The best part of the Super Bowl

And it technically wasn't a part of the Super Bowl..

I'm a HUGE Jimmy Fallon fan and all last week, his show was broadcast from Indianapolis for the Super Bowl.  On Sunday night, right after the game, he did a live broadcast and the opening was EPIC.  He turned Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" into another one of his brilliant parodies and it featured cameos by The Roots, Butler's mascot, the Mayor of Indianapolis, Colts cheerleaders and Butler students.  It.was.so.good.

Clink the link and enjoy.  It's totally worth it!

Jimmy Fallon's Super Bowl Show Opening

xoxo,
Blanche Sanche

My favorite halftime shows

I'll be honest with you, I've only been watching the Super Bowl since 2000.  Before that, I couldn't have cared less about football really. Since that time, however, I've been pretty consistently underwhelmed by the "talent" they've gotten for the halftime show.  I don't know what I expect for my halftime entertainment, but I guess I'm looking for more content that flashy costumes and sets.  I want talent.  I want something to make me say, "Wow.  That was awesome."

I have only really enjoyed two out of the thirteen shows I've seen.

First, was the 2001 show.  I mainly enjoyed it because I love anything and everything NSYNC ever did.  I'm an unabashed NSYNC fan for life.  But I thought putting NSYNC, Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Nelly and Mary J. Blige on one stage was amazing.  I loved that they all did the Walk This Way dance together at the end.  It was awesome.  As far as pop music goes, it was top notch.

But my favorite Super Bowl halftime show ever goes to the one, and only, Prince during the 2007 game.  Prince came out and rocked it.  He didn't lipsync; he didn't go crazy with sets and projection screens and costumes; he just went out there with his guitar and sang.  He is a true bad ass.  And he didn't just sing the typical Prince songs.  He performed the Foo Fighters "Best of You" better than the Foo Fighters ever could.  I mean, seriously, his guitar solo... perfection!

The very best moment, when he throws off his bandana, and launches into Purple Rain.  Swoon.  I still get chills when I watch it.  It was pouring rain and you never would have known it because Prince never let it effect him.  I can't gush enough about it.

Here's the second half of the performance.  YouTube doesn't have full clips, they are all broken into parts, so I'll leave you with the better half.

xoxo,

Blanche Sanche

Super Bowl XLVI

For all the hype, the talk about the rivalry between the Giants and the Patriots, all the fanfare, I was wicked disappointed in the game.  The first 55 minutes were a snoozefest.  I would have rather watched the Puppy Bowl than that game.  And the last 5 minutes were only comparatively exciting, since the rest of the game sucked.

I am completely convinced that there will be some report that shows up in the next week or two, telling us that Tom Brady played the postseason with an injury.  That's the only excuse for his terrible performances in the final 2 games of the year.  Now, I'm clearly not a fan of Brady, but that was not the way he normally plays.

Then there was that abomination of a halftime show.  Dear Madonna, you are 54.  Act like it.  I didn't understand the whole Romanesque motif.  I didn't understand LMFAO, or any of the cameos, for that matter.  I still don't understand why YOU were chosen as the halftime entertainment.  But I am pretty sure there were more gays watching the game last night than ever.

The commercials sucked.  I hardly cracked a smile for any of them.  I totes don't want to buy any of the products advertised.

The best part of the whole game was Kelly Clarkson singing the National Anthem.  Girl looked amazing and sounded perfect.  She was a great choice.  If only she could have been the halftime entertainment as well.

Now, football season is over and I'm left unfulfilled.  I guess we go into a football drought until the draft.

xoxo,
Blanche Sanche

Twinkle toes

Hines Ward... you just lost the Super Bowl, what are you going to do now?

Dance with the stars, obviously.

Am I the only one who thinks this is a ridiculous decision?  I will never take an active football player seriously if he puts on a pair of dance shoes and shakes his ass to a big band version of "Hold It Against Me".  But, to be fair, it's good that he's putting money in the bank account in case of a lockout this season.

I still think it's stupid.

xoxo,
Blanche Sanche

The Mediocre Bowl

My review of the Super Bowl in one word: "Eh."

The game wasn't all that exciting.  The commercials were pretty uninspired.  And don't even get me started on the halftime show and the desecration of all that is holy in the world.  Why, Slash?  Why would you let that angry man-woman butcher the song that makes my world a happy place???  And why was she singing as if she was a few 10 cent drafts deep at Cue and Cushion karaoke on Monday nights?  It was vile.  It was crude.  It was enough to make me wish for the Sheryl Crow remake (which, at the time of its release, I thought was the worst thing that could ever happen.)

Here is a list of what I consider to be highlights of the big game:
1.  There was a dude named Zombo.  Every time they said his name, I felt like I should have been watching a midnight public access show that played campy horror films.
2.  The Doritos commercial where the guy brought things back to life by sprinkling Doritos on them.  So funny.
3.  The fact that Ashton Kutcher was sitting behind GW and Laura Bush, who were sitting next to John Madden.  It was a trifecta of epic randomness.
4.  Mike Tomlin.  Any excuse to watch his pretty face is a highlight of my life.

Here is a list of what I hated about the game:
1.  A red carpet?  Are you fucking kidding me?  There is nothing sacred left.  The fact that celebrity has overthrown the game itself must be a sign of the apocolypse.
2.  In that same vein, when the players were exiting the field for halftime, the announcer literally said that they were "going to their dressing rooms."  Pretty sure they were going to the locker room, not to primp themselves for their prime time appearance at an awards show.
3.  Fergie.  Fuck you, Fergie.  Fuck you so hard.  I can't believe I was forced to watch her angrily, and pitchlessly, watch her perform for 10 minutes.  I've seen her live and I know she sucks, but this was an all-time low.
4.  That the Steelers lost.  Only because Big Ben is going to go on a raping spree of epic proportions and I don't know that the 20-something females of this country are adequately prepared for it.

Most of all, I really enjoyed watching the Packers win because I kept imagining Brett Favre, sitting on his couch in his Crocs, crying to himself.  Now Aaron Rogers has just as many Super Bowl rings and a lot longer to amass more.  Via con diablos, Brett!

xoxo,
Blanche Sanche

Where to watch the Super Bowl

It happens every year.  I get all psyched up for the big game then, when the day comes, I have nowhere fun to watch it.  Usually, I end up at my Dad's with a plethora of snack foods, but with only the company of my father and step-mom.  As avid of a football fan as I am, I can't remember the last time I even had a beer during the Super Bowl.

This year I'm shaking things up.

It looks like I might have the opportunity to go back to San Francisco (the city is only 5 hours away, so I try to get there as much as possible) to watch the game!  My female football fan friends (Blanche Manning and Blanche Collie) are going to the Bay for an opportunity to meet the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park because Blanche Collie has a soft spot for Brian Wilson.  They have invited me to join them on their sojourn to San Francisco.

San Francisco.  Blanches.  Gays.  Football.  YES PLEASE!

Let's hope I can get Monday off work, but I'm too scared to ask the boss today 'cause he's overly aggro.

Keep your fingers crossed for me,
Blanche Sanche