{"id":496,"date":"2011-02-06T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2011\/02\/06\/110206_superbowl_qtr2\/"},"modified":"2011-02-06T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T00:18:00","slug":"110206_superbowl_qtr2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2011\/02\/06\/110206_superbowl_qtr2\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl: Second Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>See you after the big halftime show, featuring the English Peas, or some other vegetable.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Your dedicated correspondent just had a boiled shrimp snack and it was awful. That is all.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And the Pottsville Feelers draw within a hat-trick. Could be a game after all.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Big Ben done got his bell rung. Green Bay loses a key pass defender. Generalissimo Franco is still dead.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/divider1.gif\" width=\"108\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Divider\" vspace=\"8\" \/><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;On Star Facebook Updates While Driving&#8221; &#8211; Chevy Cruze: Do we really need yet another driving distraction. I&#8217;m rating this down just for the concept.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/2ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 2 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Kid in a Candy Store&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; CarMax: Not bad, not bad.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/3ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 3 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Pittstown forgot to show up for the game. Sorry, Jeff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/divider1.gif\" width=\"108\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Divider\" vspace=\"8\" \/><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Loggers&#8221; &#8211; Snickers: Nothing new. (OK, I was actually &#8220;out of the room&#8221; when this ad aired and didn&#8217;t catch the end. Mike informed me that it was Roseanne Barr getting flattened, which does redeem the ad significantly.)<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/3ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 3 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Monkey Parkers&#8221; &#8211; Some online job service: Ditto<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/3ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 3 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Oh, look. Some more scoring between commercials.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/divider1.gif\" width=\"108\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Divider\" vspace=\"8\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Lord of the Rings parody&#8221; &#8211; Coca-Cola: Did I predict this or what?<\/p>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/4ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 4 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Tiny Darth Vader&#8221; &#8211; Volkswagen Passat: Totally cute.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/5ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 5 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/divider1.gif\" width=\"108\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Divider\" vspace=\"8\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Western &#8211; Tiny Dancer&#8221; &#8211; Budweiser: Full of surprises, starting with Fargo&#8217;s Peter Stormare cast as the gunslinger.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/4ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 4 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Faith Hill and Unreal Rack&#8221; &#8211; Teleflora: Having Faith Hill kick it off made the ending surprisingly good.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/3ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 3 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>Motorola Zoom: Take a slap at Apple at your own risk.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/2ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 2 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Exhaust&#8221; &#8211; BMW Diesel: LIke diesel smoke is a bad thing?<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/3ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 3 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/divider1.gif\" width=\"108\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Divider\" vspace=\"8\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ads between quarters:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&#8220;Reply All Email&#8230;Not&#8221; &#8211; Bridgestone Tire: Great use of special effects.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ant Rating:<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/images\/fireant\/antratings\/3ants.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rating: 3 Ants\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Tech History&#8221; &#8211; Volt by Chevy: Evoking Hendrix? 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