Ep. 146: The Super Bowl Was a Very Dry Fart

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Reese: No one was screaming, no one was cheering, no one was, , getting mad at the other side. It was just everybody was just. There. . And there was nothing to make my head turn. 'cause normally I'm fully engaged. And I just was like, you know what? I'd rather have this conversation right now.

I'm not even excited. And it wasn't that we were losing and we weren't even losing by much. 'cause the last time we played a, a few of our one time in particular where we thought this was it, it was over, we weren't gonna win, and then we, we make a comeback. And I, I guess that's my own fault for a.

See, this is why, this is why I don't stay positive.

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Dave: I'm thinking maybe we can do this depending on, we'll record this now. Yeah. This is PR pre-up bowl. Yeah. The day of.

We're gonna do a quick little thing here, then we're gonna go to our Super Bowl party. Maybe we can come back and depending on how we're feeling, we can do a post.

Reese: Oh. I like it.

Dave: add to it so that we can see.

Reese: Hopefully we're gonna, in our predict good mood.

Dave: Let's hope so.

Reese: We may MAYE be in a really good mood.

Dave: Wow.

Reese: See what I did there.

Dave: You did. You did a good one.

Reese: I, it's my new thing. It's my new thing.

Dave: Is that your new thing?

Reese: It's very popular right now.

Dave: Yeah. All the kids are doing it.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: Yeah. All the, all the older folks are doing it.

Reese: Shut up. I don't know who those people are. It's

not me.

Dave: Yeah. Speaking of older, I had a birthday.

Reese: You did

Dave: Friday. Friday was my birthday.

Reese: Yeah. Friday was your birthday.

Dave: That was a fun birthday.

Reese: 50. What are you, are you telling the right age? Are you lying about it?

Dave: Uh, you know, it was funny. I heard somebody say today the yoga instructor, I went into class today said that she was 50 11.

Reese: 50 11. [00:02:00] I don't know how that math is

mathing.

Dave: So, so she's 61.

Reese: Oh, 50 11

Dave: and she's like, next year I might be, I might be 40, 21. Oh. And I was like, oh, that's kind of a fun way to say it.

Reese: That's good. And it hurts people's brains.

Dave: So say, you say where you don't feel so bad, right? I'm 50. I'm 50 12. 50 12. No, I'm 40 12. 40 12.

Reese: Right, because that would make,

Dave: if I was

Reese: make yourself older,

Dave: You'd be like...

Reese: soon.

Dave: Damn. How does he look? So good

anyway. Hi.

Reese: Hi.

Dave: Had a fun time on my birthday.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: We made some good food.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: Had a few friends over.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: Played some games with the girls.

Reese: The girls,

Dave: which is a lot of fun.

Reese: Hung out too.

Dave: Yeah, it was a good time.

Reese: It was fun.

Dave: Now we're gonna go do some Super Bowl stuff, but we figured we'd pop on here and, uh,, talk a little bit about the Super Bowl.

Reese: And it's been a while.

We should preface with, it's been a while since we've. Left the house to go someplace for Super Bowl.

Dave: Mm-hmm. It's true.

Reese: Because we, there is meaning to this one. [00:03:00] Finally. It's...

Dave: Finally. Now...

Reese: It's been a long you December.

Dave: You gotta be careful because a lot of people are gonna be like, shut the fuck up, you bitch.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: Because we've won 6,

Reese: 6.

Dave: 6, 6. We're going for the seventh now.

Reese: This could be seven.

Dave: This could be seven. So, yeah. Uh, and a lot of people don't even make it to the Super Bowl.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: So we are, uh,

Reese: listen,

Dave: abundance of riches. But I'm, I'm excited. That's great. I know. It's really funny though, when you think about New England.

It's like you expect it to be there.

Reese: Well, so...

Dave: And that's why people hate us so much, but it's like, well, well,

Reese: That's why I was listening to the Dave Portnoy.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: Like, cry right now as he is wearing the six rings on his fingers.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: But telling us. We should be grateful. We should be...

Dave: Exactly.

Reese: Thankful. Don't, do not take it for granted.

Dave: Sure.

Reese: We had, you know, ever since losing Brady and him going over to the Bucs and then, you know, just all of that. And then there was just this big lull. And it was very depressing football for the New England Patriots for, for a few years.

Dave: So this, they obvious, [00:04:00] obviously they had a good year.

Reese: They had a good year this year.

Dave: Not, not expected, I don't think from anyone. So this is kind of coming outta, coming outta nowhere.

Reese: Listen...

Dave: A little underdog

Reese: It's the whole

Dave: ...story, believe or not.

Reese: Yep. It's the whole, uh, you know, I'm not expecting win, but it's nice to be nominated.

Dave: Nice to be nominated. Yeah.

Reese: You know what I mean?

