Have been picking and choosing my Olympic viewing, but it's been great stuff. Usually lots of heroic failures and a few unexpected valiant victories make up our medals tally. This year the confidence of the team has been fantastic.
What's been odd is that people have written about it as if it's surprising that the Olympics make good TV. Obviously it's better when we're winning, but where have you been? I think my earliest Olympic memory is watching with my mum when David Hemery won the 400m hurdles in Mexico (that's 1968). Also saw Montreal Olympics coverage whilst in the US in 1976 - the ad breaks were dominated by Chevrolet and Kodak. I can still remember the Chevy jingle, but wish I could forget it.
What's been odd is that people have written about it as if it's surprising that the Olympics make good TV. Obviously it's better when we're winning, but where have you been? I think my earliest Olympic memory is watching with my mum when David Hemery won the 400m hurdles in Mexico (that's 1968). Also saw Montreal Olympics coverage whilst in the US in 1976 - the ad breaks were dominated by Chevrolet and Kodak. I can still remember the Chevy jingle, but wish I could forget it.
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1968 also famous for the Fosbury flop, Bob Beaman's long jump and John Stephen Akwari's slow marathon run... I don't think I've ever really watched an Olympics much before, bits of them, but never really got into it. I wouldn't have thought sport could be interesting to watch. No other sports are!
How come you know so much, Em? Long before your time!
It's the summer holidays, Mike, I've had far too much time on my hands to work on my obscure facts knowledge; particularly Olympics related!
Check out this Olympic medal map
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