless upsellers of stuff their customers don't need.

Beldar ayon kay ...

@Deb: Wow, thanks for that link! I agree with you that that was VASTLY better. But -- speaking as a trumpeter who's played the National Anthem at countless events from seventh-grade football halftimes through college bowl games -- in that arrangement, they either should have brought in the descant trumpets and percussion sooner (near the end of the first run-through), or not at all. I'm not sure they actually added to the elegant simplicity of the choral voices, and I hate hearing that sort of eight-bar repeat tacked onto the end.

Too bad they couldn't have had Tommy Loy today instead. He was also terrific, as old-time Cowboys fans will surely recall.

David ayon kay ...

Bush interception. Coulda been a pass interference penalty.

AllenS ayon kay ...

TOUCHDOWN!!

James ayon kay ...

It was "all Steelers all the time" on ESPN for the past two weeks. I imagine they are scrambling now to revise their scripts.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Glad to see the Steelers making a game of it.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

I need advice on alternatives to the Black Eyed Peas.

Anga2010 ayon kay ...

I like owls well enough, but at what level of quality does one become "Superb" and who is doing the judging?
To say that one owls is the "Superb Owl" and another isn't seems very subjective. I would like to know about the biases of the so-called owl arbitrator.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I read an article that suggested bringing in Spinal Tap for the halftime show. It's looking better all the time.

David ayon kay ...

Hines Ward, damn he's tough.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Halftime - time for more pizza.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Mute.

David ayon kay ...

Halftime--A Spielberg movie on acid. Costumes!

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

Hines ward has his head in the game. If the rest of the Steelers join him, then this game is not over.

ricpic ayon kay ...

Wow, it's gonna be tough for the Steelers to make up an 11 point deficit, especially considering how well Rogers is playing.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Is this like a tribute to "Tron" or something?

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Well, this is a great night for people who enjoy men in yellow pants.

Seriously, there should be a rule against both teams wearing the same color pants.

Beta Rube ayon kay ...

The injuries on defense for the Pack will determine the outcome. I sure hope Woodson and Shields return.

This halftime show is awful. Fergie should limit herself to her lovely lady lumps.

David ayon kay ...

Long song,but bad.Clearly they are not lip syncing.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Meade is making pizza. Pizza and beer. That's what we're consuming.

J ayon kay ...

Slashness . Whoa

Is that part of that KIA ad, or are we at half-time wit' Guns and black eyed roses. Stupor bowl dystopia zone

David ayon kay ...

"Seriously, there should be a rule against both teams wearing the same color pants."

There is. Entire first half is void and must be replayed.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

No team has ever come back from more than 10 behind to win the Super Bowl, so...

But I'm fretting about the injuries. They'll patch Woodson and Shields back together, right

David ayon kay ...

ricpic said...
Wow, it's gonna be tough for the Steelers to make up an 11 point deficit, especially considering how well Rogers is playing.

Do you think he can play defensive back?

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

We're only at the first down (or something), so reading the comments here is neat. It's like looking into the future.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

BlacK Eyed Peas sound terrible. I guess they aren't lip synching. Their silly hats are sort of cute.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Lots of green in the show. Must be for the Green Bay Packers.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

Please let Autotune die.

Why does the stage spell "LOIE"?

David ayon kay ...

LOVE!

YUCK.

How about some old Sinatra records next year. Could it be any worse?

Titus ayon kay ...

The Chinese kicked our ass again.

Their amazing synchronized drums at the Olympics.

Us, the Black Eyed Peas half time at Super Bowl...hideous.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

The light in the V of LOVE wasn't working.

Rolling blackouts in Texas, I guess.

Is it just our TV setup, or is the music mixed way, way too soft so the vocals stick out awkwardly?

ricpic ayon kay ...

Do you think he can play defensive back?

Har Har

He's gonna put more points on the board. That'll seal it.

David ayon kay ...

The black eyed pea is also called the cow pea. They must be Packer fans.

Beldar ayon kay ...

That halftime show made me think for some reason of the last vignette in Woody Allen's "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex*" -- the part where Allen was in the sperm suit.

Bartender Cabbie ayon kay ...

Of course they would have a bimbo slaughter the National Anthem. Shame there was not a "wardrobe malfunction."

David ayon kay ...

He's gonna put more points on the board. That'll seal it.

Here's hoping.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

Why were there people with old-timey TVs on their heads on stage?

Was it a Laurie Anderson tribute?

ricpic ayon kay ...

The Black Eyed Peas have done the impossible: they are boring barbarians.

J ayon kay ...

where's the rest of the MUTHA-F-ING solo to sweet child of mine?

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Turn on your "Love" light.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Let it shine on me.

Albatross ayon kay ...

