The Only Beyoncé Lip-Syncing Scandal Left Is Shaq at the Super Bowl

Shaquille O'Neal
Alexander Abad-Santos 1,207 Views Feb 4, 2013

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cellphone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

So, while the majority of us were watching one of the greatest moments in modern American TV history on Sunday night (the scandal-free halftime show, obviously), Shaquille O'Neal was watching Beyoncé live in the actual Superdome — and mouthing the lyrics! Scandal!

Meanwhile, Takeru Kobayashi's Super Bowl was sorta like ours too not like ours at all:

For all 14 fans of Community (we kid, we kid) waiting for the new season to begin this week, NBC has released this "epic" trailer online — we're not kidding about the "epic" part: 

We know what you're thinking right now. Correct us if we're wrong, but you're probably wondering what a fish's thoughts looks like. Right? Well, thanks to Japanese researchers at the National Institute of Genetics, we know what they look like now: 

Okay, fine. Maybe you weren't into fish thoughts. What about farmer thoughts? Slate's David Hagglund points us to the original idea behind that "Farmers" ad from Dodge that was a standout amongst last night's commercials. What say you?

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