Out of Cheese

I figured I’d just watch the Super Bowl for the ads, since I didn’t really care about either team. Naturally, the ads weren’t very good but the game was terrific. That’s fine with me; I’ll take a great game over ads any day.

Of course, the game’s mostly being ignored now thanks to the whole Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake episode. I didn’t watch the half-time show. I was trying to get some work done, so I turned down the volume just low enough so I could hear when it was over and ignored the screen. I don’t have any particularly worthwhile comment to make on the most notable part of the show. Instead, I have a question regarding the half-time show as a whole.

CBS declined to air the winning ad from Bush in 30 Seconds allegedly due to the network’s “standards and practices“. Now that we know what they were willing to air for a half-time show, does that mean that the ad set too high of a standard?

Just curious.