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Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 01-29-2004, 01:26 PM:
 
Here in Dallas and maybe all around, the radio stations are not able to actually say "Superbowl" or even the team names.

They have to dance around it.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this is ?

They have mentioned something in regards to trademarks.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 01-29-2004, 02:42 PM:
 
GO PATS!!!!!!!!! Anyway, no idea Paul.
 

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Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 01-29-2004, 04:46 PM:
 
One of the radio stations her in Vegas will on call it the "BIG GAME" and one of the DJ's said it was due to legal reasons and trademarks. However a couple other stations actuall actually used the words "Super" and "Bowl" together in some promotions. Apparently you have to pay for the rights use the words "Super" and "Bowl" together at the same time. For my sake and Brad's, I did not use them together because I don't need to be bothered by the NFL. God forbid if I even think about taping a game.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-29-2004, 05:12 PM:
 
Another example of the money-grabbing "professional" sports organizations/CORPORATIONS ripping off the fans & all us "peons"! JFC! NO ONE may say the words "Super Bowl" for fear of the Sports Police GOD striking them dead with a bolt of lightning!

Besides, those idiots tout PEPSI as their official soft drink! YUK! What a bunch of jerks, eh Daryl?

The endless circle of more and more costly event tickets to support more and more outrageous player salaries! I gave up on pro sports years ago for that reason. F 'em!

BTW Rach: NE Pats? OH PULEEZE! See the below pic! If they win, I'll eat a bug!



>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-29-2004, 05:48 PM:
 
If I'm running a news organization either through radio, TV, print or web, I can use the term "Super Bowl". If the NFL wants to pressure people about trademark use they need to be told to blow it out their ass.

One of the provisions of copyright and trademark law is "fair comment." You can legally use trademarks and copyrighted material in material that is "editorial" such as any news story. The only things you really have to be careful about is providing notice who owns the copyrighted/trademarked material and not use it in any kind of a scandalous way.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-29-2004, 10:53 PM:
 
What is the deal with the guy in the center with the huge belt buckle? Seriously. He needs therapy. Why else would he have a buckle so big?

Sure, "Superbowl" is a registered trademark, but you can still say it. Maybe you just can't use the term in promotions without consent ("win two tickets to the superbowl" etc). Otherwise you couldn't say ANTHING. You couldn't say anything like "I was driving my Honda down the street past the Pepsi Center when the Colorado Avalanche jumped in front of my car and committed suicide as I listened to my Sony MiniDisc recording of Guilty Gear X."
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-29-2004, 10:55 PM:
 

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What is the deal with the guy in the center with the huge belt buckle?

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BTW Rach: NE Pats? OH PULEEZE! See the below pic! If they win, I'll eat a bug!

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Ok Phil, you can post that picture of you eating a bug here on Film-Tech on monday. Do I get to pick the type of bug?
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-30-2004, 12:24 AM:
 
Rach, it'll be a sea bug, a.k.a. lobster...
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-30-2004, 03:45 AM:
 
Joe, that guy is Paul. He recently got paroled from serving 7 years for aggravated assault.

That buckle isn't a tombstone as Bobby suggests, it's a dedication plaque to his "little mister" for the times he had in prison.

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 01-30-2004, 10:13 AM:
 
Sports is dumb. Sports broadcasts were originally planned as a diversion to get people's minds off of real-world problems and it's been working ever since, single-handedly dumbing down the people of this nation. It's amazing what people do in the name of sports. More people have died as a result of professional sports than from any single schedule-1 narcotic. Even major broadcasters like CBS drop their advertizing policies if it means they can place such-and-such an ad on during the SUPERBOWL.

Which reminds me: SUPERBOWLSUPERBOWLSUPERBOWL.... etc

There. Now if they sue me they'll be lucky to get my Osram hat!

=TMP=

Mod edit: No Thomas. No.

[ 01-30-2004, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Joe Redifer ]
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-30-2004, 11:54 AM:
 
Why in the heck is this thread so wide? Uh oh, it's Thomas's fault with that SUPERBOWLSUPERBOWL thing. Watch out buddy...now you'll have the NFL and Brad (or Redifer) on your case!

[ 02-01-2004, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]
 

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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 01-30-2004, 02:06 PM:
 
Thomas is just mad because Florida doesn't have any professional teams that can compete in the real world.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-30-2004, 02:26 PM:
 
Except for the "World Champion Florida Marlins." At least they beat the Yankees.

