Super Bowl vs. Academy Awards

[Seabiscuit]

Just saw some new game show on TV tonight on a local CBS channel, where contestants are asked to guess the answer to questions about percentages where the show has conducted some sample poll of Americans. The one that blew my mind is the subject of this poll (the show's answer will be posted in a few days):

What percentage of American women would rather watch the Super Bowl than the Academy Awards?

[Seabiscuit]

1. N.B.: I will not be voting since I know the answer.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Better question...

Which percentage of me would rather be shot in the face than watch either?

[Seabiscuit]

3. LOL!!

[Seabiscuit]

8. Every time I open this thread

that little ant of yours starts making my skin crawl.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Hahaha, I love that it's still getting to people.

:evilgrin:

[Seabiscuit]

4. 4 votes in 11 hours. Sinking like a lead baloon.

[last_texas_dem]

5. I heard the stat you are referring to

and was quite surprised by the result as well. (I'm not going to vote since I already heard the answer.) FWIW, I'm a male who doesn't care about viewing either of them!

[Broken_Hero]

6. my guess, 21%-30%.....nt

[Seabiscuit]

7. Just curious...

How does an Alaskan become "misplaced" and plunked down in MO?

[Broken_Hero]

11. Met my wife

while going back to school in Lawrence, KS...I'm from AK, she is from SW MO area...so I decided to move down here(SW MO).

[Seabiscuit]

9. What? No female respondents???

[Bassic]

12. So, what's the answer? nt

[Seabiscuit]

13. OK. THE ANSWER IS:

53%.

That's MORE than HALF the American women polled. Blew MY mind, that's for sure.

9 DU'ers guessed below that number, 8 DU'ers guessed within that range or above. 3 of you got the range right: 51%-60%.

I've known there are female football fans ever since I wandered into a large sports bar 20 years ago during a football game and found everyone roaring drunk, including a ton of fairly foul-mouthed women.

But I didn't know any of those women. Every woman I've ever known watches the Academy Awards.

Myself, I watch both the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards. Both feature a bunch of millionaires getting a trophy for just doing their job.

[Bassic]

14. Impressive.

But then there's a lot more action during the Superbowl. :D

[Seabiscuit]

15. Yeah...

Watching the Academy Awards, with all those prissy people in tuxes and evening gowns, one misses out on all those sweaty, overgrown, lardassed, steroidal, grunting, roaring brutes smashing each other senseless over a funny shaped brown ball.

[Bassic]

16. They also throuw it, run with it

and dance a little bit.

Much more entertaining. :D

[Seabiscuit]

19. True.

When my wife forces me to sit through the Academy Awards I miss all that sweaty entertainment.

[NashVegas]

17. Why Should That Surprise You?

The Academy Awards don't offer much, these days, for the average American woman.

[Seabiscuit]

18. I thought I 'splained myself in my "OK" post.

All the women I've ever met watch the Academy Awards. And talk about it a lot. Very few have much interest in the Super Bowl unless, of course, their boyfriends/husbands drag them into watching it.

My personal experience simply doesn't match that poll result.

On edit, it really surprised my wife as well.

We both guessed in the 10%-20% range.