It's all about me

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Who needs cheerleaders? They are nothing compared to the archery groupies?

We tried to avoid them.

They were always getting nocked up.








(Archery joke, people.)

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Who needs cheerleaders? They are nothing compared to the archery groupies?

Our cheerleaders were frowned upon too. But that's mainly b/c they were skanks. And not the good kind.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Who needs cheerleaders? They are nothing compared to the archery groupies?

Why is the second part a question? It should be a bold assertion of fact. What kind of lawyer are you!?!?!??!?!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Man, you are one bitchy lizard. Buy a TiVo so you don't have to watch the events you don't like. Didn't I cover that in my initial post?

I don't recall if you covered that or not, but you're ignoring the spillover effects of the Olympics on other networks' programing. There was fuck-all on other than the Olympics last night. I sat staring numbly at the hour-long sailing event. Boats bobbing around buoys (briskly?). The thai stick made it better, though.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Why is the second part a question? It should be a bold assertion of fact. What kind of lawyer are you!?!?!??!?!

Lawyer? There are lawyers here?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Fugee
Middle America is full of people who simply want to follow the Americans -- NBC goes with the majority....NBC is going for the most common denominator for network coverage...Unfortunately for TM, NBC apparently thinks most people who will be watching the Olympics are like me.

I know the reasons why they do it. But appealing to middle America does not make for the best coverage. It's like watching the news now. Sure, the graphics and sound effects are way cool, but it's not giving you much in terms of news. When I watch the Olympics, I want to see sporting events. I also want it to be about international competition. I don't want coverage focusing on just the US athletes. We've covered this, though, so whatever.

Originally posted by Fugee
I like knowing when an athlete competing for another country trains or goes to school here but not for "taking credit" reasons. I want to see if it changes the dynamics of competition, sort of like when a pitcher from one baseball team gets traded to a competitor.

You're going to have to give me an example of this in the Olympics. I don't see the two things as even a little analogous.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I know the reasons why they do it. But appealing to middle America does not make for the best coverage. It's like watching the news now. Sure, the graphics and sound effects are way cool, but it's not giving you much in terms of news. When I watch the Olympics, I want to see sporting events.

What's saddest is they've not tried to do it as a sporting event. maybe they'd get more people watching if they did. Jeez, they could at least try. I know I'd watch more than the few minutes I now do if they did.

You're going to have to give me an example of this in the Olympics. I don't see the two things as even a little analogous.

TM

Was Dr. Renee Richards in the Olympics?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I know I'd watch more than the few minutes I now do if they did.

Tivo has never been more useful. I had my choice of beach volleyball, women's softball (is that right dtb?), and men's field hockey as breakfast-table viewing. I didn't see a single athlete profile. Of course, the early morning sun meant I didn't see much of the field hockey ball, either, but it's still better than the overly made-up pixies on display tonight. (And, as for that question, aren't more than 75% of teenage girls overly made-up anyway--if some eyeshadow is good, a lot is better always seems to be the approach).

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
(And, as for that question, aren't more than 75% of teenage girls overly made-up anyway--if some eyeshadow is good, a lot is better always seems to be the approach).

If the judges are predominantly Eastern European, isn't this just a question of trying to look good for them?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
What's saddest is they've not tried to do it as a sporting event. maybe they'd get more people watching if they did.

They would undoubtedly get more sports fans watching it that way. However, they've made a profitability decision that there are more people out there who want storied and vignetted dramas than there are sports fans.

Or sex, of course. I was amazed to see the male Baggins-kinders and all of their friends glued to the TV for a part of the Olympics a few nights ago. Until I saw those wonderful beach-volleyball uniforms and realized why. Migawd, even I watched TV for a bit at that point.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
This is very very very bad news for everyone whose name doesn't rhyme with eBay.

Sweet!

Yours ever so truly,

Flintay

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by bilmore
However, they've made a profitability decision that there are more people out there who want storied and vignetted dramas than there are sports fans.
.

I'm not a TV marketer, but I'll opine like one here. No doubt NBC has, in fact, figured out ways to measure whether the alternative would do better, and attract a better advertising audience, and the answer is no. They paid $780 million for the games. Think they don't pay anyone to analyze these questions incredibly much? It sucks, yez, but be glad that at least the NBC friends networks do cover some real sports.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm not a TV marketer, but I'll opine like one here. No doubt NBC has, in fact, figured out ways to measure whether the alternative would do better, and attract a better advertising audience, and the answer is no. They paid $780 million for the games. Think they don't pay anyone to analyze these questions incredibly much? It sucks, yez, but be glad that at least the NBC friends networks do cover some real sports.

I read that NBC expects a profit on the games of about $50M. Seems like a risky bet, $780M for $50M. But I'm sure there's other benefits, prestige, etc., that I'm not taking into account. The one to watch will be the Bejiing games in 2008--that's going to be insane--so much money flying for that one.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If the judges are predominantly Eastern European, isn't this just a question of trying to look good for them?

I invented FB Eastern Bloc makeup jokes.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
ah, yearbook staffer. so how many pictures of yourself did you slip into the yearbook each year? I think my mythical college would automatically ding anyone who owned up to being a yearbook staffer on his/her application.

All the pictures of you really were out of focus. I swear.