Oh, yeah: Super Bowl...Super Bowl...etc.... The NFL can bite me.
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 02-01-2004, 12:32 PM:
 
Actually, making the thread wide like that was an accident. But nonetheless, I scrolled up and down amusing myself at the result and laughing hysterically for several minutes.

I'm glad Florida doesn't have a professional whoever that can compete in the championship yadda yadaa... it reduces the chances of idiots going apeshit in the streets for one reason or another. We're lucky our college team sucks so we don't get much of that around this town.

=TMP=
 

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Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 02-01-2004, 01:14 PM:
 
BAH!
 

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Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 02-01-2004, 02:46 PM:
 
Never been much of a sports fan. I've never watched a Superbowl either. I agree that sports heros are way too overrated.

However, I hope that the NC team wins. I'd like NC known for something besides the tobacco capitol.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-01-2004, 03:21 PM:
 

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I'd like NC known for something besides the tobacco capitol.

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It is! It's the home of the world famous Bruce "I Need A Shave" McGee!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2004, 07:20 PM:
 
Well it's halftime now (which I assume will last 2 or 3 hours) and the game has been damn boring so far except for the last 3 minutes. The New England Traitors are 4 points ahead. I am only watching the game since I have nothing better to do with my life. It was either this or drugs. Shoulda chosen the drugs.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-01-2004, 08:03 PM:
 
I agree Joe...what a crappy production AND game!

It seems like there is more air time for the commercials than for the game.

That's it! I'm going out clubbin' and buy me a bug to eat!




>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2004, 08:11 PM:
 
Wow Phil, I can just imagine you at a rave with some crappy ass techno music playing (you the kind... the stuff that repeats 4 seconds of music for 10 minutes) and you dancing to the repetitive beat with tons of strobe lights to fool people into thinking their having a bad-ass time!

They've shown thousands of Monster.com commercials, and I still have no idea what Monster.com is and I refuse to go there. Sounds lame anyway.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-01-2004, 08:14 PM:
 
Oh PULEEZE Joe!

It's all about DISCO!

The worse commecials are the CBS self-plugs... If I see one more I will BARF!

BTW: Am I the ONLY one that HATES Raymond? What A POS show! YUK!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Nate Lehrke (Member # 1460) on 02-01-2004, 08:29 PM:
 
Well, at the end of the Half Time crap, we got to see Janet Jackson's bare breast after Justin Timberlake accidently ripped off part of her costume.


(Picture is once she covered her self up)
 

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Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 02-01-2004, 08:40 PM:
 
When I saw Justin do that, I wondered if it was staged.

Fourth Quarter. Will it ever end?

Bruce "I need a shave" McGee
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-01-2004, 09:08 PM:
 
That's not Janet, that's MICHAEL!
 

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Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 02-01-2004, 09:27 PM:
 
Aaraaugh!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2004, 09:44 PM:
 
The one time I didn't watch the half time show I miss the hard core porn!
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-01-2004, 09:45 PM:
 
Nice tit. Not that it makes up for the money I didn't make on this game...
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 02-01-2004, 09:47 PM:
 
I second Phil on this one!

Being from Tucson, Lute Olsen and the AZ Wildcats are extremely popular!

But I've got to rock the boat!

I am very much against the amount of hype and $$ revolving around college sports, no matter where!

Arizona's economy currently sucks, and Tucson is really in a big jam!

Meanwhile, Lute Olsen and that new football coach are among the highest paid State employees! College jock coaches the highest paid employees!

People say that their salaries are justified. How, I ask? People state that Olsen brings a lot of $$ and publicity to the U of A and Tucson. And so I ask, where is it?

So far, we are looking at State-wide tuition increases, degree programs are being cut back, educators earn pitiful wages, etc, etc.! So where is all this $$ that Olsen brings to the U of A? Well, people say, the sports program pays for itself, and the alumni association pais Olsen's salary, so it is said?

Meanwhile, Olsen and his peers earn tremendous bonuses should their athletes maintain bare minimum academic standards! On the other hand, what kind of bonuses do educators get if their students make the Dean's List, etc? A big fat !

We are always hearing about this misbehaviors of the Wildcat athletes, which are usually covered up. Not to mention that as an "educator", Olsen's graduation rate is not too impressive!
 

