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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:21:26 PM

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One of the many things I adore about the Brits is their ability to poke fun at themselves: behold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HRjdhh6slkc

Edited to add Mr. Bean to corgis and Bond

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1275602-london-2012-opening-ceremony-mr-bean-steals-the-show-in-spectacular-fashion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aZSYI0HV4Y

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:26:53 PM

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Ok, gotta ask, Does your Queen usually parachute into events?

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:31:24 PM

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How did I make it to 50 and not know that the song America was written to the tune of God Save the Queen?

And the kids choirs are most awesome!

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:33:05 PM

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Daniel Craig saves the day!

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:35:14 PM

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How did I make it to 50 and not know that the song America was written to the tune of God Save the Queen?

/attempting to sing America to the Sex Pistol's "God Save the Queen."/

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:39:45 PM

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(Now....all kidding aside...I saw a post the other day from some chic who said she couldn't get Hulu.com because she was in Canada. Being in the U.S., I find it incredible that anyone can't get anything on the net. Is that true? I know that China and other countries somehow filter...but...can't anyone get anything on the net? It's the net after all....isn't it available to anyone that wants to dig in?).

I guess I should ask....are there things that people in the U.S. can't get?

Yes, there were some Canadian news sites where the vids were blocked to me.. I'm a Canadian, damit.. dont they know that??

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:41:21 PM

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How did I make it to 50 and not know that the song America was written to the tune of God Save the Queen?

And the kids choirs are most awesome!

Dont feel bad, I made it to 52 and just found out also.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:43:44 PM

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regarding the blocking, yep it is Canada or the CRTC, controlling it.
Still pisses me off:)

Having watched the opening ceremony, its VERY anglo -centric, historical references abound.
Not super impressed altho certain bits made me shiver and feel homesick.
Clash was part of the musical show in the UK and here in Canada.
Fond rememberences of seeing them in london a couple of times decades ago:)

I went to school with Mick Jones. I was part of pop group he latter joined, they went all punk so I left.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:52:58 PM

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ORIGINAL: Tantriqu

One of the many things I adore about the Brits is their ability to poke fun at themselves: behold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HRjdhh6slkc

Edited to add Mr. Bean to corgis and Bond

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1275602-london-2012-opening-ceremony-mr-bean-steals-the-show-in-spectacular-fashion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aZSYI0HV4Y

Now that was f---ing funny.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 5:57:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: Tantriqu

One of the many things I adore about the Brits is their ability to poke fun at themselves: behold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HRjdhh6slkc

Edited to add Mr. Bean to corgis and Bond

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1275602-london-2012-opening-ceremony-mr-bean-steals-the-show-in-spectacular-fashion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aZSYI0HV4Y

Now that was f---ing funny.

Her Maj...Daniel Craig....brill
Oh and Mr Bean!!!heh!

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 6:03:16 PM

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I wanted Roger Bannister to light the flame. Nothing against Steve Redgrave - a man of impressive achievements and so forth - but RB broke the four minute mile. And he's not going to be around for much longer, let's face it. God, I didn't even know the old boy was still alive.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 6:03:33 PM

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Ooh! Big Audio Dynamic was a guilty pleasure; I haven't heard E=MC2 in ages, which I always thought Billy Joel ripped off.
More mis-heard lyrics: I was 30 before I found out it's not 'F*CK the Casbah'.

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I went to school with Mick Jones. I was part of pop group he latter joined, they went all punk so I left.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 6:12:16 PM

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I wanted Roger Bannister to light the flame. Nothing against Steve Redgrave - a man of impressive achievements and so forth - but RB broke the four minute mile. And he's not going to be around for much longer, let's face it. God, I didn't even know the old boy was still alive.

Sigh, I thought the same. Young athletes were good to run around the track, but Dr. Bannister should have lit the petal cauldron, especially in contrast to poor Ali, brain-damaged by his sport.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 7:11:43 PM

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Well, this was quick!

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 7:37:52 PM

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I look great in peach but it goes in and out of fashion and thus availability. Perhaps Her Royal Highness will help bring back peach!

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 7:39:15 PM

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/27/2012 7:45:37 PM

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/28/2012 3:39:44 PM

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I know that the event taking place at 00:56:30 in the BBC footage of the 48kg women's weightlifting is a massage, I just don't care.

Thought others might be interested.

Odd, that link doesn't work from this site but does work from the BBC events page

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/28/2012 3:43:00 PM

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I admit that I do not understand handball.

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RE: Watching the Olympics Live Online - 7/28/2012 4:32:40 PM

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NEW YORK -- NBC has come under fire in the British press for editing out a performance during the London Olympics opening ceremony that has been interpreted by some as a tribute to victims of the "7/7" terrorist attacks that rocked that city in 2005.

The network, which has exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the London games, cut instead to a taped interview between Ryan Seacrest and gold-medalist swimmer Michael Phelps.

The Daily Mail scoffed that NBC replaced a "tribute to 7/7 victims with bland Michael Phelps interview."

The Guardian, in a piece headlined "Row after NBC drop opening ceremony '7/7 tribute,'" said that section of Friday night's performance has been "widely interpreted" as a tribute to the 52 victims of the 2005 bombings.

As Scottish singer Emeli Sandé sang "Abide With Me," and a memorial wall featured images of spectators' deceased loved ones, BBC commentator Hazel Irvine noted that "the excitement of that moment in Singapore seven years ago when London won the Games was tempered with great sorrow the very next day, with the events on 7 July."

Deadspin, which first called attention to the missing segment and features video of the BBC's coverage, noted that the International Olympic Committee's media guide makes no direct reference to the 7/7 attacks. In the media guide, the related dance sequence, featuring 50 dancers, is described as dramatizing "the struggle between life and death using such powerful images of mortality as dust and the setting sun."

When asked about editing the song-and-dance performance, an NBC Sports spokesman responded in a statement: “Our program is tailored for the U.S. television audience. It’s a credit to [opening ceremony producer] Danny Boyle that it required so little editing.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/28/nbc-victims-tribute_n_1713527.html

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