XX Olympic Winter Games

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Does anyone know if opening ceremonies for prior Olympics are available on DVD anywhere, or on the net? I particularly liked the Albertville, France Winter Opening and the Athens, Greece Summer Opening. I'd really like to find them, especially to wipe out my memory of last night's travesty.

It would make sense for NBC to make this available. I haven't seen anything that is currently available for purchase except a compilation video of Olympic highlights. There's an Alberville highlights video on eBay.

[Alex]

I wastched about 8 minutes of the parade of nations (Monaco through about seven countries after that).

What amazing television that was.


Does anybody know a place to find out what sports will be on what TV channels when? The NBC site is preposterously convoluted and tends to provides schedules of when the events are actually happening without mention of when they'll be on TV.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Does anybody know a place to find out what sports will be on what TV channels when? The NBC site is preposterously convoluted and tends to provides schedules of when the events are actually happening without mention of when they'll be on TV.

There's a little box on the front page of NBColympics.com where you can enter your zip code to get local info. I haven't tried it.

[Alex]

That little box, here's how it works (or worked for me):

I entered my zip code and submitted.
It took me to a page where I was asked to enter my zip code.
I entered my zip code and submitted.
It took me to a page that listed options for my zip code (broadcast, cable, DISH TV, etc).
I selected my cable company and submitted.
It did nothing.
I submitted.
It did nothing.
I submitted.
It took me to a page that told me that my local NBC affiliate is on channel 3.

That was all.

And if you use the left navigation drill down and click curling you go to a curling page. On the curling page is a link that says "Schedule." If you click this link you are taken to a page that tells you when all the speed skating events are happening (with no mention of when they'll be on TV).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Does anyone know if opening ceremonies for prior Olympics are available on DVD anywhere, or on the net?

I went to Olympics.org and they had some links to video clips for each opening ceremony through the years. I didn't watch them so I can't vouch for them.

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I don't know, I was tickled the whole time.

I'm with you. I love the scale, the innovation, the pageantry. At one point I turned to GD and said "I'm so glad pageantry is still around." You're right, you don't see anything like this anywhere else, and all the symbolism and oddness make it really unique.

I enjoyed nearly every minute. I think the only truly bad part was when Yoko had to READ her "poem" off a piece of paper. For God's sake, she couldn't memorize it? Oh, and she's still a nutter after all these years. Blech.

GD's Peter Gabriel/Vader observation was killing me. Every time they did a close up I was in hysterics.

But everything else was beautiful and amazing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Well, if you had a DVR, you could do a search and it would give you the entire lineup

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://online.tvguide.com/special/ol...nter/guide.asp

[Ghoulish Delight]

I thought it started pretty week...right up until the giant ski jumper. It got cool from there.

[€uroMeinke]

NPR Once again programing just for me:

Nietzsche's Love Affair with Turin

[Ghoulish Delight]

Stupidest line from an announcer (other than 90% of what Costas said) so far:

"There have been no upsets so far today [in womens' hockey], and none are expected."

Well, uh, yeah, if they were expected they wouldn't be upsets!