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Posted by Nate Lehrke (Member # 1460) on 02-01-2004, 10:00 PM:
 
CBS apologizes for breast-baring end to halftime show.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS apologized on Sunday for an unexpectedly R-rated end to its Super Bowl halftime show, when singer Justin Timberlake tore off part of Janet Jackson's top, exposing her breast.

"CBS deeply regrets the incident," spokeswoman Leslie Anne Wade said after the network received several calls about the show.

The two singers were performing a flirtatious duet to end the halftime show, and at the song's finish, Timberlake reached across Jackson's leather gladiator outfit and pulled off the covering to her right breast.

The network quickly cut away from the shot, and did not mention the incident on the air.

It was unclear whether Timberlake intended to expose Jackson's breast.

Wade said CBS officials attended rehearsals of the halftime show all week, "and there was no indication any such thing would happen. The moment did not conform to CBS' broadcast standards and we would like to apologize to anyone who was offended."

The Super Bowl halftime show, which also featured P. Diddy, Nelly and Kid Rock, was produced by MTV, CBS' corporate cousin in Viacom.

"We were extremely disappointed by elements of the MTV-produced halftime show," Joe Browne, NFL executive vice president, said. "They were totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show.

"It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime." Source

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Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 02-01-2004, 10:04 PM:
 
Did United cancel a flight to the SuperbowlSuperbowlSuperbowlSuperbowlSuperbowlSuperbowlSuperbowl city?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2004, 10:06 PM:
 
Did anyone record the hard core pr0n?????? Post it here on Film-Tech. We actively encourage hard core porn performed at Superbowl games every year. We also encourage unpaid child labor. No matter what it will soon be all over the internet.

Anyway CBS is stupid. Boobies are not R-rated. They are clearly PG-13. Even Doc Hollywood (I think that was what it was called) with Michael J. Fox had bare breasts and it was only PG-13. And if you framed it poorly it even had pubic hairs in that same scene! R-ratings are only for cuss words.
 

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Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 02-01-2004, 10:42 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2004, 10:53 PM:
 
Oh please. A star over the nipple? Here is the real deal:

Clicky clicky

It's a WMV, so Mac users are out of luck because they suck and can't play the awesome format that is WMV. The world hates Mac users! Ha!

Edit: Looking at the video clip again, it appears she has the star there as well. Maybe this was all intentional.
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 02-01-2004, 11:03 PM:
 
The world hates Mac users, eh?

The Winblows Media file played just fine on my Mac...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2004, 11:13 PM:
 
Oh yeah. There is a Media Player for Mac. Microsoft loves the Mac (they will use G5 processors in the next XBox).

Jon, you have proven me wrong. You have been banned. I will now end my post with a smiley face to annoy Nate.

PS - Hey Phil--- disco sucks. It's soooooo 1970's. And the 1970's were retarded. I was born in the 70's!
 

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Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 02-01-2004, 11:17 PM:
 
Of course it is always nice to see, but Janet Jackson has done several nude photo shoots in the past.
 

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Posted by Dino Panagiotopoulos (Member # 1579) on 02-02-2004, 12:08 AM:
 
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Show Promises 'Shocking Moments'
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HOUSTON — The Super Bowl means just as much to the entertainment world as it does to those who follow sports.

As the big game approaches, one of the top questions along with "Who's going to win?" is "What will Janet Jackson be doing at the halftime show?" But Janet isn't the only celebrity cutie who'll be catching eyes during the MTV-produced AOL Top Speed Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime performance Sunday. Jessica Simpson has just been added to the festivities.

MTV's 12-minute program will commence with a short film, and then one half of the world's most popular newlyweds will call for the party to start. From there the Houston native will hand it over to fellow hometown favorites Texas Southern University and the University of Houston. The TSU Ocean of Soul marching band and the UH Spirit of Houston Cougar marching band will unite as one, coming with their instruments blaring and feet stomping, leading the way for Ms. Jackson.

Although the bands have different styles — with TSU moving with a pump-and-drive, high-knee marching style and U of H using the more traditional heel-to-toe method — they've been able to meet in the middle.

"It's working out fine," affirmed TSU Band Director Richard F. Lee. "We have two different styles but we move the same distance at the same time; eight steps every five yards." Lee and UH band director David Bertman will share the reins on Sunday.

After seeing videotapes of the bands, Jackson was eager to work with both squads so she could bring something new to the table for her halftime performance.

