2012 London Olympics

[Sans Souci]

Where is Sir Paul??!

He just came on now.

 

[ScoutN]

They did not say Sir when introducing him. Boycotts must ensue.

 

[acishere]

He just came on now.

Actually that was Angela Lansbury.

 

[Sans Souci]

Actually that was Angela Lansbury.

Stop it!

(Why does he color his hair?)

 

[Bob Saget]

Excellent ceremony! Hearing that entire stadium sing Hey Jude with Sir Paul, the torch-lighting, the Queen busting out James Bond moves from a helicopter...all of it was brilliant. Hats-off to London for a superb opening ceremony to the games.

 

[Bob Saget]

can we fast forward through the parade of athletes? Make it happen, Bob.

Luckily, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince was on ABC Family at the same time, so I was switching back & forth between that and the Parade of Nations.

 

[ScoutN]

Excellent ceremony! Hearing that entire stadium sing Hey Jude with Sir Paul, the torch-lighting, the Queen busting out James Bond moves from a helicopter...all of it was brilliant. Hats-off to London for a superb opening ceremony to the games.

Too bad NBC put the Phelps interview over top of the tribute to terrorist victims. Just wow.

 

[dave&di]

I was so proud of the opening last night, well done London! It was a shame they had to march the athletes round for several hours!

 

[Nemo14]

One of my former students' best friend is in the swimming - she also tried out and made it to the semi-finals.
Thaty's my claim to fame for the night....

Spoiler alert:










Silver medal!

 

[Bob Saget]

Too bad NBC put the Phelps interview over top of the tribute to terrorist victims. Just wow.

That's odd. Wonder why they chose to do this? I'm all for supporting Phelps & all, but the victims and their families needed to be honored on the worldwide stage.

 

[Bob Saget]

medal!

Liz Beisel (spelling?) Amazing performance!

Rough start for Micahel Phelps today. Maybe this will make him angry enough to really ignite later on.

 

[NYwdwfan]

I wish NBC would stop making it so focused on Phelps vs Lochte. Last I checked they were both on TEAM USA - settle the rivalry later!!!

 

[Nemo14]

I've noticed in my years of watching Olympic coverage that the more the press concentrates on an athlete, the less the chance of a medal.

Kind of the kiss of death. As far as the Phelps thing goes, he placed 4th ... in the world... better than I could do.

 

[NYwdwfan]

I've noticed in my years of watching Olympic coverage that the more the press concentrates on an athlete, the less the chance of a medal.

Kind of the kiss of death. As far as the Phelps thing goes, he placed 4th ... in the world... better than I could do.

Agreed - but pretty sure I could do better on the pommel horse than the men's team. Just saying..

 

[Nemo14]

Yeah, well, me too - goes without saying.

 

[Ariel484]

I wish NBC would stop making it so focused on Phelps vs Lochte. Last I checked they were both on TEAM USA - settle the rivalry later!!!

Agreed. I like swimming, but I am already sick of Lochte vs. Phelps. Phelps seems really ready to be done (i.e. retired) and Lochte seems to want it more. I wasn't shocked that Lochte beat him in the 400 IM.

They are also really trying to hype up Wieber vs. Douglas (women's gymnastics)...we may start hearing more about that one this week.

 

[acishere]

You can live stream all the sports on NBC's website instead of waiting for them on the primetime broadcast. No commentary from NBC people trying to extract drama from every little thing. Just sports. Occasionally a British announcer who knows when to shut up.

 

[Nemo14]

Agreed. I like swimming, but I am already sick of Lochte vs. Phelps. Phelps seems really ready to be done (i.e. retired) and Lochte seems to want it more. I wasn't shocked that Lochte beat him in the 400 IM.

They are also really trying to hype up Wieber vs. Douglas (women's gymnastics)...we may start hearing more about that one this week.

watch for this one today!

 

[Ariel484]

watch for this one today!

Yep..l am actually very excited about that one! It's nice that NBC hasn't been shoving it down our throats (yet...)

 

[Uncle Lupe]

Too bad NBC put the Phelps interview over top of the tribute to terrorist victims. Just wow.

You should not be surprised by the decisions of NBC. They are using Ryan Seacrest, the man who tried to high five a blind guy.
Their commentators made fun when North Korea entered the stadium.

I was very pleased with the Opening Ceremonies. I was just expecting to hear God Save the Queen for three hours.