The "Love" stage actually spelled Loi 'e.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

I hate the sound of the music, but having dancers covering the entire field is pretty cool.

garage mahal ayon kay ...

Collins will play, needed an IV. Shields looked fine walking through the tunnel. Not sure on Woodson. Jordy Nelson is killing that DB for the Steelers. McFadden I believe. They will go to that until it dries up.

David ayon kay ...

Woodson is out.

Poor guy. It must kill him.

Pack starts with a hold. Bad.

J ayon kay ...

Fergie's a peacemaker, y'all. Sister rep-resentin'

David ayon kay ...

Hold, then false start.

David ayon kay ...

Composure issues.

David ayon kay ...

Jones drops a TD pass.

Then another penalty--composure.

David ayon kay ...

Pack gonna lose.

No Woodson.

No composure.

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

I had to turn it off five minutes after I made my last comment. I kept drifting away from it, and it was annoying the children. Oh well.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Gotta catch those passes...

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

My mother informs me that she is watching Puppy Bowl VII.

Unknown ayon kay ...

Sorry for being so late to the party. Second worst national anthem ever. First was Roseanne's "interpretation" at a baseball game. But it was close.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Ok, the Groupon commercial was funny, especially since I was thinking, "Wait, where's Richard Gere?"

bwebster ayon kay ...

Gotta tackle those runners, too.

Peano ayon kay ...

Watch the Super Bowl with us!

I would have to be strapped to a chair with my eyelids taped open.

HT ayon kay ...

passing through Georgia, now in Atlanta listening to 93.7. Does anyone know if reception will last till South Carolina?

opfor311 ayon kay ...

Why is it that right after they say that Big Ben hasn't been sacked yet, he gets sacked?

David ayon kay ...

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiide left.

Good field position. Gotta score, Pack.

David ayon kay ...

HT said...
passing through Georgia, now in Atlanta listening to 93.7. Does anyone know if reception will last till South Carolina?

We only allow AM radio in South Carolina. We're traditionalists.

opfor311 ayon kay ...

That's why he doesn't kick for Dallas anymore....

David ayon kay ...

Pack have lost Driver, Shields and Woodson. Shades of the regular season. Their two most mature and stable players out.

David ayon kay ...

Where's Raji? Mr. Invisible.

Beldar ayon kay ...

Very interesting advertising strategy by Stella Artois: a commercial that I suspect most American men find almost unendurably cloying and effeminate and French -- used to sell beer, traditionally a product purchased at the whim of and mostly consumed by men. So this would seem to be some self-destructive advertising. Except that they make it sell by surrounding the foppish singer with women who seem to all be on the brink of some simultaneous orgasm. As for the foppish singer, he's played by Adrian Brody; or is that supposed to be Adrian Brody in character, moving on from concert pianist to West Bank French lounge singer?

wv: "rertedr" which looked to me like "rented doctor" at a glance.

David ayon kay ...

Composure.

Beldar ayon kay ...

And now Chrysler: "Imported from Detroit." Cute.

More accurate: "Imported from Detroit, but controlled by Washington, D.C."

bwebster ayon kay ...

Yay! Turnover!

David ayon kay ...

Points. Rogers might as well be playing DB.

No offense.

Lincolntf ayon kay ...

I'm sure BJ Raji has been called many things, but never invisible.

(I agree that he hasn't been a big visible factor yet, but he's occupying extra help on every play, which helps the cause.)

David ayon kay ...

Gotta block, Pack.

David ayon kay ...

Catch the F . . . . ing ball.

opfor311 ayon kay ...

Hey, Rodgers isn't the one dropping the ball.....but at least Nelson caught this one...

bwebster ayon kay ...

Quick make up by Nelson for those dropped passes

The Dude ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
David ayon kay ...

Jennings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scott ayon kay ...

I'm glad I went to my AA meeting first.

So glad Green Bay is winning. That's the working man's team.

opfor311 ayon kay ...

Great ad with the dogs, and the cars.com reviews ad was good too.....

David ayon kay ...

More bad ads.

My wife has left (not permanently.)

Bud Light ad not so bad--I'm always a sucker for dog ads.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Of course, in all this anxiety, it's good to remember that the Pack has led the entire game.

David ayon kay ...

"So glad Green Bay is winning. That's the working man's team."

Green Bay is also a hotbed for AA recruiting.

Way to make the meeting, pardner.

The Dude ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
opfor311 ayon kay ...

A Border Collie would have herded the guests into a corner....better not having one there...way to hold Flozell...now do you know why we let him go?

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

The Chrysler ad would have been way better if the guy had come out of the theater to find his car had been stripped.

bwebster ayon kay ...

No pressure, Pack.

opfor311 ayon kay ...

