Closing Ceremony--Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

[DrJay]

I think NBC showed more of the Ceremony, the tail end with The Who and whatnot, AFTER their pilot for Animal Clinic came on at 10 pm, or whatever that new sitcom is called. Pretty stupid.

[EPelle]

Question for our British posters: Who emerged as Britain's biggest star of the Olympics? I know Jessica Ennis was the biggest star going into the Olympics but has that changed? Also, who dominated the front pages of the newspapers on the morning of August 5?

According to this morning's press reports, Mo Farah may be knighted.

5-August: It's simple to search and peruse the online versions on PressDisplay, which appears to be a more comprehensive collection of available front-pages (and full newspapers) than the links you've been providing.

[jazzcyclist]

5-August: It's simple to search and peruse the online versions on PressDisplay, which appears to be a more comprehensive collection of available front-pages (and full newspapers) than the links you've been providing.

Thanks Epelle.

[toyracer]

I went into full-tears mode at Imagine

As did I...almost as soon as Lennon's face appeared on the monitor after the live singers had finished the opening lines. The "face" they made sealed the deal.

As for the closing ceremony; we could have a party, play the video of the closing ceremony. and that party would rock. At least that was the consensus here in Jamaica. The inflatable octopus; we need one, with dread locks. Transformers do exist; they are disguised as London taxi cabs. Suicide doors on a Rolls? Oh yeah.

Just wonderful.

Well, except for Jessie J on "we will rock you"... There is nobody like Freddie but if a woman were to try it would have to be someone like Joan Jett... but having the rest of Queen there made up for it plus the audience and athletes chimed in to drown her out.

I'm still wondering why there was no performance by Elton John. I kept anticipating it all afternoon, constantly asking "where's Reginald"?

[Dutra5]

lonewolf, Have you watched any Monty Python? ("Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is from their movie "Life of Brian", a parody on the life of Christ.) If not, check out youtube for the following skits: The Dead Parrot skit, the Spam skit, the Upperclass Twit of the Year skit, and the Funniest Joke in the World skit. Among their best.

BTW, a couple of years ago I emailed my Bright Side of Life idea linked in the first post here, to the London Organizing Committee. No idea if they were headed that way already, but maybe I'll take a little credit.

I'd like an argument please.

[Dutra5]

Can someone explain to me how London can host the Games and not include Elton John in the Opening or Closing Ceremony?

I thought he was going to be part of it to the point in which I expected him to be the next performer after the Who were carried off the stage.

I'm still waiting.

For some reason I had the impression that it was said he would be there.

[Dutra5]

And Jessie J doing Freddie Mercury....puh-leez!

No one should do Freddie although George Michael did a fine job on "Somebody to Love" at a Queen tribute a number of years ago.

The odd thing is they didn't have her continue into "We Are the Champions". Could there be a more appropriate place for the tune?

[Dutra5]

I think NBC showed more of the Ceremony, the tail end with The Who and whatnot, AFTER their pilot for Animal Clinic came on at 10 pm, or whatever that new sitcom is called. Pretty stupid.

They only showed The Who and then abrubtly cut to Bob Costas waxing poetic. If Kate Bush and Ray Davies indeed performed, I'd rather skip the waxing and get to the showing.

[cullman]

I watched that whole thing, hoping something would happen that I could make sense of..didn't happen

Of course not. NBC cut the bejabbers out of anything that resembled content...but you did get to see them shill their new show Animal Practice. Shit....now that's TV!

cman

[DrJay]

lonewolf, Have you watched any Monty Python? ("Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is from their movie "Life of Brian", a parody on the life of Christ.) If not, check out youtube for the following skits: The Dead Parrot skit, the Spam skit, the Upperclass Twit of the Year skit, and the Funniest Joke in the World skit. Among their best.

BTW, a couple of years ago I emailed my Bright Side of Life idea linked in the first post here, to the London Organizing Committee. No idea if they were headed that way already, but maybe I'll take a little credit.

I'd like an argument please.

Ha! (Had to think about that one a minute.)

You certainly can find one on this message board. Just say something nasty about the other guys' sprinters and there you go!