So, uh, I'm excited either way. We made it back to the Super Bowl. That alone makes me happy. And so I wore this the last time, the last game that they won.

Dave: Okay.

Reese: Haven't washed it, haven't done anything with it.

Dave: Yep.

Reese: And I'm hoping that this, you know,

usual fanfare back in the day when they were losing, I would be sent to the bathroom or the kitchen. I'd have to...

Dave: Rightly so.

Reese: I would leave. So...

Dave: Your energy is whack.

Reese: Yeah. Yeah. It was whack.

Dave: And so we had to contain it.

Reese: Right

Dave: When it needed to be contained.

Reese: Right.

Dave: And it worked.

And, and it did, it got us six Super Bowl wins. So we'll see what happens. I'm okay [00:05:00] with it. Uh uh, so one of the things I wanted to say, if, unless you wanted to

No, I think we're gonna talk about two things real quick.

Yeah. Talk a little bit about the game. Mm-hmm. And look, don't expect any in-depth analysis here. Right. This is gonna be casual sports fans who enjoy watching the Patriots. Not high intensity. We're not wagering any bets on anything. We're not

right

doing any of that. We just enjoy watching the game. I like I, I know a football, I've played football.

I like to watch football, but I'm not a Oh, who's on your fantasy league?

Yeah.

Yeah. I'm not into any of that. Not that, I mean, offense to anybody that does.

You just pissed off all two of the people,

all two of the people that we know that do. No, but like I'm, we're, we enjoy it, but we're not like diehard, like,

I mean we're diehard.

We are, we're,

we're fans.

Reese: We are huge,

Dave: we are diehard Faith, Patriots, Faith-triots, fans,

Reese: Faith-triots. I think we could say Faith. We have Faith, yes. Faith Rich, but fans, but the,

Dave: like, they're the only game I really watch. Right. Sometimes I'll watch some of the playoff games. Right. I'm not a huge sports [00:06:00] person

Reese: and, and you and as far

Dave: But I love football

Reese: as far you and I together have been watching the Pats for over 20 something years that we've been together.

Dave: I mean at this point, yeah. Wild. It's wild when you say that out loud.

Reese: It's crazy to me because I didn't grow up in a big sports household. Yeah. I mean, my father was, liked both the Yankees and the Mets. So we both went to both Yankees and, and Mets games. He was not with the football. Like he would watch football games.

I maybe he liked the Giants, I don't know. But there was never like a diehard fan base with that. The only thing that, that him and I were like, definitely diehard with like Ranger fans. We loved hockey. We'd always go to hockey games. That was like the big thing. But when you and I met, one of the things that we decided together is, Hey, let I, I was like, teach me about football.

Let's watch football on Sunday. I thought this would be a good. Thing for our relationship to bond over. Plus the food doesn't suck, and it's a great excuse to be drinking on a Sunday. So, and it,

Dave: it had all your favorite things

Reese: and [00:07:00] Tom Brady was easy on the eyes. I mean, and then over the years they collected,

Dave: I mean, that's why I started watching

Reese: collected some. I know, I mean, uh, the goat there. But, uh, then, you know, they started to have their little team of like hotties on there. So that also made it. Fun as a female to be watching the game.

Dave: Well, I'm, i'm glad you enjoyed it.

Reese: So two things we're talking about.

Dave: Alright so two things we're gonna talk a little bit about the game itself.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: Just in terms of the two teams Yep. And what I guess what I think and what maybe what you think about mm-hmm. Like, you know, how the game will go. And then I think you wanted to talk about like, Super time halftime shows, which are also a big deal.

Reese: So I did a little research. I like to sometimes go down the rabbit hole of things.

Dave: There are only two halftime shows that I actually really remember.

Reese: Yes.

Dave: Like if you mentioned them to me,

Reese: Did you look at this list? I went,

Dave: I did look. And I was like, oh,

Reese: I went 2000 on and I'm like, wow. I kind of, and I did watch the Super Bowl with my parents.

Dave: Sure. Well it's, it's a cultural event everybody watches

Reese: in the way that

Dave: the super Bowl. Right.

Reese: [00:08:00] We would go to Staten Island.

Dave: Right.

Reese: And go, I think we did this like a few years in a row.

Dave: The game was on.

Reese: The game was on.

Dave: But yeah.

Reese: Staten Island, it was all betting.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: So you'd go, you would bet you would play boxes. Mm-hmm. And the only one, the last one I remember is the one with U2. 'cause I remember mm-hmm.

I was psyched to go to this one, especially because U2 is playing the halftime and they had a huge screen, which was big for back in the day.

Mm-hmm.

And I just remember, like, I was bawling my eyes out. I was like crying. I'm like, this is, I can't believe that they're. At the Super Bowl, you know what I mean?

