Sunday’s Super Bowl had a couple of moments of unintentional physical comedy, which of course is the best kind, at least if it’s happening to someone else. First we had Madonna’s near-pratfall, as she stumbles during her half-time show extravaganza:
To her credit, she did recover smoothly and — performing alongside acrobats from the Cirque du Soleil — did execute three partner acrobatic tricks; relatively easy moves, but then she is 53.
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Far more amusing was running back Ahmad Bradshaw trying not to score the winning touchdown for the Giants. I was watching this with a large gathering of clown types on the Waterfront Museum barge who found his ass-first drop into the end zone hysterical. This one was funny on two counts. It looked funny, as if he were doing it that way on purpose, which if you didn’t understand the intricacies of the game (and some clowns don’t!) that’s exactly what you would think. After all, no one was near him, so why suddenly come to a screeching halt, turn around, and sit on your prat in the end zone?
