We were kind of skeptical about the new American Gladiators after the first episode. Way too much talking for our tastes. But now that we’re fast forwarding through the commercials and the pre/post event chit-chat, it’s a whole lot more tolerable. And it only takes about 15 minutes to watch!
Besides the constant jabber, the main difference between the old version and the new school one is the Gladiators. They just don’t pick `em like they used to. Some of those guys are just plain weird – yes, we’re talking about you Wolf. Still, they beat the heck out of the rejects.
It’s Friday and that means the week is winding down and the weekend is just getting fired up. So, here’s a little something to get your spirits up while you wait for those final hours of the work week to tick-tock off the clock.
And just like that, four minutes closer to freedom.
Outside of John Madden, Chris Berman has the most recognizable face and voice in all of NFL television coverage. He’s been a staple of ESPN for decades now and his “whaaaap” and car crash sound effects are things of legend. Of course, he’s also one of the most annoying men to ever strap on a microphone and his gimmickry is killing the NFL, but when it comes down to showtime, he’s a professional through and through. Yup; cool, calm, collected and professional. That’s the Swami.
Good to know we’re not the only ones with a `close your eyes and rub your temples’ kind of feeling when he’s in studio.
You know it’s almost Super Bowl Sunday when the chitter and the chatter progresses from on-field issues to off-field satellite stories. For example, when instead of hearing about defensive philosophies, you start hearing about the cost of 30-second commercial spots then you know the big game is about a week away. And once you move from the ridiculous money changing hands for a GoDaddy.com ad and into the dark, secret realm of commercial spoilers then you know kickoff is right around the corner.
Sometimes the Super Bowl and the ads are all about noise.
But, one humorous Pepsi ad will be silent.
It’s in American Sign Language with captions.
The actors are really Pepsi employees who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
It shows a couple of guys in a car driving down a residential street in the evening looking for their friend’s house.
Both of them forgot to bring the address.
So, they think up a quick and funny way to narrow down which house does “not” belong to their friend, who’s also deaf like they are.
The ad is called “Bob’s House” and is expected to run in the pre-show before the game begins.
“Expected to run in the pre-show before the game begins”??? Oh, no, no, no. We happen to know some people who know some people who know some people and we got a hold of a pirated copy. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone where you got it, but let us know if you need some more.
We always thought the show Sport Science was interesting, but we would get lost sometimes in the whole “science” part of the show. Force, mass, speed, propulsion, blah, blah, blah. Luckily for us, the nerds decided to dumb it down a bit with their episode dedicated to getting racked. Huh huh, we said rack. That was cool.
“Will the fear, anticipation and pain send his heart redlining into dangerous territory?” Well, duh. We could have answered that long before his gonads got grilled. But sometimes you have to put your neck or even your package on the line in the name of science and anyways, it wasn’t such a bad afternoon for Jason. He went down in history, made 50 smackers, took 68 pounds of force to his balls and Mr. Brainiac told the world he has a tiny, freshly bruised unit. Yup, that’s a day well spent.
We have to apologize in advance for the horrible music accompanying this video, but you gotta take the good with the bad sometimes. This is one of the funnier collections of clips we’ve seen in a while so, hit the mute button if you have to, but make sure you stick around until the 2:20 mark to see the best moment of disappointment ever captured by camera.
Happy days are here again because we’ve come across another classic “Real Men of Genius” promotion and we’ve got to say this commercial is dedicated to quite possibly the most realest man of genius to ever come down the turnpike. After all, do you love to get hit in the twig-n-berries? We didn’t think so.
Ever wonder what it would be like to attend the “National Mascot Competition”? We didn’t think so. But the guys over at Best Week Ever did and they sent one of their cronies to Orlando to get the scoop on all the gigantic-headed action. As we expected, it was a total waste of gas.
So, what’s next for ol’ Smokey. Well, like any mascot who is dedicated his craft, it’s the Mascot Hall of Fame or bust. No, seriously; we’re not making this stuff up.
Links:
[BestWeekEver.tv]: BWE.tv Field Trip: The Secret Society of College Football Mascots
Sometimes the Super Bowl and the ads are all about noise.