Like that, you know, so that I, that was like a core memory. I, I remember watching some of these games, but I didn't remember half of these people I remember, like Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera. Yeah. Enrique Iglesias. Toni Braxton, year 2000.

Dave: No.

Reese: Phil Collins.

Dave: I know. Wild. But he was huge. Made it

to my,

Reese: remember

Dave: my made it onto my birthday [00:09:00] playlist by the way.

Reese: I remember Tom Petty. I remember Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers playing.

Dave: Don't remember that

Reese: Obviously. I remember Rolling Stone. I remember Paul McCartney.

Dave: Don't remember that. So that one I saw that I was like, oh crap, I'm mad. I don't remember that. 'cause I bet that must have been amazing. Yeah. Yeah.

'cause he's amazing. Live and so, but I don't remember that. I have zero recollection of that.

Reese: I don't remember. 2012. Madonna with Nikki Minaj?

Dave: Nope.

Reese: LMF ao. MIA. Which Mia

Dave: I think, I kind remember that, that, but

not really.

Reese: Don't remember that. I kind of remember Beyonce in 2013.

Dave: Mm. Yep.

Reese: Bruno Mars with the Red Heart Chili Peppers?

Dave: Nope.

Reese: 2014.

Dave: Don't remember that at all.

Reese: The most watched, the most, watched the big Wait. I gotta find the stat on that one if I can find. 'Cause I also did like fun facts. I have so much information, it's crazy. But I guess the most watched Super Bowl. I'll find the, what was it? 114 [00:10:00] million viewers in the US Highest ever was Super Bowl 49.

2015 With Katie Perry, you, Lenny Kravitz, and Missy Elliot.

Dave: Okay. Who played in that game?

Reese: I don't know that one, I don't know. So the first Super Bowl was played January 15, 1967, and it took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.

It was a game between Green Bay and Kansas City. And the Green Bay Packers won defeating Kansas City Chiefs 35 to 10. So I just thought that, that was interesting. So it, it didn't become the, the way we know it now until the 19, late 1960s. Mm-hmm. Um, if, if in my notes who played I will say it.

But I also have 10 Super Bowl, fun facts.

Dave: Okay.

Reese: If you're ready [00:11:00] for it.

Dave: Sure.

Reese: Uh, the Super Bowl is one of the most, uh, watched TV events each year. Obviously Apple Music sponsors the halftime show.

Dave: Now They do, yeah.

Reese: Yeah. Uh, they cover all the production costs. Many halftime performers receive zero performance.

Dave: Yeah. Nobody ever gets paid for that.

Reese: Yep. Uh, super Bowl 49 was the one with the most viewers. The halftime show started with marching bands. Not pop stars. Mm-hmm. So it was marching bands.

Dave: That makes sense.

Reese: Shania Twain was the last country headliner before 2026, 2003. So they, they haven't really done.

Country music, which I'm kind of surprised because it's not pop that's not popular with us. But

Dave: thank goodness

Reese: though. I know. But in the United States it's pretty popular. You think?

Dave: You would think that would be like

a major thing? Yeah.

Reese: And not so much. Shania Twain was the last one. Uh, the halftime show often draws more viewers than the game itself.

The halftime show

Dave: Sure.

Reese: Some years including [00:12:00] include surprise guest artists with no, uh, advance announcements. I don't remember any in particular, and I don't know what's gonna happen with this one. This year is Bad Bunny.

Dave: Mm-hmm. Which

Reese: I have no idea what's gonna happen to,

Dave: no idea. Now, did I make this up?

Did I also hear. Is Green Day playing

too?

Reese: The pre-game?

Dave: Oh,

Reese: Supposedly, supposedly. But then I started to hear that they're not,

Dave: I don't know. Yeah.

Reese: So who knows?

Dave: Uh, we'll find out.

Reese: And the Super Bowl trophy is named. Vince Lombardi.

Dave: Lombardi Trophy. Yeah.

Reese: Right. So that was, that was the,

Dave: that one I knew.

Reese: The fun fact.

And it is called the Super Bowl. It originated in the 1960s as a playful reference, allegedly inspired by a toy called the Super Ball. And the a FL American Football League founder Lamar Hunt reportedly used it informally to describe the championship game. It stuck and the phrase evokes Grand Ultimate Bowl celebration of the season's best teams.

So I thought that was kind of fun. I never really went into the whole history of [00:13:00] the, of football. So, there's that. Um,, I'm trying to see what else fun stuff. Oh, so I did. I also looked up.

Dave: She's got pages and pages, notes.

Reese: I've got pages and pages of stuff. Uh, I also looked up like the ads because another part mm-hmm.

Is halftime show.

Dave: Also the big ads. I think we'll get some more Dunkin Donuts commercials this time around.

