The Irony Of The Super Bowl Party
If there is one sort of kooky downside to being a diehard football fan (and I mean a fan of the sport, not just a team diehard, which I think there’s a difference), is that the Super Bowl is one of the most annoying games to watch all year. Especially if you end up at a big Super Bow party that is attended by more casual fans.
My super bowl watching experience usually involves trying my best to watch it with fellow football fans like myself, because the few times I’ve watched Super Bowls in a casual party setting I ended up sitting next to the TV to drown people out and I never socialized because everyone would shut the hell up during the commercials because the commercials are the reason 90% of Super Bowl party goers show up. It’s incredibly bizarre to a football fan to have the typically least watchable part of any game suddenly be the most important moment in the room. The game could be on the wire on a final drive and people can be yapping but when that stupid hairy horse shilling bud shows up MY GOD DONT YOU SPEAK WHAT IF THE HORSE DOES A THING. Why do people like the stupid leg hair horses so much? Maybe it’s because I’m not a horse guy. Fuck john Elway.
These days I don’t even bother with the commercial watching or halftime watching anymore. You can watch half the Super Bowl ads on youtube the day before the game even airs now, or just watch them all the next day. The commercials feel less inspired now too. There’s a usual pattern. Several movie trailers. The beer ads run early and are usually kinda funny. Then you have the over-long pretentious luxury car commercial. Then you have the year old meme commercial that falls horribly flat, doritos normally has a good one, Snickers seems like it usually has a funny one too. GoDaddy embarrasses itself every year with something disgustingly pandering to dumb perverts. There is usually a truck commercial pandering to blue collar rural types. Most of the commercials are more of a theoretical amusement than actual amusement. The only real highlight anymore is the one out of nowhere ad from a company you’ve never heard of that either kills it or swings and misses so horrendously that you are more shocked than anything that someone thought this was a good idea.
Have a good time at your Super Bowl Party, if you are going to one. I hope you enjoy the sport your way. If you are a more casual fan, remember the game is important to some of the other people there, and be courteous, because for some of us this is the final release of a half year long tension instead of an excuse to socialize, and we like to hear and see what’s happening during the broadcasts, because those are the moments we’ll end up treasuring.
Every Sper Bowl party will always have one of Those Guys who makes it absolutely clear that he’s Only Watching For The Commercials just so nobody will make the mistake of thinking he’s here to sully his eyes by using them to watch *gasp* SPORTS! Bonus points if you have some Euro jackass who thinks he’s blowing our feeble American minds by pointing out that our version of football doesn’t involve nearly as much kicking.
If one of those guys were to appear at any Super Bowl party I went to, I’d probably knock them out-cold. You don’t want to watch the game? Don’t come. Asshole.
The commercials anymore suck
I’m taking a shower at halftime and then going to bed after the trophy presentation
This is why u always watch the superbowl with family. They know I’m hanging on every play, and they respect me enough not to talk over it for me.
That said, I love the commercials too. They were bad last year though, hoping for a rebound tomorrow.
By “u” I meant “I”. Autocorrect sucks. Though I think you should probably watch with family, and a handful of good friends, too. Football is better with a handful of people you care about and can talk about the game with than a bunch of people you never talk about football with otherwise.
This is why I generally refuse to go to Super Bowl parties unless it’s with other football fans. I never watch the commercials because they’re still terrible. Either too over the top or too boring.
I didn’t really start hating commercials until after Super Bowl 49. I never really watched them until then, but nothing pissed me off more than hearing people talking about how the commercials weren’t that great. Um, buddy, DID YOU WATCH THE FUCKING GAME? DID YOU SEE WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIALS FOR?
It’s just stupid, y’know? We’ve seen a lot of great Super Bowls since 2000 (hell since the 90s even), yet people still act like the commercials are the best part. The commercials suck ass.
Why the hell would amyone watch a three hour game for commercials anyway? It just seems stupid.
Yeah, the commercials used to be the best part in the 90’s when every game was a boring blowout and nothing mattered by the second quarter so at least the commercials are interesting. We’ve only really had one true blowout since Elway beat the Falcons so now the game is far more interesting than ad companies trying to out dick waggle each other
“We’ve only really had one true blowout since Elway beat the Falcons”
I’m counting two:
Tampa Bay vs Oakland
Seattle vs Denver
Ravens also blasted the Giants in 2000, 34-7
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I’m heading to a Sports Bar in Uptown Charlotte to watch the game with Panthers fans.
So we can hopefully watch the Falcons lose.
Amen
This year will be the first in almost a decade that I’ll miss the Super Bowl. The life of a retail store worker never ends. Enjoy the game guys, and here’s to a brutal loss by the Pats.
Oh man rookie mistake, whenever I got retail jobs I told them I was religious and needed Sundays off
always got my sundays
it’s not even untrue
Go to the gridiron church…
I’ll be flying for business tomorrow. I may see the second half. Worse still is that I’m flying to Boston, of all places.
NOT looking forward to spending a week in Patriots Central. Unless they somehow lose, and then I’ll be the most insufferable Falcons bandwagoner EVER. Probably get my ass kicked.
