SUPER BOWL XXIX SPOTLIGHT : TAKE NOTE

As stupid as this year’s halftime show was (Indiana Jones and the Search for the Charger Defense?), it still beat Michael Jackson’s crotch-grabbing performance at Super Bowl XXVII . . .

Do people really like these drawn-out halftime and pregame shows? . . .

Kathie Lee Gifford’s rendition of the national anthem was a merciful

1 minute 50 seconds. It was way overproduced, but better than Regis could do. Not as good as Barbra, though. . . .

The stupidest promo was ABC selling its news magazine show that discloses that, yes, men and women are different. No kidding. . . .

Bud beat Bud Lite in Bud Bowl 7, XXVI-XXIV. . . .

One bettor in Las Vegas plunked down $2.4 million, more than twice the largest sports wager, on San Francisco to win $300,000. He bet on the money line, at 8-1, rather than on the point spread, so the anxiety of losing probably lasted, oh, about 83 seconds. . . .

Gale Gilbert has been on the last five Super Bowl losers--four with Buffalo and one with San Diego. . . .

Nine Super Bowl records were established, all but one involving San Francisco.