On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 03:16:54 GMT, kerfoker <kerfoker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

Indigo Moon Man wrote:

Lynda <homdepo20@webtv.net> spake thusly:

just a rumor i heard but nfl says no more half time shows at the
superbowl.....any one else heard this?

I haven't heard of it but my educated guess is that it is not true. Though
they put the halftime show on the same type of time delay as CBS is gonna
use for the Grammy's coming up.

Why do they have to have a special half time pop music show anyways? I

Because the half-time show is one of the things that makes the Super Bowl
one of the most watched shows of the year.

kerfoker wrote:

Why do they have to have a special half time pop music show anyways?

Because the Superbowl has become a cultural event that transcends the game?

I
heard on
my sports radio station that the length of the Super Bowl half time
is double the time of a regular season's game's half time to
accommodate the special show.

And a game that for 5 months has taken 3+ hours to play takes 4+ on that day.
Hard on the players and on the fans of the game (as opposed to 'cultural event'
fans).

The NFL has asked for trouble for years
with its pop music shows and it's not like they haven't been stupid
in the past. Remember Michael Jackson's half time show, I don't know,
10 and something years ago, that started out with Macauly Caulkin (sp)
somehow
and then old Michael grabbed his crotch a million times during his
songs? The
one guy did that, Nelly whoever he is, this year. Plus there were the
stripper
dancers, the lame poncho flag outfit, and there was simulation sex with
Timberlake and Jackson dancing. The
whole show was stupid. It's not like it was any artistic creation, just
performers
going for shocking a large tv audience. Actually, I was expecting
Michael to
pop out at the end for an appearance, that would have been a shocker
too. Anyways,
they rehearsed with all the crotch grabbing, stripper dancers poncho
flag and hump dancing so I'm
assuming the NFL knew about *that* beforehand so what's the big deal
about the
boobflash (that didn't even last for a one-mississippi)? The NFL was
just asking
for it putting on a crappy show that just got a little crappier at the
end. And
for what? To attract the younger demographic audience who wouldn't have
watched the
game otherwise? To hell with them; if it takes some pop show to get them
to watch
the game (did they watch the game?) then I think the NFL disrespects the
football
fans who tuned in just because they wanted to watch the game and have to
sit through
that crap. Jeez!

Jeez is right! I watch every game my team plays and many others, too, including
pre-season. My non-fan friends think it's 'cute', if somewhat odd. But, of
course, they want to watch the Superbowl and many assumed that The Party would
be at my place. As if. I told 'em 'this ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no foolin' around.' I can't even imagine trying to watch that game in
the company of non-fans. But I can accept all of the hype and showmanship as
part of the price of my team making it to that level.

Anyways, it was a great game.

Omigawd, wasn't it? To tell ya the truth, I barely noticed any of the halftime
antics. I was stunned by 26 and a half minutes of incredible defense followed by
a 3.5 minute offensive explosion on both sides of the ball. Stunned, I tell ya,
and it only got excruciatingly better.

Too bad Carolina's kicker gave New England
the
ball on the 40 with his out of bounds kickoff. I don't know if NE
would've gotten
close enough for the field goal in time if a decent kick gave them 20
more yards to go.
And I can't believe Delhomme started out so bad (1 for 9!) then turned
it around
to be so good. I thought Carolina was doomed and we'd get another blow
out like so
many other Super Bowls.

What a game!!!

Gayle

In message
<pan.2004.02.06.20.42.05.806541@ID-107770.user.uni-berlin.de>, Whiskers
<catwheezel@operamail.com> writes

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 21:47:21 -0600, judith <j_stillwater@excite.com>
wrote:

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:46:36 -0600 (CST),

Judith

Janet did a televised apology yesterday..... Lynda

Interesting -- I didn't know that! But sure enough, I looked in google
news and there it was. Now it's being called "Nipplegate." :)

If they wanted to cover it up, they'd call it nippledoor ;))

And covering up with your hand is closing the nippledoor after the breast
has bolted.