Football fans appalled by terrible DirecTV/Black Eyed Peas spot

I watch a lot of football. Like other football fans, every year I come to terms with the fact that I'm going to have to watch the same stupid commercials over and over throughout the course of the season. After a while, they become so familiar that they completely vanish as I reflect upon important facts during game breaks. You know, like the fact that the Jets may never, ever have a good quarterback. But every year, football fans are faced with another phenomenon: a commercial that sucks so bad that you are forced to pay attention. This year, DirecTV has earned that honor. Let me ask you this question, and it's not one I get to throw out there often: Why in the world are the Black Eyed Peas on the moon with an elephant? I mean, Fergie is nice eye candy and all, but what the hell is the ad supposed to mean? After all, hard-core football fans already have DirecTV because it has the exclusive NFL package. Without it, I'd never be able to watch the lowly Kansas City Chiefs play the rotten Washington Redskins just so I can see how Clinton Portis is doing for my fantasy team. But alas, even when I'm watching the non-local games, there they are, the Black Eyed Peas, in outer fucking space. The bright side is that, just like the misery the Jets bring me annually, this too shall pass.

—Posted by Kenneth Hein