Go Canada Go, EH!!
Canada is in fourth place in the Olympic medals with 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze at press time. Everybody is sure enthralled with the games in Vancouver, eh?
Too bad the weather is not cooperating. For once, Canadian weather is too nice, eh? Olympic winter games with no snow..IN CANADA. Thank god for the indoor sports that are climatically controlled. Hockey, curling, speed skating, etc. are proceeding along smoothly, eh? (Whoops, by the time CLP hit the editor desk the ice machines at the speed skating track had calfed).
The outdoor games are brutal though, eh?. The skiers are skiing on ice. The bobsled/luge track is so lethal that some critics are questioning if the design was authored by Al Qaida. The cross-snowboarders are navigating the track in the rain. The giant slalom is murderous with edges grinding for control on slushy ice somebody reported, and jumps granting so much air from the high speeds, the women's run was getting slopes cut down to minimize speeds to prevent injuries, eh?
I am grateful the media (at least the ones I have seen so far) are being gracious and not slamming the absence of winter or the organizers. They are focusing more on the Colbert Report taping albeit he quipped, "On future winter Olympic host city applications, you might want to add the question, 'Does it snow there?'" as well as the celebrity appearances (Sir Richard Branson has made a splash) which makes the deficiency of snow at the venues and spectators at some venues less glaring. I did see an amusing clip on facebook concerning the weather's threatening the Olympics when ABC produced a video depicting a figure skater falling through the ice when she lands a triple lutz. It was quite hilarious.
Speaking of figure skaters, the wardrobes this Olympics are quite flamboyant. The Australian announcers got themselves in some "hot water" when the men's free style was in full swing. As the pair discussed the men's figure skating, Aussie announcer Molloy said, "They don't leave anything in the locker room, these blokes, do they?" before a sniggering colour commentator McGuire interjected, adding: "They don't leave anything in the closet, either, do they?
Molloy was quick to jokily reprimand McGuire, warning him he could get into trouble.
The network then cut to an image of a skater wearing a tuxedo-style costume, which Molloy described as something even singer Prince would not wear.
The footage then showed a skater wearing a costume of overalls and a flannelette shirt with McGuire suggesting it was "a bit of 'Brokeback.'"
Molloy agreed, saying: "A bit of 'Brokeback Mountain' exercises, you can't wear that."
Then they went after Weir, whose pink-laced "onesie" suit has created a lot of buzz.
Later in the segment, M
olloy apologised for that comment he had made on Tuesday night.
"I made a joke that was a bit off-colour. Some of the crew here didn't like it either," he said.
"I suggested that there was a disaster happening at the ice skating rink because organisers had found out one of the male ice dancers wasn't gay.
"And I apologise for that really sincerely."
But the apology was soon defunct as Molloy added "But it definitely wasn't this guy" before cutting to a shot of champion American figure skater Johnny Weir wearing a pink and black outfit and holding a heart-shaped cushion.
Hey, if you cant laugh at life, your taking it to seriously.
I'll be in touch.
Too bad the weather is not cooperating. For once, Canadian weather is too nice, eh? Olympic winter games with no snow..IN CANADA. Thank god for the indoor sports that are climatically controlled. Hockey, curling, speed skating, etc. are proceeding along smoothly, eh? (Whoops, by the time CLP hit the editor desk the ice machines at the speed skating track had calfed).
The outdoor games are brutal though, eh?. The skiers are skiing on ice. The bobsled/luge track is so lethal that some critics are questioning if the design was authored by Al Qaida. The cross-snowboarders are navigating the track in the rain. The giant slalom is murderous with edges grinding for control on slushy ice somebody reported, and jumps granting so much air from the high speeds, the women's run was getting slopes cut down to minimize speeds to prevent injuries, eh?
I am grateful the media (at least the ones I have seen so far) are being gracious and not slamming the absence of winter or the organizers. They are focusing more on the Colbert Report taping albeit he quipped, "On future winter Olympic host city applications, you might want to add the question, 'Does it snow there?'" as well as the celebrity appearances (Sir Richard Branson has made a splash) which makes the deficiency of snow at the venues and spectators at some venues less glaring. I did see an amusing clip on facebook concerning the weather's threatening the Olympics when ABC produced a video depicting a figure skater falling through the ice when she lands a triple lutz. It was quite hilarious.
Speaking of figure skaters, the wardrobes this Olympics are quite flamboyant. The Australian announcers got themselves in some "hot water" when the men's free style was in full swing. As the pair discussed the men's figure skating, Aussie announcer Molloy said, "They don't leave anything in the locker room, these blokes, do they?" before a sniggering colour commentator McGuire interjected, adding: "They don't leave anything in the closet, either, do they?
Molloy was quick to jokily reprimand McGuire, warning him he could get into trouble.
The network then cut to an image of a skater wearing a tuxedo-style costume, which Molloy described as something even singer Prince would not wear.
The footage then showed a skater wearing a costume of overalls and a flannelette shirt with McGuire suggesting it was "a bit of 'Brokeback.'"
Molloy agreed, saying: "A bit of 'Brokeback Mountain' exercises, you can't wear that."
Then they went after Weir, whose pink-laced "onesie" suit has created a lot of buzz.
Later in the segment, M
olloy apologised for that comment he had made on Tuesday night."I made a joke that was a bit off-colour. Some of the crew here didn't like it either," he said.
"I suggested that there was a disaster happening at the ice skating rink because organisers had found out one of the male ice dancers wasn't gay.
"And I apologise for that really sincerely."
But the apology was soon defunct as Molloy added "But it definitely wasn't this guy" before cutting to a shot of champion American figure skater Johnny Weir wearing a pink and black outfit and holding a heart-shaped cushion.
Hey, if you cant laugh at life, your taking it to seriously.
I'll be in touch.
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