… Never hire the Italians to produce a show. Seriously, did you watch the opening cermonies of the Olympics? Dancing cows, runaway trees (whimisical, but bizarre), guys with flames coming out of their heads representing “passion”, some sort of giant conjoined twin women with 20 legs in camoflauge dresses, formula one race car doing donuts in the court - it was too friggin’ crazy. When they brought out the Italian flag I thought I was watching Logan’s Run.

Opening Ceremonies in Torino

Carrousel - Logan’s Run

And then there’s the disco music, the teams being led out by women in dresses shaped like the alps, and that strange suspended acrobatic thing that ended with people taking the shape of a dove - that last number looked like an artistic rendering of an infestation of lice. About halfway through the event I became convinced that Trey Parker and Matt Stone were really behind the thing. Once I saw Sophia Loren and Susan Surandan carrying the olympic flag out, I realized it was even too bizarre for the South Park creators to have come up with.

And what can I say about Yoko Ono and her “poem” in which she just says ‘peace’ alot.

Let’s hope the games are better than the ceremony.