Reese: Those are, those have been pretty

Dave: with, with our boys, Matty, and

Reese: have you seen the 50 cent one?

Dave: So, you know what, I have not been paying attention. I have been really like, not online much at all, and I know they typically start showing their commercials before the Super Bowl

Reese: early yeah.

Dave: I have zero knowledge of any, I have not watched any ads. I have not paid attention to who's doing what, other than I know that Dunking Donuts is doing something again.

Reese: Right? They always do. 'cause those that have been, that's been a winner

of the last.

Dave: So all of this will be a surprise for me. So don't tell me.

Reese: I'm not gonna ruin it.

I'm not gonna ruin it. But I will say it's very funny.

Dave: Good.

Reese: It's very clever, very funny. So yeah. So. Uh, the early [00:14:00] years advertisements were sold 1967 and onward, but early commercials were similar to like regular TV ads, so it wasn't anything extreme. Uh, the turning point was Apple's 1984 Super Bowl.

Where?

Dave: Oh, they played that at it on, during the Super Bowl.

Reese: So the 1984 commercial. Yeah. During Super Bowl XV 1 1 1. I hate that they do that. What is that one?

Dave: 15 16, 17. 18, 18.

Reese: Super Bowl 18. Wow. Interesting.

Dave: I think so.

Reese: Um. Was a, a moment Super Bowl ad became , a major cultural event. It wasn't just a product spot, it was cinematic.

Mm-hmm. High concept advertising.

Dave: It's a good ad. You know that ad, right?

Reese: that generated broad, uh, so what was it? Do you remember what it was? What was it?

Dave: It's the one with a, it's like the, got the voiceover and it's the woman, like, she's running, she's running towards the screen. I, I wanna say she's like a pole vault.

I don't, I don't know if that's true or not, but she's running towards the screen, but it's showing all. It's [00:15:00] all about like the think different kind of thing. Mm-hmm. And it's like something like that. I, I'll show it to you. Some have to look up. It's a, that it's a classic. A

Reese: yeah, I would like to see that.

I don't, I don't remember that. Um, and then 1990s. Throughout the 1990s and two thousands, brands like Pepsi, Budweiser, which is another big one, and others created memorable culturally res resonant ads that helped solidify the events' reputation for must-see commercials. So the commercials became a big thing.

Dave: Mm-hmm.

Reese: Added onto it. The Puppy bowl.

Dave: The Puppy bowl. I do remember the puppy bowl. Jimmy Fallon does the Puppy Bowl these days, doesn't he? Is he still doing that?

Reese: Does he, I don't, I don't

know.

Dave: He was. I think he does.

Reese: Yeah, I don't know. But yeah,

Dave: I don't know if he, I don't think he started it, but I think he's doing it.

Reese: Yeah. So I mean, I thought that that was cool information too. So it, it, the Super Bowl is not just about the game itself, you know?

Dave: No, well, that's it. It's just like a cultural moment. It's a moment for people to get together. Yes. It's obviously a movement for advertising because it has such a big viewership, right?

Because it is the [00:16:00] big game, and then there's the game itself,

Reese: right? I mean, it's so multilayered. All the things that. We have found a way to make money off of it is pretty Wow. Pretty impressive. Between the commercials, between the Puppy Bowl, all these things.

Dave: What would've been interesting is to get into some of the, you mentioned the making, the money.

'cause like I know like all the both teams have merch mm-hmm. That is already them as the winner. And that it's also them as like, you know what I mean? Yeah. And so then they like, I think what they end up doing is they ship 'em off to like, some foreign country. Like if they don't win, like Yep. But it's amazing that they go through all this stuff that they, I guess highlights a whole other problem with our culture in general. Just the waste but,

Reese: well, there are people that immediately, I know one person in particular who the second, the Patriots have won every single time. He goes out immediately and buys the cap, buys the hat immediately. There's no hesitation.

That's his thing. He goes and he does that so,

Dave: well, if you're into the team that way then

Reese: I guess it makes sense.

Dave: [00:17:00] That's what you do.

Reese: I don't know, but but yeah

Dave: all right, so here are my thoughts on the game.

Reese: Okay.

Dave: All right. So I don't know much. but I know I love you.

Reese: mm-hmm.

Dave: I don't know much about the Seattle at all, really.

I, I have not watched them play a single game.

Reese: Remember the last time they played Seattle?

Dave: I, well, let's hope they never do that again.

Reese: And, uh, crybaby.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: I won't get into it, but yeah.

Dave: So, so, but here's what I know. Apparently they, they have a very aggressive defense that's gonna be hard to handle.

So that's gonna be an interesting matchup with our offense. Who's really gonna need to show up today mm-hmm. To take care of some things. Mm-hmm. Now. Patriots also have a very good defense, and so this could be a very interesting game just in terms of that. Now, I think what will end up happening is that we're gonna get into this situation where I hope we don't get into the situation, but it could be just like if one team starts to fall ahead, like that could be the team that.

