- Al Trautwig as the announcer on the gymnastics floor is hilarious. Al Trautwig is a familiar figure in New York as a correspondent for MSG. New Yorkers are used to him covering Knicks games, so it was quite hilarious to hear him calling gymnastics. The best moment was when a Japanese vaulter completely botched a landing and he let out a strong but gentle "oh my goodness". Classic.
- Two of my favorite commercials so far are McCain's "Original Maverick" and the one where the sprinter's dad helps him to the finish (with Morgan Freeman narrating). McCain essentially throws Bush under the bus and throws the "Original Maverick" badge on there. Can he just bring back "Straight Talk Express" already? This guy is out of touch. The sprinter commercial is just OK, but somebody I was with proposed an interesting hypothetical: wouldn't it be awesome if a swimmer went down the same way and then his dad jumped in the water and doggy-paddle-dragged his son to the finish line? The image brings a tear to my eye.
- The Chinese have dominated the gold medals. They have to be stopped. Olympic Basketball needs to count for like 10 gold medals to make it a level playing field -- or we need to eliminate synchronized diving and shooting. Those two competitions account for 9 of the Chinese gold medals.
- Michael Phelps is an animal. There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said. There was a great moment during the Bob Costas-mediated conversation between Phelps and Mark Spitz. Costas essentially asked Spitz if Michael Phelps was the greatest swimmer and Olympian of all time (before he won the 8th gold medal). There was clearly lag time between when Spitz would hear the question and give his answer. So before he could answer the question, Phelps thought the question was directed at him at started with "Well, if you had asked me...". At this point, we don't even need to ask him. 8 gold medals, bitches. Let's see you try to pull that off, Chinese people.
- I thank NBC for the inane retrospective on Glenn Cowan going to China. Who is Glenn Cowan? He was a table tennis player that went to China and was part of the Ping Pong Diplomacy. I found his bat-shit-crazy haircut much more interesting than that.
GAY DIX & DONG DONG
There are a lot of crazy names in the Olympics, so I took a couple camera pictures of my two favorites. One is from a sprinting heat with two American names (Gay & Dix) lined up together. The other is the name of Chinese diver Dong Dong. "Chris Duncan" is so generic.
HOT FEMALE OLYMPIANS
The Olympics are great because they showcase hundreds of incredibly fit women. Two of my personal favorites have been Katarzyna Skowronska and Sheena Tosta. I could make a typical T&A post, but the OCD is all about C-L-A-S-S. I'm going to try to be as gentlemanly as possible while treading in crude territory.
KATARZYNA "KASIA" SKOWRONSKA
Katarzyna AKA Kasia is a Polish volleyball player. Not only is she hot, but she is also a bad ass. She's generally considered the best spiker in the world. Feel free to make your own sex-related joke about that one. What's not to like about a girl that's tall, beautiful, toned, and talented girl that wears booty shorts and knee pads for a living. Feel free to make your own Polish sausage-related joke here.
SHEENA TOSTA
This girl has pretty much everything you could want. It's nice to see a female sprinter that isn't humongous. She went to UCLA, so she's also smart. I think our beautiful, mocha baby could bring home a gold medal in 2030.
"NASTY" NASTIA LIUKIN
This one is for Doug and Brad. People love Nastia. I've had several people demand that I get her into Playboy somehow. Don't worry guys... I'll use my incredible influence to get that done. The good thing about Nastia is that she doesn't have a hulking gymnast body.
KERI WALSH AND MISTY MAY-TREANOR
The hottest thing here is the idea of a package deal. They both have husbands... so what? I'm a big time internet blogger. It's not even a competition. I'm not that crazy for either one of them, but there are times when get me quite hot and bothered. See below:
Don't say Shawn Johnson. I have a handful of sick friends that feel the need to notify everybody of their desire to bone Shawn Johnson whenever they showed her. That shit is gross. Only Sergei Fedorov and Stephen Coletti can pull that shit off. Sergei is too old now, so Stephen Coletti from Laguna Beach will be hitting that in a matter of months.
My favorite girls are Katarzyna and Sheena. I think I'm going to have to go with Katarzyna here, but it's basically a tie. Who is the hottest female Olympian to you? I'm thinking that Nastia and Shawn Johnson are going to clean up. You can also put your own answers into the poll.
