ESPN.com fantasy sports analyst AJ Mass already has a wonderful forum for his views on sports, but what about everything else under the sun? Fear not, readers! That's what a blog is for.
As those of you who are parents are well aware, most shows aimed at a pre-school audience are painful for adults to watch, especially those like Max and Ruby - Where are their parents? - and Little Bear - cloying and over-the-top saccharine garbage. However, tried and true Sesame Street still comes up aces in my book.
Sure, it's a little bit weird to see Ernie and Bert now in claymation for a good chunk each episode, and the overexposure of Elmo is a little bit much, but all in all, it's still something that adults can find some humor in. This is all the more true when a special guest star from the grown-up world comes to call on the cast, as was the case here in this absolutely hilarious clip.
Fox News has a poll up on their website where people can vote on their favorite Super Bowl ad. About the only thing honest about this poll is the disclaimer at the bottom: This is not a scientific poll. That’s an understatement.
For one, they don’t list all of the ads- only a select few. In addition, guess which ad they put at the top of their list of possible options? That’s right, the Focus on the Family's pro-life ad featuring Tim Tebow. What a shock that 34 percent of all respondents claimed that as “the best” commercial! Compare that to USA Today’s ad meter ratings, which include ALL the commercials and saw the spot rank 54th out of 63 overall.
In fact, the number one spot on USA Today’s ad meter was the Snickers spot with Betty White and Abe Vigoda, which I’m surprised didn’t generate an outpouring of outrage for its endorsement of violence and physical abuse of senior citizens.
Still, with the Fox News zombified followers upset that there were so many beer commercials that *shock* seemed to be encouraging beer drinking, they fail to realize that a) the Tebow spot doesn’t actually reference the issue at the core of Focus on the Family’s raison d’être at all, and b) in fact, uses a much lamer version of the same exact “hit an old person” joke that was why the Snickers ad was so popular.
But then again, I’m not surprised that an ad which doesn’t really have anything of substance to say is incredibly popular with Fox News viewers and being praised as “a step in the right direction.” After all, these are Sarah Palin’s people.
As a writer for ESPN.com I’m often asked my opinion on sports, especially once people find out what it is I do for a living. Now, I can wax poetic on many topics: from the 1986 Mets to the Kellen Winlsow playoff game to Chris Webber’s timeout. From the “Miracle on Ice” to Brandy Chastain’s celebration, whatever the topic, I can understand why people would want to ask someone touting themselves as a “fantasy sports analyst” about sports.
However, one question always manages to come up in conversation year after year...
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