I don't know. It's gonna be a good game. I'm, I'm, I'm a fan of the games that aren't like the shootouts, right? Like, I [00:18:00] want this to be, and I think this is where the, the Patriots have the opportunity to really win, is if they play disciplined like they have been, they can't make mistakes, which, you know, when those kill you.

Yeah. But they need to be play ball control. Like just hold onto the ball. Eat up the clock and move down the field and just get points like,

Reese: and the weather's pretty good too, so there's no like,

Dave: well they're in la

Reese: right, right. So there's no,

Dave: so the weather's gonna be, or they're in California. I know where there they,

Reese: They are so there was like a whole thing with that too, because I was listening to one of the sports shows and they were talking about how the place, where it is now, we feel terrible.

Because the, the stadium that they're playing la just glommed onto it, but it's a smaller section that doesn't get the hype right. So, the town itself is doing their own promotional things to hype up the mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Oh my God, what is it? I feel terrible. Put it in the post credit notes of where it is and give them the, the height that they deserve.

But yeah, it was like a, it [00:19:00] was like a whole thing. Yeah. Anyway, I just, I found that interesting. 'cause they're. Where it actually is. They're not gonna be able to make the revenue off of it. Like the way just LA itself Yeah. Is gonna,

yeah.

Dave: Well, well, it's a whole crazy, I haven't paid attention to any of the hullabaloo going on around the game at all either.

Like, I'm, I just, I just don't care. I wanna watch the game. And so I think, so my prediction, here we go. You ready? Yep. Mark it.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: 16, 14 Pats.

Reese: Wow. You went low.

Dave: I think it's gonna be a couple of field goals for the Pats. Then they're gonna get a touchdown and then they're gonna, uh, Seattle's gonna get ahead with two touchdowns and then the Patriots are gonna win it with a field goal.

That's

Reese: your mouth.

Dave: That's

Reese: God's ears.

Dave: What I'm predicting. Okay.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: So anything to add to that?

Reese: No. What I'm also excited about I

I just want it to be a fun game.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: Obviously I want them to fucking win. Yeah. I, yeah. I think the last time we won I ripped my shirt off and [00:20:00] ran around the room...

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: ...At our friend's house. Like...

Dave: Nice.

Reese: It was, yeah, it was a good time. I get animated. I want it to be a good game. I want it to be fun. Obviously I want us to win.

For me, I think it's very interesting these days because another thing that I've been following is the gambling culture.

Mm.

Where now they have all these,

Dave: you can bet on everything

Reese: apps, and you can bet, so they're betting on

Dave: the coin toss,

Reese: the song the

Dave: Ridiculous,

Reese: the, the to the song that they, you know, the P the Pledge of Allegiance, the

Dave: I think I saw Charlie Puth is singing the national anthem.

Reese: Yes. I think you're right.

Dave: Correct? I'm excited about that. I like him a lot actually.

Reese: Yes. So they have

Dave: not so much as a musician. Well, I like him as a musician. Yeah. I don't know if I love his music that much. Yeah. But I love him.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: And his knowledge and his, uh, his, I mean his artistry and how, how well he knows music.

Very, very smart and very interest.

Reese: Well, there's like, there's bets on that. There's betss on,

Dave: I'm sure.

Reese: You know,

Dave: so I'm hope, I'm hoping that'll be good. Yeah. Because he's, I like him.

Reese: There's just, again, all the elements that keep getting added to this. [00:21:00] One day. Yeah. Is, it's so crazy. I, I would've never thought in 2026.

This is,

Dave: I gotta tell you, I'm getting antsy. I think we should, let's, let's just wrap this up.

Reese: Yes.

Dave: And then we'll come back.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: And we'll, we'll talk to you after whatever happens, happens.

Reese: I know.

Dave: But hey. No matter what team you're rooting for, remember this life is a group project. Be kind to each other.

LFG.

Yeah. Go. Pats.

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Dave: Hi, Reese.

Reese: Hi, Dave.

Dave: Things didn't go like we had hoped.

Reese: No, I hate it.

Dave: You, uh, you are feeling a little down.

Reese: Yeah. Little depressed. Yeah. Little depressed. Little down little Debbie Downer.

Dave: Yeah. It was definitely an honor to be nominated.

Reese: It was, it's always an honor to be nominated. You're not always gonna win.

Dave: So here's the deal. If our offense could have got anything going. We talked about Seattle being very intense in terms of defense [00:22:00] and they were for sure our defense also showed up big time.

I mean, the fact that I think, I think it was through halftime we held them to 12 points, right? Yeah. So just field goals, no touchdowns were scored. So if we could have got anything going. It was still a really close game.

