Super Bowl blackout #blackoutbowl 2013
America’s modern past time is to craft clever social media updates during live events from the Oscars to the Presidential Inauguration to the Super Bowl, and when something doesn’t go according to plan like a wardrobe malfunction, people whip out their phones or laptops and get to tweetin’ about it. So when the teams were all revved up after a massive halftime show by Beyonce, and half of the Superdome power went out for over 20 minutes and sportscasters’ ad-lib talents were put to the test, bored viewers became comedians. All of them. Every single one of them.
Personally, my best work was “Lights out, guess we WEREN’T ready for that jelly, Beyonce…” which I was disappointed to later learn that I wasn’t the only jelly joker. The point is not that I’m hilarious (which I am), but that the entire internet had something hilarious to say about the blackout, giving real comedians a run for their money.
Below is a roundup of just a select few jokes from the hundreds of gems to highlight the real news story about last night: everyone’s a comedian.
Note: some of these are racy, racist, ridiculous, and probably offensive, so if you are easily offended, this won’t be up your alley. You’ve been warned.
Danny Brown
February 4, 2013 at 9:56 am
Like a true troll, I would just like to submit my effort here. 🙂
agbenn
February 4, 2013 at 10:23 am
lol but it’s true ;p
SundayBestHomes
February 4, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Great article….actually saw a bunch of these on #brandbowl
AmyVernon
February 4, 2013 at 5:45 pm
I guffawed at Lindelof’s last night, but he had an even BETTER one today.
https://twitter.com/DamonLindelof/status/298530651848724480
Waxil Davidson
February 26, 2013 at 2:02 pm
The best joke was by @scrutinous when he said “This is the worst thing to ever happen in the Super Dome.” And then Mike Scully, writer for the Simpsons posted the exact same thing 2 minutes later and stole the credit.