Last night I hunkered down on the couch and got in the luge position at 7PM getting ready for the BMX on NBC. 7-8 had some bullshit local stuff, but they showed local girl Jill Kintner so it wasn’t a total waste. Then NBC kicked in and it was some diving, running, more dramatic gymnastics then some more running. At midnight they were supposed to kick into the news but they were busy interviewing the chick that rolled out on the last hurdle and cried. Then they showed some parents hugging cause their so proud of their son winning a silver medal. No shit their proud. Cash in time.
So I’m laying there waiting thinking “when the fuck is NBC going to run the BMX semi finals?” All of a sudden Bob Costa’s goes “we’ve run out of time, see you tomorrow?” I’m like are you kidding me? I spent
Whatever, got to work this morning, got online and watched my 38 minutes of the shit and it was everything I could of hoped it would be. The races were quick, no question of who won them. Exciting too. The jump into the second corner is almost a forty footer. HUGE. Piles of crashes too. Everythings there to keep these action seeking people glued to the tube and suck in one more Coca Cola commercial. Plus if you check out NBCOlympics.com you read that people were paying
So tonights the night. Primetime supposedly for the finals. 9-10PM I’ll be horizontal with a mellow Coors Light and the two rats by my side. If it ain’t on by 10PM, fuck em. I’m watching Seinfeld.
i have sat on the couch so long waiting for BMX and get nothing!!, can't keep the lids open that long.
ReplyDeleteWhat the FUCK!!! I was on the wrong channel. FUUUCCCKKKKKKKK! I sat through hours of platform diving for nothing. I'm an idiot. At least I got to perve on 15 year old flexible diving chicks.
ReplyDeleterad.
ReplyDelete"there is a technical problem with the video you are trying to view."
Can't even get this offa the net! (I fell asleep last night on the couch--didn't make it all the way like you did, but yo)
The Olympics are beat holmes, beat...
There's probably a "free tibet" sticker on somebody's helmet or something, and NBC's digitally removing it from every frame of the video, bowing down to Chinese Evil...
F a China, F an Olympics, F a NBC.
(black helicopters approaching)
Sweet, 2 heats of racing last night. About 4 minutes of coverage. Thanks NBC.
ReplyDeleteIt was the same way when snowboarding 1st hit the Olympics, very minimal coverage.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that same thing. The first year I didn't see shit of it in there. Then the next set in Park City they gave it some attention. I would of thought they would of learned something from that though and given it a prime time shot here. They were claiming so hard how it was a draw for the youth culture. NBC...blew it.
ReplyDeleteThey're probably like, "Bart Connor was in Rad, so we'll interview him about the gymnastics and that'll appease the BMX crowd"...
ReplyDeleteradicAL RICK?
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