Five Things I Think I Think

Five Things I Think I Think (with a nod to Peter King for this idea)

1. I think we live in the golden age of Super Bowls. Back in the day, they were blowouts almost every year—terrible, boring games. Now, it seems unusual if the game is boring. Sunday’s game was a good one—not the best of all time, but a good game.

Eli Manning’s pass to Mario Manningham on the Giants’ final drive has to be considered one of the finest of all time. When one considers the pressure of the situation, the adversity of the Patriot pass rush, the degree of difficulty for the completion because of the pinpoint accuracy required, he/she must marvel at the achievement. Some people, for some reason, simply perform their best in the most pressure-packed situations. Manning is one of them.

Oh, and Manningham made a nice catch.

2. Another amazing event occurred Sunday—once in a lifetime. Madonna (so I’m told) performed modestly attired.

3. Judy and I saw AMADEUS again for the first time in twenty years. The writers, of course, took great liberty with Mozart’s story, especially Salieri’s role in his death (fiction). Still, it is a very compelling movie because of the music, the location for shooting (Czechoslovakia), and the quality of acting.

             4. Alec Baldwin is a great comedic actor. Yet, Tim Tebow may have topped him the other night at the NFL awards on NBC. Earlier in the evening, Baldwin, the show’s host, had teased Tebow by posturing in a Tim Tebow prayer pose. Later, when Tebow accepted an award, he articulated his gratitude to God for the platform he had divinely received. Noting the impact it had he quipped, “[It] even had Alec Baldwin praying tonight.” Touché.

            5. For the past month I have seen a number of advertisements for NBC’s new show, SMASH, starring Katherine McPhee. So many, they made me wonder why she didn’t win AMERICAN IDOL when she was a contestant a few years ago. And if she did not win, what happened to the person who did?