{"id":857,"date":"2011-02-07T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=857"},"modified":"2011-02-07T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T20:19:18","slug":"i-dont-watch-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2011\/02\/07\/i-dont-watch-football\/","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t watch football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve come to believe, however, that some of the most creative minds in media production are working (being wasted?) on creating advertisements&#8230;and the king of all media outlets is (not NCPR, I know you&#8217;re surprised) the Superbowl broadcast. I have to admit a certain curiosity about the ads&#8211;and zero curiosity about the actual game. Now, the solution: Monday morning quarterbacking of the latest crop of Superbowl broadcast ads&#8230;on line. I found a best\/worst summary at slate.com, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2284035\/pagenum\/3\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, I went through and found my favorite:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"349\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"flashObj\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=772274832001&amp;playerId=1543292789&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1543292789\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1543292789\" flashvars=\"videoId=772274832001&amp;playerId=1543292789&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" name=\"flashObj\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Slate.com columnist&#8217;s pick for the WORST:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jX-0p6RqDxY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jX-0p6RqDxY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And the BEST:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V0HLIvtJRAI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V0HLIvtJRAI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Who won the game, by the way? 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