"Me and Janet thought it would be great to change one of our numbers and introduce a drum line into our routine," Jackson's choreographer, Gil Duldulao, said Tuesday. "This is different because I know a lot of band members aren't dancers. So I'm happy to have the time beforehand to teach and sort of lead them in the direction that I feel is perfect for what we're doing onstage."

Janet will be backed by 26 dancers, 360 regular band members and a 60-person drum line. Each school has an equal amount of people playing.

"I don't think the Super Bowl has ever seen a performance like this," Duldulao added. "The dancing is great. She's more stylized, she's more feminine, she's more a woman as she dances this time around. There are some shocking moments in there too. It's a lot of pressure, there's so many creative people and creative artists, you want to make sure everything is different, and I think she's going to do that. She's doing her job well."

In addition to Jackson and Simpson, P. Diddy, Nelly and Kid Rock will also perform at halftime.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484644/20040128/jackson_janet.jhtml?headlines=true
(I apologise, the javascript buttons are not working on my computer.....an ideas?)

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In MTV's statement, they said that it was totally unreahearsed and unplanned but looking at the headline of that article, sounds to me like they had this little stunt up their sleeves the whole time. It doesnt really surprise me because they would want to top the little escapade they pulled at the Music Awards. The only problem is the kiddies at the awards love it because MTV has them so brainwashed with all of the crap they feed to them. I doubt football attracts this kind of crown in the first place. Also my opinion is that the NFL or CBS or whoever is in charge has to take some of the blame for even hiring those clowns to do the halftime show. They should have fully expected what was coming judging by their track record.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-02-2004, 12:15 AM:
 
I'm 100% convinced it was meant to happen.
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-02-2004, 12:55 AM:
 
I watched that game too. I still haven`t figured out what they are doing with the egg and why people get so excited by watching it, but I found those 180 degrees scan replays interesting. How do they do that? Do they have cameras everywhere on a defined perimeter and then interpolate between shots? Still, the individual cameras are not static, but follow the action. So there must be some pretty complex setup behind this.
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 02-02-2004, 09:42 AM:
 
Whoa. That was so planned. On the beat and everything. And it looks like he needed a second to "get a grip" on the thing, too...

I bet someone backstage had the idea just before the show. Got drunk on the free beers, approached the duo and said, "*hick* Know what would be *hick* what would be *hick* what would be funny?"

=TMP=
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-02-2004, 09:48 AM:
 
"EyeVision":

http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_CBS_Primed_for_Super.shtml

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EYEVISION AGAIN

As for Eyevision and its semi-circular view of the action, it's not yet graduated to HD, but it has been spiffed up, said Larry Barbatsoulis, CBS director of technical operations.

"We've improved the video quality and pointing accuracy," he said.

The network originally developed Eyevision for the 2001 Super Bowl in partnership with Core Digital Technologies, PVI, and more recently with German cable company Sat1, which uses the system for soccer.

Eyevision is essentially an array of robotic cameras placed intervals around the field and controlled so that a rotating perspective can be rendered.

In Tampa, the cameras were arranged to capture a 220-degree perspective at 12 degrees apart. In Houston, the cameras will be placed closer together-about five degrees apart for a 180 perspective-to create a smoother image.

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Football fans tuning into this year's Super Bowl were treated to a unique new view of the action during playbacks. CBS Television used a new technology co-developed by the network and Carnegie Mellon computer vision expert Takeo Kanade.

"Eye Vision", as CBS calls it, involves shooting multiple video images of a dynamic event, such as a football game, from multiple cameras placed at different angles. The video streams from these cameras are combined by computer and the resulting images reach viewers in a format that will make them feel as if they are flying through the scenes they see.

The action at Super Bowl XXXV was captured by more than 30 cameras, each poised some 80 feet above the field at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Each camera, with computer-controlled zoom and focus capabilities, was mounted on a custom-built, robotic pan-tilt head, which could swing the camera in any direction at the command of a computer. These camera heads were controlled in concert so that cameras pointed, zoomed and focused at the same time on the same spot on the field, where a touchdown or fumble occurred.

How does the system work? One of the camera heads is designated as the master camera. A human camera operator manipulates a movable pan-tilt tripod attached to a TV screen on which the video from the master camera is constantly displayed. The pan-tilt tripod is equipped with sensors to constantly measure its angle. The master camera head moves by mimicking the motion of the tripod as the camera operator moves it to capture a moving object on the field on his or her TV screen.

