[Bill_McBride]

Mrs. Couples' assault on Freddy after his win at the Kemper, I think, was very embarrassing, both to them and to the audience.  I wasn't embarrassed by Padraig's little tow head in the slightest.  Probably would have been better if he'd waited until Paddy was off the green.

[Kalen Braley]

I guess I'm not really seeing why anyone thinks thier wives would do different..

Hmmm, let me see, Padraigs wife is blonde, Phils wife is blonde....i'm sensing a pattern here...  

And for the record, I married a brunette...  

[Mike Wagner]

Great thread on the state of the FCC.  Our country goes up in arms about the Janet Jackson issue (falling out of her wardrobe during the super bowl) but Cialis ads are all over the place.  I'd much rather explain to a kid what a breast is than why this poor guy on TV can't get it up....

[rjsimper]

I believe it was Rick Reilly (But I may be wrong) who penned a great satirical column once about these ads recounting fictitious conversations between a father and son, and included many questions like "Dad, what's Levitra do?  Does it make you be able to throw a football through a hanging tire?"

The two bathtub thing gets me every time, though...I hope by the time I have children of age to watch golf tournaments with me that I don't have to explain what Priapism is...

I fear, however, that I may have to explain things much, much worse.

[Mike Benham]

I fear, however, that I may have to explain things much, much worse.

No you won't, they will explain it to you ...

And I am sure there is some father somewhere who would respond to their kids inquiry to E.D. with the reply "If I had E.D., you wouldn't be here ..."

[Bob_Huntley]

Mike,

You have had the last word.

Bob

[John_Cullum]

The two bathtub thing gets me every time, though...

I have been trying to figure that out for months

[Kalen Braley]

The two bathtub thing gets me every time, though...

I have been trying to figure that out for months

Its clearly a throwback to TV in the 60s and 70s when Ma and Pa slept in the same room, but different beds...  

[Ken Moum]

Probably would have been better if he'd waited until Paddy was off the green.

I ended up watching the tournsment on Tivo after this thread started, and watched closely to see what happened.

Harrington's wife held her son back until Paddy was almost off the green, and when he got to his dad, they were either just on the back edge of the green--or just off.

He did not run out on the green to meet his dad.

It was obvious that she was hanging onto him, so he wouldn't get out on the putting surface.

K

[Jerry Kluger]

Bob: I have sons ages 11 and 13 and when that commercial comes on they sort of giggle  - nothing you can do about it.

So far as the wife and kids I think that as you have noted, there is a downside to it, but there is also an upside which probably outweighs it: a large percentage of the top golfers are married with families and this is something really good about the sport.  There are so many professional athletes that have questionable personal values and golfers are a positive change from that.

[Jeff Evagues]

Do you have a wife and/or kids?  If so, do they visit you at work?  Should they ban that too?  The kid caused no delay in play or damage to the golf course.

I work in an air traffic control tower. My wife does not visit - and neither does anyone else.

[Tim Pitner]

Why is the junior Mickelson dressed like Little Lord Fauntleroy?  Is that the in-thing in Rancho Santa Fe?

I asked my 4-year old daughter if we should put 2 bathtubs in the back yard--she thought that idea was very silly.  

[Ray Richard]

I saw a Madison Avenue ad executive say the other day on television "TV ads are a dying concept). To counter channel surfing and Tivo, the networks are using another tactic, little ads that are inserted while the action is on. I was watching TNT-The British Open and somebody was lining up a putt , suddenly on the lower right hand corner a mini-person was walking across the green waving his hands-it turned out to be an ad-but it blocked the action.

With the Cialis Ads, I see the logo and its a quick flick over to the baseball game for a score check.

 I think the kids/family should stay away from the playing surface. I think TV likes to play up the family/emotional theme in order to increase drama. It's like Dusty Baker (baseball-Cubs)bringing his kid to the dugout, the kid ran on the field and almost got flattened by a runner at home plate. After that MLB allowed only several coaches and players on the field/in the dugout.

[Jason McNamara]

Is Sergio still courting Morgan-Leigh ?

I believe so - there was a pretty funny mention of this in Feherty's latest video blurb.

Oh, and when I'm PGA czar, I will expand on the original suggestion:  no commercials for anything that goes wrong between a guy's belly button and his knees.  

Mr. Palmer (or whoever) will be welcome to do public svc announcements if he wants, because PSA tests are obviously important.  (Hey, a PSA for PSA!)  But I don't need another "in case you were trying to use the facilities" ad ever again on a golf telecast.  And I especially don't need a breathtakingly lame marketing tie-in for event recaps.

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