CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 10, 2026
DID YOU WATCH THE SUPER BOWL AND ITS HALFTIME SHOW, OR THE ALTERNATIVE ONE PRODUCED BY TURNING POINT USA.
THE GAME WAS A ONE-SIDED DISAPPOINTMENT AS SEATTLE OUTPLAYED NEW ENGLAND. BECAUSE OF ALL THE ADVANCE HYPE ABOUT “BAD BUNNY” I DECIDED TO WATCH THE TURNING POINT HALFTIME SHOW INSTEAD.
THE ADVANCE PROMOTION PROMISED A PATRIOTIC TRIBUTE TO AMERICA. INSTEAD, IT WAS A CASE OF MOSTLY SCREAMING SINGERS WHOSE WORDS COULD NOT BE UNDERSTOOD AND LOTS OF PYROTECHNICS WHICH I GUESS WERE SUPPOSED TO DISTRACT VIEWERS FROM THE PERFORMERS. OTHER THAN KID ROCK, I HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY OF THEM.
LATER I READ STORIES OF BAD BUNNY’S PERFORMANCE WHICH INCLUDED LOTS OF SIGNALS ABOUT PUERTO RICO, WHERE HE’S FROM, AND SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS, SUBTLE REFERENCES TO ICE AND MORE. THE GUY IS THE MOST STREAMED ARTIST IN THE WORLD. CLEARLY HE IS POPULAR AMONG SOME GROUPS, BUT HE SANG ALMOST ENTIRELY IN SPANISH IN A COUNYRY WHERE ENGLISH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE UNOFFOCIAL LANGUAGE.
MAYBE IT’S GENERATIONAL, BUT I PREFER ARTISTS WHO CAN BE UNDERSTOOD. THE MARCHING BANDS USED TO BE MY FAVORITES WITH THEIR INTRICATE TWISTS AND TURNS AND FORMATIONS.
THE COMMERCIALS WERE THE MOST INTERESTING. I’M CAL THOMAS.