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I'm gonna have you nekkit by the end of this song.

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What more proof does one need? Neill Boortz stated that she should be arrested for indecent exposure. Again, I would have to agree. The only drawback to this is the HUGE surge in Album sales that would result if she were arrested.

I didn't actually this happen last night, I was doing something else, but I did see P.Diddy (also known as that OTHER black guys who doesn't know what he wants his name to be), Nelly & Kid Rock. I thought it a little odd that while they were onstage, all the backup dancers had 'booty shorts' on with their ass cheeks shining.

Whgile hot women in ass shorts are normally something I would NOT mind seeing, they truly have no place on the SuperBowl Halftime show. I's bet that MTV is not a halftime show coordinator anytime in the near future, and rightfully so.

Soemthing else to think about. What's the difference between JJ's tit and the guy who streaked on the field? You don't know? HE will be arrested, no doubt. She, on the other hand, will not. All in the eyes of power and money.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-02-2004, 11:58 AM:
 
What a load of shit. That was so intentional it isn't even worth discussing.

If CBS really did not intend for that to be aired, I expect to see a hefty lawsuit filed this week. Otherwise, it's just more proof.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-02-2004, 12:23 PM:
 
I must have missed the streaking guy Jason is talking about. I don't think we need a video, however.
 

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 02-02-2004, 12:26 PM:
 
Now, I may be in error, but thought that 'indecent exposure' referred to the baring of genitalia, and in some places, pubic hair must also be exposed for it to be an offense for which one could be arrested / detained / fined.

And if you want to get technical, the breast is NOT a genital!

There was a bit of legal spat in the past couple of years in Waterville, Maine relating to indecent exposure. Two young women that were students at Colby College opted to go jogging, topless (bounce, bounce, ouch!) - and were picked up for indecent exposure, but it didn't fly, for the reasons I detailed above.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-02-2004, 12:29 PM:
 

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and in some places, pubic hair must also be exposed for it to be an offense for which one could be arrested / detained / fined.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Justin Timberlake and
Janet Jackson top the show during Sunday's Super Bowl, attracting almost twice
as many viewers as the most thrilling moments on the field, according to an
annual measurement of second-by-second viewership in TiVo households.
The Jackson-Timberlake moment drew the biggest spike in audience reaction
TiVo has ever measured. TiVo said viewership spiked up to 180 percent as
hundreds of thousands of households used TiVo's unique capabilities to pause
and replay live television to view the incident again and again. Overall, the
halftime extravaganza had a powerful grip on viewers. According to TiVo's
analysis of aggregated data from an anonymous sample of 20,000 households,
viewership of the game's intermission increased by 12 percent compared to last
year's halftime show.

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What is the deal with the guy in the center with the huge belt buckle?

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It's not a belt buckle. It's a Tombstone for the dead DICK he's carrying around.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-02-2004, 11:53 PM:
 
Todd, hot tip: Read Bobby's 2nd post waaay back on page 1...

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 02-03-2004, 03:10 PM:
 
So phil, when are you going to eat that bug?

I give you this guarantee. Disney will produce the halftime show next year. Just another reason to drink excessively for half an hour extra.

I think they should have Howard Dean do the halftime show next year... YEAAAAAW!!!!

The stunt was planned. The black outer covering was supposed to be removed and the red undergarment was supposed to remain in place, however the red undergarment came with it.

YEAH RIGHT.

If that were so, why would she need a nipple decoration? Just for personal comfort? Fun? And if this were true the red garment should have been a single piece and not multiple pieces, as this one was.

They may be telling the truth, however, it was planned none the less, in one way or another, and the risk of a wardrobe malfunction was high, and they should have known better. This over the top behavior will only serve to backfire in thier efforts to eliminate all morals in our society, and actually act as a catapult for the religeous right to gain more power in censorship on our airwaves.

WAY TO GO JANET. YOU STUPID IDIOT!!!

I still didn't know what she was doing there at the superbowl. She should be home taking care of her sister Micheal.

CIao

Dave
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 02-03-2004, 04:07 PM:
 

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So phil, when are you going to eat that bug?

