Right now the opening ceremony is on.
I was so looking forward to seeing Rio’s trademark Samba schools in full feathered regalia performing tonight. Instead we got a sickening lecture about gloBULL warming. Despicable.
Note to NBC. Shut up and let the athletes parade.
I miss ABC’ s coverage.
Watched for 3 minutes when they were talking about the Rain Forest,saving the earth and indigenous peoples,with all the crap in the water and body parts,turned it off,made me puke
Watched for 3 minutes when they were talking about the Rain Forest,saving the earth and indigenous peoples,with all the crap in the water and body parts,turned it off,made me puke
Oh yay! We got at least a dozen close-ups of Hijab Girl prominently placed in the first row of the US delegation - at least she wasn’t the flag bearer as rumored.
That parade of the multi-color pod people is awful.
They are not dancing in sync with the music, which isn’t much either.
Here comes the torch. Gustavo acts like he has been whiffing the fumes.
[watching on a BBC stream]
Techically, they are winter games because we’re in late winter in Rio De Janeiro and spring doesn’t begin until September.
Keep in mind the seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere.
Why is Tawain calling themselves Chinese Taipei?
Tuned in just in time to see a commercial where a bunch of immigrants, who apparently couldn’t be bothered to learn English, were singing “America” in their languages of choice.
All right then. Back to the Great British Baking Show.
Well at least all of the Olympic rings opened up.