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I was praying soooo hard for the Eagles, for many reasons: 1) They deserve it. 2) I hate the Trump-loving Chiefs. 3) I love Saquon Barkley <\/strong>and Jalen Hurts<\/strong>.\u00a0 I\u2019m so happy for those guys.\u00a0 4) With the recent plane crash, and death of a fan in celebration, Philly needs some happiness. 5) For some unknown reason, my friends in Rhode Island and South Carolina adore this team.<\/p>\n @MajorCelebrity’s most popular tweet ever!<\/p><\/div>\n I\u2019m sorry that I didn\u2019t think to tell you in advance that I might live-tweet about some of the proceedings. Despite that lack, one of my tweets, about Tom Brady<\/strong>, has over four and a half thousand views! That\u2019s more than how many followers I have on that platform!!! There are only a few tweets up there, (because I got too behind for them to be \u201clive\u201d anymore,) but if you\u2019re curious to still see them, I\u2019m @MajorCelebrity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n I truly believe that I helped the Eagles win because Mr. X and I ate an expensive frozen pizza, (that we had never even seen<\/em> before,) that came in a green and white box! I\u2019m not kidding about how many superstitious things I do. In all<\/em> situations!!!<\/p>\n What a fun opening graphic! And Fox must have known something–they put the two Eagles stars on it, but only Patrick Mahomes for the Chiefs! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n It was the most unexciting game, with little tension, but that\u2019s what I love. Only when my team is winning, of course.<\/p>\n By the way\u2014contrary to what some of my friends thought, the Eagles are not<\/em> my basic team. They\u2019re one of the teams I really like, but this season I was rooting for the Buffalo Bills or Detroit Lions to go all the way. As I do with basketball, I choose my football team each year based on their personnel. (With baseball, I’m a diehard fan of the Yankees and Mets.)<\/p>\n PRE-KICK SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n What was up with the on-camera females\u2019 shoulder pads? I actually wore some recently, thinking I\u2019d get the \u201890s trend started again, but I didn\u2019t think it would catch on as it apparently has. So, good for me!<\/p>\n Arik Armstead, the Walter Payton Man of the Year. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I\u2019m always so happy when they show all the Walter Payton Man of the Year nominees, one from each team. Just seeing them in person makes me cry. For me, and I\u2019m sure for all<\/em> caring people, it\u2019s the most important award of each season because it\u2019s given to the most kind players. (But I hate to say it, the winner, Arik Armstead<\/strong> of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who spoke so well otherwise, said that he\u2019s so \u201cgracious\u201d instead of \u201cgrateful,\u201d a very bad mistake that I\u2019ve heard several others make from time to time. I\u2019m only pointing it out so that if you<\/em> do that, too, you\u2019ll know to fix it now.)<\/p>\n It\u2019s good they began that part of the all-day coverage with a tribute to the victims of the January 1 shooting in New Orleans. And they included the victims of our LA fires and all the other tragedies that have already shamefully happened in this young year. There have been so<\/em> many sad things that have happened in this country in the past six or seven weeks since 2025 began, that I actually forgot about the New Orleans one until they mentioned it on the Super Bowl! It\u2019s all waaay too sad.<\/p>\n HALFTIME SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n I ran hip-hop clubs for a few years, and Mr. X is a krump dancer, so we\u2019re obviously not against Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>\u2019s music. But it was a very odd choice for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. It\u2019s too niche. I would venture a guess that less than half the audience members were interested in it. So at least they sold more concessions during halftime than usual.<\/p>\n And yes, now I understand that his entire performance was supposed to be some sort of message, and not just about his beef with Drake. But the Super Bowl Halftime Show is supposed to be about fabulous entertainment and not messages. On-line trolls\u00a0need to stop telling everyone they didn\u2019t \u201cunderstand\u201d it; the musical show is not meant to be \u201cunderstood,\u201d (except maybe the lyrics, which is this case, I needed the subtitles for,) and no one is wrong for not doing so. so enough already.<\/p>\n Andy Reid’s perplexed expression during Jon Batiste’s National Anthem. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n And SZA<\/strong>, who Mr. X said \u201ccan really<\/em>\u00a0sing!,\u201d is not a big enough guest, as have been in previous years. (As Alicia Keys was for Usher last year, and Bruno Mars and Beyonce were for Coldplay in 2016.)<\/p>\n And they didn\u2019t even have the usual big elevated stage.<\/p>\n I hate to say it, but even Mr. X said, \u201cMake it stop!\u201d I actually could<\/em>\u00a0have done that because we were very behind at that point, but I always want to be fair, and watch the whole thing before I pass final judgement.<\/p>\n So I feel that by the end, aided by excellent dancers, Lamar was actually holding his own. Mr. X agreed, but pointed-out \u201che doesn\u2019t have a broad appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n He was actually the anti-very first halftime performer. Do you know who it was?\u00a0 You will never guess. Ready? Carol Channing!!! We know which one Orange Hitler would prefer to see, because she was only\u00a0half<\/em> black! (I\u2019ve been refraining from mentioning him, but I couldn\u2019t help myself on this one.)<\/p>\n OTHER MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n Lady Gaga and her bad brows and teeth. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Lift Every Voice and Sing<\/em> is a good enough song, (and it\u2019s a one-hundred-year-old hymn,) but I guess it is<\/em> sort-of rude\/weird\/off-putting to have a \u201cblack national anthem\u201d sung at the Super Bowl, which is supposed to be for all<\/em> people. The producers must have been a tad embarrassed about it because they tried to explain it. And Ledisi<\/strong> usually sings better than she did there, except for her fabulous last note.\u00a0The ASL signer was actually the best aspect of the number, but they didn\u2019t even show him for more than a second!<\/p>\n Lady Gaga<\/strong>\u2019s musical tribute to the victims of the January 1st NoLo attack, and other horrors, was very good and moving. But someone, please\u2014send the woman an eyebrow pencil!!! Her crazy recent look, combined with her discolored teeth, are distracting every time she takes to the airwaves.<\/p>\n But they brought the room back up with a really fun Mardi Gras-esque music performance headlined with a jubilant native New Orleans son, Harry Connick, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mardi Gras-esque pre-show music. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I love Jon Batiste<\/strong>\u2019s music<\/em>, but he\u2019s far from a great singer<\/em>. I think Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid<\/strong>\u2019s face said it all during Jon\u2019s National Anthem, which I actually wound-up liking. A little bit. (Mr. X said it\u2019s like one of my<\/em>\u00a0musical bits, which are all comical, I promise you\u2014I can\u2019t sing!)<\/p>\n COMMERCIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n There didn\u2019t seem to be the usual really important commercials of past years. And there were zero special ads for the entire first quarter.<\/p>\n The Law Brothers funny commercial. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n And then, finally, a really fun one! And it\u2019s local\u2014it was for The Law Brothers. It actually cracked me up. A few times!<\/p>\n The one with Seal<\/strong> as a\u2014what else\u2014seal, was downright creepy! They must have given him a fortune to prostitute himself like that!!!<\/p>\n The Stand Up to Hate one with Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg<\/strong>\u00a0was good. It says it all.<\/p>\n I loved the emotional Rocket Take Me Home<\/em>\u00a0one; when it was over and they cut to the Super Bowl crowd, the whole place was singing that song!!!<\/p>\n The one for HexClad pans with Pete Davidson <\/strong>and Gordon Ramsey<\/strong> was funny.<\/p>\n I loved the Ram trucks one with Glen Powell<\/strong> as Goldilocks was very clever.<\/p>\n Roger Federer, The Stranger I Love Most, with Elmo. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n What a stupid campaign from Nike, saying dumb sentences along the lines of \u201cYou can\u2019t win, so win.\u201d Ugh.<\/p>\n I loved the on.com one with Elmo <\/strong>and Roger Federer<\/strong> because\u2026Roger. It\u2019s charming. (But even my<\/em>\u00a0147IQ did not get that the logo says \u201con,\u201d until the very end.)<\/p>\n Only because I adore colors soooo much, (I actually have a room in my tiny house called \u201cThe Crayon Room,\u201d) I liked the sort-of stupid one for Nerd candy with Mr. X\u2019s favorite new music artist, Shaboozey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Lay\u2019s one with a little girl growing just one potato, with the lyrics of the music saying, \u201cIf you were a kiss I know I\u2019d want to be a hug,\u201d was so lovely it made me cry.<\/p>\n Shaboozey. