Liveblogging the Super Bowl commercials

I read the ABC News reviewed the ads in advance. Funny that Fabio almost sank the Gondola.

We're also watching in lag, to fast forward repeated commercials (Blockbuster), so we are a little behind. We're mostly rooting for Pittsburgh, the team with the cool story, but I personally would enjoy seeing the Seahawks win, because our high school mascot was the Seahawks.

That which is good:

• Bud Light "Magic Fridge". Best one so far.
• "Prehistoric FedEx" was pretty funny.
• Leonard Nemoy for Aleve
• Bud Light "Roof Picnic"
• Diet Pepsi "Stunt Double" w/Jackie Chan
• Budweiser "Goat Streaks the Clydesdales Football Game" - good to see that traditional commercial continue
• "Mobile ESPN" - not our style of commercial, but very well done
• "Mission Impossible III": Blow stuff up! Yeah!
• Shaq for Desparate Housewives
• Sprint "Crime Deterrent"
• Budweiser "Baby Clydesdale Pulls the Cart" Awwwwwww!
• Degree for Men "City of Risks"
• MacGuyver Mastercard Priceless
• Nationwide Sky Banner Proposal

Honorable mention: The "Oh the places you'll go" introduction to the Super Bowl

That which is bad:

• Whopperettes. Why would anyone ever want to download that to their cellphone?
• Jessica Simpson as a Pizza Hut waitress. Whatever!
• Bud Light Bear Attack. Seems in poor taste with "Grizzly Man" in theaters.
• Diet Pepsi "Brown and Bubbly" was, like, whatever.
• Ameriquest "Well, that killed him" - very bad! Made me sad!
• "Escalade Fashion Show" was stupid.
• The Hummer H3 as the love child of Godzilla and the Iron Giant. Just plain stupid.
• I don't remember last year's GoDaddy commercial, so bite me.

Honorable Mention: The smell of old man farts on stage at the halftime show

And about the game... it was a big defensive contest, which makes for a slow-seeming game. It livened up in the second half, but it never really seemed to be a very watchable game, nothing like Pittsburgh's other victories. But Pittsburgh earned a tremendous victory, with 1/8th of the Super Bowls on record belonging to them. And coming from the #6 seed to win it all, always an inspirational story. Congrats to the Steelers.