Rocking the SuperBowl at Halftime - Not! (previously posted February 2010)

 I know I've said in my blog before that I am a lucky man and I'm saying it again. I've had the opportunity to attend a Super Bowl football game; probably something that's on the bucket list of many guys my age. I went in 1987 when the NY Giants were a 39-20 winner over the Denver Broncos at the Rose Bowl.

And what about the halftime show? Did I get The Stones? Elton? Madonna? Eagles? A one second look at Diana Ross's boob after a Bob Mackie wardrobe malfunction? C'mon, she was still hot (and sober) in 1987. Nope.. none of the above. Hell, in 1987 I would have even taken Jody Watley. Jody who? She won the Grammy for best new artist in 1987. Yeah, really. Go look it up; I had to.

No. My halftime "extravaganza" was "A Salute to Hollywood" featuring high school drill teams from southern California . WTF? At first I thought, "OK, at least I'll get a look at those perenially gorgeous cheerleaders from USC (Southern Cal). But no such luck. They didn't mean THAT southern cal... they meant the area of southern cal. I got flag twirlers who couldn't make the cheer squad or girl's cross country at their respective high schools. And before you get all over me, I'm sure they all had great personalities. The only thing I can say that I truly remember about the performance was that they whipped absolutely no one into a frenzy. Pyrotechnics? None. Lasers? None. Entertainment value? None.

That's right... I went all the way to Pasadena to a superbowl halftime "extravaganza" featuring nobody. Even Tommy C selling his ticket stub to someone outside the stadium at halftime was more entertaining.... especially when the new buyer came in to claim the seat.

Since then there's been U2, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney (for you youngsters he was in a band before Wings), and Michael Jackson at halftime. Well, people have always said I've been ahead of my time.

I guess I did alright though. My ticket in 1987 was $75. Yesterday's tickets went from a minimum face value of $800 to a max of $5,250. Would I pay that to see The Who? Despite their obvious "aging" they were still awesome. Although I thought at some point when they were singing "Who Are You," they actually meant it.

So I was thinking yesterday, "I wonder where those flag girls are now?" And if you know, tell them they owe me $75.