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Charles Gatlin's avatar

The next summer Olympics will be in Los Angeles, so we won’t need to wait to the middle of the night to watch fencing or kayaking (this year’s serendipitous discovery).

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Mark Finn's avatar

Man, I love that idea, but NBC’s coverage is still awful. I would kill for a bunch of wide open channels on their app. But I think they think four options will be enough. On the plus side, it won’t be the breakdancing event.

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Paul Riddell's avatar

47 years later, and still nothing has changed: 50,000 registered Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas, and you can’t find a GG Allin impersonator for a quickie wedding to save your life.

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Mark Finn's avatar

Good news: there is now a history of punk rock exhibit in Vegas, so we are a ten-count away from Johnny Rotten impersonators asking people if “they Feckin’ swear…”

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Most nations are understandably biased towards their area of origination, and sometimes that's bad. But the Olympics were good to us up in Canada, for the most part...

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Mark Finn's avatar

I think the Olympics are still a place where we can celebrate excellence in any form; real accomplishments. Remember “Nadja’s Song?”

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Yes: I remember the old days- when it was about athletic success and not mining up dirt.

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