Reese: But racking up those field goals was kind of pissing me off.

Dave: Listen, three is better than seven and that was a good place to be in at that point.

It's just our offense could not, our offense could not get anything going. Drake couldn't get anything going.

Reese: It's like they replaced them with a different team for that.

Dave: No, look, it was fine. Like we talked about, it was.

Reese: I'm just glad it wasn't a blowout,

Dave: a surprise.

Reese: I'm glad it wasn't a blowout.

Dave: Well, I mean, it was kind of a blow but

Reese: Zero. I thought we were gonna end at zero and I,

Dave: yeah. But it was, uh, unfortunate. Happy to be there.

Reese: Also, it was boring as. Fuck.

Dave: Now see, I don't think so.

Reese: I thought it was boring. There wasn't anything exciting going on, on actually on either side.

Dave: [00:23:00] That's what I like see, I like a game like that. We talked about that a little bit.

Yeah. I, I don't mind that. I, I, I like a game like that. It would've been more exciting of course if we were actually scoring,

Reese: obviously.

Dave: But

Reese: I'm saying boring all around like nothing

Dave: okay with it. 'cause the defense was awesome. There was some big plays on both sides.

Reese: Yes. But. I,

Dave: I like a game like that.

Reese: I like a game where it's a nail biter.

It's all, and both sides are in complete competition.

I just felt like we were outplayed a lot. I felt that there wasn't anything. I literally was having a conversation through most of the, first two um,

Dave: quarters.

Reese: Quarters. Oh my God.

Dave: I was like...

Reese: I keep,

Dave: Let her get there.

Reese: Yeah. I wasn't gonna get there. Through the la through the last, for the first two quarters, I was, I was having an in-depth conversation, , with one of my friends there.

And every once in a while, because no one was screaming, no one [00:24:00] was cheering, no one was, , getting mad at the other side. It was just everybody was just. There. . And there was nothing to make my head turn. 'cause normally I'm fully engaged. And I just was like, you know what? I'd rather have this conversation right now.

I'm not even excited. And it wasn't that we were losing and we weren't even losing by much. 'cause the last time we played a, a few of our one time in particular where we thought this was it, it was over, we weren't gonna win, and then we, we make a comeback. And I, I guess that's my own fault for a.

See, this is why, this is why I don't stay positive all the time.

Dave: Oh, this is why.

Reese: Yes. And now I'm in mourning.

Dave: Oh, in the afternoon, in the evening.

Reese: Yeah. All of the days and times and things. So you know what, yes. I'm happy that we were able to get there because the last few years were looking very bleak.

I wish we would've done better. I am very hopeful for next [00:25:00] season. I feel my takeaway is, I kind of feel bad for Drake Maye because I feel like there was a lot of pressure put on him.

Dave: Sure.

Reese: But I feel like he's the type of player that we'll learn from this and come back stronger.

Dave: Yeah. Look, he's young and what's nice is the whole team is young. Really?

Reese: Yes.

Dave: And so we've definitely got a lot of potential in future seasons. And I think we'll be back again.

Reese: Mm-hmm.

Dave: And I think we'll be in a better place.

Reese: I agree.

Dave: For sure. Because they'll make some changes over the off season too. And, uh, I think all po all signs are positive, which is a good place to be in, I think.

Reese: Yes. And I'm, I'm, I am hopeful, but it, that was just such a fart.

Dave: Yeah. Yeah.

Reese: And it wasn't even like a wet fart. It was a very dry fart.

Dave: It wasn't even a juicy

Reese: No, it wasn't a juicy. Nothing.

Dave: Meaty.

Reese: There was nothing there.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: It wasn't even like potential for like, don't [00:26:00] trust your fart. I would trust it through the whole game.

I would trust that fart. No it wasn't even a, a silent but deadly.

Dave: No,

Reese: it, it was just a regular boring fart.

Dave: Yeah. Well, you can't win them all.

Reese: You know, when you're walking around win Walmart and you just fart, you crop dust. You ruin someone's day. That's what that was.

Dave: Okay.

Reese: That's what that was.

Dave: Fair enough.

Reese: And, and that is my

Dave: Fair enough

Reese: Analysis. That is my

Dave: In depth.

Reese: Yeah. That is my Reese-analysis.

Dave: So here's the thing that I wanna say. Reese-analysis?

Reese: Yeah, I tried.

Dave: Yeah. Nice try.

Reese: I'm trying a thing.

Dave: We were talking about earlier, about the most viewed Super Bowl game.

Reese: Yes.

Dave: And we didn't know what it was, so I looked it up and it was, uh, super Bowl 49.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: When the Patriots played the Seahawks.

Reese: Yep.

Dave: Which we won that game.

Reese: We did.

