Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies – Insta-Review.
Olympic team with the best looking women: Italy
Cool thing: The people who were made up to look like marble statues.
Weird thing: The emergence from an artificial lake of a five-story sculpture that resembled female genitalia.
Dumb thing: Katie Couric
The Olympic Caldron: It looks more like a giant cigarette lighter.
Participating countries I never heard of: A shitload.
Best Commercial: Budweiser Clydesdales (One of the team pulling the Budweiser wagon winks at a Clydesdale foal as it watches the team pass by the pasture).
Shitty Beer: Budweiser.
First Political Jackass Move: The Iranian wrestler who may withdraw from the games because his first draw was an Israeli, who, like his nation, does not exist according to Iran.
I would file Bob Costas under “Dumb,” too.
Also, under “Cool Things,” I would file the thunderous reception for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Comment by Craig — August 14, 2004 @ 7:52 am
Cool thing: the great reception the US athletes received.
Dumb thing: as usual, commentators making jokes about another country’s culture. I don’t know why producers think that we (Americans) really want to hear that sort of thing.
“Is that all it’s takes..?” moment: North and South Korean athletes holding hands as they marched into the stadium.
Comment by gregor — August 14, 2004 @ 12:36 pm
Weird Thing: “Palestine” sent two athletes. Huh?
Comment by david — August 15, 2004 @ 12:49 pm
David,
The Palistinian team has a lock on the “Synchronized Self-Exploding” event.
Comment by Jim - Parkway Rest Stop — August 15, 2004 @ 12:52 pm
When a man and a woman were dancing in the opening ceremonies, in a single movement he pulled her dress off straight over her head! The effect was startling. The commentators then said in a matter-of fact way that the dance was about two lovers at a beach. Sure enough, the woman had on a two-piece swimsuit. Then I exhaled.
:-)}
Comment by John — August 18, 2004 @ 3:08 pm