This isn't a Super Bowl episode-specific comment, but something I've noticed over the last two weeks, ever since they switched from production music to having "Bone Patrol" in studio.
Am I the only one who misses hearing the proper version of the opening theme song? I know that Bone Patrol is (essentially) playing it both out of the cold open and into the monologue, but there's just something about the theme's lyric (and the accompanying visuals) that set the tone for the rest of the hour. Since the monologue always comes after the first commercial break, I don't see why they can't play out of the cold open with the taped main title sequence, then have Bone Patrol play Craig on into the monologue after the break... Anyway, Super Bowl Special - liked the 'opening number' with the 49ers Gold Rush Cheerleaders, although I was hoping for something a little more than Craig dancing to his own theme music. Cold open was brilliant, and a nice piece of on-the-fly comedy (and makes me curious to know what was originally planned for the open). Remotes were hit and miss, as they usually are when Craig is out of the basement, but overall showed off NOLA pretty nicely. (Was it me, or was Steve Carell almost unrecognizable with the beard?) That said, I'd have preferred the show to have a bit more continuity (fewer taped bits, more live stuff in Jackson Square). I'm assuming it was heavily time compressed, because there were some really obvious edits in the Brees interview (and, I think, with NPH). Oh, and how could he do a show in NOLA without bringing out Wavy the Crocodile? On Monday, February 4, 2013 7:30:47 AM UTC-5, eastick wrote: > > I really liked that cold open. The remote segments we're hit and miss. > On 2013-02-04 4:57 AM, "JW" <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> A couple tweets from @michaelnaidus: >> >> True story: ad-libbed cold open conceived by @craigyferg, filmed in >> 3rd Qtr at Superdome...tape traveled by pedicab to transmission room. >> >> Big thank you to awesome folks at NFL Films for helping make our >> show...right up to the last minute. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