[mump boy]

Kate Bush didn't perform, the orchestra play Running Up That Hill while dancers came on with boxes and made some stairs !!

Also what's the obsession with Elton John ?? It is Dame Shirley and Dame Vera who were missing

[Flumpy]

Question for our British posters: Who emerged as Britain's biggest star of the Olympics? I know Jessica Ennis was the biggest star going into the Olympics but has that changed? Also, who dominated the front pages of the newspapers on the morning of August 5?

According to this morning's press reports, Mo Farah may be knighted.

I'm pretty certain he won't. There was a statement made earlier in the year saying that sporting achievement will no longer be a guarantee of honours which was probably a good thing considering how many would have to be given out.

They#ll all be made OBE's or something and some may get enobled at a later date if they are seen to have contributed further. Making Mo Farah a Sir would be ridiculous.

[Flumpy]

What about the front pages on August 5, Ennis or Farah?

All 3 of them - Farah, Ennis and Rutherford.

[Dutra5]

lonewolf, Have you watched any Monty Python? ("Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is from their movie "Life of Brian", a parody on the life of Christ.) If not, check out youtube for the following skits: The Dead Parrot skit, the Spam skit, the Upperclass Twit of the Year skit, and the Funniest Joke in the World skit. Among their best.

BTW, a couple of years ago I emailed my Bright Side of Life idea linked in the first post here, to the London Organizing Committee. No idea if they were headed that way already, but maybe I'll take a little credit.

I'd like an argument please.

Ha! (Had to think about that one a minute.)

You certainly can find one on this message board. Just say something nasty about the other guys' sprinters and there you go!

About six months ago on a message board regarding a completely different subject....baseball....me and another poster did virtually the whole skit verbatim over a couple of days and most of the posters had absolutley no idea that we weren't really going at it.

[JRM]

You certainly can find one on this message board. Just say something nasty about the other guys' sprinters and there you go!

Yep. And true to form... "This isn't an argument, it's just contradiction!"

.... No it isn't!

[Dutra5]

You certainly can find one on this message board. Just say something nasty about the other guys' sprinters and there you go!

Yep. And true to form... "This isn't an argument, it's just contradiction!"

.... No it isn't!

I'm sorry. I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid!

[JRM]

Was David Bowie also MIA? Shame, London 2012....

[Daisy]

Was David Bowie also MIA? Shame, London 2012....

In the closing ceremony they had a montage of him through the ages along with snippets of his songs.

[cullman]

Wot, no George Formby either? He was Great Britain's highest paid entertainer from the mid 1930s until 1942. His tax bill for 1946 alone was £500,000!

cman

[jeremyp]

Is it just me or did The Rolling Stones get snubbed in the ceremonies. Arguably either the best or second best British RocknRoll band of the 60-80's. I don't think they used a single song of theirs. Too edgy?

[Rog]

No Gracie Fields either

[Halfmiler2]

One report I saw said that Elton John was originally supposed to be the musical director but had a falling out with the organizers. Nevertheless, if this was supposed to be a send up to British music, he deserved at least a reference. Ditto for Sting, Tom Jones, and Petula Clark (not that I am a fan of all of them) unless I missed something.

I saw the whole ceremony on BBC and thought it off the mark and excessive. Yes, there should be some entertainment but the focus of the ceremony is supposed to be the athletes and the closing of the Olympics. They became an afterthought at best. And we had our first 18-day Olympics in recent years as the closing ceremony went past midnight.

[Marlow]

The Rolling Stones . . . Too edgy?

Indeed. The very thought of Let's Spend the Night Together just gives me the vapors!!

[jeremyp]

The Rolling Stones . . . Too edgy?

Indeed. The very thought of Let's Spend the Night Together just gives me the vapors!!

"Coz you see I'm on a losin streak???"

[cullman]

The Rolling Stones . . . Too edgy?

Indeed. The very thought of Let's Spend the Night Together just gives me the vapors!!

The Stones could have rolled out the sarcastic sanitized version they performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, "Let's Spend Some Time Together"