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Announcing My 2025 Anti-Super Bowl Party – Watch “Leave It to Beaver” With Me!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n For one brief but ugly moment last week, I deserted the cynic inside me. I left the comfort of cynicism intoxicated by the sweet poison of hope. Don\u2019t worry. I\u2019m back in full vigor now. No more rose-colored glasses for me. There is comfort in cynicism. I have my blankie back. I am my old cynical self again.<\/span><\/p>\n This Sunday is \u201cSuper Bowl Sunday\u201d. I noticed that restaurants and some stores in my little town are closing early because of it. I find it odd that Bob Evans restaurant, which closed at 8:00 PM on Christmas Eve, is closing at 7:00 PM on Super Bowl Sunday. The sign on the door says \u201cWe will be closing at 7:00 PM on Sunday, February 9, 2025, for the Super Bowl.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n The only store in town where I can buy old-fashioned newspapers has a sign on its door too. The sign reads: \u201cWe will be closing at 7:00 PM on Sunday, February 9, 2025, for the Super Bowl.\u201d That same store closed at 10:00 PM on Christmas Eve. You gotta love this.<\/span><\/p>\n The world’s going crazy, we’re turning into a plutocracy, and what? Me Worry? Nope. Nothing is more important than the Super Bowl, which after all is said and done is just another football game.\u00a0 You have no idea how great it is to be a cavalier American! You have to admire America\u2019s ability to shrug and slough stuff off and carry on \u2014 it must be leftover from our days as members of the British Empire \u2014 you know keep a stiff upper lip\u2026and that sort of thing.<\/span><\/p>\n We laugh in the face of tyranny and sneer at the sorry state of world affairs \u2014 \u00a0every grocery store I’ve visited has aisles full of chips, beer, pop and snacks all presented in gala \u201cSuper Bowl Party\u201d settings with inflated prices that would make my dear beloved departed grandfather faint. Festive banners and ribbons and streamers abound. No one would ever guess that America or the world had a single problem.<\/span><\/p>\n Hey! It’s Super Bowl Weekend!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Restaurants in my town are closing early because it seems they think that everyone will be home eating pizza rolls, pizza, sandwiches, and drinking beer. What about me? Or are they using the Super Bowl as an excuse to send employees home early and save a few bucks on their minimum wage salaries? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I am not going to watch the Super Bowl. I might want to go out to eat after 7 PM or buy a newspaper after 8 PM. I have no choice but to sit at home and brood. One thing is for sure I will not be watching the Super Bowl or care what the score is \u2014 or who won. I won’t even care about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wardrobe, her blazing romance, or who she sits with at the game.<\/span><\/p>\n Do you even remember who won last year before Travis and Taylor were a “thing”?<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever network is carrying the game is off the air from noon until midnight as far as I\u2019m concerned. Did you know that coverage of the game starts at noon Eastern Time? Guess when kickoff is? Kickoff is at 6:30 PM (wanna bet the kickoff isn’t really until 6:35?) Guess when the game will end? I\u2019m guessing somewhere around 11 PM. You know they have a lot of high-dollar commercials to squeeze in. Lots of \u201cTV timeouts\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The last time I watched a football game on TV, it was my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes versus Notre Dame for the national championship. Go Bucks! Ohio State beat the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did you know Notre Dame has a statue of Jesus in their football stadium they refer to as “Touchdown Jesus” – I kid you not.\u00a0 I am serious, check it out<\/a>!\u00a0 Anyway, during the Ohio State vs. Notre Dame game, the commercials were so long that I almost forgot what was going on in the game. <\/span><\/p>\n Anyway, back to the Super Bowl. Why all this hoopla over a football game between two teams from the same league who’ve played before? The Philadelphia People are paying thousands of dollars, for tickets to the Super Bowl. As of right now, the cheapest ticket is $4000. Really! Do you know how many starving kids you could feed for $4000? But just in case you want to go, you can\u2019t \u2013it\u2019s sold out. <\/span><\/p>\n Companies are paying tens of millions of dollars to advertise during the Super Bowl. People are spending their last dollars on junk food, beer, and soda pop for their \u201cSuper Bowl Parties\u201d yet, here in the richest country in the world, millions of kids will go to bed hungry or without a safe place to sleep. You gotta love our priorities!<\/span><\/p>\n How have we become what we are? A bunch of infantile whiners. Miserable souls who complain about inflation while we spend money we supposedly don\u2019t have on potato chips, Fritos, Pepsi, chip dip, Miller Lite, Bud Lite (OH NO!),\u00a0 and then use Door Dash to deliver it all so we don’t have to bother going to the store.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In America, you see, it\u2019s important to have a Super Bowl Party and sit around a 92\u2033 8K\u00a0 TV\u2013 it\u2019s only $198.00 a month at Chip\u2019s Rent-to-Own\u2013 and guzzle beer while unabashedly engaging in gluttonous revelry. All because why? Because of a football game.