Monday, March 1, 2010

Dancing Mounties...

Caught brief glimpses of the closing Olympic festivities Sunday eve and thought it was odd that at 9:30 it came to an abrupt end.  No sign off thanking us for watching.  No "See you in England in 2012."  Just go to commercial and nuthin'.  Next thing here comes the much advertised Seinfeld "Marriage Ref."  Was NBC thinking that we would all hang around?  This rollover to trash...I watched enough to change the channel...was like receiving the sudden news of the unexpected death of a friend.  A ratings robbery.  The News...Weather and Sports at 10 and then...at 10:30 a DVR replay of the rest of the closing.  There was no  announcement at 9:30 that I saw stating NBC would replay the remainder at 10:30...just back to the Olympics like nothing had happened.  I am sure the Canadians and others sat there for an hour with the gigantic beavers while the Maple Leaf "larvae" Girls hung from the curtain as Olympics fans took a timeout and viewed the "Marriage Ref" and local news.  

Some of the blowups were terrifying...the aforementioned giant Beavers and the giant Mounties and Moose.  What scared me the most though were the Dancing Mounties...when the announcer said they were real Mounties...I had my doubts immediately when they marched in...I have seen Cub Scouts drill with more precise footwork and alignment.  Then my chin dropped when they jumped into their Busby Berkeley routine.  Made me thank God that while they couldn't dance...at least they could take down a hairy lumberjack miscreant with ease.  The whole thing has left me traumatized yet this morning.  My perception of Mounties as cool tough guys slipped a couple of notches.   

All-in-all the closing was quite the organized extravaganza...except for the unannounced hour long break.  To that I say...NBC you are a bunch of self-promoting dorks.   

4 comments:

The Pip said...

I must have missed Shania. She is the greatest export the Canucks have had.

I didn't watch the news, but how was the party at the Shelby tavern? Even the Ol Pip got a little teary eyed watching a home grown wearing the gold.

My only complaint...all of the human events stories. Wasn't there anyone that didn't overcome a disease, death, or life changing experience?

I'm guessing things may be a little tougher in Siberia in four years. Vladimer the P will see to that.

One Out In The Third said...

Pip...

I don't recall Shania...and she is easy to recall. Micheal J. Fox lost points...of course Canada is a good place for him in my book.

I was happy for the sledders...that was a major win. I am sure they were rocking in Shelby. I see a new "Welcome To Shelby" sign on city entry routes in the near future. It should stand a lot longer than the Scott Frost sign they used to have on U.S. 30 coming into Wood River. I think he wore out well before his sign did.

The real tragedy had to be when the Olympic Village ran out of condoms. Great shades of the Wizard of Oz.

Uncle Wiggily said...

But the Mounties still get the girls - as evidenced by the provided pic ... even if they both do suffer from what must be a cold-weather malady that I have dubbed "skater chest" (well, actually, that's a cleaned-up version of what I really call it - but this is a family blog).

Seems most of those gals are woefully under-endowed - must have something to do with ice and snow, huh? Or maybe they're really guys in make-up and skimpy outfits? Ewwwwwwwwwww ....

The Pip said...

Well, Unk, it is the Winter Olympics. Can you say Men's Figure Skating? Mrs. Pip never had anything that frilly or feminine on the night of our wedded bliss.

Then again, bras were made of Kevlar and canvas, and they never had clasps. Most of them had a barn door type latch on the back complete with a bullet proof padlock. There I go, living in the past.