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YEAH!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-03-2004, 05:00 PM:
 
Ok oK OK! I'll go out this Thursday and buy a bug to eat! JEEZE!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 02-03-2004, 05:10 PM:
 
Why wait until Thursday?
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-03-2004, 05:15 PM:
 
Cuz, they are having a sale on millipedes at Bugs R Us on Thursday.

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 02-03-2004, 05:53 PM:
 
The Toronto Sun's headline was "THE BREAST GAME EVER"
 

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Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 02-03-2004, 05:56 PM:
 
And someone described the controversy as "A storm in a C cup"
 

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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 02-03-2004, 07:45 PM:
 
I heard half-time ws a bust!
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 02-03-2004, 09:07 PM:
 

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The Toronto Sun's headline was "THE BREAST GAME EVER"

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I would have been more interested in seeing the best on the second page.
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 02-04-2004, 02:30 AM:
 
I WAS GREATLY OFFENDED BY THE HALF-TIME SHOW!

Instead of showing a SKANK like Janet Jackson , they should have pulled a stunt like that with someone who is actually decent looking, like:

JENNA JAMESON

That was just for you PHIL HILL!

I guess we can now consider the Jackson clan to be the equalivant of Texas Chainsaw Massacre clan of the so called "entertainment pop" industry?
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-04-2004, 02:32 AM:
 
OK Will... I admit...you are evil!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Paul Cassidy (Member # 951) on 02-04-2004, 02:59 AM:
 
...but why only 1 breast
 

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Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 02-04-2004, 03:51 AM:
 
I guess she wanted to make a right tit of herself
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-04-2004, 01:07 PM:
 

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It was probably supposed to be both....that's the "wardrobe malfunction" they keep yammering about.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 02-04-2004, 03:46 PM:
 

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Paul Cassidy: ...but why only 1 breast?

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Because! If you've seen one, you've seen 'em both!

What really pisses me off is the lying about the whole thing.

If you want to do a publicity stunt like that you don't LIE about it you admit it! What should have happened is that Janet Jackson should have walked off stage and said, "So, What?"

Then, when the F.C.C. (or whoever) comes knocking at the door saying you have to pay a fine you should just reach into your jacket pocket and pull out a pre-signed check, already made out in the correct amount.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 02-05-2004, 08:52 PM:
 
Super Bowl TV commercials
 

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Posted by Ky Boyd (Member # 23) on 02-06-2004, 08:37 PM:
 
Why wasn't Janet's left breast exposed on Sunday?

Because its handled by the William Morris Agency.

Fox Searchlight seems to have sent me way more NC-17 stickers for posters and banners of The Dreamers than they did of the actual posters and banners. Maybe we should all send our extra stickers to CBS and the NFL for next year's half-time show.
 

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Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 02-07-2004, 03:01 PM:
 

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Because! If you've seen one, you've seen 'em both!

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No, No, it is all about symmetry, one just isn't the same.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-08-2004, 06:55 PM:
 
The NFL sent out cease-and-desist letters to all of the casinos that were planning Super Bowl parties here. Most of the casinos quickly re-designed their parties to comply with the 55" max screen size restriction (including sadly The Palms, where I was supposed to help install and operate on four theater screens). Many casinos also refunded the admission fees to their guests.

The casinos claim that the admission fees were only to cover the costs of the food and drink provided during these parties--the game itself, being broadcast on the air, would be free of charge. We'll see how that plays out in court.

On the other hand, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino told the NFL to stick it where the sun don't shine--they went on with their party as planned and advertised--big screens and all. We'll see how that plays out in court (wish I was contracting with them that day).

The NFL seems to have it in for us. They are looking into ways to sue our advertising agency and the LVCVA because they managed to get our 'Vegas ads run during the game in five major markets by buying local time slots. This was a clever end run around the NFL which had banned our ads from appearing during the game on the national feed. This should be a fun case to watch. Too bad this isn't the old 'Vegas--those NFL lawyers would find themselves wearing cement overshoes at the bottom of Lake Mead by now...

Now I'm patiently waiting for "Phil eating bug" pictures...
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-09-2004, 08:33 AM:
 
55" max screen size? What the hell? Most home DLP's will go 80" or better. Was there some sort of nasty HDTV compression they were trying to hide?
 

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Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 02-09-2004, 12:47 PM:
 
It seems that Janet Jackson's putting the tit in titillation for the halftime show has dominated the news too much. At least it's gotten them off of Michael Jackson a little.
 

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Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 02-14-2004, 02:06 AM:
 

 

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