So much for that mystery. Dead Maude Flanders is a Texans fan, regardless of what number she was wearing. I was right, and you guys are dumb wrong (except for those of you who weren’t).
Oh, offseason. You’re here. For a long time.
Original entry:
(Not very) much has been made of this blog entry about a Super Bowl commercial showing famous TV characters wearing NFL jerseys. The crew from The Sopranos wore Jets jerseys, Jerry Seinfeld in a Giants top, etc.
At first glance, it appeared that the Texans were the only team left out of the ad. I was not exactly surprised by this. Such is life as a Texans fan – slighted by a national entity, but with no right to be upset since the franchise’s greatest achievement has been “still alive for the playoffs on the last day of the regular season in 2009.”
Watch again, and look a little closer. First I’ll embed the video, then show you a still:
Did you see it? Check out the “group photo” of The Simpsons near the end. Here’s the screen capture:
Check out Ned Flanders and his wife Maude. While you might initially think Maude is wearing the same Tampa Bay Bucs jersey as her husband, look again. If you have a laptop, tilt the screen toward you. If you have a desktop computer, look at the picture from a high angle or tilt the monitor toward you. The “stripes” on Maude’s jersey are BLUE, not black like the one Ned is wearing.
Maude Flanders is wearing a Texans Battle Red jersey – presumably the Arian Foster #23.
Of course, for those of you who are fans of the show, this opens up a whole new angle of hilarity… the Maude Flanders character on The Simpsons is DEAD.
So, are you more or less insulted now? Either the Texans were completely left out of the ad, or they’re represented by a dead character. Not exactly a Paul McCartney/Abbey Road reference, is it?
Feb 9, 2011 at 23:59:11
I don’t buy it’s not also a bucs jersey like Ned
Feb 10, 2011 at 00:40:32
I don’t know what kind of monitor you have, but the shoulder and neck stripes are clearly black on Ned’s, blue on Maude’s.
Feb 10, 2011 at 07:34:55
Houston never gets respect, so I’m not suprised. Funnier to me however, is Comic Book Guy, who is portrayed as the biggest loser on the show wearing Titans gear.
Feb 10, 2011 at 07:55:37
LOL…probably a few bad frames from the inker…isn’t #27 LeGarrette Blount, one of their breakouts?
Feb 10, 2011 at 11:41:20
yeah that’s totally a Blount jersey. You’ll notice that most of the teams on the Simpsons segment are in pairs. So it only makes sense that the Flanders are a pair of Bucs fans. Hmmm what would have been a good TV show to represent the Texans though?
Feb 10, 2011 at 13:34:25
GAWD…..I hate the offseason.
Feb 10, 2011 at 14:53:44
Either way, who would represent Houston in the commercial if Houston had a bigger role in the ad?? I mean south park was the obvious choice to rep the Broncos and The Sopranos was the clear choice to rep the Jets. Who would rock the Deep Steel Blue if Houston had a bigger role in the commercial?
Feb 10, 2011 at 15:17:09
Hate to say it, but that is #27 LeGarrett Blount’s jersey. I don’t see it as a #23. The top looks to much like a 7.
Feb 10, 2011 at 17:09:58
Charlie sheen
Feb 10, 2011 at 23:04:14
I really hope the texans sign shaun rogers who got released today but knowing the current regime they are going to say shaun cody is a starting caliber player and that we dont need a stud nose tackle and somehow screw my dream of getting rogers in a texans uniform.
Feb 11, 2011 at 08:58:58
I love the fact that Moe is an Eagles fan…I think half the bars in South Philly would qualify to be a joint as classy as Moe’s