Puppies, not Bears

[tzikeh]

I'm sure it's blasphemous to admit this, being a Chicagoan and all, but I'm just not interested in the Super Bowl. I don't even know which team The Bears are playing, though I *do* know it's the team Stephen Colbert will be rooting for.

For those of you who won't be watching the Super Bowl either, but are looking for a fun alternative other than going out and having a life (hey, I have a real excuse -- Sunday's high temperature is supposed to be a whopping 8 degrees, with a windchill of -17), may I suggest Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl.

Utterly pointless, yet completely mesmerizing, The Puppy Bowl consists of a mock football field, a lot of puppies, puppy toys, and a human who pretends to be a referee. The puppies play with toys, drink water (water bowls are clear with cameras mounted underneath for DrinkCam views), nap, and generally frolic. If a puppy has an accident on the field, the ref calls it a "penalty". If, by some bizarre happenstance, a puppy gets a football into the endzone... something happens. I can't remember what. But I can guarantee that it's adorable.

And the halftime show is ALL KITTENS ALL THE TIME.

Besides, all the good Super Bowl commercials will be up on YouTube a minute after they air. ;)

ETA: And here they are, your 2007 Animal Planet Puppies! Be sure to vote for the MVP.

Comments

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I'm about as big on puppies as I am football, but the halftime show appeals. :D

[nestra.livejournal.com]

I'm very excited about Puppy Bowl.

The Bears beat the New Orleans Saints, by the way, so it would not quite be an exaggeration to say that I wish hot fiery death to the Beard (who are playing the Indianappolis Colts). But really, I will be watching Puppy Bowl and not caring about the Super Bowl.

[ratcreature]

I think I watched clips from this last year online somewhere. I was dead from the cute.

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Maybe I could have George come over and watch with me. It sounds like as close to a substitute for the dog park that we can get.

He is very frustrated with me for not making it warmer.

[danceswithwords.livejournal.com]

I am so all over this sporting event!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I too will be watching the PB, and dying over the halftime show.

Get me a box of kittens, stat!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Okay - I only *just now* realized that you're quoting Scrubs.

That is how slow I have been this winter.

*sheesh*

[pun.livejournal.com]

The Puppy Bowl is the finest programming in television history!

I actually like football, but I don't like the Super Bowl very much because it's even slower than a regular football game.

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

I think the Puppy Bowl is absolute programming GENIUS.

[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder! I'm not sure who the crackhead is that thought this up, but it's brilliant. My favorite thing is that you can wander in and out of the room and you haven't missed anything critical. It's so mellow. :) I didn't actually realize there was any kind of scoring at all -- I thought it was just, you know, puppies.

[kitkatbyte.livejournal.com]

I don't follow football. In a meeting at work on Friday, some people were wearing Bears shirts. I was like, "I didn't know there were any football games left this year!" They were all like, "Just the one that matters most!"

*shrug* I used to talk about how sports were stupid, but I don't anymore.. because I realized that it's just a fandom. To each his own and whatnot.