Re: Iron man on NBC

Bill C said:

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I saw that there would be two hours of coverage of an Iron Man on

NBC,

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so, taking into account it was NBC, I checked it out. Rogers often

has

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Iron man-world cup tri coverage, which is pretty decent. But after
about half an hour of NBC, I barely saw any coverage of the race
itself. Instead I saw:

A profile of one of the athletes, firefighter and his braindead bimbo
wife, talking about their WEDDING. And various interviews with her
hairstylist friends in the salon on Long Island. It was like they

were

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trying to show us how cute they all were, but instead they were just
embarrassingly dumb and ridiculous, talking about a sport they

totally

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knew NOTHING about. They all talked like the woman on Seinfeld who

had

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the ugly baby.

- more athlete profiles about overcoming the odds, ie handicaps,
diseases, etc.

-lots of bizarre new age music

-shots of various cyclist's legs as they pedal. OR their heads. I
think I saw a whole body maybe twice in an hour.

-disco soundtrack

-overwrought narration.

I think for NBC, this is 'coverage'. I wasn't really surprised. Oy.

Marlene I didn't even bother. The network coverage has been pitiful at
best and it just isn't even worth bothering with, but I guess you found
that out. I think it's against the rules to actually cover the event,
not try to turn it into a hyperactive soap opera.
Bill C

I shouldn't have bothered either, but even I, cynical as I am, didn't
think it would be THAT laughable.

I always think of what would happen if NBC covered other sports like
that, but then I remmeber the superbowl pre-game shows. I don't watch
football, but I've caught a couple of those in recent years and it was
just gagariffic: widows and orphans, sob stories, Jesus this and that,
sappy music, etc. ANd this is a FOOTBALL game- do guys sit and watch
this stuff and weep? I guess this is designed for us FEMALE viewers...