Last night we watched the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. Unbelievable. Awe inspiring. Amazing. Of course there was the one fly in the ointment. NBC trotted out that guy who is guaranteed to make me yell at my television every time: Bob Costas. I hate that man. HATE.
Last night’s scream at my TV moment: “They don’t have organized sports in China, like college sports or Little League…”
Oh really? How about you put your stupid ugly hair back in the box and shut the hell up, Costas? It is true that Mao banned baseball back in the 1960s, but that ban has been lifted for some time now. Little League is growing fast in mainland China and has always been big offshore. I’m sure the champion team from Guangzhou will be happy to know that they do not have Little League in China.
I could go on about the many insulting and idiotic comments he made during the parade of nations, but I won’t. I’ll just say that I wish NBC had found someone other than a baseball play-by-play man to represent United States Sports. I take that back. I think I might have even preferred Bob Uecker. Imagine this commentary a la the movie Major League, “…and that javelin was juuust a bit outside.”
Oh and by the way, we all know that NBC has the rights to televise the NBA. Does that mean they have to devote nearly all of their camera time and commentary on the US athletes to LeBron James and crew? The only female athletes to get any face time were the Bikini Volleyball Team. Barf.
Whew! My son tells me he wishes I’d watch more golf and less football on TV, because I yell and swear too much. I have a feeling he might very well ban the Olympics too. In the meantime, I’ll be busy cheering on a local boy who went to our highshool, Jeremy Wariner. Don’t expect me to settle down any time soon.
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Janet
// Aug 9, 2008 at 1:13 pm
The last time I watched the Olympics I had to turn the sound down so I wouldn’t have to listen to Costas. He must have some kind of lifetime contract.
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Ree
// Aug 9, 2008 at 4:58 pm
We are lucky enough to be able to watch the Canadian Broadcasting Channel - which actually showed the opening ceremonies when they happened!
Unfortunately, we also get a preponderance of knowing about the Canadian athletes - and you’d be surprised how much some of their announcers rag on Americans.
But it’s kinda worth it to not have to listen to Costas.
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texasholly @ June Cleaver Nirvana
// Aug 9, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I just don’t understand why they think they have to talk. REALLY! There was plenty to look and listen to last night. They could have gone without paying anyone to make stupid comments. I agree with you. I also wish they would STOP with all the human interest stories and get to some sports. Couldn’t they run all those stories in the 4 years leading up to the Olympics and save the actual olympic TV time for actual olympic events. OK, I now concede my soapbox back to you…
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Fannie
// Aug 9, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Ah,but the Americans were at least smartly attired, no?
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monstergirlee
// Aug 10, 2008 at 10:10 am
I had no idea you were so passionate about sports - somehow it doesn’t quite jibe with my perception of your online personna - hee-hee
However I too hate Bob Costas - he sucks. We use the mute button aLOT in our house. We often watch sporting events without sound, its a good thing. I also get to watch CBC if I want, but they’re almost worse than the american’s being Canadian-O-Centric (hard to believe I know) but thats OK, they should be proud of their athletes too. I can’t wait for the Horse Events.
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Lisa
// Aug 11, 2008 at 10:45 am
The opening ceromony needed no words…shame he had to open his mouth.
I am still reeling from the 400 m last night–you?
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Gretchen
// Aug 12, 2008 at 1:58 am
Bob Costas - yick. I couldn’t believe some of the things that came out of his mouth - especially about the native attire of some of the countries.
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