Still like the SSK better than the new ones....

opfor311 ayon kay ...

Six point game now...

James ayon kay ...

Gotta watch out for Wallace now but Packers defense will win it.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Nice to see a dumb penalty on the other side. Good time for it, too.

Fred4Pres ayon kay ...

This is turning out to be a good game.

James ayon kay ...

You can bet McCarthy will play prevent defense instead of going after the Steelers now.

opfor311 ayon kay ...

What a way to end this one...

J ayon kay ...

ahhyeahh. buh bye squeeelers

Fred4Pres ayon kay ...

And there you go. Happy days in Wisconsin.

bwebster ayon kay ...

Woot! 'Night, y'all. Nice hanging with you - made the hotel room a little less solitary.

Lincolntf ayon kay ...

Congratulations to all the Wisconsinites/Green Bay fans.

opfor311 ayon kay ...

There is no joy in the White House, the Steelers have struck out...

James ayon kay ...

David you can come out now.

Packers win!!!!

AllenS ayon kay ...

WE WON!!!

YEAH, PACKERS!!

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Yay!!!!!

Sixty Bricks ayon kay ...

GREEN BAY

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

I can hear people outside yelling...

David ayon kay ...

Packers' best receiver Jennings in interview says "Our #1 receiver goes down," referring to Driver and his injury.

Now that is class.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Meade's going out. Where are you going? I ask. He says, "I'm going to yell back to that guy."

AllenS ayon kay ...

That was me yelling. Tell Meade that I hear him.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Guys all over the neighborhood have open their doors to yell "Woooo!"

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Congratulations to the little team that could.

James ayon kay ...

Gotta commend McCarthy for excellent tactics. He could have surcome (h/t Cornel West) to the pressure and attempted a long field goal like the Steelers had done earlier. Instead he opted to punt and that totally changed the momentum.

David ayon kay ...

James said...
"David you can come out now."

My nerves showed, eh?

And I grew up in Pittsburgh.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

This means that they'll have to bring back "Giant Spider Invasion" on MST3K!

David ayon kay ...

Staubach has kept fit.

Also become very rich.

Meade ayon kay ...

I heard you loud and clear AllenS.

"It's a great day to be great, baby" - greg Jennings

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

It was a good exiting game.. It was a treat watching Clay Matthews.

Rogers got the MVP but it was really a team effort.

Meade ayon kay ...

Cecil Isbell would be very proud of these Packers. What a legacy.

Meade ayon kay ...

Very true, Lem. Great watching the game with all of you. Thanks.

AllenS ayon kay ...

What a year. After all of those injuries to key players, and then tonight with more injuries and other players stepping up was an excellent end to the season.

Wow.

AllenS ayon kay ...

There are fireworks going off out here in the middle of nowhere. The neighbors must have saved them from the fourth.

The Dude ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I don't know waht the record is for Superbowl injuries but I believe there is rule that says when you continuously try to protect against something happening you get more of it.

Its not Murphy's Law.

JAL ayon kay ...

I'm with the professor -- hey -- why are they wearing the same colors?

Oh. The shirts and helmets are different.

But watching pants. Harder toe tell whatswhat whoswho.

Beldar ayon kay ...

So what does this do for Paul Ryan's presidential chances?

kjbe ayon kay ...

Awesomeness!

I must say I enjoyed seeing Bart, there.

Congrats, Charles. Take care of that collarbone.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

The more the NFL tries to tweak the rules to prevent injuries the more injuries they are going to suffer.

Beldar ayon kay ...

I find James Spaders' pitch voice to be fundamentally untrustworthy. Choosing someone known as a too-slick TV lawyer may not have been a good idea for Acura.

Nevertheless, I like Jeff Bridges' voice for the Hyundai commercials. (Even though he sounds like he's 3/4ths drunk.)

And does Mercedes benefit just from the vocal resonance and good lucks of Jon Hamm? Or do they lose customers who associate him with Donald Draper's less appealing qualities (chief among them, hucksterism)?

David ayon kay ...

Thanks for the Super Bowl party, Althouse.

Michael K ayon kay ...

My dog (male and un-neutered) watched the game together, although I smoked all the cigars.

Congratulations. Great game.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Hey, thanks to everyone who came to the Meadhouse Super Bowl party!

Wally Kalbacken ayon kay ...

How sweet it is!

- Ralph Kramden, 1951.

Rialby ayon kay ...

Did anyone see that Tibet/Groupon commercial?? Man, Timothy Hutton is going to get skewered for that one.

Steven ayon kay ...

I assume when they don't know who deserves the Super Bowl MVP, they just give it to the winning QB.

