Posted 5:12 PM by Gene

There is an irony to the tragedy of Ashlee: when TV coverage of professional college football began getting slick the board bangers couldn't wait to cut away from the marching bands so ex-jock "analysts" could regale their audiences with "Ya gotta give that guy an awful lot of credit." Yet for some reason they allow halftime shows at these three-hour promotional tie-ins, mostly produced by the go-gettin' Babbitts who rustle up all the SPONSORS and otherwise don't know a touchdown from a sack, or anything else. The Orange Bowl has long had a notorious halftime show, with peppy lipsynchers and so much equipment it's a wonder they don't give a few souvenirs to the players in torn knees and broken bones. That Ashlee, um, MURDERED the crowd means the Babbitts will be convinced it's just the publicity, and they'll concoct a terror for next year even worse than this one.

The only good thing is relatively few people saw it, and fewer still will see its successor.