Dave: Which was,

Reese: we most certainly did,

Dave: that that was, that game was given to us, but at least it was so close that it was given to us, which was given

Reese: Is that when I was like, Sherman was a crybaby during that one.

Dave: Yes, yes.

Reese: Crybaby,

Dave: yes.

Reese: Anyway, yes. There, there was that, and I also wanna specify the stadium [00:27:00] was Levi Stadium in Santa. Clara, did we screw that up again? I wanna make sure I give props.

Dave: I didn't do anything.

Reese: To the the stadium. Because I just felt like they deserve the props.

Dave: Yeah, props

Reese: for the work they put in. Big up.

Dave: Props.

Reese: Big up. I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. I'm hopped up on all the quills.

Dave: Wow.

Reese: The Dayquil the middle of the afternoon. Quill the night. Let's quill,

Dave: let's, we got two other things to talk about and then we can wrap this sucker up.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: The commercials, I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 commercials that I wrote down that I at least enjoyed, but nothing was meaningful. Actually make it seven. I didn't even put. The Dunkin' commercial there.

Reese: Well how did you, that was the only one that was worth talking about.

Dave: No, I really enjoyed the Ben Stiller Benson Boone commercial where Benson Boone's doing the flips and Stiller's getting pissed off.

So he tries to do the flip.

Reese: So you know what, unfortunately I did see some of that ahead of time.

Dave: Yeah,

Reese: they, some of them showed up ahead of time, so I [00:28:00] already, I've already seen it, so I'm kind of,

Dave: yeah. So I thought that was cute

Reese: immune to that one.

Dave: That was funny. That made me laugh. The Guy Fieri thing was kind of cool 'cause you're like, what?

Reese: Again, kind of saw, but I saw that, but

Dave: I know you saw it already. Yeah. Mm-hmm. But let's, so let's just talk about the commercial. Not when you saw it. God damnit.

Reese: I'm just saying it wasn't very thrilling to me because they already leaked it out early.

Dave: Well, commercials aren't thrilling. They're, they're, they're

good.

Did you enjoy the, did you

Reese: Well supposed be, one of the things is the highlight of seeing the commercial for the first time I, that Dunkin Donuts commercial I saw for the first time there in full length. And I was like, oh my God. Every time someone knew shit went Urkel. Yeah. And I, I'm not a big Urkel person, but I was like, they threw Urkel in there.

Dave: I actually, I actually thought it was cool because of all the people, but like, I actually didn't really, that was probably one of my, not my favorite commercial.

Reese: Oh, I thought it, I thought that was really great.

Dave: I thought the last Dunking commercial was better. I. And I'm,

Reese: it's different.

Dave: I'm, I'm still a huge fan of the, the Al Pacino one with Adam Sandler, the with the Dunk Ccino.

Reese: Oh, the Dunk ccino. Remember that? [00:29:00] That was really funny.

Dave: No one, no one must see this.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: And no one can see this ever.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: Also the McConaughey Bradley Cooper for, for Uber Eats.

Reese: Mm. Yeah. That was kind of,

Dave: that started,

Reese: that was okay.

Dave: That, that finally got to me. It, it started to make me laugh 'cause it just keeps going on and on.

For whatever reason. I love the whole dramatic ization of the whole Adrian Brody TurboTax thing was kind of funny to me.

Reese: Yeah, I just don't like him, so anything he does rubs me the wrong way.

Dave: Then there was the Bud, a Bud Light commercial with Peyton Manning and a whole bunch of other celebrities where the keg was rolling down the hill and, and that was funny.

I don't even really remember what the premise was other than the keg was rolling down the hill,

Reese: him and his five head.

Dave: But it was, that was pretty funny. And then I guess maybe my. Maybe my most favorite was Meal Diamond.

Reese: Meal Diamond was was kind of funny.

Dave: Just for its simplicity and ridiculousness.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: That was my favorite.

Reese: That was funny. That was Andy Samberg

Dave: and, but I will have to say this. I took some notes on these as I was seeing them and wrote,

Reese: that's how boring, that's [00:30:00] how boring,

Dave: that's how boring the game was.

Reese: Lackluster. The game was. You were taking notes on commercials,

Dave: so I had to. At the time when I was watching them, I was like, oh, this is what it was for.

This is what it was for. I couldn't remember what Meal Diamond was for. Do you remember what it was for?

Reese: Not even. A little bit.

Dave: So I had to look it up, and then I'm like, oh yeah, mayonnaise, Hellman's mayonnaise.

Reese: If you put a gun to my head, I'd be gone. I'd be, I, I would have a bullet in my brain. No idea.

Dave: Well, there you go.

Reese: Really the only, the only ones that stuck out to me that. It was because it was negative, was there was a lot of AI shit I didn't like.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: I didn't like it.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: Uh, a lot of things were done with ai and then the ones that were for ai,

Dave: yes.

