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Stephen Colbert has an interesting idea about how Team USA can clean up at the Beijing Olympics:

Colbert calls on all nations of the world to boycott the Beijing games, but he then says the Americans should pull the old boycott-and-switch and show up at the last minute to clean up in the medal count. Sounds like the biggest Olympic boycott scam since Krusty rigged his scratch-and-win cards in 1984.

Stephen Colbert Advocates Olympic Boycott originally appeared on Olympics FanHouse on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:20:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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]]>Stephen ColbertStephenColbertMichael David SmithWed, 18 Jun 2008 20:20:00 EST NBC Ruins Perfectly Good 30 Rock With Beijing Olympics Promotionhttp://olympics.fanhouse.com/2008/05/14/nbc-ruins-perfectly-good-30-rock-with-beijing-olympics-promotion/http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2008/05/14/nbc-ruins-perfectly-good-30-rock-with-beijing-olympics-promotion/http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2008/05/14/nbc-ruins-perfectly-good-30-rock-with-beijing-olympics-promotion/#commentsFiled under: ,

Hey, I know the score: It's a tough time for big network TV execs. Gone are the 1970's, when people had few entertainment choices other than the big three (four) networks, and pretty much any product that wanted to reach a TV audience had to do so by paying a king's ransom to NBC, CBS, and the like. Now I have 800 gazillion channels and Tivo, so I don't need to watch a single TV the rest of my life. It's awesome.

So I know NBC has to square its own network promotion in its own shows. I get it. But that doesn't make it any less lame (via TSB):



Seriously, NBC, just tell us you're having the Olympics. Just make Tracy Morgan about-face the camera and scream it from the top of his brilliantly deranged lungs: The Beijing Olympics! This summer! On NBC!What!

It wouldn't exactly be "integrity," but it'd be much closer.

NBC Ruins Perfectly Good 30 Rock With Beijing Olympics Promotion originally appeared on Olympics FanHouse on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:10:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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]]>30 Rock30RockBeijing OlympicsBeijingOlympicsPostmanEWed, 14 May 2008 11:10:00 EST Random YouTube Magic: Bruce Jenner Urges You to Get High On Yourselfhttp://olympics.fanhouse.com/2007/12/15/random-youtube-magic-bruce-jenner-urges-you-to-get-high-on-your/http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2007/12/15/random-youtube-magic-bruce-jenner-urges-you-to-get-high-on-your/http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2007/12/15/random-youtube-magic-bruce-jenner-urges-you-to-get-high-on-your/#commentsFiled under: , ,

In the early 1980s, NBC unveiled a campaign called "Get High on Yourself," which was intended to encourage young people to seek alternatives to drugs. Here's a clip, featuring, among others, 1976 decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner:

It was sort of a precursor to both "Just Say No" and "We Are the World." And back then, Bruce Jenner was actually a big star. Good times.

Random YouTube Magic: Bruce Jenner Urges You to Get High On Yourself originally appeared on Olympics FanHouse on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:38:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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