On the bright side, the Boston freeways will probably be completely traffic-free when I land…
80% of companies don’t even make a profit off a Super Bowl commercial. It’s a stupid investment these days and even the best commercial of the year cannot save your company (pets.com). They should invest more into online ads, especially around YouTube. 30 seconds cost $5M. In a few years, it’s projected to cost $10M.
The sooner they start seeing this, the sooner they can stop wasting their time on making the perfect Super Bowl commercial. And the sooner they can, you know, make the Super Bowl more about the Super Bowl. Commercial parties fall by the wayside and more parties will be there to watch the game with people interested in the game.
Good job parroting a Game Theory video.
Pirated*
Goddammit Dave, I had purged Puppymonkeybaby from my mind.
Goddammit Dave, I had purged Puppymonkeybaby from my mind.
I love you, Dave, but you shut your whore mouth talking about the almighty Puppy Monkey Baby like that! ALL HAIL PMB!
On a more serious note, yes. Fuck those guys. Casuals can suck it.
I don’t mind casuals as long as they don’t act like assholes about the whole thing. If they feel the need to make it clear that they don’t care about the sport and are only there for the commercials, then they can suck a fat one.
I’ll be watching on BBC2. They don’t have ads.
Dave — when did you start rockin’ the Antonio Brown haircut?
Think it’s supposed to be his hipster pompadour…
In canada, you don’t even get the cool commercials, its just people talking until the halftime show. Worst part, everyone in my city are pat fans who don’t know anyone except brady and
Butler *shutter*. Hope the falcons win.
Admittedly, people talking over Troy Aikman and Joe Buck wouldn’t be that bad
I’m not even bothering with the super bowl. I almost never watch it
I am a true football fan and I sure as hell don’t want to *listen* to this game. Why you ask? Two reasons: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
WHAT EVEN IS GOING ON WITH THIS SUPER BOWL!? WHY DO THE PATRIOTS ALWAYS HAVE GREAT SUPER BOWLS?! HOW DO THEY TURN A 25-3 GAME INTO POTENTIALLY THE FIRST OVERTIME IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY!?! WHY CAN’T I GET OFF MY CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!?!
and now, darkness falls
The loudness of the booing for Goodell was the best part of this.
Okay, no. The Patriots setting a new bar for greatness in show-stopping fashion was, but the booing of Goodell was pretty sweet.
It’s actually official now. Tom Brady is the GOAT.
holy crap! brain no worky.
poor dave.
I had to work during the Super Bowl like the commenter above, but it’s at a restaurant, so the TVs are there. There wasn’t a lot of business, so we just chilled and watched the game, and we got stuff done during the commercials.
People felt bad that I had to work yesterday, but that’s just easy-earned money if you ask me.
That’s why instead of having (or going to) a SB party, I have a SB “my parents over for the evening”. They are into football as much as I am (or maybe it’s the other way around, since that’s likely where I got it from), so we’re all actually into watching the game.
Also, I didn’t even have to click the link to know that it was puppymonkeybaby. I’ve gone an entire year without having seen it again (I don’t watch much live TV…football and baseball is about it), and it’s one that I would be thankful to have completely wiped from my memory.
So now that Tom lead a 25 comeback in the Super Bowl, to usher the first ever overtime, and win in it, after being down 28-3 in the 3rd, 28-9 in the FOURTH QUARTER…. Dave are you ready to admit that you’re a biased hack, that just cannot admit that you’re witnessing the greatest coach AND the greatest quarterback ever? If not, have fun living out your days in denial. As someone who’s been viewing your comic for over 300 comics regularly. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, for a while now. It’s disgruntled me how anti-Brady you are. I wrote up multiple comments in multiple different comments since you started your annoying little tag, yet, I decided I had to wait. This is what I was waiting for. I’m sorry you cannot admit the absolute volume of greatness in which you are witnessing. Hopefully, one when you are older, it is getting harder and harder for you to move around, Tom Brady has been gone from the sport for 15-20 years now. You will realize, you were alive for the best quarterback ever, and the best coach ever do it TOGETHER. I love your comics Dave, and will keep viewing, but come back to us!
Settle down, Beavis.
first I agree that Brady = GOAT
but the fact that YOU believe it should be enough for you. Does everyone HAVE to agree with you? honestly, who cares what other people believe? Some think LeBron is GOAT because of his athletic ability, he truly is a freak of nature. Others think MJ is the GOAT because of the fistful of rings (and then some)
Just be happy, it was amazing game with the best come from behind victory I have ever witnessed in the Biggest game. I dont give a shit what dave thinks, he makes me laugh. If he wants to believe the spaghetti monster is the GOAT QB , that is fine with me.
#IdontGAFwhatUthink
hahaha what a pats sycophant, how much does brady pay you to toot his horn
Tom Brady is now the GOAT in my eyes, but I think spells the end of times that this is the case. That is what we need? A GOAT that cheats, lies, and games the system…or at least bad enough to be caught. He ruins the image of the game. So yeah, Tom Brady is the GOAT, but he is a fucking ass hat. GOATAH!
Patriots fans telling me I have a Bias about Tom Brady will never stop being hilarious
YOU ARENT BEING OBJECTIVE ABOUT MY FAVORITE PLAYER ON MY FAVORITE TEAM
Why are Patriots fans so damn insecure about other people’s subjective opinions about their team