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Countdown to 2010 Olympic Hell

Okay, I stomached the Olympic Closing ceremonies. Dear god. My eyes. Is this really what we have to look forward to in 4 years? At least NBC's lame delayed coverage cuts a lot of the boring parts out. But still.

What was with the clown marching band doing The Village People's YMCA? That was totally c-r-e-e-p-y. In fact, there was WAY too much "clown," period.

Ahhhh...One last look at Skeleton Bronze Medalist hottie Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards. Still disapointed that she's married to some rodeo clown named Billy. And same goes for Sasha Cohen - pardon me, but how was she just walking around the closing ceremonies by herself?

Two words. Fiat? Really? How the hell did that get in there? Sorry my bad forget about that, how is Ricky Martin singing here?

Avril Lavigne looked great. Although some suggested she didn't. "What's with the Farrah Fawcett hair and froofy look? Looks like the 3rd Olsen twin. Get the handlers away from her!" What really was lame was that Avril followed a fish onto stage.

I thought this review of the thing was amusing. "Great... Igloos, salmon and eskimos... being presented as part of Canada's welcome to the world," writes GungHaggisFatChoy. "At least Avril Lavigne isn't dressed up in a parka." I would suggest that whoever organized the Vancouver portion of entertainment should go out for a hunting trip with Dick Cheney.

Am I the only one who thinks Mayor Sam Sullivan is going to come back to Vancouver with his head crammed full of all the shameless brown nosing that NBC gave him? God help us if he wins a 2nd term and gets to do it all over again in 2010.

And meanwhile, over on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, I can actually see Nick Lachey's brother Drew finally figuring out that this gives him permanent membership on the D-list. Way to go Drew. Enjoy.

Final 10-word review of the presentation Vancouver bored the world with: ice fishing, fake ice block dance sequence, a fish, Avril Lavigne. Translation: total embarrassment. Don't look at us. We're hideous. On the one bright spot, yes Avril's hair was massively 70's hot.

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Posted by: frickinmuck

February 27, 2006 11:07 AM

yes, this was indeed a frightening and embarrassing performance. it filled me with existential pain.

Posted by: whiskers

February 27, 2006 12:50 PM

Unfortunately, this is exactly what i was expecting to see for our presentation - which almost makes it even more painful to have my expections fulfilled. what could be less original than pulling out the old first-nations' schtick in a celebration of cultural diversity. screw over the indians until you need someone to dance. zzzzzz.

wow, and how did the think tank ever come up with an inukshuk for the vanolympics logo? do they hold all their brainstorm meetings in a gastown t-shirt store? I say while we're recycling, get Jimmy P to pull Expo Ernie out of the broom closet.

I mean, the Italians were FLYING and had friggin fire coming out of their heads for pete's sake. I guess we did have cirque de soleil. nothing says vancouver like "cirque de soleil".

Posted by: Susan

February 27, 2006 08:41 PM

"Permanent membership on the D-List" - Hah! lol

But then, at least he's on a list I suppose....

Posted by: Bernie HB

February 27, 2006 09:01 PM

A snowshoe-bearing trappeur performing a headstand over a skidoo?

What the hell?

And what's with the ice fishing? Torino had "Passion Lives Here" as their motto. Is VANOC contemplating "Poisson Lives Here" for 2010?

Good gawd.

Our Vancouver 2010 teaser was reminiscent of Spinal Tap's Stonehenge scene. However, Spinal Tap was a comedy.

Embarrassing?! You betcha.

Posted by: David Richoux

March 5, 2006 11:15 AM

The clown band playing YMCA etc is an example of Guggemusik - bands that play for Carnival parades and such all over Europe. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of these bands playing loud & brassy basic versions of rock songs... fun and stupid at the same time.