Sunday, February 3, 2008

Super Bowl Monday

I'm watching the Super Bowl right now - at 9:09am on Monday morning! My Super Bowl snack is a breakfast bowl of cornflakes and milk.

We can watch big American sports events (Super Bowl, World Series and baseball playoffs) on the NHK channel, Japan's public television station. We hear the American announcers and play-by-play, but there are no commercials.

So while Americans are pitched by Budweiser or Apple or Chevy Trucks, we hear three minutes of background noise from the stadium and see replays or a random video feed of players waiting on the sidelines or on the field. This makes for a much quieter Super Bowl experience.

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