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Kanye West\u00a0paid for an ad for himself<\/em>, as opposed to being paid to do a real<\/em> commercial. That was soooo many millions for him to spend! What an idiot. (Duh\u2014we already knew that about him.) (And we found-out the next day it was for him to sell tee-shirts with swastikas on them! He needs to be arrested. He can share a cell with Diddy.)<\/p>\n It\u2019s offensive that Jeep used the concepts\u00a0of being \u201cfree\u201d people and heroes such as servicemen, to sell their Wranglers.<\/p>\n They saved the best for (almost) last. David Beckham <\/strong>and Matt Damon<\/strong> as long-lost twins was just about brilliant.<\/p>\n POST-GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n They did the Trophy Ceremony all wrong! First of all, interviewer Terry Bradshaw<\/strong> showed up late to do the hosting honors, and then he not only didn\u2019t hand Jalen Hurts his MVP trophy, but he barely even talked<\/em> to him!!! And then he didn\u2019t chat with any of the other players at all! I would have loved to hear what birthday boys, star Saquon Barkley and rookie Cooper DeJean<\/strong>, (who caught an interception and returned it for a touchdown!,) had to say!<\/p>\n FINAL THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Brad Pitt’s odd and puffy visage. (But, shockingly, he is 61! When did that a happen???) Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n ~ It rattled me that Brad Pitt<\/strong>, Tom Cruise<\/strong>, and Tony Brady all looked weird. The first two looked old and puffy, especially Cruise, and Tom Brady looked crazily gaunt and Ozempic-faced. In his case, the quick change in his look in just two weeks could<\/em> be due to him being miserable because his ex-wife, Gisele, just had had a baby with her new-ish beau, her Jiu-Jitsu instructor with whom she already worked when she was married to Tom. Seriously, stress can do that to a person. I<\/em> lost sixteen pounds in the first week that I was seeing Mr. X!!!<\/p>\n ~ Mr. X saw a sideline reporter and had no idea that\u2019s the woman he was seeing was Erin Andrews because she looked sooo awful! She was never good-looking to begin with, but now she looks old and haggard and puffy, as well.<\/p>\n ~ I\u2019ve been less than thrilled that Tom Brady replaced my favorite NFL color commentator, Greg Olsen, who got demoted to Fox\u2019s second<\/em> team. And all season, I\u2019ve constantly read how bad \u201ceveryone\u201d thinks Tom is at his new gig. I\u2019ve listened to him a few times myself, and didn\u2019t notice anything either yay or nay about his commentary.\u00a0 But I heard every word he said this time, and not only is Tom totally fine at it, but the fact that he has so much to add through the lens of his truly amazing career made it extra-interesting.<\/p>\n ~ We were amused that, at one point when the camera showed famous people in the crowd, and one was short<\/em> Kevin Hart<\/strong>, Tom asked, \u201cKevin Hart\u2019s here? How do the cameras find<\/em> Kevin Hart?\u201d So his play-by-play partner, Kevin Burkhardt<\/strong>, chimed in with the apt, \u201cIt\u2019s the Roast Revenge Tour for Tom Brady.\u201d<\/p>\n Seriously, is this Carson Wentz or Prince Harry??? Since we can’t see a bald spot, we may never know.<\/p><\/div>\n ~ I did not know that long-time Eagles quarterback, (and Prince Harry doppelg\u00e4nger,) Carson Wentz<\/strong>, was a back-up for the Chiefs this season! Who knew?! He\u2019s played so long that I thought he was around fifty<\/em> already.\u00a0(He actually just turned only fifty-two.)<\/p>\n ~ Near the end, I finally let myself have the victory, and started crying as I said, \u201cI can\u2019t believe they won!\u201d And Mr. X said, \u201cWon<\/em>?! They massacred<\/em> them!\u201d Yay!<\/p>\n ~ Saquon Barkley wound-up his first season as an Eagle with the most yards rushing, in the season and playoffs combined, in NFL history! You go, boy!<\/p>\n ~ One of the absolute best parts of the entire shebang is that they showed Taylor Swift and Orange Hitler only once each!!! And never mentioned them at all. Hitler probably left because his team was losing so badly.<\/p>\n ~ This is as good a place as any to share my thoughts on the relationship of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift<\/strong>. I had refrained from mentioning them in this article, (or in any<\/em>, actually,) because she<\/em> has nothing to do with the Super Bowl whatsoever, and he<\/em> apparently had nothing to do with it either, based on his dreadful performance. But I\u2019ve revealed my theory to several people, so I figured let\u2019s get it over with here instead of giving it its own full column. Here goes:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>