<\/span><\/p>\n All that money was wasted. Just think of the number of families that could be fed if just one of the advertisers gave to the poor what one 30-second Super Bowl commercial costs. It doesn\u2019t seem very fair, does it? Tomorrow those same revelers will be complaining about inflation or that they don\u2019t have the money to pay their mortgages or buy gas for the SUVs \u2013 some won\u2019t even have lunch money for their kids. So what? They saw the Stupor Bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n Some more stuff\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re one of those people who don\u2019t care about football but are going to watch it for the commercials, let me tell you something. \u00a0That’s kind of like not going to church all year long but suddenly showing up at church on Easter Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n And about those commercials…Those commercials cost millions of dollars per minute. Do you think Budweiser, PepsiCo, and the other advertisers are paying for those? Really? They\u2019re not, you know. You\u2019re paying for those. Every dollar they spend gets figured into their cost of doing business and when the cost gets too high and their profits get too low they\u2019ll raise the price of their products and you\u2019ll end up paying the price.<\/span><\/p>\n So laugh at the commercials if you want. Just remember, in the end, those companies are going to stick it to you and they\u2019ll be laughing at you when you pay $20 for a six-pack of Busch Light.<\/span><\/p>\n Come to my Anti-Super Bowl Party!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If there is anyone else out there who isn’t taken in by all the hyperbole,\u00a0 you\u2019re welcome to come to my Anti-Super Bowl Party. It starts at 7:00PM. At 7:30 PM I\u2019m going to turn on The Roku Channel and we’ll watch eigth straight episodes of “Leave It to Beaver”. Do you remember Eddie Haskell? Larry Mondello? Theodore, Wally, Ward and June Cleaver? Gus the fireman? Lumpy Rutherford?<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m having snacks too. You can have your choice of salad or you can choose one of my Lean Cuisine frozen dinners. If you get the munchies, I have pretzel rods and low-fat popcorn. I also have light beer and I think there is some wine left over from Christmas \u2013 you can have your choice. I didn’t buy any extra food, munchies, or beverages for my Anti-Super Bowl Party. I will eat the stuff I already have and so will you.. If I run out, you\u2019ll just have to settle for “Leave It to Beaver” on my little 40\u2033 4K TV. No 92\u2033 8K TV here. If you’re worried about my food supply – bring your own. I have paper plates and plastic forks and spoons for you.<\/span><\/p>\n I have plenty of coffee and water too. So if you get thirsty and the beer and wine are gone, you can have your choice between coffee or water. You won\u2019t go thirsty at my Anti-Super Bowl Party. I might even have a few jelly donuts too. Don\u2019t complain though \u2013 when they\u2019re gone, they\u2019re gone. I’d go out and buy more but, remember? Everything is closed at 7 for the Super Bowl. But\u2014don\u2019t come early just for the jelly donuts. I will not answer the door before 7:00 PM. I probably won\u2019t be dressed properly until then and you sure don’t want to see that!<\/span><\/p>\n I might decide not to answer the door after 7 either.<\/span><\/p>\n The eight episodes of Beaver should be over by 10:30 PM, so you\u2019ll get home in plenty of time to get some sleep so you can get up for work the next morning. We don\u2019t have any \u201cpost-Beaver\u201d interviews or analysis scheduled although that might be fun. I won\u2019t have any camera crews in the locker room because I don’t have a locker room – we could all crowd into my bedroom but I don’t think so. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When the Beaver is over, you\u2019ll be expected to leave without delay or complaint. By 10:30 PM I\u2019ll either already be sleeping or very close to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can only come to my Anti-Super Bowl party if you promise to leave right after the last Beaver is over. We\u2019re not going to sit around and talk or pretend to enjoy each other\u2019s company; I hate small talk almost as much as I hate the Super Bowl – you’ve been warned!<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ll be hospitable as long as you\u2019re quiet during the Beaver and don\u2019t complain about the food. You can have all you want to drink but if I run out, you\u2019ll either have to leave or go without \u2013 the tap water is free \u2014 help yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s the best I can do. I have to count my pennies around here.\u00a0 I am not going out to buy a bunch of junk just because you\u2019re coming to my Anti-Super Bowl Party. Bring your own food if you eat a lot. If my party sounds like a great evening to you, you\u2019re my kind of person.<\/span><\/p>\n Let’s watch The Beaver and party hearty!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Announcing My 2025 Anti-Super Bowl Party – Watch “Leave It to Beaver” With Me! For one brief but ugly moment last week, I deserted the cynic inside me. I left the comfort of cynicism intoxicated by the sweet poison of hope. Don\u2019t worry. I\u2019m back in full vigor now. No more rose-colored glasses for me. 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