Olympics thread for those watching and who are interested — Page 9

What happened with the closing ceremony coverage in London? I don't remember.

I also felt the Olympics was a little "off." I think it's because most of the Americans whom a casual fan might know didn't do very well, and NBC didn't give us a chance to learn about anybody else.

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I do agree about the medal ceremonies. It did make that a little less exciting. I guess I would agree about mostly hearing about the US athletes. It sort of feels like there was no stars that had the world talking, like in past games. It was also getting on my nerves to keep hearing about hockey. I was over the US losing, but nobody would let that go. Some fans unfortunately made us look like sore losers. But, on the other hand, I saw fans also acting like sore winners for Canada. That is not what the Olympics are about.

And the London closing I mentioned had NBC cut away to air the pilot of the failed Animal Practice show. They went back to the closing after midnight, only to give us like 10 minutes of closing remarks. It was the biggest waste of staying up to see what was going to happen. At least that's what I thought at the time.

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After discussing it with some friends, there were no "wow" moments that everyone was talking about over the coffee machine the next day. It was smooth sailing which unfortunately tends to be boring.

Just in case anyone is interested, Meryl and Charlie are going to be at the Ralph Lauren Store at 888 Madison Avenue tomorrow from 3:30-5.