[SkyPilot]

Thank goodness the "Third World Olympics" are coming to an end.

Honestly, I didn't watch hardly any of it, except when I was caught in a restaurant or somewhere as it played from every TV screen. I still tried to ignore it.

The reasons it was a such a disaster?

1. They held the games in a Turd World nation composed of corruption, poverty, crime, and filth.

2. NBC blew the coverage big time, focusing on "human interest or human element" bits from every angle.

3. Non-stop commercials.

4. Lack of real-time coverage of events.

The "human element" angles really irked me and a lot of other viewers. We don't need to be manipulated in sobbing or whatever for some athlete because they lost their pet hamster at age 3.

What was that SNL skit, where Kevin Nealon would try to make every guest break out in tears?

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bob-waltman-special-promo/2859809

[Chgogal]

NBC and Brazil did a number on Lochte.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/investigation-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-authorities/89082232/

NBC has a problem with Lying Lochte but no problem with Lying Hillary.

[MplsSteve]

I watched a fair amount of the Olympics. I love rooting for Team USA - whether it’s soccer, 10 meter air pistol or pentathlon (sp?).

If a person can get past NBC’s overwhelming fascination with gymnastics and swimming, there was some good viewing to be had. Yeah, you had to look for it and suffer thru way too many commercials - but all in all, I was OK with it.

By the way, I love watching handball. What a great game. Back and forth action and lots of scoring. That’s a sport I’d love to see the US do well at.