Call this one the Super Bowl of sleaze(Even liberal TV critics disgusted)

MSNBC ^ | 2/2/04 | Tom Shales

[NYCVirago]

Tom Shales wrote this? A few weeks ago, he said Ted Kennedy should be on Mount Rushmore! Amazing that even he was offended.

[5by5]

The NFL should yank the Superbowl from CBS.

[NYCVirago]

Nope. His stunt was sponsored by some .com company (they already admitted it). He had the name of the company on his back as he ran through the field.

It was goldenpalace.com, a gambling site.

[wtc911]

Hey, I was young once too!

[Alberta's Child]

You are missing the point of the Super Bowl. It is to draw new fans in. If you are a football fan, you are going to watch, period.

If this is true, then someone at CBS must be missing the point of televising football games in the first place. Because this football fan didn't watch even a minute of the game last night.

This is precisely what's wrong with the NFL -- they're taking their fan base for granted with the kind of nonsense that these Super Bowl telecasts have become. This explains why the Super Bowl generates record ratings from one year to the next, at the same time Monday Night Football ratings are in a free-fall year after year. Serious football fans look at the NFL and recognize that the quality of play in the league has diminished substantially over the last ten years (if you have any doubts about that, realize that neither team in last night's game would have even made the playoffs back in the days before the salary cap was implemented), while the "new fans" who are targeted by these Super Bowl telecasts couldn't tell one way or another.

[LaraCroft]

There are all kinds of clothing decorated with flags, enough that perhaps some people, a lot of people don't know what you can and can't do with flags.

A lot of them are here on FR.

I don't think he meant any disrespect, he should be notified, but his Pro-American songs are more beneficial, and better to listen to than most of the fare served up by 'artists' today.

He's pretty cool, even if you don't get it. Trailer trash underdog? You need to work on your insults. They're just lame. He's doing a bit better than you are, trailer trash and all.

[Sloth]

The NFL has a responsibility for the content of their event. They knew who they were dealing with.

[NYCVirago]

America is populated by a bunch of Decadent Puritans. When we are confronted by lyrics that refer to explicitly to bodily fluids on MTV, we get shouts of "first amendment" freedom. Now, a breast is exposed and the same ninny's are up in arms.

What are you talking about? Your argument doesn't even make logical sense (for one, the so-called "ninny's" who were offended by nudity on TV aren't real thrilled with MTV's content either.)

[Protagoras]

The NFL has veto rights when they sign the contract. They can stipulate what can and cannot happen. I hold them all responsible.

[LaraCroft]

"Here's an original though -- make the football fan your target audience, not some jackass with an IQ of 70 on a good day and an IQ of 80 after he's got several hours worth of alcohol in him."

Maybe those ARE the football fans.

;o)

[tongue-tied]

...but how do you describe the emergency?

I can remember reading (I think it was some medical journal in a Doc's waiting room) of a situation where a "patient presented with extreme discomfort due to erection..."

The "cure" was to make two slits, one on either side right at the base to relieve the blood pressure. Then stitches.

um, OW!

[Alberta's Child]

#65 might interest you, too.

[ohiobushman]

Boobs have been seen on tv for years. Examples,Dan Rather,Brokaw.Jennings,Barbra Walters,walter cronkite,larry king,oprah,donahue,springer,cnn,msnbc,mike farrell,martin sheen and a heck of alot more.THESE "BOOBS" are bigger and more dangerous than jackson's.I am boycotting CBS!!!

[humboldtconservative]

Because this football fan didn't watch even a minute of the game last night.

Sorry sir, you are no real football fan.

realize that neither team in last night's game would have even made the playoffs back in the days before the salary cap was implemented

How can you even say that? You show your ignorance right here. So, I guess the 1985 Bears should have never won, right? The last 5 or 6 years have been the most competitive football that we have ever seen. But, you must be one of those who wants the same three teams win every year. I have an idea, go watch baseball instead. You can watch as George Steinbrener buys up half of the league, and spends 6 or 7 times as much as other teams do.

[wtc911]

I still have the scars.....

[petitfour]

Money talks: Turn off your cable. How many Viacom channels does each cable subscriber support??????? All of them push the limits. Even Nickelodeon.

[weegee]

CBS chose to air a spot advertising the upcoming horror movie "Van Helsing" even though it contained extremely disturbing and graphic images of brutality and gore and despite the fact that it has yet to be rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. If the film were eventually to be rated NC-17, it would be contrary to network policy to carry any commercials for it.

"Van Helsing" may get an NC-17 rating but it would be cut to R for theatrical release (or it may even be cut from R to the larger ticket buying audience of PG-13). Regardless of whatever the theatrical release is rated, the DVD could always come out as a "unrated director's cut" and be sold to any age buyer.

[sr4402]

The networks are wondering why their audience share is shrinking, and then run wall to wall anus and penis commercials, along with the breakthrough on bestiality. Parents are learning more and more not to let their kids watch sports on TV, for that reason alone.

This is the first time the wife and I tuned in CBS in over a year. We were totally disgusted. The commercials were terrible. We were so embarrased by the woman holding the candle as she was "gas" flamed by horse flatulence. We tuned to another station for a while. I decided not to watch the halftime because I thought there was to much breast activity. It was only this morning I heard about the exposure. CBS should be fined or not allowed on the air any more.

I hear that the woman has not complained about being exposed and that she had a "pastee". This is enough to indicate this was planned and purposed to "push the envelope" of TV sexuality.

Sorry CBS, we have over 200 other channels to try, I guess we might look at you again in another year if you televise the superbowl again. But if the franchise realizes you are turning kids and families off with your assinine humor, perhaps it will be on ESPN Sports?

[weegee]

Right now the #1 song in the land is "F**k It" by Eamon(who/whatever that is). Surprised that didn't have him/her/it there for halftime "entertainment".

Was he the singer or is this an mp3 remix of John Kerry (like all those Howard Dean remixes)?

[Colonel_Flagg]

With all the security, he had to have inside help to get his credentials.

You know, that's a fabulous point. I have covered the Super Bowl before as a member of the media and security there is unbelievable. When I went, you couldn't even bring a camera onto the field for risking being thrown out of the stadium - and this was for media!

It would not surprise me in the least if your suspicion turns out to be right on the mark.