XX Olympic Winter Games - Page 18

innerSpaceman · 02-16-2006, 05:34 PM

Well, anecdotal as this may be ... I'm not watching them at all (and I'm usually glued to them).

Not Afraid · 02-16-2006, 07:04 PM

I watch figure skating. And I never turn on the TV.

I do think it is funny that the media has pumped up a bunch of athletes who haven't been spectacular. I mean, Bode who? Oh, and are there other figure skaters out there besides Michelle Kwan? I guess they haven't had a good week in Vegas.

Oh, and ALL this coverage and WHERE is the most famous resident of Turino? Anyone heard from the shroud lately?

Matterhorn Fan · 02-16-2006, 07:51 PM

One of the guys on the Daily Show was wearing it last week.

innerSpaceman · 02-16-2006, 10:13 PM

Oh, um, there was that thingy that happened at women's gymnastics a few Olympics back. Something where some girl was injured, but had to pull it together for the U.S. to win. It was a really tense final competition and she pulled it off, but then collapsed in a broken heap. The U.S. won, and she was on the Wheaties box the following week. I don't remember her name or any of the details, but it was about the most dramatic thing I've ever seen at the Olympics.

Then there was the thug-clubbing with those two bimbo figure skaters. Oooh, it was so dramatic that I even remember their names are Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. Hahaha, they will live in infamy. Tonya got to skate, despite being like a Darwin's Award mastermind behind the clubbing attack on her rival. She goes out on the ice and gets her laces all tangled up and trips and has to start over, but blows it completely ... cause like she's a skanky criminal on worldwide tv. Hahaha, how was that for drama?!?

And we wonder why womens' gymnastics and womens' figure skating are the hot sports at the Olympics.

wendybeth · 02-16-2006, 11:42 PM

Isn't Tonya mud-wrestling or some such thing these days?

Ghoulish Delight · 02-17-2006, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, um, there was that thingy that happened at women's gymnastics a few Olympics back. Something where some girl was injured, but had to pull it together for the U.S. to win. It was a really tense final competition and she pulled it off, but then collapsed in a broken heap. The U.S. won, and she was on the Wheaties box the following week. I don't remember her name or any of the details, but it was about the most dramatic thing I've ever seen at the Olympics.

Okay, but what does that have to do with ratings? Such things can't be known until people are watching and they happen. They really have no affect on the rating.

And, for the record, while compared to the rest of televsion, the ratings have been bad, it's the best ratings NBC has gotten in a long time. So this may just be a matter of NBC sucking wind.

innerSpaceman · 02-17-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Okay, but what does that have to do with ratings? Such things can't be known until people are watching and they happen. They really have no affect on the rating.

Sorry to get back to this so late, but this thread has grown a bit over night.

I just must point out that these things became known as the Olympics proceeded, and ratings skyrocketed as the dramas moved along. The Tonya/Nancy thing was news from the beginning. And the gymnastics competition heated up and then got huge ratings for the final showdown where the injured girl's performance would likely (and did) decide the difference between winning and losing. That the final performances turned out to be uber-dramatic does not mean that the drama was not anticipated, and tuned into, aforehand. It was in both cases.

It was the Drama Gods who saw to it that drama was fulfilled for all we mortals who tuned in for the drama we sought.

scaeagles · 02-17-2006, 07:25 AM

If I wasn't married I might be stalking one particular women on the US curling team. That fair skinned red head with the smile.

MickeyLumbo · 02-17-2006, 08:59 AM

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If I wasn't married I might be stalking one particular women on the US curling team. That fair skinned red head with the smile.

you go, boy!

er, um, you don't go boy.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-17-2006, 09:11 AM

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If I wasn't married I might be stalking one particular women on the US curling team. That fair skinned red head with the smile.

She is cute. Hell, they're all cute.

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I watch figure skating. And I never turn on the TV. I do think it is funny that the media has pumped up a bunch of athletes who haven't been spectacular. I mean, Bode who? Oh, and are there other figure skaters out there besides Michelle Kwan? I guess they haven't had a good week in Vegas. Oh, and ALL this coverage and WHERE is the most famous resident of Turino? Anyone heard from the shroud lately?
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh, um, there was that thingy that happened at women's gymnastics a few Olympics back. Something where some girl was injured, but had to pull it together for the U.S. to win. It was a really tense final competition and she pulled it off, but then collapsed in a broken heap. The U.S. won, and she was on the Wheaties box the following week. I don't remember her name or any of the details, but it was about the most dramatic thing I've ever seen at the Olympics. Then there was the thug-clubbing with those two bimbo figure skaters. Oooh, it was so dramatic that I even remember their names are Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. Hahaha, they will live in infamy. Tonya got to skate, despite being like a Darwin's Award mastermind behind the clubbing attack on her rival. She goes out on the ice and gets her laces all tangled up and trips and has to start over, but blows it completely ... cause like she's a skanky criminal on worldwide tv. Hahaha, how was that for drama?!? And we wonder why womens' gymnastics and womens' figure skating are the hot sports at the Olympics.
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