Reese: The Ring commercial was a little,

Dave: I don't even remember it

Reese: off putting, but I will say this, a lot of people got in an uproar over the Ring.

Oh. Now it's gonna be so, uh, [00:31:00] intrusive. Hello. The thousand dollars phone that you wrote that post on?

Dave: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Reese: Is tracking you on the app that you, the social media app that you posted it on is also tracking you and probably even more invasive on your

Dave: Oh, yeah.

Reese: Information, so. It. Let's calm down.

They found the dog. Let's relax. Especially with the fact that I'm never getting rid of mine because it barely helped us with our packages getting stolen. So at least that's a little something, for protection of your house. I don't know. Whatever. There's not cameras everywhere.

Everywhere.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: All the wear,

Dave: yeah.

Reese: Anyway, I, and honestly, it really. The commercials were,

Dave: yeah, the commercials, there was nothing that was like a standout that was like, made me excited about anything. But yeah, I guess it was just a ho hum thing all around. Yeah. Okay, so now let's, let's talk, let's talk briefly maybe about the halftime show.

I thought it was good for [00:32:00] what it was not my thing, because I don't love the music necessarily.

Reese: Mm-hmm.

Dave: But I thought. What he did was kind of cool. Like I love how he brought in all of like real like culture of

Reese: Sure.

Dave: All of that. And so I thought that was cool.

Reese: If this was a show on Broadway, I would have thought that this was a amazing concept.

Uh, Lynn Manuel like taken over. Yeah. Not for Super Bowl, not for halftime. Sorry. I It's too, it goes over too many people's heads and it was done purposefully so that we all fight with each other. I don't mind the music. I mean, the music is not really family friendly.

I'm not saying there hasn't been that type of stuff. Yeah. Done before it has. But just in English and it gets beeped out, so it's whatever I thought it was. Okay. Good for him.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: I didn't think that was the time or place to be artsy fartsy. 'cause that's not go back to the marching band if you're gonna do that stuff.

'cause it, it just doesn't, [00:33:00] I will say. I did love knowing, finding out that there were the people in the bushes and the, uh, I thought it was a cornfield. It's not the corn, it's the sugar cane.

Dave: Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Reese: I did love learning about all the culture.

Dave: Yeah.

Reese: Like all the different symbolism. Yeah. Not the place for it though.

Fun. Like if it was a show fun, it's fun On Broadway, I'd be like, I'll go see that. I'd love to, to learn about that. It w it didn't have anybody, like, there were people that like, showed videos of the people in the stands and they were kind of like,

yeah,

like bopping a little bit, but really like,

Dave: yeah I'm not upset about it and

Reese: neither am I.

Dave: Like so ghet over yourself if you upset. But

Reese: I was gonna say, I wish people at the same energy. I was all hyped up for the, I loved Kendrick Lamar.

Dave: Mm-hmm.

Reese: I thought that was great.

Dave: Yeah. I thought that was good too,

Reese: uh, because there was a lot of symbolism in there as well, and people were in an uproar about that too.

And that's just, that's just the way things go.

Dave: Well, it's also classified,

Reese: everybody likes to fight

Dave: uproar. Is that like [00:34:00] the manufactured uproar? You know what I mean?

Reese: It's completely manufactured and one side is like, oh my God, I can't believe you feel that way. And the other side is like. Yeah. Whatever man. Like

Dave: yeah, I dunno.

Reese: Everything is overblown and that's just what they like to do.

Dave: So that's our Super Bowl.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: Boohoo.

Reese: Um, for, on a scale of one to five.

Dave: Okay.

Reese: One being the lowest. I'm gonna give it a meh. And that is below a one. What do you give it?

Dave: Oh, below the one. I'm gonna give it a,

I'm gonna, I'm only gonna give it a three. Because the Patriots are in it.

Reese: Mm. That's kind of you.

Dave: And so I'm putting it in the middle, like, yay, I'm glad we were there. But the game itself and whatever, like everything else was Yeah. I, I would go the meh. So that gets me to like a, I don't know, a three.

Reese: Yeah.

Dave: So they have it, there's our assessment. We were excited and then we learned. Now

Reese: I'm gonna continue my, my morning.

Dave: [00:35:00] Yeah. Okay.

Reese: In the afternoon,

Dave: in the evening.

Reese: Are we at the evening? What the hell time is it?

Dave: It's close. It's, it's nine o'clock. No, imagine

Reese: I, it feels like it's nine o'clock. Yeah, it close. This has been the longest week.

Dave: It's pretty close. It's pretty close

Reese: week ever.

Dave: Well, there you go, friends. Hey, uh, you know the deal life has grew project, be kind to each other.

Outro Music: We got the right stuff, we put the hammer right down.

We got the right stuff we put the hammer right down.