Who is going to the Super Bowl?

[Asscherhalo_lover]

When Brady threw the imaginary ball was the most entertained I have ever been watching football

Yes! It was So So funny! He was just looking back like, "Hey, where's my ball?". That and JT's outfit were the most entertaining moments of the night. And the dirty dancing commercial.

 

[Luce]

I loved the dirty dancing commercial!!!

 

[YadaYadaYada]

@Asscherhalo_lover, yes what was that racket of an outfit JT was wearing? I love JT but he's had his day, Bruno Mars is my favorite halftime show of all time.

Pink did an awesome job on the anthem, reminiscent of how Whitney sang it.

This is how you do a halftime show:

 

[AGBF]

I loved the dirty dancing commercial!!!

That was funny. I liked another one that was for Mountain Dew and fiery Nacho Doritos (I am sure I am not naming the product correctly). I loved the special effects and the way they were timed with the music and movement. When I said I liked it my daughter told me that "those were two of the worst songs ever". I couldn't have told you there were two songs in the commercial, let alone what they were. I just liked the whole effect.

Here is is...

 

[monarch64]

I couldn't figure out JT's costuming til the end when everything went Trolls. If I didn't have a child and hadn't seen the movie/known he was one of the starring voices in it, I'd have been just as confused as the rest of America. The Prince homage made me tear up; when the camera panned out to show everything lit up purple and the symbol, .

I originally had plans to go out to dinner at 7 last night. Our weather turned really bad, though, and instead we ran to the store and grabbed all the fresh produce/deli stuff that looked good and noshed on that while we watched the game which turned out to be pretty awesome, yet anticlimactic at the end. The first play we saw when we turned on the game was that totally ballsy fakeout game-maker. And the Eagles' starting qb didn't even play--they won it with what, their third string? Anyway, glad they won. I had to LOL at the announcer who was just beside himself ("I give up") about the TD's being approved instead of incomplete. He must've had a lot of money riding on the game because he was just incensed. Haha.

 

[Calliecake]

The Prince tribute gave me tears and chills too Monnie. So glad they did this for the people of Minneapolis and all those who loved Prince. I still think Prince’s Super Bowl performance was one of the best ever.

I never knew Tom Brady was such a sore loser. He didn’t even go over and shake the winning quarterbacks hand. Great sportsmanship teachable moment for your kids. What an a$$.

 

[monarch64]

Hopefully kids who’d learn from that wouldn’t have been up late enough to see Brady’s unsportsmanlike behavior at the end. Did you read last week that Justin Timberlake said he’d never let his son play football? The sport is barbaric, I’m not super proud to have watched it but it was something to do. I just learned that two former players with CTE shot themselves in the chest with a shotgun and left behind notes expressing their desire for their brains to be analyzed because of CTE. That gave me chills up and down my entire body hearing it last night. I had no idea it was THAT bad. And is it any wonder we have awful people like Rice and Vicks doing terrible things when we literally train them to be amped-up animals (also boxing which I am totally anti)??? All in the name of money for the owners and advertisers/sponsors.

 

[AGBF]

I never knew Tom Brady was such a sore loser. He didn’t even go over and shake the winning quarterbacks hand.

I didn't know that. That is disgusting. That new young quarterback-at least he was a temporary quarterback-for the Eagles seems like a sweetheart. Tom Brady has everything and he has had it forever. Why couldn't he be the adult?

 

[Calliecake]

It’s bad @monarch64 There is no way I would ever let a child play football. Dave Duerson’s suicide was discussed on all the Chicago news stations. He left instructions for his brain to be sent to Boston University School of Medicine for CTE research. My husband saw Jim McMahon around the same time and said it awful to see what he was going thru. He has early onset dementia, depression, severe headaches, speech and vision problems. I’ve wondered the past few years how football is even allowed now that we are aware of the effects on players brains. it’s all about making money. Sad

 

[AGBF]

It’s bad @monarch64 There is no way I would ever let a child play football. Dave Duerson’s suicide was discussed on all the Chicago news stations. He left instructions for his brain to be sent to Boston University School of Medicine for CTE research. My husband saw Jim McMahon around the same time and said it awful to see what he was going thru. He has early onset dementia, depression, severe headaches, speech and vision problems. I’ve wondered the past few years how football is even allowed now that we are aware of the effects on players brains. it’s all about making money. Sad

I have been reading about the concussions in "The New York Times". That's why seeing Brandin Cooks get injured was so upsetting to me. Is this really a sport...or like watching gladiators battle to the death in an arena in ancient Rome to divert us?

My mother wouldn't let my brother play football in high school, and he injured a kidney playing touch football on the beach anyway. I think athletic people are more prone to injury than others. Accidents happen. But why court disaster? Why go for the sport that is known to hurt people?