Rodgers himself gave props to his defense (as he did, correctly, after the Chicago game). He could have mentioned Jennings, too, but I think the defense really did more than the offense. Which seems strange to say when 25 points were allowed, but that was 25 points on 12 possessions, several of which were stopped on turnovers.

garage mahal ayon kay ...

What a night. What a team. Wow. Can't wait until next year.

The Dude ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
Irene ayon kay ...

Thank you, Althouse and Meade, for allowing us to share the Super Bowl party with you!

Original Mike ayon kay ...

BOO-Rahh!!!

prairie wind ayon kay ...

Pack it in the rear

C'mon, Cooper...my kids are watching.

prairie wind ayon kay ...

Oh, wait...it was "cram it in the rear."

Packers won!

Col Mustard ayon kay ...

A half-hour halftime disrespects the game. I guess the B-Eyed-Peas were easier on the eye than the late MJ grabbing his package but, really, is there any wonder why 'Great Satan' resonates in Iran...or maybe it should be 'Great Stupid'. Best Superbowl halftime ever was the original (before they were called 'Superbowls') - the Grambling Marching Band. Awesome!

KLDAVIS ayon kay ...

Packers win the Super Bowl! Aaaaagh! "Previously used cheese curds are on sale!" Aaaaagh!

For those that were wondering, I wore the green hat.

FWBuff ayon kay ...

We were there, Ann! We came over from Fort Worth to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. My wife and I are celebrating our 50th birthdays this year, so the Super Bowl was our present to each other. The Packers fans were all around us in their cheesehead hats and green makeup. The "Pack" played great and Aaron Rodgers definitely deserved MVP. Congrats to the Packers; this has been quite a year for all things Wisconsin!

Beth ayon kay ...

Geaux Pack! Congratulations, Cheeseheads!

And yeah, Jennings shoulda got MVP. 21 points from turnovers!

But Rodgers played well and kept his focus. I don't begrudge him the honor, or the Camaro.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Thanks for a great season, Green Bay.

I'm very happy for Donald Driver. He's one of my favorite players.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Trooper, have I told you lately that...

Eh, never mind.

Beth ayon kay ...

Althouse and Meade - get out! Get in your car and drive around and yell and cheer!

OneLifeLiveIt ayon kay ...

Green Bay - a city that punches way above its size. Well done to the best run team in the NFL.

Toad Trend ayon kay ...

GO PACK!

Great game. Congrats to the Champs.

Unknown ayon kay ...

To sign the national anthem that way is a felony in the country of origin of the so called singer.
After the boring preliminaries my daughter was screaming , and she is right, why they dont start playing ?
There is no need for two weeks of wrong analysis( At ESPN in spanish, a mexican journalist was insulted by another mexican and a cuban for saying that GB will win) . A useless and boring ceremony( every bit of it) And the"entertainment" in the half time

Daniel Fielding ayon kay ...

Go Packers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):)

It is good to see a team of good guys win.
Sad to see that my former classmate Charles Woodson was hurt and couldnt participate in most of the game.

Kirby Olson ayon kay ...

I got all the ice off my driveway.

Paddy O ayon kay ...

I ended up getting home about an hour or hour and a half after the game started. I expected this, so I had DVRed it.

When I got home and settled in, I started the recording. That and the "ahead 30 seconds" button on my remote made for an excellent viewing. Thirty seconds is exactly the different between plays (for the most part). So, the Superbowl for me was just the plays, one after another, and the commercials. No commentary at all. No filler. Just the football and the creativity.

It was great. The only downside was I didn't skip through the halftime show.

caplight ayon kay ...

The National Anthem belongs to all Americans and speaks for, not just to, all Americans. Therefore, individual improvisation in the artist singing it is always inappropriate because it speaks for her/him and not for us. Christina and all the rest, just sing it the way it is written. It is so much greater in it's simplicity than you by your improvisation can ever make it. Oh, and learn the words.

Original Mike ayon kay ...

What? You mean, "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last reaming," ain't the real words?

Ralph L ayon kay ...

just sing it the way it is written
I don't think they have the skill, that's why they "wobble" notes instead of hold them.

Goju ayon kay ...

The Packer's O-line had a great day. Gave Rodgers a lot of time.

Raji and the D-line had a great day. Not much yardage up the middle by the Steelers. Pit's biggest gains on the ground came when the LBs didn't keep containment.

The Packers are truly America's team. The Cowboys were never more than corporate America's team

Mitch H. ayon kay ...

Belkys, what the heck are you talking about? Aguilera's "country of origin" is western Pennsylvania. She was born in New York, and grew up outside of Pittsburgh, up on the edge of the morraine. She went to the same high school as my dad, IIRC. (Checking wikipedia, yup, North Allegheny.)

Which just means she's as ignorant as your average North Hills yunzer.

I watched the game at a friend's place. The Steelers sucked.

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