Enrico Pallazzo would be proud

Jeremy Is In The at the twilight's last gleaming


It would appear that Jeremy watched the Super Bowl last night.


Indeed I did. It was super. If, of course, you don't count the disappointing commercials, turnover-ridden game full of dropped passes, lousy halftime show (I will give credit where credit is due...the surprise appearance of Slash was pretty good, though Fergie's wanton destruction of the ensuing song left plenty to be desired), and Navy flyover of a domed stadium (your tax dollars at work). Aside from that, it was an experience for the ages.

Oh yeah...and just before the game, Christina Aguilera had the honor of singing the national anthem. I guess this was a last-minute change, since she didn't bother learning the words beforehand. I don't know about the rest of you, but I first learned the words to The Star Spangled Banner in kindergarten. I'm not making that up...we sang it for a "play" we put on for our parents. It was amusing to me at the time that fewer than half the kids in the class actually knew all the words, but everyone was 100% confident in the phrase "that our flag was still there." The volume of that line was far and away higher than the rest of the lyrics. Our girl Christina (or is she still X-tina...it's been so long since she's been relevant, I've forgotten) seems to be stuck in the half of the class that was only familiar with a couple lines...like "twilight's last gleaming" since she decided to ad-lib and run that line twice.

For those who missed it, Here's The Clip, and fortunately for you, you can turn it off after only 49 seconds.

Also, for your viewing pleasure, in case anyone's not familiar with the title of today's Blag entry, Enrico Pallazzo was the name of the fictitious opera singer who was to sing the National Anthem at the baseball game in The Naked Gun. The anthem was instead Performed By Frank Drebin...played of course by the late, great Leslie Nielsen. Yes, I'm serious.