 

[AGBF]

I loved the dirty dancing commercial!!!

I love the move "Dirty Dancing". I have seen that as any times as "The Godfather". (Typical American!) When I saw that ad I started to ask my daughter what she thought about the lift and how it was done. (I had read at length about how hard it was to film the one in "Dirty Dancing".)

I was thrilled to find this juicy article today about how the ad was made. The players were apparently fabulous as dancers! Excerpts below and link attached.


"Making Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Into Super Bowl’s Dancing M.V.P.s

Feb. 5, 2018

It took all summer for the big finale to come together in the movie “Dirty Dancing.” Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. learned the routine in two days.

In a National Football League ad that quickly went viral, the Giants’ quarterback and wide receiver recreated that film’s final scene with some help from a Broadway choreographer. With its potent mix of comedy, pop-culture nostalgia and sympathy for a quarterback who had a rough season, the ad captured the imagination of fans.

(snip)

'We had so many breakout moments where players showed their creativity together,' said Dawn Hudson, the chief marketing officer of the N.F.L. 'We wanted to keep that fun going for the Super Bowl and give our fans something to smile and laugh at.'

But Sunday night’s ad raised the bar. The tagline 'To all the touchdowns to come' appears as Beckham is held aloft in the classic 'Dirty Dancing' lift by Manning. (And no, that moment did not involve body doubles, said Jeff Stamp, a deputy chief creative officer of Grey New York.)

To help turn football players into dancers, the ad’s director Aaron Stoller brought in a choreographer, Stephanie Klemons, an original cast member and associate choreographer of the Broadway musical “Hamilton.” (She is now supervising the show’s dancers on stages beyond New York.)

As a choreographer, Klemons has given dance steps to all kinds of movers, including puppets, on a coming episode of 'Sesame Street,' and Victoria’s Secret models. With the Giants, she was able to get the job done quickly: She had one day to work with the full group, and an extra rehearsal with Manning. In that limited time, she said, the players exhibited dancerlike speed in absorbing the movement and repeating it as instructed.

Why the Giants? They were selected from a list of possible teams partly because of Manning and Beckham’s personalities, Stamp said. Manning’s comic timing had proven effective in past Grey ads, and a recent locker-room video showed him dancing, with modest flair. “Who doesn’t love someone earnest trying to get down?” said Stamp. And Beckham’s cool, modern edge made a great pairing with Manning.

Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Klemons on the morning after the Super Bowl.

You work with professional dancers all the time. How do professional athletes compare?

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The lift: Eli Manning gives Odell Beckham Jr. a Jennifer Grey-style boost in the N.F.L. ad.
They are so coachable and have so much physical acuity. Their ability to go on the field and memorize plays is totally akin to the way a Broadway performer’s brain works. I thought, ‘Wow, you have an exceptional set of physical and mental skills.’

Did you have to break the dance into successive shots, or did the players memorize the steps so you could shoot straight through?

They had to memorize the choreography, and at first they thought they would need separate shots. But once we got to dancing, they had it.

What was Eli like to work with?

I love working with people who don’t identify as dancers. Maybe his outward movements aren’t as smooth as Patrick Swayze’s, but they way he was able to execute the moves, on the beat? That’s not easy!

And Odell?

He was up for whatever. When it came to getting the lift, it was important that we got that shot, and so we started with that. You see why these guys are so great under pressure. When the camera was on, it was like 3, 2, 1, and it was perfect.

And they danced well together?

They are unbelievable partners. I saw the relationship between this quarterback and a wide receiver right in front of me. It was so present in their interaction. They were better together.

How closely do Eli’s moves reflect Patrick Swayze’s steps?

It’s based on the original choreography. It just looks so different because of the way he and Patrick do it. Everything from the floor work is based on the moves that Patrick Swayze did, and Eli added his own touch.

Did anyone object to anything?

There was some day-of negotiation. There were a couple moments that Odell felt were questionable. He recently had reconstructive ankle surgery, and it was about figuring out how to execute these classic movements.

About that lift, how did you teach the mechanics of it?

I have to keep that to myself [laughing].

And Odell was O.K. with being in the Jennifer Grey role?

Grey and the N.F.L. had the whole thing planned. They decided that for them. This was their brainchild."

AGBF

 

[AprilBaby]

Hubby left tonight to go to the parade tomorrow. $700 round trip to be in the middle of the insane beer bash.

 

[monarch64]

Hubby left tonight to go to the parade tomorrow. $700 round trip to be in the middle of the insane beer bash.

Wow, your hubby sounds like a diehard fan! Good for him; I hope he stays safe and enjoys himself. Now, my question is: do you get some bling now that your husband has indulged in football stuffs???

Love you, Aprilbaby! Please share regardless. Every PSr loves a good story especially involving sports or bling.