Daily Archives: February 7, 2011

Super Bowl Ads: An American Hallmark

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As I sat this afternoon watching all 63 Super Bowl ads on YouTube — yes, I am still very happily unemployed — I got to thinking how brain-dead these huge conglomerates must think we are to sit through all these paid messages begging us to buy something while we try to enjoy the excessive pageantry of football’s biggest game.

In fact, this got me so angry that I stormed out of my house and into my Chevy Volt Hyundai Elantra on my way to Jack in the Box to eat away my feelings but only after I swung by my local movie theater to catch the midnight release of Universal Pictures’ Fast Five. Isn’t America great?

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Californication Recap: Freeze Frame

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“You can’t polish a turd.”

Hank arrives bearing gifts for Karen — hot java and a charming smile. Somehow this works and gets him the five or so minutes he needs to jump into a suit. Karen is puddy in his hands which frustrates the hell out of me. I don’t get it. Why isn’t Karen literally trying to rip his head off? Thankfully, Becca arrives to spew venom and sock Hank in the face with the quote listed above. Parents can always count on their kids to unapologetically keep them in check.

And nothing like a meeting with the lawyer to keep you humbled. Although there looks to be no case, Abby is quick to hold Hank down from jumping with joy. After turning down his multiple advances and “adjusting the truth”, Abby finally relents after getting caught in a lie. Hank may have won a date but it’ll cost him…

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